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Originally Posted by Table 5
Thanks for the suggestion guys, although a hole saw is not going to do the job as I need to cut more of a rectangle...a fairly large one as well at 14" x 5". So I think it needs to be with something like a jigsaw or perhaps a Fein Multimaster type thing.
Taping it off sounds like a good idea. I don't necessarily need the edges to be perfect, as part of the cooler over overlaps the actual cutout, but hopefully it can avoid some giant splinter in the veneer.
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Don't know if you've already made the hole, but when I was making an MDF stand a few years ago I used a combination of a hole saw and a router to get some nice results. Used the hole saw to make large holes at either end of the rectangular-ish hole I wanted, then used the router with some clamped-on guides to create straight cuts between the edges of the holes.
Maybe not the best tools for the job, but I worked with what I had.
Couple of pictures here:
http://imgur.com/a/6rOR1
I used 4 holes in the corners of the large rectangle in the top, 2 at the ends of each of the narrower holes. Interestingly, the large hole is for the same purpose you need: ventilation. I custom built this as a computer stand for my very large 800D case with fans set up to pull from the large grill on the bottom. Holes in the back for cable management.