Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

[bmorgan994]

Was it your dream bucket?

 

SW

 

From: Texascavers  On Behalf Of David
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2019 11:44 AM
To: CaveTex 
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

 

Somewhere in Ernie's shed is a 10 gallon metal bucket that I want to save. 

 

I will come from Houston to get it - if that is the only way to save it

 

David Locklear

# 346-801-4962

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Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

[David]

Somewhere in Ernie's shed is a 10 gallon metal bucket that I want to save.

I will come from Houston to get it - if that is the only way to save it

David Locklear
# 346-801-4962
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Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

[David]

I think if you go back to 2013 on CaveTex, when I was ranting erratically
about
digging, that Mark Minton suggested the shingle tool, so I went and bought
one,
and then I took it to a welding shop and and had them, re-engineer it.
It was great
for busting up hard breccia in an open pit where you could swing it like an
axe,
but Gil tried it and said it sucked, so I stopped using it.   The
handle was too heavy, I think, and the the grip was not right for the
purpose.   It needed
a grip like on a modern hammer.



While I have your attention,

I a very excited to report that I now have a real office in an
real building.   I just moved in today.9219 Katy Fwy. Houston, TX 77024
( Hedwig Village ).
This will be more of a lounge than an office.I currently have a small
bed, and a Linux computer
( with SparkyLinux 4 Openbox ), and wi-fi using my MetroPCS smartphone, a
change of clothes
to last a week, about half my caving gear ( LOL ! ), and snacks and cold
beverages in a small
ice-chest. I will hopefully have AT ethernet and a fax # by Wednesday
night, and will eventually have
a refrigerator and a small bookshelf full of interesting books about
caving, hiking, mountain-climbing,
and more.

I am in the office typing this as I speak, but about to rush to a delivery
across the county.

To be continued.

David Locklear
dlocklea...@gmail.com
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Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

[mminton]

David's tool is very similar to a commercial roofing-shingle stripping 
tool like this 
. 
I've used such a tool successfully for digging through cobbles embedded 
in hard mud. It's much stronger than a shovel and has a broader cross 
section than a pry bar.


Mark Minton
mmin...@caver.net

On 2019-05-05 07:47, PRESTON FORSYTHE wrote:

That Kiwi Gravel Digger looks like a good cave tool, esp. for a
sinkhole dig or something close to the entrance, but also it looks to
big for a longer cave trip.

A 12-14 inch steel crow-bar was my favorite cave tool and I almost
always carried it in West KY, and I did use it to extend the cave many
times. Yesterday I was sorting cave equipment in our basement and I
came across two of my old small "crow-bars."

Preston Forsythe, Western KY
I

 On Saturday, May 4, 2019, 5:57:46 PM CDT, David
 wrote:

Recently there was some discussion of cleaning out Ernie's shed.

If anyone finds a digging tool exactly like the one in the link below,
then I would like to either donate it to the TSC or someday get it
back.   I had it engineered, but it was a lousy digging tool.   Worked
great for chopping off fingers and stuff like that.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zq6oxhhv76lzmzz/Kiwi-Gravel-Breaker.jpg?dl=0

Last time, I saw it, it was in a passage in a cave by his property.

D.L.

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Re: [Texascavers] Ernie's shed

[PRESTON FORSYTHE]

 That Kiwi Gravel Digger looks like a good cave tool, esp. for a sinkhole dig 
or something close to the entrance, but also it looks to big for a longer cave 
trip.
A 12-14 inch steel crow-bar was my favorite cave tool and I almost always 
carried it in West KY, and I did use it to extend the cave many times. 
Yesterday I was sorting cave equipment in our basement and I came across two of 
my old small "crow-bars."   

Preston Forsythe, Western KYIOn Saturday, May 4, 2019, 5:57:46 PM CDT, 
David  wrote:  
 
 Recently there was some discussion of cleaning out Ernie's shed.   
If anyone finds a digging tool exactly like the one in the link below, then I 
would like to either donate it to the TSC or someday get it back.   I had it 
engineered, but it was a lousy digging tool.   Worked great for chopping off 
fingers and stuff like that.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zq6oxhhv76lzmzz/Kiwi-Gravel-Breaker.jpg?dl=0
Last time, I saw it, it was in a passage in a cave by his property.
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