Big round hole in steel

With a decently sharp hole saw and a drop of oil as lubrication it should be quite easy and quick if the power tool is reasonably powerful. Used to similar jobs regularly. A note of caution. If the tool is powerful enough to do a reasonable job it will be strong enough to hurt you and break from grip if the saw jams which it often does just as it breaks through unless you are ready. A drill with a clutch is recommended if you have access to one.

G.Harman

Plasma cutter. A trailer place might not have one, but any halfway decent steel fabricator will.

OD usually, but it's a hard job to get real accuracy out of them anyway.

Acrow props are quite heavy, as they're specced for a serious loading, more than you'd need for a trailer leg.

Isn't a 2" hole in 1/4" steel plate exactly the sort of thing a hypersonic depleted uranium round is supposed to make?

Any friends in the Army?

It's worth a shot.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Bill saying something like:

Gas axe. Doddle.

I don't know anyone who still has the requisite skill with cutting this neatly, and who doesn't already have plasma instead of oxy.

Can't you just drill a series of smaller holes in a circle, gradually enlarge them till they join up and the middle falls out, then tidy up with a file?

A hole saw will do it easily especially in a pillar drill, even a £30 aldi one.

In message , "dennis@home" writes

Well, I've invested 99p on ebay for a hole saw, so we'll see. If I can clear a space to get to the Fobco, I'll give it a go.

I'll also see if some local fabricators I've used before are still there, just in case.

Thanks to all for the advice.

Easier to get the hole in the right place like this:

I'd just use a 2" twist drill. First I'd drill a pilot hole!