Another potentially useful "tool" for this problem is a golf tee.
They come in various lengths are short, cheap and light, so easy to carry. Most are wood, but I have seem some plastic ones which might work well. You can often use the tee to push core out (jamming is usually near the end). I sometimes carry a small rubber mallet in the field- you can tap the golf tee (which has a nice wide head on it) with the mallet, into the bit and loosen the jam. Don't use anything hard though, or you might wreck the cutting edge. DONT use a knife point! I have had two students, from two different classes, on field trips (ignore my advice) and try to remove a core with a knife point- one ended up in the emergency room with stitches in his thumb!! -- Ryan McEwan The University of Dayton http://udbiology.com/content.php?id=1664 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
