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Re: Material: Removing wood plugs from aluminum tu
By:Reg Lake
Date: 12/17/2002, 12:27 pm
In Response To: Material: Removing wood plugs from aluminum tubing (Shawn Baker)

:
: No idea how to get the wood out of the center. There's 3' chunk in the middle
: of every 5' stick o' tubing. I tried driving it out with a piece of steel
: rod. No move.

Shawn,
Is this a 3 foot dowel or 3 inch? If it truly is 3 feet then I would give up. If by chance it is 3 inches then I would attempt making a core drill with some steel tubing with an OD slightly smaller than the tubing ID. Grind or hacksaw some crude teeth into the leading edge, wrap some teflon tape to the outside to reduce scoring from friction and power it with your electric drill. I have cored 4 foot minicell kayak walls with teeth cut into 1 1/4" aluminum tubing. It is still a long shot but what the hell. YMMV.
Reg

Messages In This Thread

Material: Removing wood plugs from aluminum tubing
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2002, 12:00 am
Look up impossible in the dictionary...
Rick Allnutt -- 12/17/2002, 6:23 pm
Re: Waittaminute!!!
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2002, 7:00 pm
Re: Waittaminute!!!
Rick Allnutt -- 12/17/2002, 10:19 pm
Re: Look up impossible in the dictionary...
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2002, 6:59 pm
Fahrenheit 452 -- It just might do -- for you :)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/17/2002, 8:25 pm
Oak!!
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2002, 10:07 pm
Pass the salt, I will eat my words...
Rick Allnutt -- 12/17/2002, 10:20 pm
Re: not just yet!
Shawn Baker -- 12/18/2002, 12:20 pm
Putting wood plugs in aluminum tubes
Bill Price -- 12/17/2002, 2:47 pm
Re: Material: Removing wood plugs from aluminum tu
Reg Lake -- 12/17/2002, 12:27 pm
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Tom Yost -- 12/17/2002, 10:11 am
Re: Material: Removing wood plugs from aluminum tu *LINK*
Pete Rudie -- 12/17/2002, 11:10 am
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Tom Yost -- 12/17/2002, 1:34 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2002, 10:21 am
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don flowers -- 12/17/2002, 11:00 pm
chemical warfare
Don Flowers -- 12/17/2002, 11:01 am
lignin destroyers, wood eaters
mike allen -- 12/17/2002, 1:21 pm
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Timothy -- 12/17/2002, 8:54 am
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Jim Elbrecht -- 12/17/2002, 8:16 am
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Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 12/17/2002, 9:22 am
Re: termites? :) *NM*
Ross Leidy -- 12/17/2002, 6:50 am
I love this! Ross. No damage to metal. *NM*
Tony -- 12/18/2002, 7:41 pm
Re: ...but I'll have problems stopping them! *NM*
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2002, 10:17 am
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Richard Kohlström -- 12/17/2002, 2:34 am
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Tony -- 12/18/2002, 7:40 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 12/17/2002, 1:51 am
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Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2002, 10:16 am
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Eric -- 12/17/2002, 11:50 am
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Jeff The Tall -- 12/17/2002, 1:32 am
Re: Denatured alcohol?
Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2002, 10:13 am
Re: Denatured alcohol?
Tony -- 12/18/2002, 7:35 pm
Re: Denatured alcohol?
Jeff The Tall -- 12/17/2002, 2:01 pm
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Chip Sandresky -- 12/17/2002, 12:48 am
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Greg Bridges -- 12/17/2002, 12:03 am
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Shawn Baker -- 12/17/2002, 12:06 am
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 12/17/2002, 12:50 am
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John K -- 12/17/2002, 9:52 pm
Re: extra long bits
Tony -- 12/18/2002, 7:13 pm
Re: Material: Removing wood plugs from aluminum tu
Greg Bridges -- 12/17/2002, 12:22 am