I want plastic so that hopefully it would be lighter than metal. A metal auger banging around the boat and such would scratch things up a bit. Yes, plastic also to avoid corrosion.
I have used small augers that drill into the sand for umbrellas and they went in without a whole lot of effort...
I think that is the last surprise.
The auger wouldn't be left in the water for any more than 24 hours and would normaly be left in the water/sand for 4-6 hours.
pat, you said that nylons absorb a fixed amount then stabilize if the humidity remains constant. So lets say one day the auger was...
KENAT,
I seemed to have missed your post when I was scrolling down the page (I am new to this forum layout). I will check out garden tools, great suggestion.
pat,
Thank you very much for your reply. Just did a quick search on Cast Nylon and I find that it doesn't do well fully submerged. For my application the plastic auger will probably be sumbmerged a pretty good deal. It states that it can swell as much as 5% in fully submerged applications...
Hello everyone,
I have been looking for a hard durable plastic for a few weeks now searching the internet and calling a few places and noone has been able to fully answer my questions so I figured I would try to pick your brains for a while.
What I want to build is an auger out of plastic that...
