Any Shaped Holes with a Regular Drill

Any Shaped Holes with a Regular Drill - How?

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This is a really cool old school tool that my mate Corin put me on to. The original tool, from way back, is a Parser or Passer drill and was used to drill recesses for brass inlays in tools and knife scales.
It was a super fun project and great to get to try out such an interesting tool.
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@Nighthawkinlight 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have believed this would work if I hadn't just seen it. Very interesting.

@699hazard 2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel man.

@BLenz-114 2 жыл бұрын

I'll second that! Never heard of such a thing before, and wouldn't have imagined it would work if I had! Love this kind of "Tools of the bygone age" stuff always. Thanks.

@foxon4057 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, like voodoo.

@NatTayHill 2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!!

@tonybarracuda3505 2 жыл бұрын

ditto

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha! Ridiculous looking tool, but it's super cool! Never heard of this before either. Surprised how it managed to reach into those tight corners! Thanks for sharing this!

@corinkayaker 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Torbjorn. Will be good to see your take on it!

@hansborgdesing 2 жыл бұрын

Hållar med.

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

You’re right Torbjorn, it really does look ridiculous and it blew me away too when I first saw it. 😊

@brianmalady1190 2 жыл бұрын

Can only agree

@JohanLarssonKiruna 2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts as well.

@kani75 2 жыл бұрын

"How is this possible?" By rotating chiselling edges, that scrapes the wood almost randomly inside the mold, until it has scraped of everything that the edge can reach. Simple, but still impressive.

@toAdmiller 2 жыл бұрын

The more that I watch older shop techniques, the more I admire the imagination and ingenuity of the people who came up with these approaches...doing so much more with so much less...inspiring...!

@chunkymurps 2 жыл бұрын

What a strange tool. It's just amazing what the human mind is capable of thinking of and then executing that thought to make something like that. And stop asking if we'd like to see you make a video of 'whatever'. Of course we do. You're extremely talented and everything you build/make is fascinating to watch.

@CryoGenUK 2 жыл бұрын

Seconded.

@williammoore4101 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, like chunkymurps said, "Shut up Pask, just make more of your super amazing and talented videos!" :)

@AndiNewtonian 2 жыл бұрын

IKR? Pask: "Let me know if you'd like to see me make a video of--" Me: "Yes." Pask: "But I didn't say what the video was." Me: "Doesn't matter. The answer is yes."

@elund408 2 жыл бұрын

this video has about 16000 views, it has 2.5 thousand likes and 172 comments. comments and Likes are what drives getting his videos suggested to non-subscribers which boosts his pay. He asks questions to get comments. If everyone liked and commented he wouldn't have to ask.

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

It really is an amazing tool - glad you liked it! As Eric already answered I have to ask those questions to get engagement, it’s just the new rules and the way things work to get views. 😊

@urituchmanpigeon 2 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome! Thanks for sharing this amazing technique! I can't wait to try it myself.

@isaacnguyen6944 2 жыл бұрын

Why do I feel that there will be a pigeon involved ?

@Victoria-jo3wr 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh yes! I'd love to see that!

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Uri, it would be fun to see you make one too. 😊

@graemebrumfitt6668 2 жыл бұрын

Go make one Uri Dude. GB :)

@defnotsimon1922 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to say good job already, Uri. אנחנו יודעים שאתה יותר ממספיק לזה.

@vinnybonboot 2 жыл бұрын

This is really cool! If someone sold this tool as a drill attachment, along with pre-made templates (or maybe even custom made-to-order templates), it could make this type of woodwork a lot more accessible to people who don’t have access to expensive machinery.

@MrGaiden100 2 жыл бұрын

Or you could just buy a cheap table top CNC machine if you were going to make a lot.

@teunlll 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrGaiden100 "to people who don't have access to expensive machinery"

@karl810 2 жыл бұрын

@@teunlll that's why he said cheap, if you have to buy these templates every time then it is eventually going to be cheaper to just buy the right tool in the first place.

@teunlll 2 жыл бұрын

@@karl810 eventually. But this tool is probably not for the people that do this on a very regular bases. The templates don't have to be expensive either. Your correct but I think this tool is just for a different audience then the people that would need a table top CNC.

@akashicvizion 2 жыл бұрын

You said it right at the very tail of the video: "how CNC work was done back in the day"-- The Parser bit was the very first form of a 'router', and using the steel template shows the same technique as using a bearing-guided cutter-- My granddad had an old offset crank brace (the kind that used the tapered, 4-sided shank, circa 1930!) which had 'split-bits' for it; I suppose that would have been used just for this sort of thing!! Keep on keepin' on-- Blessed Be, & Peace!

@aquatrout 2 жыл бұрын

*Pask paints the Mona Lisa* “It’s okay I reckon, I would have liked to do better”

@lourias 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I believe that will be the next video!!!!!

@johngililland6166 2 жыл бұрын

That was really cool! 😃👍

@stephanieamare 2 жыл бұрын

It's also just a very British thing to downplay and minimize things.

@terristroh3965 2 жыл бұрын

“I reckon they came out really well.” Humbler words have never been spoken.

@deanwellerassociates 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Simple and well designed. My Dad (81yrs) will love this.

@josephhaddakin7095 2 жыл бұрын

I went down this rabbithole a couple years ago but I didn't think to use an electric drill. Much better results than I had. Maybe I'll go down the hole again copying your setup. Thanks for the videos.

@Applebutter52 2 жыл бұрын

The person who invented this was a bona fide genius. It's insane how clever it is

@roncooper6302 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, as always. I vaguely remember my apprentice days ( I remember everything vaguely these days), when we had to file a perfect cube after making scrapers from old files to finish the job. All designed to teach us hardening and tempering. I still have the scrapers, the largest of which makes a very good paint stirrer.

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron - not easy filing a perfect square! 😊

@RobertKarlBerta 2 жыл бұрын

I am a 74 year old hobbyist that has a full woodworking shop as well as a metal lathe, milling machine and MIG welders. Have been doing wood and metalsmithing my entire life but this one blows me away. I enjoy seeing very old tools and how they were used but this is a new one to me. Wow what an awesome tool. The person that invented this was a genius. Thanks for the great video!

@olegil2 2 жыл бұрын

Colour me impressed. That was really awesome. And the fact that you get both the insert and the recess from the same template is nothing short of genius

@threeriversforge1997 2 жыл бұрын

Very impressive. I would never have thought it'd make such fine details, especially getting down into those thin points. You should definitely have some brass logo plates made up so you can install these awesome little badges on all your projects. Maybe even get some made up in Sterling Silver or the like.

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

It really does work very well - I’ll be attempting to make the punch and die to knock out my logos, hopefully soon. 😊

@PaulaBean 2 жыл бұрын

I think wood inlays would work too, like white ash for a lighter tone, and ebony for black.

@threeriversforge1997 2 жыл бұрын

@@PaulaBean You're right. It'd be a great tool for insetting bowties across cracks in the top, allowing you to do some really neat shapes. I'm going to try forging one so I can inlay decorative steel rosettes.

@NatTayHill 2 жыл бұрын

I am so blown away. I would love a whole series that shows us how stuff was made hundreds of years ago. I have been watching all these KZfaqrs that are restoring French Chateaus. When I see all of the furnishings and paneling with inlays and carvings I am so curious to know how they did all of it! It is so interesting. I would LOVE to know how everything was made. This one was so cool!

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Natalie! I’d love to explore more old interesting tools if anyone wants to point them my way. 😊

@fitulus 2 жыл бұрын

Chisels were used often

@williampeppers812 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed at the ingenuity of craftsman from by gone years. Thanks for sharing this technique with me as I've never seen it before.

@sticustom 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting to see tools from the past being remade and used. It was great to watch. Thanks.

@bobd. 2 жыл бұрын

This is pretty slick. I always thought that long ago all inlays like this were done by hand with chisels. I agree with a previous commenter that this would be an interesting tool to bring to market in present day with a set of templates.

@jamesa7506 2 жыл бұрын

Now THAT is pretty awesome!! In regards to whether your audience would want to watch a video you're thinking of uploading; we've watched you paint your garage, so it would be a safe assumption that we'd watch and enjoy most anything you film!

@groreistad5234 2 жыл бұрын

Neil could blow his nose or knit an elephant, I don’t care. I’ll watch anything.

@dewaard3301 2 жыл бұрын

This video is a great insight into the wealth of forgotten techniques the old craftsmen had at their disposal.

@MakersMuse 2 жыл бұрын

What a neat tool! Doesn't look like it should work at all but it does, would look really interesting in slow mo

@Dexter_Morgan. 2 жыл бұрын

Oh hey your here cool

@stevekreitler9349 2 жыл бұрын

Roy Underhill did an episode of The Woodwright's shop on this very thing some years back, with an original style passer drill, belt and all. I was amazed by it then, and I still am.

@willmorrison1022 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reaffirming my belief that The Woodwright's shop was where I saw this thing before. Never thought of making one, but now, having seen it, I'm not that afraid of it. An interesting thing to consider making, let alone using.

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

I hadn’t seen this before but found it when trying to research the parser drill. There really isn’t much out there about it. 😊

@stevenarnold46 2 жыл бұрын

Do you recall which season/ episode?

@stevekreitler9349 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenarnold46 I do not. Sometime within the last ten years, or so.

@willmorrison1022 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevekreitler9349 Oh, no, it was much longer than that. I haven't been recording for close to that, and I recorded it several years before that. I did a little search, and found this, it's not from the show, but a demonstration from his school. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qqeRlK-Er5y9m58.html

@ScottTurnerformeindustrious 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. I had no idea these about these tools. Love your work mate!

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott - glad you enjoyed it mate! :)

@Winznut 2 жыл бұрын

Love your stuff. Just made two canvas bags the other day with your tutorials.

@ScottTurnerformeindustrious 2 жыл бұрын

@@Winznut Thank you! Handy little bags, I have them everywhere.

@TheRecreationalMachinist 2 жыл бұрын

Came from Hackaday. You know when you think that'll never work, and then it does! Great video! Thanks for sharing! 👍 🇬🇧

@davidparkins1808 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thank you. It gives me renewed respect for those who have gone before, and for you also for keeping alive the connection to the past.

@russellzauner 2 жыл бұрын

I am building up my arsenal of luthier tools and processes and I'm DEFINITELY giving this a go when I get to making necks and headstocks. Thank you for publishing this for us.

@ECBSB2013 2 жыл бұрын

I also had this similar though after seeing this.

@michaelslee4336 2 жыл бұрын

I would be going down the cnc router path for that. Much gentler and more repeatable.

@virtusleather 2 жыл бұрын

wow. never would thought that could be done. brilliant.

@MurcuryEntertainment 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly if you showed me s drawing of it, I'd probably tell you it wouldn't work.

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

@nitrousman8882 2 жыл бұрын

What’s old is new again. CNC is just “digital template” cutting. Very nice work. Thanks for sharing it.

@prosanis1216 2 жыл бұрын

Who would have thought this was gonna work? Could believe my eyes when it did. Good job mate! More please?!👍👍❤️🇳🇱

@FishersShop 2 жыл бұрын

Very neat! I couldn't picture how it would have worked just by your posts on IG. Makes me wonder how many maker's marks or shaped inlays in the past were specifically chosen so that this method of inlay would be possible.

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

That's a good thought Drew, it just may have been the case! Glad you liked it! :)

@ew7d 2 жыл бұрын

I read about these years ago whilst severely sleep deprived and promptly forgot what they are called. Thank you for sharing this!

@keys3008 2 жыл бұрын

This is probably one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time. Great video.

@zetorman7639 2 жыл бұрын

My world is not the same any more after seeing this! Add my vote to the die punch video. Sure the tube will have the topic already covered, but I would love to see your Australian sun filled video on it!

@Kaodusanya 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap that's genius

@glennfelpel9785 2 жыл бұрын

This whole technique is absolutely fascinating! Yes for sure I would like to see and understand how a punch and die would be made to reproduce the brass blanks in that way. Please consider making a video on the punch and die. Thank you

@shedmanx3640 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing tool! I had no idea that this tool would get into the corners, especially your logo. You’re right, CNC from a forgotten time.

@weedeater64 2 жыл бұрын

and just like that.... "you're a wizard harry"

@MrCoolAttitude 2 жыл бұрын

I swear sometimes we get so complacent with modern technologies and techniques that stuff like this just blows my mind. So simple yet so effective.

@danhealy7341 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video! I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos.

@keithpovec6462 2 жыл бұрын

I've been a woodworker for about 25 years now. I have never even heard of this. I love channels like yours. I have learned so much from guys like you. And yes, the video on making a punch for your logo would be great.

@tedkosub8774 2 жыл бұрын

What a clever design. It makes me wonder what other tools have been forgotten as technology progressed. Thank you for this.

@Vickie-Bligh 2 жыл бұрын

That was fun and amazing. Love your work and please know, I for one appreciate some of your 'rough hewn' work. That not everything needs to look like it came from a factory, in fact, I appreciate seeing items look handmade. They don't look sloppy, or inferior. They look the opposite, that knowledge, care and time were invested into them. Thanks, Neil. And thank Corin too.

@TheCatanzaroShop 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I’ve never considered how those shapes were made on old tools! It’s one of those things I took for granted so thank you for showing the process.

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I always wondered too and only just found this out. 😊

@SeamusHarper1234 2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy what is possible without power tools, just using clever ideas and a lot of time =)

@spudnickuk 2 жыл бұрын

Im a metal worker for over 30 years and this has blown me away, And most of all thank you for showing on how to make it all, As in this day and age we would use a router or CNC machine, and this shows that simplicity from years ago works a treat. Amazing stuff.

@djangogallardo9073 2 жыл бұрын

9:54 Yes want to see that video, amazing work!

@rjwohlman 2 жыл бұрын

What?!? Cool AF!!!!

@KastnerFurniture 2 жыл бұрын

Spent way too long trying to work out what this tool was for when you posted a photo... really satisfying to see what it does!

@matrix626 2 жыл бұрын

of course we want to see the punch making video! My middle school wood shop teacher had a set of these with about 100 dies. It was really amazing to see them in action. Thank you for the memories!

@dethblud 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see little brass Pask saw logos in all of your woodworking. A distinctive way to sign your work!

@JaronBaron 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I really love that you bring back these old tool and design concepts! All your work is fantastic but that really unique stuff always makes me look forward to a new Pask video! Cheers!

@HWPcville 2 жыл бұрын

Very impressive. I recall seeing this done with original/old time equipment on the "Woodwright Shop" with Roy Underhill. It never occurred to me that it could be done with a power drill and forged bits. Nice done!

@lukafilm 2 жыл бұрын

In a decade of watching every single woodworking video on youtube this is the first time I heard about this tool. Awesome!!!

@chrishibberd 2 жыл бұрын

This is bloody brilliant Neil! I really appreciate the fact that you bring these innovations and lost arts to your viewers. You have so many videos that push your boundaries and bring genuinely interesting solutions forward unlike so many other KZfaq creators. I can't explain how quickly I lose interest when someone says something like "I've got a free eleventy thousand dollar shaper origin and done blah blah blah" Keep up the awesome approach and thank you for the continued dedication!

@garyhardman8369 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant tool Neil. I can see a small version of this being of interest to Luthiers, wishing to inlay fretboards! Thank you for sharing.

@sonofdamocles 2 жыл бұрын

you fancy bastard, thank you for the walk through. Really, if not for folks like you this would be lost. Thanks for showing the old ways.

@bowlweevil4161 2 жыл бұрын

you can cut those patterns out with jig saw and steel cutting blade, then file final shape, cool tool good vid THANX!

@Hubilicious90 2 жыл бұрын

I love the fact, that you don’t heavily lean into your more inaccessible tools like your milling machine if you can help it. Many makers are way to comfortable with sentences like: „I used my CNC milling machine for this, but it can easily be done with a jig saw and a bit of sandpaper“, despite never having tried it without their machine.

@absalomdraconis 2 жыл бұрын

I do hope you're fine with slicing e.g. bananas with CNCs though. You know, just for the joke value.

@johnwhauserman 2 жыл бұрын

I've been a toolmaker for 40 years and have never seen this. But I will be using this.

@jyesucevitz 2 жыл бұрын

I have zero interest in these types of projects. yet here I am and I keep watching? shows your level of skill and ability to keep someone's interest when they came here without any. thumbs up.

@leorumley8132 2 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered how they made inlays like that on especially on old tools etc, I'm absolutely amazed yet I've just watched the "impossible ". Thank you for showing us.

@murlock666 2 жыл бұрын

Thats one of those. "I wonder how they do that?" questions I've had for years. Nice to have an answer finally. Thanks for that! Keep up the good work!

@jjmmcc01 2 жыл бұрын

Don't believe what I'm seeing, this was before power tools !!! What a fantastic demonstration, a very enjoyable video.

@pawpawstew 2 жыл бұрын

I concur with others. That is one of the coolest, yet at the same time ridiculous tools. I've ever seen. My hat is off to you for diving into this. I would love to have been a fly in the wall watching some guy hundreds of years ago brainstorm this thing. Thanks for sharing!

@strangedaysarethese 2 жыл бұрын

I too concur. ..does anyone else concur? you there!, with the shoes and the socks. Do you concur? haha. Cheers Pawpaw and sincerely, Thanks Pask Makes. Brilliant !!

@bradleytuckwell4854 2 жыл бұрын

What an amazing tool the way it gets into the whole template.Always enjoy watching your channel looking forward to seeing what you come up with next

@mattkent655 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously blurted out "I'll be damned" when I saw the result. I will absolutely be using this for my own projects. And we absolutely want to see you do the punch cutter

@vkwilliams8864 2 жыл бұрын

1. You are awesome! 2. I forgot how much you like to file, glad you found yet another outlet for that.

@seditt5146 2 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, that is friggin cool. I always figured they just used some sort of guide and a router which I guess this sort of is but, never would have thought like this. Good stuff.

@charlvanniekerk8009 2 жыл бұрын

Its a real first for me! What a genius concept. Its such a simple yet super effective way to cut a shape with even sharp corners into a peice of wood! I would personally love to see you make a punch and di to repeatedly cut out your logo. Thank you for sharing!

@OriginalRaveParty 2 жыл бұрын

Such a clever, dedicated craftsman!

@secondarycontainment4727 2 жыл бұрын

WOW! I always wondered how this was done in the past. Today I wouldn't be impressed with a modern piece because routers and CNC machines seem almost ubiquitous today. But wow, this is nothing short of amazing to understand how the process would have been completed "back in the day". THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!

@owenparker6651 2 жыл бұрын

How nifty! Those fellas from the 'old days' were pretty bright fellas! Thanks for sharing a very unique idea.

@anathaetownsend1894 2 жыл бұрын

This has an advantage over "CNC" or even rotary tools like a Dremel or Foredom. You can get nice crisp corners with out having to do manual work with a chisel. Nicely done.

@corinkayaker 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@Crewsy 2 жыл бұрын

The downside is all that laborious work has to be done to make your template so not very practical for a one off item where a rotary tool and chisel would be faster.

@anathaetownsend1894 2 жыл бұрын

@@Crewsy yup, this is a production tool.

@absalomdraconis 2 жыл бұрын

@@anathaetownsend1894 : I'd bet that near the end they would have started using a drill press to remove the bulk of the material from the guide. And even before that, they may have used an automated file (the things that move like a topless scroll saw) to speed up the work.

@nicomonkeyboy 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love a video about the differences between annealing, tempering, hardening etc and about what different properties they each impart one day. I did metalwork and woodwork back in the 70s at school, but all that knowledge has disappeared through lack of use. Still got the working model traction engine we made!

@absalomdraconis 2 жыл бұрын

Having looked just a smidge, I can say that annealing just reduces internal stresses, happens too cold to cook a TV dinner (more of a cheese sauce temperature), and normally takes at least 8 hours. The others I didn't look at even a smidge. Can't remember what I was looking for, though I remember thinking I could do the heat-treatment bit at least.

@briannewton3535 2 жыл бұрын

Effing awesome. Still blows my mind for the ingenuity in these cutters. Nice job, thanks for sharing.

@SamChaneyProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Has anyone noticed Pask does a little uptalk at the end of every sentence? It's endearing. Great video as usual, very neat tool

@laroseauxboisrosewoodwoodw8585 2 жыл бұрын

Gees and us we think that a CNC is a great invention 😬 All was already done and it’s simple way . I’ve learned so mutch in this vid thank’s and chears 👍🏼🇨🇦

@-abigail 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a punching die video! The whole way through I was wondering if the template could be used in some clever way to make the inlays too. Random thought, I wonder if you could use this for embossing on metal if you raised the pattern by a hair less than the depth of the passer bit. It might give an interesting finish - maybe slightly rough, maybe some chaotic swirls. Brass logo plates could look really beautiful!

@absalomdraconis 2 жыл бұрын

Putting a stubbier version in a hammer drill might also produce a neat effect, as could making a template from plastic (or something else non-conductive), and (standing at some distance, beside a power cut off switch) using an EDM machine or a welding machine with a demolition stick to erode metal.

@ltnthacker 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how that works; makes me wonder what other forgotten processes there are. Thanks for producing this video and I look forward to seeing your die punch video.

@videogalore 2 жыл бұрын

That's genuinely brilliant! Thank goodness for KZfaq for keeping knowledge like this going!

@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT 2 жыл бұрын

That was impressive! Never heard of that tool before. Ancient toolmakers were indeed clever 😃

@tifhorn3311 2 жыл бұрын

This is the next tool I'm gonna create when I'm back to my workshop (and back to full health)! Great idea, which can create alot of new possibilities in creating... something :D Thanks a lot, Mr. Neil!

@WadeBarmby 2 жыл бұрын

What a great project. Great to see old technology documented and.put to use.

@brianbrewster6532 2 жыл бұрын

The stuff I learn on KZfaq from clever people like you. Thank you so very much for bringing the old school ways to life. I often wondered how irregular shapes were produced like this. Now I know.

@joostvanputte 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Very interesting and educational!! Please show the creation of a dye as well!

@jebowlin3879 2 жыл бұрын

I have always wondered about how old school tools were used in some of the more decorative techniques, puts me in mind that the Humans built the pyramids, we are always underestimating the ingenuity of the past

@judmcfeters9054 2 жыл бұрын

Was thinking something similar. Modern humans are almost always very arrogant thinking that we have a corner on the “best” technology ever developed over millennia of human existence. If we only knew what we used to know when the library of Alexandria, Egypt was destroyed in 682 by the army of Amr ibn al-As. So much knowledge and history was lost forever…

@corinkayaker 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@absalomdraconis 2 жыл бұрын

@@judmcfeters9054 : Eh, the library of Alexandria wasn't really lost at any one time, it mostly rotted away from mold & fungus eating the parchment because of the humid sea air. Also, most of the scrolls would have just been ship's logs, since that was included in what was copied by the scribal annex at the docks. The Alexandrian library is more of a symbol than a reality. At any rate, the old Assyrian library at Ninnevah (and at least some documents from other cities that used cuneiform) have actually been rediscovered, and are in the process of being digitized and translated, so there's some stuff too _old_ for Alexandria that we're getting access to.

@dougg1075 Жыл бұрын

Whoever figured that out was a genius

@archangel20031 2 жыл бұрын

Rarely am I impressed, and today I am, and I WILL BE ADDING THIS TO MY WOOD SHOP!

@lynxg4641 2 жыл бұрын

Neil, you've done amazing projects and work over the years, but for me, this has got to be one of, if not the most interesting things you've done - so very cool to see how things were done in the past or how they could be done today if you don't have funds for a fancy CNC or such. Can't wait to see you add your logo to some of the wooden tools you've made over the years using this technique.

@PaskMakes 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed it!😊

@kellanaldous7092 2 жыл бұрын

More like a PASKer drill, amirite?? :)

@corinkayaker 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha for sure!

@KLP99 2 жыл бұрын

As others say, I wouldn't believe it would work if I hadn't seen it. If I found one of those tools lying around in my grandfather's garage years ago (he died in 1958 when I was just 3), I would have kept it as something cool, then wondered as I aged what it was for, never having a clue, even after researching. I can't find anything about that tool anywhere, even in my history of wood craft books (now in my son's possession who works in wood only with non-electric hand tools--he makes his furniture, EG bedside stands, coffee tables, chest of drawers, etc.)

@phoulmouth 2 жыл бұрын

That is probably the coolest thing I have ever seen you make. Imagine the fancy inlay work you could do with those.

@joepie221 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely clever. I did enjoy it.

@corinkayaker 2 жыл бұрын

Joe, you have one of my favourite channels that I have learned so much from! Great to see you here!

@DennisSuitters 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool. As always, always interested to see any videos you make, esp. the tool making ones. I am surprised that you don't have a Die Filer machine, would save a lot of filing work by hand. Thanks for sharing Neil, I really need to get onto producing videos and uploading more myself.

@PaulSteMarie 2 жыл бұрын

A die filer would be very handy for making those templates.

@ericjohnson4768 2 жыл бұрын

I’m always like stop asking me if I want to see you make something else! OF COURSE I DO! Love your stuff.

@RJJFavorites 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I’m really impressed with how efficient the process is. It took much less time than I had imagined it would. By changing the depth of the cutouts at the end of the tool you can change the depth of cut. I wonder how deep you could go and still maintain accuracy?