Primitive Technology: Cord drill and Pump drill
Primitive Technology3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2016-2018
84.4M views · 10 years ago · demo · evergreen
Primitive Technology shows building a cord drill from scratch and then upgrading it to a pump drill, using only primitive materials like a stone flywheel and cord.
HN people link it as a satisfying demonstration of hand-powered drills being made from nothing.
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4 comments from Hacker News
I definitely agree. I think this is the video you mentioned. I have watched it myself many times as well. "Primitive Technology: Cord drill and Pump drill" > ▶ this video
If you're interested in seeing someone make these take a look at this Primitive Technology video and the others he produces: ▶ this video Make sure you turn on captions to see descriptions of what's going on.
Oh the title sounds familiar, on the other hand no talk in mind .. great. ps: his fire starting example reminded me of this, ▶ this video (no supermarket involved though)
The guy over at the primitive technology vlog on YouTube just added a neat video of himself making a cord drill and a pump drill. ▶ this video