[Woodcarver] Augers and long drills

[Steve Klein]

How about filing saw teeth into a piece of pipe ?  Like a big Hole Saw?


Steve


Joe Dillett wrote:


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> These augers are still available in tool catalogs. I bought one 

> about10 years ago for installing poles in carousel horses. It's 1-1/2 

> inch diameter and 16-inches long. I have extensions to take it out to 

> 4-feet long.

>

> I can only imagine the workout one would get from hand cranking that 

> auger through a timber. Even with power there's a lot of torque and 

> makes your arms tired.

>

> What I would be interested in getting is the type of augers they 

> drilled wooden water pipe. I'm told that they were smooth on the 

> outside and hallow like a pipe with about ¼ of the side opened up. The 

> drilling end was shaped like a spoon gouge with no sharp point. If 

> anyone has an auger like this or knows someone who does I would very 

> much like to buy it.

>

> I still think the best way to dry logs is to drill through the heart 

> and blow dry air though it.

>

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "RAY MIGHELLS" 

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> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:16 AM

> Subject: [Woodcarver] Reliving stress/tension in carvings

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> For all you "tool nuts" out there, once upon a time I was a bridge and 

> trestle carpenter.  We used a four foot long auger to drill holes in 

> wooden bridge and trestle timbers by hand (no electric out in the 

> boonies in those days).   Point being that there probably are some of 

> those old augers around if anyone cared to look for them.   

> Incidently, in the Pacific Northwest the Indian Totem poles are carved 

> out in the back.  The bulk of the heartwood is removed.

> I appreciate Lori"s sense of humor.  Regards,  Ray Mighells  6760 Rt 

> 417 Killbuck NY 716 945 0098 Please view my work at: 

> http://www.picturetrail.com/razaxnstuff

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