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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Carbide grit hole saws exist for the purpose, a cheap HSS hole saw will just make smoke, noise, and dust.
Assuming that you just need one or two holes, use a small masonry drill bit, make lots of holes in an appropriately-sized circle, tap judicially with a hammer.
If that’s the only cutter you have – it can work. For stucco or concrete sheetrock this will work – but I wouldn’t bother doing this on brick or cinderblock. Run your drive in reverse long enough to establish an even groove – slowly. (after you’ve sunk the centering bit) Once you’ve got a groove cut then you can slowly start working at the cut going with the teeth of the cutter. It can be done but if you want it done fast you might as well use a chisel or multiple smaller holes – or a cutter designed for masonry. It’ll pretty much ruin the cutter for all but butchery – but that’s a given. Having someone slowly trickle water down the wall would probably help the cut and keep the dust down – just don’t get electrocuted.
It’s kinda’ like cutting corrugated metal using a circular saw with the blade in backwards – but not as noisy.
Hammer, chisel, dynamite.
Make big hole smaller to fit with new stucco, paint to match.
Really really really concentrate on killing the rats. Every day. For the rest of your life. After you get this project finished of course.
I have small masonry drill bits and do what Ben suggested, although I’m not good at it. Tedious but it works.
Same thing happens when you cut Hardi-Plank. I second the water idea, too, btw. Turn the bit as slow as you dare, and run water, and it’ll cut just about as fast and take less teeth, but there’s not much to do for it but either burn through a lot of hole saws or spend a ton of money on a masonry bit.
Yeah, I actually went through quite a few jigsaw blades doing the floor backing. 🙁