<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Steve . <div>Thanks but how to figure o a way to replicate Forsner bits in the third world where we do most of our work eh ?<div>Richard</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 19, 2011, at 11:53 PM, Steve Taylor wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 July 2011 01:41, Richard Stanley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rstanley@legacyfound.org">rstanley@legacyfound.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"> Here in Little 'ole Ashland Oregon and I suspect all over the land, ordinary softwood logs were used for water pipes. They bored 2 to 4" dia holes right thru the center of 8 to 10 ft lengths and somehow maintained center...Have no idea how they managed that but it wold certainly give us a clue as to how to bore a simple 18 inches depth or so.... My trusty 18 volt dewalt with a spade bit dies after about 6" yet they managed 10 ft probably by hand auguring..Perhaps any of us in the over 80's club can recall.. <div>
<div> <br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Richard, <br>You'd find a FORSTNER bit requires a lot less torque than a spade bit - my set will cut to 3". I'll do a test on a log with my DeWalt too. <br>
<br>Steve <br></div></div><div style="visibility: hidden; left: -5000px;" id="avg_ls_inline_popup"></div><style type="text/css">#avg_ls_inline_popup{position: absolute;z-index: 9999;padding: 0px 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px;overflow: hidden;word-wrap: break-word;color: black;font-size: 10px;text-align: left;line-height: 130%;}</style>
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