How To Cut A Circle In Wood Without Power Tools

Just make sure to keep your hand safely away from the blade.

How to cut a circle in wood without power tools. As a qualified builder I started Banging Toolbox with the goal to make the best building DIY and woodworking resource on the internet. In the meantime to enlarge this hole as fast as possible I fit the router bit with the smallest bearing to produce the largest rabbet. In order to cut a circle in wood with a saw its important to have a circle to follow as you cut.

In this woodworking video Ill show you 4 ways to cut circles in wood using DIY circle cutting jigs. Line the Blade Up with your Mark Insert the saw into the slots for the angle you plan to cut. So I use a standard utility knife with either a metal ruler or metal T-square to make my plywood cuts technique learned from Real Good Toys.

Using the jigsaw free-hand cut out the circle using the groove as a guide. Draw the circle on the wood. Spoke shaves were made for this but a hand plane would also work but takes more effort to make sure to balance the cutting.

Using a hole saw is the absolute easiest way to cut circles in wood for your project. Flip the board over and cut the second rabbet. Other way would be to make straight cuts with a hand saw all around the circle as if youre making a hexagon but its more sides then use a spoke shave or hand plane to round it out.

How to cut wood circleswoodworking workshop projects diy woodworking projects woodworking videos woodworking plans woodworking tools woodworking tip. If youre making cornhole boards youll want to use a 6 hole saw. Power tools are noisy need appropriate space for setup and are a little intimidating to me.

Aaron BarnettBuilder and editor at Banging-Toolbox. A plunge router works best but if you dont have one hold the router above the wood and start it. In this case its a straight 90 degree cut.