I'm guessing that as your drilling if you decide to stop you pull up one section of pipe so that as stuff settles it doesn't settle around the bit and lock it in. You may also stop the auger and just let the water flow at times to clear the hole out.
Do you have drill stem inside the PVC pipe or does the pvc serve as the drill stem and drill case. Do you use the pvc that you are drilling with as your well casing when you are finished. What size pvc are you using. Are you willing to share information. I am in North East Texas, just above Dallas, on the Oklahoma border and am wanting to do my own water well. I worked in the oil fields, but worked as a gear box, pump jack and engine mechanic, so I know nothing of drilling. I am trying to gather as much information as I can before I attempt to get my feet wet. I machine my own parts and fabricate whatever I need since I retired 16 years ago.
Hello Otis, this a DIY project just to see if it would work. I’m drilling with 4” casing. No drill pipe. The idea of this was to overcome weight issues of building a high dollar rig to handle and to drill till I found a good water sand. With the perforated pipe already on the pipe and sealed off from the inside with a pipe I could retrieve and test the water without pulling out of the hole. The only two things I will change next time is buy a drag bit off of eBay and I will buy a swivel. I just posted this to give people ideas on how they can buy stuff from big box stores to get a well drilling without spending $20k. I’m sure you will have lots of fun on this project.
@@jasongrinnell1986 thank you for your reply. I watched all of your well drilling videos, very interesting. I saw one where you had a bunch of galvanized pipe sitting next to your casing, so I wasn't sure if you were using it as an inner and outer stem casing setup. Would it be ok if I checked back with you when I get started ??? This will be something that I will start in the spring. I will make the rig machine this fall and winter, except that I will be using a 90 degree worm drive gear box with a dedicated engine on a hinge for the mast to lay down. I noticed your guide for your auger motor is for a barn sliding door and your mast is made of perlins. What length pipe are you using and how long are the perlins. What are your thoughts about having this setup mounted to the back of an old pickup truck. Thanks again for taking the time to respond to my message
Where I am located, we are right on top of the Ogalalla aquifer. My top soil is Black Clay and there is limestone at various depths. Im not sure without seeing a USGS map, but I think the aquifer sits around 600 ft deep where I am at, but I am in an area with many springs. Did you use dowsing rods to determine where you decided to drill. Where I am at is all farm land. Thanks again for taking the time to respond to my original message
Yes it even impressed me. I had been thinking about this for awhile and decided to go for it. I do plan on doing it again this summer I hope. It’s hard to get everything I need right now.
@@jasongrinnell1986 It's mostly sand. I'm pumping drilling mud down through the drill stem with a 3" trash pump. Lots O flow. I've gotten to 70' down twice now and broke my bit off both times. I've got a tricone bit coming in from ebay. I'm going to reinforce the connection and add a stabilizer 10' up from the bit. I'm praying 3rd times the charm. Got to start a new hole a few feet over. I'll let you know how it goes.
@@jasongrinnell1986 I just bought one myself off Ebay. It's missing some teeth here and there but they all spin. Going to have to thread the center of it to 1" npt because it's for a 3" drill pipe. How did you attach yours to the pvc?
How do you know about how much slack to give the cables to apply downward pressure on the bit? Do you just let it completely slack so the weight of the auger motor is weighing down on the pipe and bit?
Yes. I slack all the weight when I’m drilling anything other than clay. In clay if I put all the weight on bit it won’t hardly drill at all. I learned that the hard way! The PVC pipe is really not that heavy from the bouncy.
moncorp1 Inc so to answer your question I use the shive and spring to watch the slack and to keep line tight enough to keep the line from unraveling on the wench.
Yes that's how I do it. I'm using steel pipe and 70' of steel pipe filled with drilling mud starts getting pretty heavy. Sometimes I have to slow it down. If it starts drilling down too fast the cuttings may get clogged above the bit causing a stuck bit and possibly breaking it off. I'm currently trying to devise a device that holds the weight of the drill string so my auger gears don't have to take any of that downward force as the gears are not designed to take that kind of load.
@@deadphishcheesespread yes, exactly. The auger does not have an axial bearing. That is one of the reasons I went with the PVC pipe. It’s not heavy at all when you factor in the buoyancy of the pipe. So no heavy load and able to get the flow I needed. Thanks for watching.
@@jasongrinnell1986 how if you are leaving everything in there do you bypass the float valve once complete to let water into the pipe? Thanks for the videos, I’ll be having my go at building a drill rig next year.
@@claytonroberts344 you know what you are right. And that’s what I would love to do. I love drilling holes, figuring out problems and helping people that really appreciate help. But if anything was ever said as to who drilled that well, I would be taken to the cleaners. I just could not take that risk. Where are you from?
I'm guessing that as your drilling if you decide to stop you pull up one section of pipe so that as stuff settles it doesn't settle around the bit and lock it in. You may also stop the auger and just let the water flow at times to clear the hole out.
Yes that’s how I do it. When I stopped for the night I would cut one off and pull the other up. Being 20’ from bottom
Do you have drill stem inside the PVC pipe or does the pvc serve as the drill stem and drill case. Do you use the pvc that you are drilling with as your well casing when you are finished. What size pvc are you using. Are you willing to share information. I am in North East Texas, just above Dallas, on the Oklahoma border and am wanting to do my own water well. I worked in the oil fields, but worked as a gear box, pump jack and engine mechanic, so I know nothing of drilling. I am trying to gather as much information as I can before I attempt to get my feet wet. I machine my own parts and fabricate whatever I need since I retired 16 years ago.
Hello Otis, this a DIY project just to see if it would work. I’m drilling with 4” casing. No drill pipe. The idea of this was to overcome weight issues of building a high dollar rig to handle and to drill till I found a good water sand. With the perforated pipe already on the pipe and sealed off from the inside with a pipe I could retrieve and test the water without pulling out of the hole. The only two things I will change next time is buy a drag bit off of eBay and I will buy a swivel. I just posted this to give people ideas on how they can buy stuff from big box stores to get a well drilling without spending $20k. I’m sure you will have lots of fun on this project.
I explain how I’m doing it in the other videos. It’s worth a watch. I’m not monetizing so my only benefit is helping people out
@@jasongrinnell1986 thank you for your reply. I watched all of your well drilling videos, very interesting. I saw one where you had a bunch of galvanized pipe sitting next to your casing, so I wasn't sure if you were using it as an inner and outer stem casing setup. Would it be ok if I checked back with you when I get started ??? This will be something that I will start in the spring. I will make the rig machine this fall and winter, except that I will be using a 90 degree worm drive gear box with a dedicated engine on a hinge for the mast to lay down. I noticed your guide for your auger motor is for a barn sliding door and your mast is made of perlins. What length pipe are you using and how long are the perlins. What are your thoughts about having this setup mounted to the back of an old pickup truck. Thanks again for taking the time to respond to my message
Where I am located, we are right on top of the Ogalalla aquifer. My top soil is Black Clay and there is limestone at various depths. Im not sure without seeing a USGS map, but I think the aquifer sits around 600 ft deep where I am at, but I am in an area with many springs. Did you use dowsing rods to determine where you decided to drill. Where I am at is all farm land. Thanks again for taking the time to respond to my original message
this is wild. 4" pvc drill stem? attached with four screws below the swivel? impressive.
Yes it even impressed me. I had been thinking about this for awhile and decided to go for it. I do plan on doing it again this summer I hope. It’s hard to get everything I need right now.
That's amazing if I were doing it with a pvc pipe it would have broken immediately. I've already broke off 2 steel drill bits 70' down.
What are you drilling in? Sand, clay, rock?
I also have a steel roller cone bit that I use. The roller cone bit is a little slower at drilling but reduces the amount of torque on the PVC pipe.
@@jasongrinnell1986 It's mostly sand. I'm pumping drilling mud down through the drill stem with a 3" trash pump. Lots O flow. I've gotten to 70' down twice now and broke my bit off both times. I've got a tricone bit coming in from ebay. I'm going to reinforce the connection and add a stabilizer 10' up from the bit. I'm praying 3rd times the charm. Got to start a new hole a few feet over. I'll let you know how it goes.
@@jasongrinnell1986 I just bought one myself off Ebay. It's missing some teeth here and there but they all spin. Going to have to thread the center of it to 1" npt because it's for a 3" drill pipe. How did you attach yours to the pvc?
@@deadphishcheesespreadI explain it in depth in one of my first videos. Well the best I could without making it to boring.
How do you know about how much slack to give the cables to apply downward pressure on the bit? Do you just let it completely slack so the weight of the auger motor is weighing down on the pipe and bit?
Yes. I slack all the weight when I’m drilling anything other than clay. In clay if I put all the weight on bit it won’t hardly drill at all. I learned that the hard way! The PVC pipe is really not that heavy from the bouncy.
moncorp1 Inc so to answer your question I use the shive and spring to watch the slack and to keep line tight enough to keep the line from unraveling on the wench.
Yes that's how I do it. I'm using steel pipe and 70' of steel pipe filled with drilling mud starts getting pretty heavy. Sometimes I have to slow it down. If it starts drilling down too fast the cuttings may get clogged above the bit causing a stuck bit and possibly breaking it off. I'm currently trying to devise a device that holds the weight of the drill string so my auger gears don't have to take any of that downward force as the gears are not designed to take that kind of load.
@@deadphishcheesespread yes, exactly. The auger does not have an axial bearing. That is one of the reasons I went with the PVC pipe. It’s not heavy at all when you factor in the buoyancy of the pipe. So no heavy load and able to get the flow I needed. Thanks for watching.
When you finish drilling and hopefully strike water. You have to remove all that 300' feet of 4" pipes to extract the drill bit?
No the bit stays in. Never to be seen again.
@@jasongrinnell1986 how if you are leaving everything in there do you bypass the float valve once complete to let water into the pipe? Thanks for the videos, I’ll be having my go at building a drill rig next year.
@@jasongrinnell1986 never mind. I think you mentioned the slits in EP-5. I’ll keep watching and see what you come up with.
Too bad i don't have the cash to have you put one in where i live.
Unfortunately I don’t have a license. It’s only legal for me to drill a well on my land for my own consumption.
@@jasongrinnell1986 well if i did have the cash. And if someone ask id say your just helping me do it and showing me how.
@@claytonroberts344 lol
@@claytonroberts344 you know what you are right. And that’s what I would love to do. I love drilling holes, figuring out problems and helping people that really appreciate help. But if anything was ever said as to who drilled that well, I would be taken to the cleaners. I just could not take that risk. Where are you from?
Gotta tellya mate ..thats somethin else ..bravo .. water ..oil .. who cares .. lets punch threw it ..😁
That’s right thanks for watching
That’s how I feel too.
And then he struck oil !!!!!!
moncorp1 Inc lol.