trying to add a window to my chicken coop but know nothing about tools

[Callacda]

I just had a chicken coop built by a handy man, but he charges $45 an hour. I want to add an opening to one of the walls for air flow at night in the heat of the summer, like now. The coop is made of plywood. I was thinking of finding an old used cabinet door with hinges to use for the door and adding a latch to keep it closed in winter. All I would have to do is cut a rectangular hole in the wood and staple hardware cloth to the opening. The problem is I know nothing about saws, and how you would go about starting the first cut into the wall. How do you make the first cut? What tool is used for that?

 

[StinkyAcres]

What kind of saw are you using?

 

[Callacda]

What kind of saw are you using?

I need to buy one, maybe a jig saw? I don't know. All I have right now is a hack saw and a circular saw, but my circular saw is too heavy and a hack saw wouldn't work. I have to cut out a rectangular hole in the wall. You tell me what kind of saw because I have no idea. I know a jig saw would work but how do you make the first cut into the wood? I have to buy one.

 

[Callacda]

I need to buy one, maybe a jig saw? I don't know. All I have right now is a hack saw and a circular saw, but my circular saw is too heavy and a hack saw wouldn't work. I have to cut out a rectangular hole in the wall. You tell me what kind of saw because I have no idea. I know a jig saw would work but how do you make the first cut into the wood? I have to buy one.

I have to put it between 2 studs in the wall.

 

[DSJMHenDen]

Take this with a grain of salt since I am no construction expert, but if you drill a pilot hole with a drill in the corners it will give you a starting point. That's what I did and my coop hasn't fallen down... yet

 

[Callacda]

What kind of saw are you using?

Take this with a grain of salt since I am no construction expert, but if you drill a pilot hole with a drill in the corners it will give you a starting point. That's what I did and my coop hasn't fallen down... yet

smart. I thought of that but I wasn't sure. What kind of saw did you use?

 

[DSJMHenDen]

smart. I thought of that but I wasn't sure. What kind of saw did you use?

A sawzall with a fine tooth blade, but I don't own a jigsaw. I imagine a jigsaw would work better

 

[nuthatched]

How thick are your walls? Osb or plywood? You can use a jig saw or a Sawzall type saw. A dremal saw might even work.

 

[thecatumbrella]

There's something called a hole saw that you can get for your drill. Grips the wood very easily and will give you a 2" hole to start jigsawing from.

 

[StinkyAcres]

There's something called a hole saw that you can get for your drill. Grips the wood very easily and will give you a 2" hole to start jigsawing from.

No need to go that big. Just a drill bit a little larger than the jigsaw blade.