THE VIDEO SHELF · primitive tools
Primitive Technology: Cord drill and Pump drill
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people link it as a satisfying demonstration of hand-powered drills being made from nothing.
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 tools
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2018
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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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" > [VIDEO]
lazysheepherd on Hacker News · 2018-06
In Yam, cultivate and cookThe guy over at the primitive technology vlog on YouTube just added a neat video of himself making a cord drill and a pump drill. [VIDEO]
furyg3 on Hacker News · 2016-01
In Hand powered drilling tools and machines (2010)If you're interested in seeing someone make these take a look at this Primitive Technology video and the others he produces: [VIDEO] Make sure you turn on captions to see descriptions of what's going on.
oakesm9 on Hacker News · 2017-08
In Hand powered drilling tools and machines
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