Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

On 01/12/2016 19:30, rick wrote:
Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

not worth the time, only 16.95
http://www.outdoorvalue.co.uk/produc...Fc4K0wodaoQAmQ

On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 19:30:48 +0000, rick
wrote:

Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

Such things already exist , they are called Ground Anchors,

Put Ground Anchor into a google search and click images and you will
get loads of examples.

As the name implies they are for anchoring things to the ground such
as rotary washing line poles etc.
As such they won't be that easy to pull out of the ground and I think
you have underestimated how much effort you will need to pull out a
soil core unless your garden soil is very light and sandy anyway,
but you may find a way to use one.

G.Harman

On 01/12/2016 19:30, rick wrote:
Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

I did once hire a manual one. It was not a success, but that might be
because the soil I was trying to make make a hole in is very stony.

--
Michael Chare

wrote:

rick wrote:

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Put Ground Anchor into a google search

or "post hole borer"

"rick" wrote in message
news
Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and fill
the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

You can buy them. Or copy the bought ones.
https://www.google.com/search?q=hand...auger&tbm=isch

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

Its easier to make they with just a couple of bits instead of a full
corkscrew.

No need for the full corkscrew, in fact that makes it harder to turn by
hand.

On 01/12/2016 20:03, MrCheerful wrote:
On 01/12/2016 19:30, rick wrote:
Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

not worth the time, only 16.95
http://www.outdoorvalue.co.uk/produc...Fc4K0wodaoQAmQ



Fair comment ... maybe I'll buy wife one for Xmas

rick wrote:
Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.
If you really want to make one for the fun of it, you cut a number of
circles with a hole in the centre, then one cut from centre to
outside,then weld one of those straight cuts to one on the next disc,
and so on then stretch and weld to a pipe,
http://imgur.com/a/h6Gjp
you can sort of see one of the welds about the middle.

On Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:30:51 UTC, rick wrote:
Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

Google "Soil sampling auger" for small diameter augers.

On Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:30:51 UTC, rick wrote:
Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

Just buy a few tons of sharp sand, spread it and dig it in if your soil is heavy.
Footling around with holes is a waste of time.

"harry" wrote in message
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On Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:30:51 UTC, rick wrote:
Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

Google "Soil sampling auger" for small diameter augers.

Useless when you want a 3-4" hole for a post, stupid.

On 02/12/2016 01:53, F Murtz wrote:
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I bought one on ebay for around £16. Stones can be a problem but it was
a useful tool for the majority of the post holes.
I went down 24 inches but if the soil is softer it will go further.
Better to just do a few turns and pull out and keep repeating because
once you `screw` it in too far you will never pull it out and have to
`back screw` to free it.
When I did it the soil was quite wet though.
Mine had a 24 inch wooden crossbar. If you want more leverage it would
be easy to make a longer crossbar..

On 02/12/2016 01:53, F Murtz wrote:
rick wrote:

http://imgur.com/a/h6Gjp
you can sort of see one of the welds about the middle.


serious gauge metal there - obviously not a hand operated auger bit :-)

I just bought a Draper model ...seemed sturdier than some (we will see)

I only got 4" diameter .... suits my purpose.

What I have is parts of my ground don't drain and waterlogged.
Going to try series of holes .... and fill the holes with sharp sand
This will give better drainage ... almost like vertical land drainage.

Then after a few months .. when sand has migrated into the surrounding
soil Rotovate the top layer .. and repeat (maybe several times)


I guess I could add compost to the sand as I fill holes - undecided on
that yet.

The ground is awful .... so anything I can do to assist will help.

In some areas I dug down 2m and installed drainage crates .... but can't
do that everywhere - takes a huge amount of effort ( and cost)

rick wrote

I just bought a Draper model ...seemed sturdier than some (we will see)

I only got 4" diameter .... suits my purpose.

What I have is parts of my ground don't drain and waterlogged.
Going to try series of holes .... and fill the holes with sharp sand
This will give better drainage ...

Bet it doesnt, because there is nowhere for the water in the hole to go.

almost like vertical land drainage.

Nothing like in fact. Normal land drainage has somewhere for the water to
go.

Then after a few months .. when sand has migrated into the surrounding
soil

That isnt going to happen.

Rotovate the top layer ..

Pointless doing that.

and repeat (maybe several times)

Wont work even if you do it dozens of times IMO.

I guess I could add compost to the sand as I fill holes

Why would that be any better ?

- undecided on that yet.

The ground is awful .... so anything I can do to assist will help.

Not necessarily if the water still doesnt go anywhere.

In some areas I dug down 2m and installed drainage crates .... but can't
do that everywhere - takes a huge amount of effort ( and cost)

It is what works tho.

rick wrote:
On 02/12/2016 01:53, F Murtz wrote:
rick wrote:

http://imgur.com/a/h6Gjp
you can sort of see one of the welds about the middle.


serious gauge metal there - obviously not a hand operated auger bit :-)
Both but made to fit hand held petrol auger motor

On 12/1/2016 8:03 PM, MrCheerful wrote:
On 01/12/2016 19:30, rick wrote:
Thinking about a job I would like to do .... it would be nice to have a
hand auger .. around 3-4" diameter
On a T-bar handles ... the 'threaded' portion could be as little as a
foot long attached to a longer handle.
Be good to be able to 'aug' (is that a verb) down to 36"

I know you can hire motorised versions .... for post holes ... want to
have a hand operated, so I can create multiple holes in a garden, and
fill the holes with sharp sand.
So holes don't need to be perfect .. just not too large. (just deep)

Anybody any thoughts how I could make one ?

Almost a corkscrew on steroids.

not worth the time, only 16.95
http://www.outdoorvalue.co.uk/produc...Fc4K0wodaoQAmQ

+1, I think I got mine from Toolstation but it might have been Screwfix