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DIY Plug Digga Spade plans with stick on template and instructions
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<blockquote data-quote="Greenhornet_au" data-source="post: 311406" data-attributes="member: 8767"><p>Hi Daggy,</p><p></p><p>Nice fish in the Avatar.</p><p></p><p>Yep the spade blades are plenty hard enough for the task, no need to try to improve on it as you said.</p><p></p><p>The serrations are not for soil penetration, the purpose is for 'cutting' light weight roots that are in the ground</p><p>from tuff grasses and trees near by and can be a bugger to get past with a smooth edge.</p><p>Serrations can be on one or both sides, I put the serrations on the left-hand side thats all.</p><p>You may not want them at all.</p><p>Just push it into the soil and wiggle a little from side to side, extract and press down in the next place and repeat.</p><p></p><p>No difference in hard or soft soils, for hard compacted stone filled soils you really need a pick.</p><p>The place you detect really tells you what tools you need to use.</p><p></p><p>AND you need to be conscious of the potential damage you can do with a tool like this in an urban setting,</p><p>dig holes with one of these in a manicured park, someone WILL get strange/funny/ticked off and that could spell</p><p>the end of detecting parks, so 'sensible use' is the first thing to think.</p><p>Council sprinkler systems dont like these 'diggers'.</p><p></p><p>Saying all that, they are a GREAT tool and cheap enough to damage, wear out or break and just replace it.</p><p></p><p>I hope your build is all you want it to be and is an enjoyable experience for you with the end result</p><p>being a great tool.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenhornet_au, post: 311406, member: 8767"] Hi Daggy, Nice fish in the Avatar. Yep the spade blades are plenty hard enough for the task, no need to try to improve on it as you said. The serrations are not for soil penetration, the purpose is for 'cutting' light weight roots that are in the ground from tuff grasses and trees near by and can be a bugger to get past with a smooth edge. Serrations can be on one or both sides, I put the serrations on the left-hand side thats all. You may not want them at all. Just push it into the soil and wiggle a little from side to side, extract and press down in the next place and repeat. No difference in hard or soft soils, for hard compacted stone filled soils you really need a pick. The place you detect really tells you what tools you need to use. AND you need to be conscious of the potential damage you can do with a tool like this in an urban setting, dig holes with one of these in a manicured park, someone WILL get strange/funny/ticked off and that could spell the end of detecting parks, so 'sensible use' is the first thing to think. Council sprinkler systems dont like these 'diggers'. Saying all that, they are a GREAT tool and cheap enough to damage, wear out or break and just replace it. I hope your build is all you want it to be and is an enjoyable experience for you with the end result being a great tool. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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