Stone tools 6: Primitive cord drill / pump drill with a flint tip 🪨
Channel: Make It Primitive
Date: 2021-03-23

This pump drill project is the continuation of my earlier "flint knapping in Denmark" video, in that it uses the flint drill bit that I knapped there. The cord drill itself was supposed to be a vacation project as well,  but I didn't have enough time to let the clay flywheel dry properly before the firing on our last evening in Denmark. As a result, it ended up being the only piece that broke in the fire.

This is the flint knapping video:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_d7DD9c1y0

Back home, a new flywheel was made from my locally sourced, reddish clay. So far, I'm using it un-fired, which works just as well as long as you don't let it get too wet.

Both the spindle and the cross arm are made of willow, as is the cordage. The small drill seen at the end is one I made previously, with a flywheel out of limestone and a tip knapped from my local variety of flint.

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