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10/2/2021
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A bit of frustration in the shop today.
I got back to two fire-starter/pump drills I'm making, one
as a gift and one for myself. I started worked on cutting
holes out of the fly wheel to attach them to their
respective shafts.
First I decided drill several holes into area I would
eventually clear out with a chisel and files because
removing material makes the process easier. I attempted to
do a bit of drill-ception by using my pump drill, but the
cheap twine I've been using as I prototype broke after a
few pumps -- something I had thought I was mentally
prepared since I thought I was due after using the drill
the night before on my a different project, which I am
keeping secret for now for reasons of me being a dork.
Still, I had a moment of shock when the string broke. I
shrugged it off, and as I am not a purist and didn't feel
like restringing the pump drill in question just so it
could be some kind of ur pump drill (your day will come,
my precious. . . my prrrrr e e e e e e e cious) I hooked my
corded drill up to an extension cord and drilled out the
holes I wanted.
Then came the chiseling. I started with the fly wheel
intended to go on my future fire starting pump drill. I
thought, quite reasonably, it would turn out, that I would
need some practice with the process. I made a real mess
of the first one and had a bunch of blow out on the bottom.
Oh, yeah, I should mention that the fly wheels are made
out chip board, so when I say blow out, I mean large chunks
are knocked out.
Somehow, what I focused on was how bad the lines were
positioned and how they I had reamed out some curved spots.
I managed to improve these on the gift version, but the
blow out turned out to be *worse* the second time. Glue to
the rescue and all of that, but when it has been a long
time between sessions in the workshop I forget that I have
to stop and think about things -- at least what I am making
for other people.
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I'd love to hear from people. My email is the handle minus
"net" (so, a work by Voltaire that starts with "c"), at
sdf.org.
While we're adding boiler plate: this work is in the public
domain. Do what you want with it.