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<blockquote data-quote="SneakyCuttlefish" data-source="post: 304412" data-attributes="member: 3340"><p>I have considered getting a feather and wedge set in the past for cracking granite boulders. Always comes back to the same issue of drilling the holes. Little, light to carry hand drills just don't pack enough wallop to drill the holes right.</p><p></p><p> Some of my digging time is spent out a O'breins Creek but no power tools aloud out there. Tried looking for an old star drill set to hammer in some holes manually. Very hard to come across. Having said that though, even if i did find a set I'm not sure if I'd have the patience to belt out 10 holes 1 turn at a time. </p><p></p><p>One day if I ever find my own little patch to work i'll invest in a couple of hydrualic splitters and a nice big rock drill. Bets way to bust rock without damaging all the crystals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SneakyCuttlefish, post: 304412, member: 3340"] I have considered getting a feather and wedge set in the past for cracking granite boulders. Always comes back to the same issue of drilling the holes. Little, light to carry hand drills just don't pack enough wallop to drill the holes right. Some of my digging time is spent out a O'breins Creek but no power tools aloud out there. Tried looking for an old star drill set to hammer in some holes manually. Very hard to come across. Having said that though, even if i did find a set I'm not sure if I'd have the patience to belt out 10 holes 1 turn at a time. One day if I ever find my own little patch to work i'll invest in a couple of hydrualic splitters and a nice big rock drill. Bets way to bust rock without damaging all the crystals. [/QUOTE]
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