jmc
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Or a mattocks, which is made for the job.
Misusing tools.
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Pooh_Bear
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I have never tried this (ahem).
Take a short length of thin wall 1.5 inch PVC pipe.
Cut two round pieces of wood that will just fit inside the pipe snugly.
Drill a small hole in the center of each round to a threaded rod.
Drill a very small hole somewhere off center of the round to accept a fuse.
Go to a gun shop and buy a container of gun powder used for reloading shotgun shells.
Or you can use black powder for muzzle loaders.
Stick one of the wood round blocks in one end of the pipe.
Put the threaded rod thru the center hole with a nut and washer on the outside.
Stick the threaded rod all the way thru the pipe.
Fill the pipe with gun powder. Put the other round piece on the pipe.
Put another washer and nut on and tighten it down real tight.
Pack that gun powder in there real good.
Add a fuse and you have a stick of dynamite.
Tide and gasoline mixed together makes a nice napalm substitute.
Add granulated swimming pool chlorine to either one of these
to act as an oxidizer.
Pooh Bear
Take a short length of thin wall 1.5 inch PVC pipe.
Cut two round pieces of wood that will just fit inside the pipe snugly.
Drill a small hole in the center of each round to a threaded rod.
Drill a very small hole somewhere off center of the round to accept a fuse.
Go to a gun shop and buy a container of gun powder used for reloading shotgun shells.
Or you can use black powder for muzzle loaders.
Stick one of the wood round blocks in one end of the pipe.
Put the threaded rod thru the center hole with a nut and washer on the outside.
Stick the threaded rod all the way thru the pipe.
Fill the pipe with gun powder. Put the other round piece on the pipe.
Put another washer and nut on and tighten it down real tight.
Pack that gun powder in there real good.
Add a fuse and you have a stick of dynamite.
Tide and gasoline mixed together makes a nice napalm substitute.
Add granulated swimming pool chlorine to either one of these
to act as an oxidizer.
Pooh Bear
RonL
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A wide chisel in a jackhammer would cut through the roots to the stone in no time.
RonL
RonL
You guys are scaring me! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
The tree stump stands just 6 feet from my house, the previous owners did nothing about it and the roots were reaking havock with the foundation, thus the removal in the 1 st place.
I'll get it, it will just take a while!
The tree stump stands just 6 feet from my house, the previous owners did nothing about it and the roots were reaking havock with the foundation, thus the removal in the 1 st place.
I'll get it, it will just take a while!
It sounds to me like RonL has the best and safest solution. useing a jack hammer. You can rent electric ones that will do the job for you
You could also Drill holes across the root line where you wanted to cut. Spade bit's are cheep.
Charlie
You could also Drill holes across the root line where you wanted to cut. Spade bit's are cheep.
Charlie
TwinWillows
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I've had luck getting through roots w/a sawzall & the longest wood blade I can find - usually a 12" bimetal one. That & a sharp ax & pry bar or a pick usually do the trick.
Elvis3054
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Pooh Bear
Sounds like you have had some fun along the way. I love blowing things up myself. I've built and used your two recipes, and a few others. We (me and Clif) usually make a few things for the fourth of July and New Years. Have you made any tater guns?
Sounds like you have had some fun along the way. I love blowing things up myself. I've built and used your two recipes, and a few others. We (me and Clif) usually make a few things for the fourth of July and New Years. Have you made any tater guns?
Pooh_Bear
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No, but I always wanted a tater gun.
I got a pesky dog hanging around and I was thinking of a paint ball gun.
But a tater gun mite be more effective.
I use to be a scoutmaster for boy scout troup of juvenile delinquents.
They say you can't teach without learning something yourself,
and let me tell you, I learned plenty.
Calcium carbide bombs were always my favorite.
Plastic coke bottle half full of water, handfull of calcium carbide.
Put the CC in the bottle and quickly put the lid on it.
Shake it up and throw it. Makes a great grenade.
Let one go off near a campfire and you get a huge firefall.
Calcium carbide mixed with water gives of acetyline gas.
You used to could buy CC at any hardware store as it was used in carbide lamps.
Pooh Bear
I got a pesky dog hanging around and I was thinking of a paint ball gun.
But a tater gun mite be more effective.
I use to be a scoutmaster for boy scout troup of juvenile delinquents.
They say you can't teach without learning something yourself,
and let me tell you, I learned plenty.
Calcium carbide bombs were always my favorite.
Plastic coke bottle half full of water, handfull of calcium carbide.
Put the CC in the bottle and quickly put the lid on it.
Shake it up and throw it. Makes a great grenade.
Let one go off near a campfire and you get a huge firefall.
Calcium carbide mixed with water gives of acetyline gas.
You used to could buy CC at any hardware store as it was used in carbide lamps.
Pooh Bear
