Often made at the wellsite, a “poor boy” junk basket consists of a small section of casing with beveled “fingers” cut into the end. The basket is lowered on the drill string where it cuts a small core. More weight is applied to the tool, bending the fingers in and snaring the core containing the junk (Figure 5). | Often made at the wellsite, a “poor boy” junk basket consists of a small section of casing with beveled “fingers” cut into the end. The basket is lowered on the drill string where it cuts a small core. More weight is applied to the tool, bending the fingers in and snaring the core containing the junk (Figure 5). |