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RE: Re: Almost OT...


  • To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: Re: Almost OT...
  • From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:10:33 +0100
  • Mailing-list: list ukha_d@xxxxxxx; contact ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Hi Brian,

the small mole tools do not use cutters at all. They are only about 3
inches
in diameter and have a solid nose shaped like this...
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and a pnuematic ram pushes it through the soft ground. They cant be used if
there is a solid obstruction in the way.

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 June 2003 18:28
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Almost OT...
>
>
> Thanks for all your replies,
>
> I do have the same problem with the mains power but have
> temporally used a short metal pipe to protect the wire till I
> can sort something better.
>
> I have thought about the Channel Tunnel boring machine but I
> do not want anything connected with the french! :-)
>
> I was talking to a friend today that has seen these mole
> things, he said they use cutters as per the Channel Tunnel
> only a lot smaller and they are very expensive!
>
> The plot continues.....
>
> B.
>


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