Here is an inquiry I received this morning:
*** START ***I am trying to find some sources to help us build a wood boring machine that can drill from 4" up to 10" (rarely larger), mostly our needs call for the 4" ~ 8" diameter range boring up the center of the log lengthwise. Length of the pole is typically 8' to 12' long. We are trying to find a source for the machine and drill bits. B&A Manufacturing referred us to you for the equipment part of our needs. Tree diameter generally calls for needing at least 4" larger than the diameter of the hole, but usually 6" is better (3" width of tree leftover all away around the diameter of the hole and the larger the tree, the larger width of wood needs to remain). So if can imagine, we may have a 16" diameter tree, 10' long, that calls for a 8" diameter
This is one of the hardest, most dense woods of the world.
Is there a stock machine out there that can do what we are asking, and if so is that something you can offer? Do you know where we might find one and at what kind of cost?
Someone had one built that drills it while still leaving the "donut hole" for lack of a better term still intact so that when it is finally drilled all the way through, we are left with a wood cylinder in the diameter of the bit used. Do, if our job calls for a 4" hole, we end up with a wood cylinder slightly less than 4" in diameter. That is then pulled out of the inside of the log. We found this to give us the most success in boring out this wood.
Please let me know what you can come up with.
*** END ***Anyone have any leads for this guy? I can't / won't build a machine of this caliber but would love to point him in the right direction.
Regards, Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 871-5022
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