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Methods and apparatus for cultivating a surface of a wall of a subterranean well bore, conduit or cable by scraping and furrowing the surface using a string hoistable shaft carrying a flexible arrangement of a laterally extendable and retractable arcuate engagement linkage dragging a cutter and scra

Methods and apparatus for cultivating a surface of a wall of a subterranean well bore, conduit or cable by scraping and furrowing the surface using a string hoistable shaft carrying a flexible arrangement of a laterally extendable and retractable arcuate engagement linkage dragging a cutter and scraper member, wherein said engagement linkage arcuately engages and aligns the cutter and scraper member during one or more scraping engagements: along said surface and longitudinal to a well axis to form and use said furrow, across said surface and transverse to said well axis using a filament linkage to form and use said furrow, or along and across said surface and longitudinal and transverse to said well axis to form and use a lattice of said furrows, separating a plane of the surface into a plurality of planes that comprise separate surface regions, usable by an ancillary apparatus or a spreadable substance.

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1. A method (1) of cultivating a surface (6) of a wall of a subterranean well bore, a conduit or a cable by scraping and furrowing said surface, said method comprising the steps of: cultivating said surface of said wall using at least one apparatus (2) member assembly selectively operated and hoiste

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A method (1) of cultivating a surface (6) of a wall of a subterranean well bore, a conduit or a cable by scraping and furrowing said surface, said method comprising the steps of: cultivating said surface of said wall using at least one apparatus (2) member assembly selectively operated and hoisted by a string across subterranean depths to selectively urge at least one substantial furrow (11) into a plane of said surface of said wall during one or more arcuate scraping engagements to separate said plane into a plurality of planes having separate surface regions (9), wherein said at least one apparatus member assembly comprises an above subterranean surface hoistable shaft (3) member carrying a flexible arrangement of an arcuate engagement linkage (4) member having a shape, a movement-path, or combinations thereof, of an arc flexibly extendable and retractable between said hoistable shaft and said surface of said wall; andextending and retracting, arcuately, said flexible arrangement of said arcuate engagement linkage (4) member laterally from said shaft to carry, arcuately align, and transferring spring (19) force, gravity force, mechanical force (33), fluid force (34), electrical force (35), chemical reactive force (36), or combinations thereof (37) from said string, an actuator member (22) of said at least one apparatus member assembly, fluids in said subterranean well bore, or combinations thereof, through said at least one apparatus member assembly, to move said one or more arcuate scraping engagements and transfer kinetic drag force to at least one cutter and scraper (5) member during said one or more arcuate scraping engagements: along said surface of said wall and longitudinal to said well axis to form and use said at least one substantial furrow, across said surface of said wall and transverse to said well axis using a filament-like said arcuate engagement linkage member to form and use said at least one substantial furrow, or along and across said surface of said wall and longitudinal and transverse to said well axis to form and use a lattice of said at least one substantial furrows,wherein said one or more arcuate scraping engagements urges said at least one substantial furrow into said plane to form said plurality of planes to prepare said separate surface regions for subsequent use by an ancillary apparatus (7) or a spreadable substance (8) engageable thereto. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of using at least a second said at least one apparatus (2) member assembly to operate said at least one cutter and scraper (5) member to further scrape said surface (6) of said wall, said at least one substantial furrow (11), said separate surface regions (9), or combinations thereof, for subsequent use by said ancillary apparatus (7) or said spreadable substance (8) engaged thereto. 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of using said flexible arrangement during said one or more arcuate scraping engagements to apply said transferred kinetic drag force to form said at least one substantial furrow (11) across a dichotomy of said planes of said surface (6) of: said subterranean well bore, said conduit, said cable, or combinations thereof, to further form said plurality of planes. 4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of further forming said lattice of said at least one substantial furrow with at least one overlapping second scraping engagement or at least one crossing second scraping engagement to: increase an amplitude of a deepest concave protrusion of said at least one substantial furrow (11) into said plane of said surface (6) of said wall, perforate (10) through a surface (6) of an opposite plane of said wall to further separate said separate surface regions, engage a different said surface (6) of a different said wall that is obstructed by said surface (6) of said wall, or combinations thereof. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of using said perforation (10) through the surface of the opposite plane of said wall to: axially sever said wall, circumferentially split said wall, or combinations thereof, to provide for subsequent separation or collapse of the transverse cross section of said wall of the subterranean conduit or subterranean cable. 6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of operating said apparatus (2) to reduce an amplitude of at least one portion of a convex protrusion extending from a deepest concave end of said at least one substantial furrow (11) by cutting at least one portion of said convex protrusion, scraping and removing debris circumferentially disposed between the deepest concave end of said at least one substantial furrow, or combinations thereof. 7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of joining said plurality of planes into a continuous plane with at least one overlapping second scraping engagement or at least one crossing second scraping engagement by: scraping said plurality of planes to urge a removal of the convex protrusion from the deepest concave end of said at least one substantial furrow (11) until said plurality of planes meet and form said continuous plane at a point of said deepest concave end, or scraping grout (13) into and filling said deepest concave protrusion of said at least one substantial furrow (11) into said surface of said wall to bridge the at least one substantial furrow therebetween to form said continuous plane at said surface (6) of said wall. 8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of using a mechanism of said actuator (22) member to communicate with and selectively activate or selectively deactivate at least one other member of said at least one apparatus member assembly, wherein said actuator member is selectively arranged to be interoperable with said at least one other member to selectively and continuously or intermittently dispose said one or more arcuate scraping engagements against said surface to selectively transfer said kinetic drag force. 9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of empirically measuring the downhole parameters of: said subterranean well bore, said surface of said wall, the disposition of said at least one other member, or combinations thereof, with a measurement (97) member selectively arranged to initiate operation of said actuator (22) member. 10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of using: at least one of three dimensions, a time, a temperature, a movement, communication signals, or combinations thereof, empirically measured within said subterranean well by said measurement member, to initiate operation of said actuator (22) member. 11. A method of forming and arranging an apparatus (2) member assembly to cultivate (1) a surface (6) of a wall of a subterranean well bore, a conduit or a cable by scraping at least one substantial furrow therein, said method comprising the steps of: forming, providing and selectively arranging said apparatus member assembly with an above subterranean surface string hoistable shaft (3) member for carrying a flexible arrangement of an arcuate engagement linkage (4) that is arcuately extendable and retractable laterally and carries a draggable at least one cutter and scraper member (5) and with a member engagement mechanism (129) that is selectively: fixable, slideable, rotatable, shearable, or combinations thereof, wherein the member engagement mechanism (129) is usable to axially move (38) or rotationally move (39) said one or more arcuate scraping engagements to selectively transfer said kinetic drag force;forming and arranging said arcuate engagement linkage with at least one of said member engagement mechanisms (129) comprising: a rigid (30) part flexibly operable via a pivotal part, a flexible (31) part, or combinations thereof, wherein the at least one of said member engagement mechanisms (129) is usable during said axial movement (38) or said rotational movement (39) of said one or more arcuate scraping engagements to flexibly and laterally transfer kinetic drag force from said above subterranean surface string hoistable shaft member through said arcuate engagement linkage having an arcuate shape or an arcuate engagement of said flexible arrangement and an alignment of said draggable at least one cutter and scraper member during one or more arcuate scraping engagements: along said surface of said wall and longitudinal to said well axis to form and use said at least one substantial furrow, across said surface of said wall and transverse to said well axis using a filament-like arcuate engagement linkage to form and use said at least one substantial furrow, along and across said surface of said wall longitudinal and transverse to said well axis to form and use a lattice of said at least one substantial furrow, andarranging said apparatus member assembly for selectively hoisting said apparatus member assembly across subterranean depths to selectively operate said one or more arcuate scraping engagements and urge said at least one substantial furrow (11) into a plane of said surface of said well to separate said plane into a plurality of planes comprising separate surface regions (9) usable by an ancillary apparatus (7) or a spreadable substance (8) engagable thereto. 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of providing an actuator (22) member arranged to axially move or rotationally move said one or more arcuate scraping engagements and transfer said kinetic drag force, wherein said actuator uses: spring (19) force, gravitational force, mechanical force (33), hydraulic fluid force (34), electrical force (35), chemical reaction force (36), or combinations thereof (37), selectively applied by said actuator member through a member engagement mechanism (129) of said actuator member. 13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of forming and arranging said actuator (22) member to transfer said kinetic drag force at empirically measurable downhole conditions to selectively operate said apparatus within said downhole conditions. 14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of forming and arranging a housing (27) with at least one axial passage (24), a lateral opening (23), or combinations thereof, wherein said at least one axial passage (24) or a lateral opening (23) is usable to dispose at least one other apparatus assembly member therethrough. 15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of forming and arranging said apparatus to use at least one overlapping second scraping engagement and a side of said at least one substantial furrow to proximally guide and focus said at least one overlapping second scraping engagement at a deepest concave end of said at least one substantial furrow to increase an amplitude of a penetration said at least one substantial furrow into said plane of said surface. 16. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of forming and arranging a first shaft member with said filament-like (18) arcuate engagement linkage (4) carrying said draggable at least one cutter and scraper (5) member, wherein said filament-like (18) arcuate engagement linkage (4) is moved by an actuator (22) member to flexibly drag said draggable at least one cutter and scraper member (5) and to apply said kinetic drag force to form said at least one substantial furrow across said plane, across said plurality of planes or across a dichotomy of separate surface planes of: said subterranean well bores, said conduits, said cables, or combinations thereof, to form said plurality of planes. 17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the step of forming and arranging said filament-like arcuate engagement linkage (4) and said draggable at least one cutter and scraper (5) member in a coiled reel arrangement usable to spool said filament-like arcuate engagement linkage (4) and said draggable at least one cutter and scraper (5) member laterally. 18. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of forming and arranging said apparatus member assembly with a first shaft member (3) comprising a housing (27), wherein the housing comprises at least one second shaft member comprising at least one piston (20) and at least one axial passageway (24) through said first shaft member and said at least one second shaft member, wherein said at least one axial passageway is usable for passage of at least one third shaft member that is usable with an actuator (22) to urge said at least one piston and at least one associated pivot arm of said arcuate engagement linkage (4) member through a lateral opening (23) in said housing via a hinged (41) bascule-like arrangement between said housing, said piston and said at least one associated pivot arm, and wherein a cam face of said at least one associated pivot arm is extended (142) or retracted (141) laterally and upward or downward to slide against at least one associated cam face (26) of at least one of said first, second, or third shaft members, said at least one axial passageway, said lateral opening, said housing or said surface (6) of said wall to arcuately urge said draggable at least one cutter and scraper member laterally into said plane of said surface of said wall or laterally away from said plane, and axially upward or axially downward to transfer said kinetic drag force from said selective hoisting to said one or more arcuate scraping engagements, along said surface of said wall and aligned longitudinally to said well axis. 19. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of forming and arranging a cable hoistable string apparatus in compliance with American Petroleum Institute (API) specifications, wherein said cable hoistable string apparatus comprises a transverse dimension sized for passage through tubing conforming to said API specification and associated radially inward upsets of said tubing, wherein a transverse dimension of said arcuate engagement linkage carrying said at least one draggable cutter and scraper member is sizable for lateral extension and lateral retraction through said at least one substantial furrow to and from a larger diameter of said surface of said wall of a bore usable to place casing conforming to said API specifications. 20. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of forming and arranging said cutter and scraping member as a mainshare (167), a foreshare (168), a mouldboard (169), a coulter (170), or combinations thereof, carried by a cut regulator (171) arcuate engagement linkage usable to plough (166) and form said at least one substantial furrow. 21. An apparatus (2) for cultivating (1) a surface (6) of a wall of a subterranean well bore, a conduit or a cable by scraping at least one substantial furrow therein, said apparatus comprising: at least one above subterranean surface string hoistable shaft (3) member comprising at least one housing (27) with at least one axial passage (24), a lateral opening (23), or combinations thereof, usable to communicate and move a fluid or a mechanical arcuate engagement linkage cutter and scraper member therethrough (28) or thereabout (29), wherein said at least one above subterranean surface string hoistable shaft (3) member carries a flexible arrangement of a arcuately extendable and retractable arcuate engagement linkage (4) member having a shape, a movement-path, or combinations thereof, of an arc flexibly extendable and retractable between said hoistable shaft and said surface of said wall to align and carry a draggable at least one cutter and scraper member (5); andsaid arcuate engagement linkage member arranged to laterally transfer kinetic drag force and arcuately extend, retract, engage and align said draggable at least one cutter and scraper member (5) during one or more arcuate scraping engagements: along said surface and longitudinal to said well axis using a bascule-like linkage or a filament-like linkage to form and use said at least one substantial furrow, across said surface and transverse to said well axis using said filament-like linkage to form and use said at least one substantial furrow, along and across said surface and longitudinal and transverse to said well axis to form and use a lattice of said at least one substantial furrows,wherein selectively hoisting of said one or more arcuate scraping engagements selectively urges said at least one substantial furrow (11) into a plane of said surface of said wall to separate said plane into a plurality of planes comprising separate surface regions (9) usable by an ancillary apparatus (7) or a spreadable substance (8) engaged thereto. 22. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said arcuate engagement linkage member further comprises a rigid (30) part flexibly operable by a pivotal part, a flexible (31) part, or combinations thereof, arranged to form said flexible arrangement. 23. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said pivotal part or said flexible part comprises an elastic material (32), a bendable material (18), a hinge (41), or combinations thereof. 24. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said pivotal part or said flexible part further comprises a bow or coiled filament (18), a bow or coiled spring (19), or combinations thereof. 25. The apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising a member engagement mechanism (129) that is selectively fixable, slideable, rotatable, shearable, or combinations thereof, wherein said member engagement mechanism (129) is usable to axially move (38) or rotationally move (39) said one or more arcuate scraping engagements and selectively transfer said kinetic drag force through said arcuate engagement linkage. 26. The apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising an actuator (22) member arranged to axially move or rotationally move said one or more arcuate scraping engagements and transfer said kinetic drag force using: spring (19) force, gravity force, mechanical force (33), hydraulic fluid force (34), electrical force (35), chemical reaction force (36), or combinations thereof (37), selectively applied by an engagement mechanism of said actuator member. 27. The apparatus according to claim 26, wherein said actuator (22) member further comprises a solenoid, a motor (42) or a pump (40) component selectively arranged to move said one or more arcuate scraping engagements and transfer said kinetic drag force. 28. The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said actuator (22) member is further arranged to form a vibrating (46) member usable to vibrate said one or more arcuate scraping engagements to further move said one or more arcuate scraping engagements and transfer said kinetic drag force. 29. The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said at least one above subterranean surface string hoistable shaft is further adapted for passing a hoisting string, a fluid, or another said shaft through said at least one axial passageway (24) to operate said apparatus from a lower end thereof. 30. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said member engagement mechanism (129) further comprises a rotary coupling, a mandrel and receptacle coupling, a threaded coupling, a pinned coupling, a frictional coupling, or combinations thereof, wherein said couplings are usable to selectively control transfer of said kinetic drag force from said at least one above subterranean surface string hoistable shaft (3) or an actuator (22) to said one or more arcuate scraping engagements. 31. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said member engagement mechanism (129) is further arranged to selectively use gravitational force and a mass of at least one member of said apparatus to impart said movement. 32. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said engagement mechanism (129) is further arranged to use selective changes in velocity or acceleration of hoisting mechanical force (33) relative to a mass momentum of at least one member of said apparatus to impart said movement. 33. The apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said member engagement mechanism (129) is further arranged to be operable via a jarring force and associated said axial movement (38) imparted by said mass momentum of said at least one member of said apparatus against a tension of a hoisting string or a diameter or planar change in a subterranean surface of said wall. 34. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said member engagement mechanism (129) further comprises a pressurized piston, a shear pin, a spring, a slip, or combinations thereof, for selectively operating said apparatus within said downhole conditions according to empirically measurable downhole conditions. 35. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein a transverse dimension (192) of said apparatus and a lateral extension (142) and retraction (141) of said arcuate engagement linkage are arranged to be hoistable, extendable and retractable within diameters of a plurality of said surfaces (6) associated with said subterranean well bores, said conduits or said cables. 36. The apparatus according to claim 35, wherein said transverse dimension of a cable string hoistable said apparatus is further sized for passage through tubing and radially inward upsets associated with said tubing when said arcuate engagement linkage is in said retracted disposition, wherein said tubing complies with American Petroleum Institute (API) specifications, and wherein a transverse dimension of said mechanical arcuate engagement linkage cutter and scraper member is sizable for said lateral extension (142) through said at least one substantial furrow to a larger diameter of said surface of said wall of a bore usable to place casing disposed about said tubing and conforming to said API specifications. 37. The apparatus according to claim 36, further comprising a fluid valve (44), a nozzle (16), a fluid choke (45), a basket (17), or combinations thereof, usable to communicate a fluid to extend said mechanical arcuate engagement linkage cutter and scraper member to operate said one or more arcuate scraping engagements and transfer said kinetic energy. 38. The apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising a plurality of said arcuate engagement linkage members arranged to operate a plurality of said draggable at least one cutter and scraper members in a diametrically opposed orientation, an axially offset orientation, a rotationally phased orientation, or combinations thereof. 39. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said arcuate engagement linkage or cutter and scraper member is arranged to substantially penetrate said surface to cut a furrow (11) in said plane of said surface of said wall or to perforate (10) a furrow through an opposite plane of an opposite surface of said wall. 40. The apparatus according to claim 39, wherein said arcuate engagement linkage or said draggable at least one cutter and scraper member is arranged to use a side of said at least one substantial furrow to proximally guide and focus at least one overlapping second scraping engagement at a deepest concave end of said at least one substantial furrow to increase an amplitude of a penetration of said at least one substantial furrow into said plane of said surface. 41. The apparatus according to claim 39, wherein said arcuate engagement linkage or said draggable at least one cutter and scraper member is further arranged to be disposed past said opposite surface of said wall to substantially penetrate and cut a furrow (11) in at least one second plane of at least one second surface or to perforate (10) a furrow through at least one second opposite plane of at least one second opposite surface of at least one second wall. 42. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said at least one cutter and scraper member comprises a cutter profile having an integral or autonomous edge (14), an abrasive material (15), or combinations thereof, draggable across said surface of said wall. 43. The apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising a disposable fibre (47), a plastic (48), or combinations thereof (49), arcuate engagement linkage (4) member part detachable from said apparatus for disposal within said subterranean well bore. 44. An apparatus (2) for cultivating (1) a surface (6) of a wall of a subterranean well bore, a conduit or a cable by scraping at least one furrow therein, said apparatus comprising: at least one above subterranean surface string hoistable shaft (3) member carrying a flexible arrangement of an arcuately extendable and retractable arcuate engagement linkage (4) member having a shape, a movement-path, or combinations thereof, of an arc flexibly extendable and retractable between said hoistable shaft and said surface of said wall to align and carry at least one cutter and scraper member (5); andsaid arcuate engagement linkage member arranged to laterally transfer kinetic drag force and arcuately extend, retract, engage and align said at least one cutter and scraper member (5) during one or more arcuate scraping engagements: along said surface and longitudinal to said well axis using a bascule-like linkage or a filament-like linkage to form and use said at least one furrow, across said surface and transverse to said well axis using said filament-like linkage to form and use said at least one furrow, along and across said surface and longitudinal and transverse to said well axis to form and use a lattice of said at least one furrows,wherein selectively hoisting of said one or more arcuate scraping engagements selectively urges said at least one furrow (11) into a plane of said surface of said wall to separate said plane into a plurality of planes comprising separate surface regions (9) usable by an ancillary apparatus (7) or a spreadable substance (8) engaged thereto, andwherein said arcuate engagement linkage (4) member comprises a part comprising a disposable fibre (47), a plastic (48), or combinations thereof (49), and wherein said part is detachable from said apparatus for disposal within said subterranean well bore.