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   anoldaquaintance

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   10/21/09

   Okay, Huey, Thank you very much! I hope I can do this real soon! Its really neat. Thank you.
   
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   anoldaquaintance

   104 Kudos

   10/20/09

   I hope this works. Huey, could you give me a materials list in order to make one of those drills from things lying around the house? Thank you in advance.
   

   10/21/09

   Reply from Huey Tlatoani:

   The parts are so simle it's amazing.

   1: dowel rod (<1/2")(>1/4")
   2: cross bar (pump bar) this is a stick or board, wide enough to put a hole the diameter of the dowel rod through.
   3: String/cord
   4: fly weight. This can be as simple as a couple of rocks tied onto the shaft. In my large drill I used a bun foot for cabinetrty.
   5: a bit of some sort (stone metal etc, or even wood for starting fires)

   You can get all the parts for about $25 at the hardware store, or free fro mthe woods.

   Look at the pics on my thread to see how to put it together; I have a brief description of theory of operation there.

   http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/29401

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   ocron

   101 Kudos

   09/04/09

   i was just wondering if the phrases under your posts were from the computer game "the Oregon trail?"
   

   10/12/09

   Reply from Huey Tlatoani:

   Yes indeed they are! Going west must have sucked, everytime you forded a river it seems like an axle broke, a yoke broke, an oxen drowned and Maggie got carried away by the current.

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