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264762 Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> 2018‑01‑20 Re: Holdfast holes
That’s been my experience as well, a softwood bench and wallowed out holes.
3/4 mild steel in holes of I’m not sure where they are now! IIRC I could
only put my hands on 3/4 and 4/4 augers at the time. Ended up filling the
1” hole and widening the 3/4 with a big Rattail role in an imprecise
manner. In use, like Phil says, they deform into functionality.
Gotta try using a hot hf next time a hole sticks with the weather change

Michael

  wrote:

> In my experience, the exact size of the hole is not an issue.  I have used
> holdfasts in holes that were too tight the first time I pounded them
> through the bench, and at the other extreme, holes that were wallowed out
> to 1" or more and even burned from using them to test holdfasts that were
> still hot from the forge.  My thought here is to just get the HF installed
> the first time, using a rasp or sandpaper
>
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Michael Suwczinsky

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