Bow Drill - not for fire
My explorations into boo flute making has me wondering about primitive drills. I need a way to cut through the interior node of the boo. I want to do this without using an electric drill with an...
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Seems that the arrow shaft you have would be easy to hand drill it. I think you would have a little more control. Mike Smyth
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Oh ya, you could try dropping a small coal inside to burn it out. Mike Smyth
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The bow drill exerts too much horizontal pressure. I've drilled out bamboo nodes with a hand drill and it works great. If you want to use a gadget of some type, consider using a pump drill.Coyo~
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Fogive my ignorance: What is a Hand Drill? What is a Pump drill?
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green, check out hand drill clip and it will show ya everything you need to know fro hand drill. A pump drill is a drill with a weight on it to make spindle spin with centrigal force powered with a...
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Here's a depiction of the pump drill:First you wind the handle around the spindle so that the string wraps around and pulls the handle upward. As you push the handle downward it forces the spindle to...
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A Kiowa friend once told me to use the hand drill to bore out the node then put a bunch of sand in there then insert a another stick thru. make it a little smaller the hole you bored. then just work...
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not exactly paleo but I once saw an oriental gentleman making a bamboo flute, the kind that you hold to the side and blow across the mouth hole to make sound. he used a steel rod of the approperate...
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Thanks, I have BURNT hole in the past and it is a veyr good option.
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I use a hot iron rod to burn thru for flutes and if you have not discoverd the joys of iron an ember on a stick will probably suffice. I also use a tapered piece of rod to enlarge the flute holes to...
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Check this:www.hollowtop.com/Article...ddrill.htmvery ingenious and still paleo-possible.regards,Brian
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