Thanks Lee, I was actually going to try and core another tree to push out the first one. Drilling, baking, etc doesn't sound like a good idea but at this point I will try anything to clean out my borers.
Gary On Nov 20, 2008, at 6:04 PM, Lee Frelich wrote: > > Gary: > > I usually knock it out with the rod from a gun cleaning kit (as long > as you > NEVER let the metal rod touch the tip of the borer). Remember the > inside of > the tube gets narrower towards the tip, so its easier to push it out > going > the other way (i.e. from the tip, pushing the stuck core towards the > wider > part of the tube). If there is room in the tip of the corer to get > started > in another tree, you can also core another tree and push it out that > way. > Diffuse porous hardwood species work best. > > It sounds like you cored a partially rotted tree, so the spongy wood > is > released from the pressure caused by the weight of the tree, and it > expands > inside the corer. Its amazing how hard rotted wood can push against > the > wall of the corer and get stuck in there. > > Pieces of core stuck in the corer were a daily occurrence during > field work > for my Ph.D. > > Lee > > At 09:23 PM 11/19/2008, you wrote: >> ENTS: >> >> What is the best way to remove a particularly stubborn, immovable >> tree >> core from an incremental borer, nothing seems to work. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Gary >> On Nov 19, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Edward Frank wrote: > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
