It will be cool to see what you come up with. Eating dinner on the crate is going to get old fast. LOL

I think it is his voice. Soothing.

I have two different sizes of those expanding bits that you are talking about out at our cabin. Between the two of tehm, a wide range of bit sizes are covered. I may bring one of those back next time out there or else a fixed sized 1 inch bit. It all depends on what size bits I have out there as I can not remember. One of the great things about a removable driver like I made here is that I am free to swap out different sized bits. Like if I build a cot or bunk bed, I can use a large bit for inserting the cross members of the wood frame and then use a small bit to bore a hole through the male and female portion of a joint in order to "pin" the joint in place so it can not back out and fall apart.

Far North Bushcraft And Survival, we are definitely talking about the same type of expansive bit sir, mine was a set of two as well. Not the equal to a fixed sized bit to be sure, but very handy and packable. Pinning bigger pieces works great, particularly if you offset the inner piece hole by about 1/8" to 3/16 so the pin pulls the joint tightly together. It does require a supple bit of wood for the pin and rounding the end so it doesn't get hung up, but makes for a very strong joint. I also bore blind holes that don't go all the way through, and cut a kerf down the dowel just slightly less than the depth of the bored hole, then put a wedge in the kerf with about 1/4" still sticking out. Driving the dowel in seats the wedge as it hits the bottom, and expands the dowel inside the blind hole basically locking it in tightly without glue or any other assistance. Same idea as an axe wedge in the handle. A little work with a gouge or knife to progressively widen the blind hole as it goes in really makes the joint tight, and the wedge trick becomes a mechanical lock rather than friction fit. Both are better suited to longer term campware, but are really effective and simple techniques, that can be adapted to just about any camp/wilderness meddling. Thank you for your reply Lonnie, it means a lot that you take the time and effort. 👍🏻

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SJ Kandil come on up we can always use more Alaskans. As long as you like the cold support the slope and like guns you’ve got my vote 👍🏻!!!!

Sackmatters I love guns and I cannot stand the heat. Winter and fall are my favorite seasons! What is the slope?

North slope of Alaska oil fields.