It’s cold and rainy here on the Eastern Shore and with the sheetrocking “not quite done” on the farmhouse project, much of life is in limbo. On my last check of the project, I noticed one of the speaker wires had been covered in the ceiling so I figured, before the mudding began, now was a good time to cut the holes for the speakers. The challenge was “how”. Nearly all of my workshop – and thus my tools – is still in storage. I have a nice laminate cutter packed away somewhere which takes roto-zip bits. It would have been perfect for cutting sheetrock. Then I remembered seeing an odd attachment to my Dremel. I bought a nice unit back when I was restoring the clock.

The Dremel with a roto-zip bit installed and it’s circle cutting jig attached was nearly purpose built for the job. It was probably a little more stress on the tool‘s motor than should be applied but as this is not a task I will do day in and day out, it held up nicely.

I only had 12 holes to cut – each 8” diameter. It took a little while to located exactly where each speaker needed to be centered and a little more to build up the necessary confidence / courage to start cutting holes in my new ceiling. In the end, I only needed an hour to locate, align, and cut all of the holes for the kitchen, living room, office, wetroom, and bedroom.