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Unfortunately there happenned to be a large rock exactly the size of my 1m x 1m hole right where I wanted to sink my telescope pier.
Because the bottom half of the pier was already built I decided to chip the rock away rather than re-design the pier to bolt in to the rock.
I could have hired a jack hammer or the like, but instead I spent 2 weeks tapping away at it with chissel, drill, sledge hammer and crow bar.
The initial hole was 35cm deep. I needed it 70cm. I chis
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Unfortunately there happenned to be a large rock exactly the size of my 1m x 1m hole right where I wanted to sink my telescope pier.
Because the bottom half of the pier was already built I decided to chip the rock away rather than re-design the pier to bolt in to the rock.
I could have hired a jack hammer or the like, but instead I spent 2 weeks tapping away at it with chissel, drill, sledge hammer and crow bar.
The initial hole was 35cm deep. I needed it 70cm. I chisselled away 40cm of solid rock.
What a job!
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