Star drill?

Even a dumb one would wise up after a few holes. Me, I heat with
wood, have a hydraulic splitter but do all my splitting with wedge/
sledge/maul except for the knots/crotches. One the face of it it
looks stupid but I am retired and it is the only real excercise I
get. Going through 6 cord every year keeps me from blowing up like a
balloon.

Harry K

Posted by SteveB on October 9, 2007, 12:39 am

>> > On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:22:00 -0700, "hall...@aol.com"

>> >>Perhaps he wants to re live his youth working with a star drill?

>> > Reliving one's youth is one thing, 40 holes is another! <bg> Even in

>> > my youth I'd not have wanted to drill 40 holes by hand...

>> I was a Teamster for 37 years. We had a saying that if you give a lazy

>> man

>> a job to do, he'll find the quickest easiest way to do it. I think even

>> a

>> Teamster would go rent a rotohammer.

>> Steve ;-)

> Even a dumb one would wise up after a few holes. Me, I heat with

> wood, have a hydraulic splitter but do all my splitting with wedge/

> sledge/maul except for the knots/crotches. One the face of it it

> looks stupid but I am retired and it is the only real excercise I

> get. Going through 6 cord every year keeps me from blowing up like a

> balloon.

> Harry K

I'm blessed with good genes, I guess. I'm 59, 5-10, 180#, and can outdo
younger men. But after an 8 1/2 hour heart surgery, I choose to use power a
lot. I'm still pretty strong, but nothing like when I was younger. I still
do a lot, but the pain of having your sternum sawed in half never goes away
totally, and I live in constant pain. But it's like working out where it's
cold and wet and dirty. Most of the time I would just tell the young
whiners, "What makes you think I'm not cold, wet, dirty, hungry, and have
water running down the crack of MY ass, too? Now quit your whining, shut
the fuck up and go to work like the rest of us."

Hope I don't have my sister's genes. She's 63 and had a heart transplant in
June. Got the heart of a 25 year old man. Says she feels better than she
has in years. I'll bet. For the last year, she's been lugging around a
left ventricular assist machine.

Look that up in your Google.

Steve

Posted by willshak on October 8, 2007, 9:37 pm

on 10/6/2007 5:24 PM willshak said the following:

> X-posted to other relevant group.

> Before there were concrete drill bits, or electric drills for that

> matter, small round holes in concrete or rock were made by a round

> chisel type tool that was pounded into the stone with a small sledge

> hammer while turning the tool. It might have been 8" or 10" long. The

> face of this chisel had a star-like pattern, only with 4 points, like

> a plus sign " + ". I believe it was called a star drill.

> A Google search brings up a lot of sports drills (training regimen).

> Anyone know if they still make them, or if so, where to get one on-line?

> I'm trying to drill some 40 - 3/4" holes in concrete and my 1/2"

> corded electric drill with a concrete bit stalls on the stone

> aggregate in the concrete requiring me to stop and try to crack the

> aggregate with a large punch. I figured a star drill would work better.

I finished the last of the holes today (12). Actually, there were only
30 rather than 40. It was good that I overestimated because I finished
sooner.
I have to thank two addition people.
One that suggested using a pilot drill. I did have a 3/8" concrete bit,
and used that before the 3/4" drill and it was better. Thanks.
One that suggested a 3/4" cold chisel to break up the aggregate. That
worked better after I had the 3/8; pilot hole drilled to 2" deep. Thanks
One additional thing that I didn't notice. While I was taking a break, I
picked up the plastic tag that had been attached to the 3/4 concrete
drill when I bought it. Looking on the back of the tag in molded, small
letters, was the following:
Recommended minimum speed 1100 RPM.
The 1/2" power drill I had been using was only rated at 600 RPM.. I
brought out my 3/8" power drill rated at 1200 RPM.
I didn't notice much difference with the 3/4" concrete bit, but it
seemed to work better with the 3/8" bit.
If it hadn't been in the 80s, with a humidity of 75 % for the past 4
days, I would have finished in half the time. As it was, I had to stop
occasionally for a hose down and a brew and cigarette..
I did not buy or rent a Hammer drill. I didn't even use the star drill I
asked about ($$$ saved all around).

For anyone interested, I am 70 years old, so I've been around a while.
I have been retired since 1999.
I am 6' 2" tall. I weigh 185 lbs.
I have a 35' waist.
I have 41" hips.
I wear a 42" long jacket.
I wear a 16" long shirt.
All the above is in case someone wants to buy me some clothes.
My body fat index is 19.9%. A little high, but I think it is the beer.
My right arm is now bigger than my left arm from all this hammering, but
that because I have torn ligaments in my left shoulder from manhandling
a tractor, and I don't use it for heavy or precise work.
I am not afraid of hard work. I have done a lot of projects alone that
would have taken a couple of younger guys to accomplish.
If you've ever seen an old Italian mason working, you'll notice that he
may be slow, but he is persistent. While the younger guys have to stop
and pick their nose, the old guy keeps on working, and at the end of the
day, he's done more than the youngsters.

Look at all the $$$ I've saved.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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