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Re: Off Topic: 72 Ft. Wooden Schooner Project
By:Ken Blanton
Date: 1/21/2011, 5:51 pm

But in drilling through 2 meters of timber, even with all the jigging ... how do they keep the bit from wandering due to the wood grain?

I think one of the things I like best about boat builders is ... they can pretty much figure out a way to do pretty much anything.

KenB

: Boring the hole for the shaft is always a trick, requires a huge
: drill motor, usually use a huge Milwaukee drill and a giant
: drill bit and quite a bit of jigging to hold everything straight
: while it's being done, it's not done by hand by any means. You
: can barely pick up the drill motor and the drill bit let alone
: hold it straight, I've tried :)

: Bill H.

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Off Topic: 72 Ft. Wooden Schooner Project *PIC*
Ken Blanton -- 1/20/2011, 8:31 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/20/2011, 6:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2011, 9:17 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/21/2011, 12:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2011, 3:19 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 1/21/2011, 7:28 am
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Ken Blanton -- 1/21/2011, 8:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2011, 9:05 am
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Ken Blanton -- 1/21/2011, 5:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2011, 5:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2011, 9:20 am