Originally Posted by
hunter63
Had a job, drilling vent hole thru some of this old pine foundation timbers in a house that was built in like 1840 or so.
Showed up to lend a hand on an install, between service calls.
Those timbers were 20" thick.....the 3" hole saw would just get gummed up with sap, and have to be washed off with kerosene they sprayed with WD-40.....and yeah I did save the plugs or what we called, 'round-2its" for fat wood.......I was amazed that it hadn't dried out after all those years.
