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Primitive Technology: Tiled Roof Hut
The Primitive Technology channel shows the construction of a tiled roof hut in the bush using only primitive tools and materials made in earlier videos. It includes tiles, a kiln, clay walls and underfloor heating.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN shares it as a mesmerizing example of building shelter and tools entirely from scratch.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Primitive Technology
- Topic
- primitive building
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2018
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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This guy's YouTube channel [0] features videos of him making stone tools, cutting down a tree, digging up clay, making a kiln, roof tiles and huts; all from scratch. His videos are a great watch, and even with heavy editing it's pretty clear how difficult …
TomNomNom on Hacker News · 2015-11
In Making a pencil from scratch (2013)Don't know the source, but as far as 'watching other people working', here are two of my favorites: [LINK] [VIDEO]
11thEarlOfMar on Hacker News · 2016-05
In A Rock-Sorting RobotAdding to my 'collection' of mesmerizing manual labor: Building a tile-roofed hut by hand: [VIDEO] Building a brick vaulted ceiling: [LINK] The cinder block wall: [LINK]
11thEarlOfMar on Hacker News · 2016-12
In Chinese smiths forge a large flange on the street [video]
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