Plug cutting tool and related method of use

A plug tool configured to produce plugs having an aesthetic exterior surface common to a donor board from which the plug is produced, the tool comprising:

• a tool longitudinal axis;
• a cutting end including at least one cutting edge configured to rotate about the tool longitudinal axis and advance into a donor board face to produce a plug having a plug sidewall and a plug bottom;
• and
• a stabilizer configured to engage the donor board surface and impair the cutting end from at least one of wobbling relative to and walking along the donor board face as the cutting end rotates about the tool longitudinal axis,
• wherein the cutting end is operable in a retracted mode in which the cutting end rotates within a bore of the stabilizer as the stabilizer simultaneously engages the donor board surface and remains stationary,
• wherein the cutting end is operable in an extended mode in which the cutting end projects from the stabilizer as the at least one cutting edge advances into the donor board face while the stabilizer simultaneously engages the donor board surface and remains stationary.

A plug kit to produce plugs having an aesthetic exterior surface common to a donor board from which the plug is produced, the plug kit comprising:

• a plug tool comprising:
• a tubular stabilizer;
• a shaft extending to a cutting end including at least one cutting edge, the cutting edge configured to rotate about a tool longitudinal axis and advance into the donor board face to produce a plug having a plug sidewall and a plug bottom, while the stabilizer simultaneously engages the donor board surface and remains stationary and while the shaft rotates within the tubular stabilizer;
• a plug getter comprising;
• an elongated tube with a plug opening;
• a beveled wall extending around the plug opening and configured to extend into a groove around the plug,
• the plug getter being tiltable to detach the plug from the donor board.