Diff. between "Cold Finish" & "Hot Rolled" steel?

[SandburRanch]

A piece of sucker rod is what you need. Check scrap iron dealers.

 

[Soundguy]

tractor supply even has them.

soundguy

 

[rjmack]

I don't understand the "stud" welded to the end of a pipe idea ...?

and i don't understand what you are doing with the iron bar.

guess that makes us even :laughing:

 

[beppington]

tractor supply even has them.

soundguy

Which one are you saying TS has? Sucker rod? Winch bar? rjmack's wrench?

Tonight I bought a 4'L x 3/4" galvanized pipe at HD, because I thought I measured its outside diameter as a little under 1", but got home & found it's a little over 1" in diameter. Probably goin' back, but I'll make sure it doesn't fit first anyway.

 

[TRR]

Keep in mind that galvanizing is done after the steel is manufactured. So, steel that is galvanized is a little thicker, lager, etc. than steel that is not galvanized.

Also, if you decide to weld galvanized steel please do a search and read up on the side effects and how to avoid them before you do.

 

[Soundguy]

thought my post was gonna hit under lucky llama's.. and was in ref to his message:

"Truckers use a whinch bar to stap down loads on flat bed trailers. It is a large pipe with a tappered end. this should fit in the 7/8 hole. you can find them at industrial supply stores and also any truck parts store or online."

Which one are you saying TS has? Sucker rod? Winch bar? rjmack's wrench?

Tonight I bought a 4'L x 3/4" galvanized pipe at HD, because I thought I measured its outside diameter as a little under 1", but got home & found it's a little over 1" in diameter. Probably goin' back, but I'll make sure it doesn't fit first anyway.

 

[rjmack]

Which one are you saying TS has? Sucker rod? Winch bar? rjmack's wrench?

maybe i shouldn't have made fun of the fact, but i really don't understand what you want to do.

i thought i did, so i offered the wrench idea, but from the sound of it what i thought you wanted to do is something totally different than what you had planned.

if you simply need to rotate the auger that type of wrench might work, if you are trying to somehow guide the auger... then i guess something different might be needed.

 

[beppington]

maybe i shouldn't have made fun of the fact, but i really don't understand what you want to do.

i thought i did, so i offered the wrench idea, but from the sound of it what i thought you wanted to do is something totally different than what you had planned.

if you simply need to rotate the auger that type of wrench might work, if you are trying to somehow guide the auger... then i guess something different might be needed.

Just trying to guide the auger. It has a hole in it where we can put a rod or pipe & kind of manhandle it into going the direction we want after it's started boring off in the wrong direction.

 

[Gary Fowler]

What I was trying to get at is use a solid bar for the hole then weld a pipe handle on it . If you have an old pry bar (crowbar)it would be perfect size for a 1" hole and then you could size up to a 1.25 or 1.5" pipe that is necked down (heat and beat) you should not be bending the pipe or the crowbar stock.

 

[jake98]

I only have limited experience with my PHD, but it seems to me that you have to move the tractor a little as the auger goes down or it'll drill crooked every time because of the geometry. Maybe attach a level onto the pipe..