Seasense storage lid handles - install

[crankbait09]

I have purchased these handles for my jon boat mod. I was thinking that the back of the handles would be a perfect square or rectangle. but i was wrong.

I do not have access to a router and do not have any bright ideas on how to cut the hole to fit the handle. here is the handle I am referring to: https://www.iboats.com/Seasense-Flush-Pulls/dm/cart_id.111945997--session_id.034491730--view_id.685929

refer to attached picture for the shape i need to cut out

 

[FerrisBueller]

Do you have a jigsaw that you could use? Maybe that would work?

 

[crankbait09]

i thought of my jigsaw, but the radius at each corner is too tight. i could chip it away.......hmmm, i may try that

 

[marshman]

ive used those before....i dont remember what size hole but they fit in a perfectly round hole...use a hole saw or paddle bit...

 

[marshman]

i just scrolled down on that page... if youre talking about the oblong ones, drill 2 holes side by side, then connect with jig saw to knock out the middle...

 

[crankbait09]

marshman, that makes too much sense!! DOH!!
that works, thank you

 

[FerrisBueller]

Yeah if you are using the longer ones you simply drill two holes like marshman said and use the jigsaw between the two and it works perfect. Thats how I did all of my handles, only they were the Attwood brand.

 

[Ranchero50]

Just get a hole saw that's the diameter of your thin cutout dimension and drill two holes side by side. Then jigsaw or sawzall the left over triangles out and you have a perfect hole.

Instructions:

Lay your handle on your hatch upside down and mark the 4 mounting holes where you want the handle to be. Measure from the edge of the hatch to your mounting holes to ensure that the hatch will sit square with the edge.

Make a center line between both sets of holes for your hole saw to drill at. Draw an 'X' between all four holes to get the center point on your drill center line. Subtract the diameter of your hole saw from the handle width dimension and divide that by half to get your offset from the center of you drill line for each of you hole saw drill points. Center punch your drill points.

Clamp a scrap 2x4 under the hatch if the hole saw will overlap the other drill point. You'll have to start both holes so you don't lose the second drill point as the first hole is cut out.

File / deburr and you are good to go.

 

[Colbyt]

I would not use a router for that. I would use a zip bit in my RotoZip. You are in Cincy and I know the is a Harbor Freight there somewhere harborfreight.com/electric-cutout-tool-42831.html

A RotoZip is just the expensive version of what HF sells. A Dremel with a wood bit night do the job also.

Practice on some scrap first as tool control is a learned skill.

 

[hookedontronics]

go to McMaster-carr.com

that's where I got the ones you show above only for way cheaper, they have multiple sizes

 

[bassboy1]

2 hole saw holes will certainly do what you need, but I can easily cut half that radius with the right jig saw blade. I keep a handful of the following blades in the shop for just that purpose.

https://www.cpotools.com/bosch-t119bo-3-1-4-in-12-tpi-t-shank-jig-saw-blade-5-pack/bshnt119bo,default,pd.html?ref=pla&zmam=31282435&zmas=47&zmac=66&zmap=bshnt119bo&gclid=CM_ej72zybgCFY5r7AodEU4AeA