Pro-Fit Holesaw Pipe & Waste Starter Kit Reviews

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Hi guys, my name's Neil Gargaro from Routley & Lemon Electrical Contractors. We're going to be doing a Tool Talk review on the Monument Pro-Fit Holesaw.

So let's take a quick look. So one of the first things you'll notice is they're TCT blades. This one's 16mm, or 5/8ths, and this one's 38mm, inch and a half, pretty much standard plumbing sizes. So one of the first things you'll notice is you've got the quick release mechanism. You can interchange the pilot drill, or the guide, quite quickly in some cases. And even with these, according to their website, you can click one into the other and use the smaller hole as a guide. But I don't think that works quite so well on these ones, I think you have to put it further down. I think they need to be of the same size.

So one of the biggest things I did notice about these is the length of the guides compared to like a standard holesaw. Let's move these out the way, and grab a drill. I've got two drills here, I've got me smaller Milwaukee and I've got the big daddy bear boy that I use for most of the joists and drilling and stuff. So if I put this in the smaller one, 360mm there, standard rafter size is what, between 200mm and 400mm. So you're going to struggle to get this, especially in older properties, between the floor joists drilling holes. You're supposed to be able to drill these at a slight angle, but it's still not going to help much, is it, to get below the floor levels.

So let's have a look on the other one. This is the big daddy drill. And again, you've got 400mm there. So 400mm to drill a 38mm hole, it's not exact compact and I think you'll struggle to get that in underneath some of the floors. I can understand why they've got the length that they have. Obviously when you've got the plug inside the hole, you slide it backwards which releases the plug, which we're going to get to in a minute. We can actually see on some real world timbers, rather than a bit of skirting board there, I don't know why. Bit of off cut timber, and what have we got here? We got a proper joist here. We've got, what, a six by two. So yeah, we can actually see properly what these bad boys can do.

So I've got the old manky workbench all set up now. Let's drill some holes. Oh, let's put you on drill, shall we? Well, that was quite quick. So there's no bit left inside there. What we have got, though, is a very fluffy hole. You can see the... And it's sort of blown out the back slightly there. Can't imagine you'd want to use this on a finishing piece. Yeah, Starrett is a bit cleaner and slower. But yeah, if you're bursting through timbers and stuff like that, no problem at all. Let's try the bigger one.

So straight away it's come unclipped, or I didn't clip it in properly. Let's have another try. Well, that was a bit cleaner. Oh, there we go, pops the plug out nice and easy. Again, the hole's a bit fluffy, it's not the cleanest of holes, and sort of blown out the back again, a few splinters. But obviously this TCT parts are made for speed, rather than smoothness of holes.

So this is a slightly thicker piece of wood there, bit of scrap that's been lying around. Let me stand up for this one, see if we can make it any quicker. Let's put this back, shall we? Nice, quick, and easy. Again, splinter out of the back. I suppose I could try and go one side nicely. Let's see if we can get a nice clean hole. Oh, nope. Let's flip it over. Not bad. What I did notice, though, is when you're drilling the hole you're getting quite a lot of movement on the guide. If you can hear there, can you see the play? I'm getting a lot of, let's hold the drill bit still, a lot of play on the end there. So I don't think you're ever going to get a clean, perfect hole. But for blasting through holes.

It's quick, I should imagine the people that are going be to using this kit are going to be chippies, kitchen fitters, stuff like that. Kitchen fitters, I don't know what they'd be like on a bit of melamine or some chipboard. I haven't got any floating around in the garage to be able to show you. Let's try some of the smaller holes. Put that drill down there. Let's have another go. Went for a bit of filler there. Probably do this way. There's nothing inside the bit. It's not leaving any plug. It's quick, but it looks like a beaver's been at it.

Right, let's have a go on the bigger piece, this is the real test. There's a bit of chipping on the wood there to start with. Let's hope it don't split. Well little drill didn't like that much. It's starting to get a bit jammed in there. Clean it out, there we go. If you can see, where you've got half the drill bit, it doesn't exactly go through the smoothest. Let's have another go. Doesn't like that at all. It does it, but it's not happy. I was wondering if I change it for the bigger drill bit. Let's have another go with the big drill.

Okay, we've got the big drill out now. Let's have a go with this. He's cutting my drill out. No, it's not happy. There we go. Oh, now we got it stuck. How we going to do this? There we go. So let's pull that back and get the bit out. There you go, that comes out nice and easy. It didn't go in quite so easy. Let's try again. Let's try on the low gear. Well, he got through. Nice, easy bit, there we go. Nope, let's try doing it. There we go. So the plugs come out nice and easy. Let's try a bit of a different method. I've got you in low gear again. Let's turn it around.

It's starting to clog up. Can you see? The saw dust filled the hole up. It's quite warm. Well, it got through. So let's have one more hole. So that one was a bit harder. This is a nice bit of dry wood as well, this has been sitting in the garage for a long time. May look a bit damp and stuff, but it's not. Yeah, see, that one blew straight out of the back. The teeth seem nice and sharp still, but it seems to be a lot slower than it was. I don't know whether we was going through a knot or something. Let's have another go. Oh, it would help to clip in the bit. Let's have a look. Look, I've still got three bars on the battery. Let's go back in number two gear. Nope, straight away you're cutting out. Oh, and we got a bit of smoke that time. So plenty of holes drilled, starting to get slightly bit harder now, it's not sort of losing its sharpness er it first was. Let's do one more. Oh, there we go, that one bit.

Hmm, let's give the smaller one a try. Well, that got through no problem. Still a bit blocked up, but there we go. It doesn't see to form a plug at all on this smaller 16mm bit, it just sort of leave a bit of a mess. The hole's not exactly clean either. Can't imagine you're going to get a pipe through there. Let's have another go. Well, that was a bit cleaner. Let's put you on the lower setting and try a bit slower. Split the wood.

So guys, I don't know whether I'm impressed with these or not. I like the idea of the quick release business, but unless you're going into MDF or something really soft, or a thin piece of timber, I think you're literally going to batter the timber to pieces. Yeah, it's quick, but it's not a very clean hole. So what's the outcome? Great bit of kit. They're a bit finicky. If you want to a straight, clean hole, Starrett I suppose.

Yeah, they're alright. They do what they're supposed to do. If you are busting out holes all day every day, then I suppose this thing'll save you a bit of time, but they're not the cleanest of holes and you'll probably need to like clean up the other sides of the timber trying to put a pipe through or whatever, which sort of defeats the object a bit. If you are going through with an Irwin Spade bit or one of them Milwaukee self feed bits, yeah they blow out the back slightly, but not that much, and they're not quite as big.

So yeah, so thanks very much for watching. Don't forget, like, subscribe the Tool Talk channel for more tips and reviews. Cheers, thanks very much. Bye-bye.

I suppose I better leave this mess for someone else to clear up, being an electrician and all that.

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Hello, Jamie, Graphene Gas Solutions again. The next review is on the Pro-Fit Hole saws. And these are the best hole saw I've ever used, absolutely superb. So I was only sent the starter kit, which is 16 and 20mm. You can get for all sizes really. So as you can see there, the bit slides in and out, then clicks in, if I can do it. So then it doesn't move, so you can cut the hole. Obviously, the wood would all come out of there, which you can get out a lot easier because there's a big slot. But then you can also slide it off, get the wood out, pop it straight back in, so it makes it a lot faster. And as well as that, it actually cuts the wood rather than burns through it like most other hole saws do. I know you can get better ones, but still I've never seen anything like this where it's super, super sharp.

The only downside of that being super sharp is that if you hit a screw, which I did do with the 16mm one, it's pretty much just destroyed in one go. So you got to be careful. But yeah, I'm probably going to buy the full whole starter kit with this because it's fantastic. Great bit of kit, nice one.

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Hi, everyone, it's Joe from Apex EC here again, just doing a quick review on these Pro-Fit hole saws. They've been sent out to me by Tool Talk. So we've got two different sizes, they've given me a 16mm and a 38mm. Think they're more typical plumber sizes. So we have these pilot bits, I think it's and 8mm shank on this one, and a 10mm shank on this one.
They click very nicely. Pretty solid, not too much wobble in them. I'll drill a couple of holes, and we'll show you what they can do.
So, speed-wise, very quick. This is 18mm OSB. Not the cleanest cuts, but then I expect that from this type of wood.
I'm going to the 38 now. Remove the wax guards on them.
Again, very quick. Last one didn't need a plug ejected at all, this one does. But again, nice and simple there one, pull it down, and it pulls right off. And you just slide it back up again.
Some of the top features that they have advertised with this one, however, is the angle you can now achieve, so if you did need an angle run, for whatever reason. You start off with the shank pulled back, and then place the hole saw on. Get it started. And slide it back down.
Again, nice angled hole. Plug again needs ejecting, nice and easy. Handy thing with this is it never slides beyond where the hole saw sits, because of this. Makes it very easy to get out. So that's their angled one.
Again, another feature on these, is that you can actually enlarge holes, if you have the original size hole source. So you can place that in to act as the pilot now, making it a lot easier to enlarge this hole.
Okay. We've gone from a 16 to a 38. Nice and easy. Again, OSB crumbles away pretty much.
I'm going to put it to a test on this bit of timber now. Obviously, you'd never drill a hole this size in a bit of timber this size, unless it wasn't structural.
Again, pretty good. Easy enough to remove the plug.
Again, all in all very nice, really good system. Cuts very quick, and very clean. It's actually a nice hole in this bit of timber. So yeah, other than being plumbing sizes, and they'll probably go to a mate, I'd say these are definitely something I would want.
It would be quite handy with a quick interchangeable hole saws as well.
Obviously, again, the 10 is for these bigger size hole saws. I assume the 8 probably goes up to 25, maybe 32. And then above that, obviously, you do want a bigger shank anyway.
The only downside I can see with this is that the drill bits, where they're all built in, means you have to buy a whole thing if your drill bit goes blunt. Worst case, you just pilot and use this as a guide, but still something to think about.
And the only other one would be to make these possibly removable. I don't know if they are, I'll try and get one off in a minute. Just so you can interchange the hole saws, it would be handy.
So I've managed to just get this undone, pretty easily actually, to be fair, a chisel placed through there. And thanks to this flat edge, I was able to get a pair of grips on it quite nicely. I mean, and this is now suitable for any hole saw. Obviously, these are specifically designed for wood, having these different type of teeth on them. Got through a lot nicer than any metal or bimetallic hole saw does, usually it burns its way through. So definitely for wood, these are definitely better than any other hole saws.
Yeah, all in, I'd definitely buy a set of these, I think. I may even look into them, see how much they cost. Plus, I've got a couple of pilot bits already. First couple of wood bits started.
Yeah. Nice tool. Pro-Fit, good job.