When it comes to ghetto-rigs, I admit to no master.
For instance:

When I was making this, I wanted to install a hanger on the back. I had just the thing, too- a metal disk thing out of an old piano, meant for holding the front on, and its intended purpose was to hold far greater a weight than I was trying to do with this thing. But I wanted it set into the wood, and not being a master woodworker I was a little unsure of just how to do so. Using my router would mean basically freehanding a perfect circle, so I was a bit hesitant.

Then I spied a set of hole saws that had been given to me. Woo! Stick one of those into my little drill press, ease it down a quarter inch into the wood, then use a wood chisel to pick out the center. Only problem was that the shaft of the hole saw was too big for the chuck of the drill.

But wait- it's hexagonal and should fit into a socket wrench. And I have this thing that allows you to put a socket wrench onto a drill. So if I put that into the press, add on the appropriate socket, then stick the hole saw in-

-well, if I'm lucky the damn thing will whirl around, fling out of the socket and embed itself in the wall rather than in me.

I used the router and actually did a very nice job of it.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 16:28, Reply)