hand drill

[Ed Brooks]

I was messing around and ended up making a hand drill to try to drill some rocks. here is what I came up with.
the shaft is dog wood i think, the weight is Ocean Spray as it the drive board i used store / garage sale string  instead of making some.
 

[Ed Brooks]

the drill was made from a piece of rock i got in a trade from Mr. Mullet. it hold its edge great on the rocks shown. i had a small flat rock it was some kind of speckled "soft" rock, or so i thought it ate my drill before i gave up on that rock. Its kinda amazing how fast and easy you can drill holes in stone. hope you enjoy. Ed

[BowEd]

Pretty darn cool Ed.

[Zuma]

Ed, Is your photo of the drill point before or after drilling?
Do you have one of before, if not?
Thanks Zuma

[---GUTSHOT--->]

That's too cool. Got to try that. Is that rock you drilled into called chalk rock?

[Ed Brooks]

Thank you all for taking the time.

Zuma: this point was in the re-sharpened stage after doing the rocks shown and the one mentioned above that ate my drill. I drilled one rock last night and it was thicker than my drill was long i hit the shoulders. the pic below is the rock i drilled last night and the drill after.
Gutshot: I have no idea what that rock is. I just picked them up at the river. I'm starting to see what ones work better than others.

I have this so i can take it apart slide the weight off and then back onto another drill shaft. I used one wood shaft (no drill attached)  to try to start a fire. I need to enlarge the complete unit for fire, there it too much friction to keep the small weight spinning. Ed 

[YosemiteBen]

Very nice Mr Ed! Some of the drill bits were three sided.

[Ed Brooks]

Very nice Mr Ed! Some of the drill bits were three sided.

Thank you Ben, I have seen pics of some of the 3 sided drills. However I have come to the conclusion i'm lucky to make a two sided one.LOL

[Zuma]

Thanks Ed
I don't know if you know but I am a
stone drill freak. 
I am pretty excited that you have decided
to jump into it. PM me if you want to try some
longer thinner drill bits.
I just hafted one up after I wore out my last one.
I like the bow drill most. Here are a few on site
links if your interested. You will have to paste
them in the search box.
Zuma
Bannerstone
ABO Drilling
Bannerstone Discussion

[Ed Brooks]

Thank you Zuma, Pm sent.

[Zuma]

Here you go Ed.
Pick out a couple.
Zuma

[Ed Brooks]

Zuma

Thank you for this, however I'm not sure what to chose,  I'd trust your choice for the drill if you wouldn't mind picking for me. Thank you again. Ed