Hi All, Drilling into a tree can work. Note, however, sometimes it'll just make the jam worse. One time a borer jammed and heated so intensely the bit snapped.
Most importantly, once you get a gun cleaning kit, clean your borer after EVERY use. That'll reduce future jam issues. neil On Nov 22, 11:34 am, "Ryan McEwan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My friend Jyh-min, now a professor in Taiwan, had an interesting method. He > would take a jammed borer and turn if a few turns into a nearby tree with > really "fluffy" bark. Like a big fluffy white oak. He would not even go > into the wood, just into the bark. It would push the jammed part back, and > the bark itself sort of crumbles so is no problem. I have not really tried > this myself, but he thought it worked well.... > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Gary A. Beluzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks Lee, I was actually going to try and core another tree to push > > out the first one. Drilling, baking, etc doesn't sound like a good > > idea but at this point I will try anything to clean out my borers. > > > Gary > > On Nov 20, 2008, at 6:04 PM, Lee Frelich wrote: > > > > Gary: > > > > I usually knock it out with the rod from a gun cleaning kit (as long > > > as you > > > NEVER let the metal rod touch the tip of the borer). Remember the > > > inside of > > > the tube gets narrower towards the tip, so its easier to push it out > > > going > > > the other way (i.e. from the tip, pushing the stuck core towards the > > > wider > > > part of the tube). If there is room in the tip of the corer to get > > > started > > > in another tree, you can also core another tree and push it out that > > > way. > > > Diffuse porous hardwood species work best. > > > > It sounds like you cored a partially rotted tree, so the spongy wood > > > is > > > released from the pressure caused by the weight of the tree, and it > > > expands > > > inside the corer. Its amazing how hard rotted wood can push against > > > the > > > wall of the corer and get stuck in there. > > > > Pieces of core stuck in the corer were a daily occurrence during > > > field work > > > for my Ph.D. > > > > Lee > > > > At 09:23 PM 11/19/2008, you wrote: > > >> ENTS: > > > >> What is the best way to remove a particularly stubborn, immovable > > >> tree > > >> core from an incremental borer, nothing seems to work. > > > >> Thank you. > > > >> Gary > > >> On Nov 19, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Edward Frank wrote: > > -- > Ryan McEwan > The University of Daytonhttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
