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Primitive Technology: Grass thatch, Mud hut
- Published_at:2019-03-22
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- description: Primitive Technology: Grass thatch, Mud hut - Creating a grass thatch, mud hut from scratch. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subPT | Never miss a video! Enable ‘ALL’ Notifications! More videos, watch me make stone yam planters:...
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Primitive Technology: Pit and chimney furnace
- Published_at:2018-12-16
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- description: Primitive Technology: Pit and chimney furnace - Creating a pit and chimney furnace from scratch. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subPT | Never miss a video! Enable ‘ALL’ Notifications! More videos, watch me build Iron Prills from scratch:...
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Primitive Technology: Yam, cultivate and cook
- Published_at:2018-06-15
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- tags: yam cultivate cultivating yams cultivate yams yam cultivation how to cultivate a yam how to cultivate yams cooking cook cooking yams how to cook how to cook yams how to cook a yam cooking a yam cultivating primitive technology primitive tech primitive...
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Primitive Technology: Round hut
- Published_at:2018-04-20
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- description: I built a round hut using palm thatch and mud walls to replace the damaged A-frame hut built a few months ago. The A frame hut was damaged due to torrential rain and poor design elements considering the wet conditions. The thatch had rotted in the...
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Primitive Technology: Lime
- Published_at:2018-03-06
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- description: At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty. Limestone is basically calcium carbonate...
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Primitive Technology: A-frame hut
- Published_at:2018-01-19
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- description: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle. For the hut the floor plan was 4 X 4m. The height of...
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Primitive Technology: Pottery and Stove
- Published_at:2017-12-22
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- description: I made some pottery from the clay in the new area to see how well it performed. A large bank of clay was exposed by the side of the creek. I dug it out using a digging stick and took it back to the hut. Small sticks and stones were picked out of the...
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Primitive Technology: New area starting from scratch
- Published_at:2017-11-24
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- description: I bought a new property to shoot primitive technology videos on. The new area is dense tropical rainforest with a permanent creek. Starting completely from scratch, my first project was to build a simple dome hut and make a fire. First, I took some...
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Primitive Technology: Natural Draft Furnace
- Published_at:2017-10-27
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- description: I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the fuel bed are more buoyant than the cold air...
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Primitive Technology: Mud Bricks
- Published_at:2017-09-22
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- description: (Turn on captions [CC] in the lower right corner for more information while viewing.) I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks....
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Primitive Technology: Simplified blower and furnace experiments
- Published_at:2017-08-25
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- description: Blower description The purpose of this project was to test a simplified blower design connected to a furnace. I purposely did this to show that people in most natural environments should be able to replicate this design without difficulty. This...
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Primitive Technology: Sandals
- Published_at:2017-07-30
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- description: I made a pair of sandals from loya cane. Walking bare footed in the bush generally doesn't cause problems for my feet. But when repetitively carrying loads of various materials the soles of the feet become cracked and split. So I made some basic...
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Primitive Technology: Reusable charcoal mound
- Published_at:2017-06-17
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- description: *Turn on captions for written commentary (CC in bottom right corner of screen). Charcoal is a valuable fuel that reaches a higher temperature than the very wood it’s made from. I’ve made some before, but with supplies running low due to furnace...
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Primitive Technology: Water powered hammer (Monjolo)
- Published_at:2017-04-28
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- description: I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it. The hammer was made from a fallen tree. I cut it to...
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Primitive Technology: Termite clay kiln & pottery
- Published_at:2017-03-24
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- description: I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just under 50 cm in diameter. Next, I took dry...
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Primitive Technology: Planting Cassava and Yams
- Published_at:2017-02-24
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- description: In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs and smaller aerial bulbs on their vines. I had...
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Primitive Technology: Bed Shed
- Published_at:2017-01-27
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- description: I built a bed shed, a small shelter with a sleeping platform built into it. It’s quicker to build than a large hut but can be extended later on when materials and time become available. It’s not far from the dome shaped grass hut I built earlier. The...
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Primitive Technology: Shrimp Trap
- Published_at:2016-11-04
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- description: I built a shrimp trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some shrimp and ate them. Shrimp (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists of a simple basket with a funnel shaped entrance....
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Primitive Technology: Spear Thrower
- Published_at:2016-10-07
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- description: A spear thrower is a simple tool that allows the user to throw a spear further than by hand alone. It is a small length of wood with a hook in the end that fits into a notch in the back of the spear. The extra power and distance gained by the thrower...
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Primitive Technology: Barrel Tiled Shed
- Published_at:2016-09-16
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- description: I built a tiled roof shed to provide a fire and rain proof shelter for working on projects during wet weather and for storing firewood. The shed houses the very kiln used to fire its own tiles. I cut timber using the stone hatchet and took it to the...
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Primitive Technology: Forge Blower
- Published_at:2016-07-29
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- description: I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using only primitive technology. I began by fanning a...
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Grass hut
- Published_at:2016-07-03
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- description: I built this grass hut up on a ridge. It's roughly parallel with the tiled hut and wattle and daub hut that are a couple of hundred meters away down in a valley. I built it on a ridge to get away from mosquitoes in wet weather. This project took 7...
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Sweet potato patch
- Published_at:2016-05-20
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- description: I built a fenced enclosure and cultivated sweet potatoes (from civilisation) and yams (from the wild) in it. I originally had a small 3X3 m garden behind the wattle and daub hut that already had some sweet potato and yam vines growing in it that were...
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Bow and Arrow
- Published_at:2016-03-23
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- tags: Bow and Arrow Making a Bow and arrow Primitive bow and arrow Primitive technology
- description: I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and materials.The bow is 1.25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don't know the draw weight - safe to say greater than 15 kg (35 pounds) perhaps? The stave was made from a...
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Making Charcoal
- Published_at:2016-02-19
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- tags: Making charcoal Primitive technology Mound method
- description: I made a batch of charcoal using the mound method then stored it in baskets for later use. Charcoal is a fuel that burns hotter than the wood it's made from. This is because the initial energy consuming steps of combustion have taken place while...
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Cord drill and Pump drill
- Published_at:2016-01-22
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- tags: Pump drill Cord drill Friction fire making Stone tools Primitive Technology
- description: I made a cord drill and then upgraded it to a pump drill. A cord drill is basically a spindle with a fly wheel attached so it looks like a spinning top. the middle of a piece of cord is then put into a notch at the top of the spindle. The ends of the...
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Building a primitive wattle and daub hut from scratch
- Published_at:2015-05-02
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- description: I built this hut in the bush using naturally occurring materials and primitive tools. The hut is 2m wide and 2m long, the side walls are 1m high and the ridge line (highest point) is 2m high giving a roof angle of 45 degrees. A bed was built inside...
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