But that pile is all stacked nice and neat and now your going to re-stack it in a shed,,,, well it is good exercise if one need exercise.
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But that pile is all stacked nice and neat and now your going to re-stack it in a shed,,,, well it is good exercise if one need exercise.
aeblank
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I do pallets of wood for that reason. Eliminates an entire handling.. I put one outside the basement door for 2/3 of the year (until I lose my loader to the snowblower..... plus the shed is easier in the snow (
Those pieces look so long to me. 22" or some such?
Some people sure are quick with figures, I was telling someone at work today about my bridge build, 2 panels 5' wide made of 6x6s, putting 6 holes in each 6x6, soon as I said that the guy said so your drilling 120 holes, I said wow that added up quick and you figured that quick and he's just welder like me, he says your not talking to a dummy. Guess some welders are good at math, me I was going to just get a piece of paper, draw it all out and count the holes one by one then verify it with a calculator, then go wow thats a lot of holes for a battery drill.
So now I dont know cut back on 5' bolts from 6 down to 5 or 4, or hope I dont burn out my drill, go to HF or online somewhere, borrow SR drill. I tried a few holes this afternoon with my drill, the new spade sucked right in so deep so fast I almost couldn't get it back out, the auger bit I have goes in fast but takes more power but it backs out easier, one thing I do know is if I drill by hand I need to go from both sides to stay straight. The guy at work suggested I go buy a $1000.00 mag drill and make a clamp on steel plate jig, well I cant afford $1000,00, so I got to do some rethinking and that hurts.
So now I dont know cut back on 5' bolts from 6 down to 5 or 4, or hope I dont burn out my drill, go to HF or online somewhere, borrow SR drill. I tried a few holes this afternoon with my drill, the new spade sucked right in so deep so fast I almost couldn't get it back out, the auger bit I have goes in fast but takes more power but it backs out easier, one thing I do know is if I drill by hand I need to go from both sides to stay straight. The guy at work suggested I go buy a $1000.00 mag drill and make a clamp on steel plate jig, well I cant afford $1000,00, so I got to do some rethinking and that hurts.
I would've done what SR does and yes GGs wood does look longer then 16-18" to me to but he has the stamina of a 25 year old so that why likes his wood on the long side, but it is cut to a uniform length so he has a good eye for length.
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I tried a few holes this afternoon with my drill, the new spade sucked right in so deep so fast I almost couldn't get it back out, the auger bit I have goes in fast but takes more power but it backs out easier,
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Yeah watch out for those Bosch daredevil bits! The screw on the front sucks the bit in so fast that it will load up with wood pulp and get stuck. In a long blind hole it seems you have to stop every 1-2" or so, put the drill in reverse, and pull all the debris back out of the hole. I didn't learn this fast enough on a recent log-play-structure project, and I got a 3/4" bosch bit anchored firmly into a big walnut log. Had to ruin it to get it back out. Also, they are very hard on drills due to this aggressiveness. It caused me to let the smoke out of the motor in my old dewalt 18v. Still works, but made it easier to finally buy the brushless li-ion 20v kit.
You'd better set up an assembly line under a drill press to do 120 holes. I am now getting things prepared to build my own 16' long by 10' wide bridge project. I'm using salvaged 2x6 decking that I will double up. three telephone poles for the main beams, so 3 big holes per doubled 2x6. At 16 feet long, thats ~33 rows of decking, or 99 holes I need to drill. Yep, gonna do it on the drill press in the shop ahead of time, for sure!
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When I have really tough holes to drill, I grab my B&D Professional (made by Elu in Europe) drill with a real transmission, shift it into low and get after it.
It's super powerful and is built to last forever...
SR
It's super powerful and is built to last forever...
SR
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When I have really tough holes to drill, I grab my B&D Professional (made by Elu in Europe) drill with a real transmission, shift it into low and get after it.
It's super powerful and is built to last forever...
SR
Hmmmm... Black and Decker Professional... isn't that a contradiction in terms??
Sawyer Rob
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ABSOLUTELY positively NOT, in THIS case... (too bad they are now past tense)
IF, you knew anything about Elu mfg. tools, you would know that no one made better tools them days, I have no idea about them now though...
That Elu drill puts the Milwaukee Hole Hawg right to shame!!! And, there are folks who think the Hole Hawg is the end all be all drill...
SR
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The name Black and Decker does NOT instill confidence!