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Undercover Brick Workshop

🕑 Added 2023-07-06 22:30:39 +0000 UTC

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Primitive Technology

Yes, just eyeball it. It only needs to be approximate. Thanks.

Tony Hillerson

It seems like one of the first tasks you do is to level the ground between the four initial stakes and trenches. How do you judge how to level it, just by eyeball?

Primitive Technology

I'm unlikely to get help on these projects in the near future, it gets complicated organizing people. I'm more likely to focus on ways to make it more efficient for a solo worker to do things or automate processes. Thanks.

Dimitri Halkidis

Something I often overlook when watching your videos is that a key touchstone of primitive-era productivity was collaboration/teamwork. Having someone split the thatch fronds while you collected them or vice versa would have really cut down on time. Do you envision any future videos where you would involve someone else to help build something larger and more intricate than you would otherwise be able to do alone? As always, thanks for what you do!

Primitive Technology

Correct. The thatch only lasts 6 months here. But I've built thatched huts on a mountain ridge that last a year due to the dry air up there. Smoke can increase the longevity of the thatch too so constant fires are important. Thanks.

Primitive Technology

I think you're right. The spikes fall off the cane when it gets to a certain age and can be used then without getting the spikes in the hand.

Julian Gonggrijp

I always watch your videos immediately, thanks for making them. So basically, a hut is either going to be very temporary or built out of bricks, isn't it? How long do the thatched ones last, on average?

Kenneth Crips

From it's description Calamus australis, The Lawyer cane, is every bit as useful as bamboo.

Primitive Technology

I don't know for sure if it's actually called lawyer cane, but that's what everyone here calls these stiff vines that climb trees and aren't woody. There's another type that's actually a climbing grass but I don't know it's name either. So I call them all lawyer cane (or loya cane). There's a fishtail wait-a-while that has sour fruit that I tried. I haven't tried these other fruit though. Thanks.

Amy Tobol

Why's it called Lawyer cane? Do you eat the fruits?

Primitive Technology

That's right. Easy to make too, just fire sharpen one end and start digging. Bamboo would be good for some projects, very versatile. Thanks.

Kenneth Crips

Digging sticks are a tried a true stone age tool. It to bad you don’t have bamboo to build your huts with.

Primitive Technology

When I get more iron I'll do it. Till then, digging sticks work efficiently. Thanks.

Federico Altolaguirre

Have you thought making some tools to dig? After all these years you still use a stick

Primitive Technology

The smoke actually helps preserve the thatch. Here, there are caterpillars that eat the palm fronds and the smoke deters them. Thanks.

Mario Stoilov

Looks a bit shaky, but for it's purpose, it's OK. However, I do think you should've left a hole in the roof. All that smoke from the kiln is going to gather under that large roof.

Primitive Technology

Not a specially made one but a half of a hollow log was useful in excavating a trench in a previous project. It was long and could be used standing up by slamming it down into the wet mud to then lever out chunks of mud. It was for building a moat around the previous brick workshop. Generally though, I use a digging stick and a pot to do earthworks. Thanks.