Reply by Charlie

But it’s not a rifle barrel. It’s only a foot long. The flutes I make a generally longer than that. A Fujara is about 4 feet long. I can spoon auger a hole for those in about an hour by hand. The rip-route-glue method is by far the easiest for this and if your rip is good you won’t even see the glue line. Use a core box bit and it’s a piece of cake.