For strait cuts of dry wall I have laid it on a flat surface like saw horses and scored it with a utility knife mainly to cut through the paper. Then with a quick motion I would press down on the dry wall snapping it at the cut. Then you need to make a second cut through the paper on the other side. But for electrical boxes I would score with utility knife and cut along them with a hand saw. I would assume with the method of scoring then hitting with a hammer would tear the paper on the other side leaving it a bit ragged. Art ----- Original Message ----- From: surfer_joe To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 11:20 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] cutting dry wall
I am having some email delivery problems with my main account so I established a temporary account that I can use. Anyway the other day I was watching a diy program and they were installing dry wall in the garage. They were going to cut out a hole for a dryer vent and holes to insert electric boxes. I was amazed how they cut the holes. They drew the pattern on the wall then using a utility knife scored along the pattern. They then took a hammer and whacked in the center and it drove out the area to be removed. There was virtually no dirt as compared to using dry wall saws. Lenny [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
