Primitive Technology: Water powered hammer (Monjolo)

The creek
Hollow half log
Sawing log with stone
Breaking off untidy end
Bipod of sticks and loya cane
Water flows down spout
Damming water
Rudimentary water wheel
After rain
A fallen dead tree
Making fire
Scrapping char away
Log burned in half
Burning other end
Tidying end
Chiseling trough
Cutting handle for adze
Chisel will form adze head
Tying head on with bark fiber cordage (made in previous videos)
Hot coals to burn trough deeper
Chopping char away
Clay stops wood burning away where it is wanted
Hollow stem blowpipe
Carving a pivot point
Lining up holes
Burning hole
Circular breathing (avoids hyperventilation)
Burn from other side
Broke through
This took 4 and a half hours
Pivot point
Carving mortice for hammer head
Inserting hammer head
Inserting axle
Tripod of sticks and loya cane
Putting hammer on axle
Lashing axle with loya cane
Hammer works when water fills trough out weighing the hammer end. The hammer lifts up and the water tips out causing the hammer to fall onto the anvil.
A small stone (possibly sandstone)
Carving a bowl into the anvil
Old pottery shards
Charcoal
Water powered hammer (Monjolo)

Primitive Technology: Water powered hammer (Monjolo)

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