Title: 3 Simple Ways to Cut Drywall on the Wall - wikiHow
Headings: How to Cut Drywall on the Wall
How to Cut Drywall on the Wall
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Planning the Cuts and Taking Safety Measures Download Article
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Method 2
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Cutting by Hand with a Jab Saw Download Article
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Using an Electric Rotary Tool Download Article
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Saw along your cut lines using clean, smooth strokes. Apply more pressure on the forward sawing motion to create a neat cut without jagged outside edges. Pull the blade most of the way out and rotate it 90 degrees before plunging it back in whenever you reach the end of a cut line on a square or rectangular section. Try your best to saw with even, controlled motions and only saw about 1⁄2 in (1.3 cm) deep, which is the most common depth of drywall. Tip: If you want to reinstall the same piece of drywall after you remove it, you can hold the jab saw at a 45-degree angle away from the center of the section as you cut it out. This will create a bevelled cutout so you can easily patch the piece back in. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/2\/2e\/Cut-Drywall-on-the-Wall-Step-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Cut-Drywall-on-the-Wall-Step-6.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/2\/2e\/Cut-Drywall-on-the-Wall-Step-6.jpg\/aid11530324-v4-728px-Cut-Drywall-on-the-Wall-Step-6.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>\u00a9 2021 wikiHow, Inc. All rights reserved. wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U.S. and international copyright laws.