Redneck Drills an Offgrid Well with Hand Auger

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Жыл бұрын

Drilling a well with hand auger, with 200mm diameter.
I determined the spot for drilling, by watching the property and seeing where the plants seemed to grow fastest, and remained green even during dry months. I also looked up old maps, and found out that a stream was flowing in this spot, before it was redirected sometime in 19th century. My thinking was that water would be still flowing underground.
Wells in my village are in general 3-6m deep, so I expected to hit water aproximately in this depth.
Music - A Day in the Life of a Gong Farmer (Stronghold)

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@JJChWorkshop 8 ай бұрын

The well is now finished and I installed a hand pump as well - check the PART 2! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLqeq6p3yauUoIk.html

@andreiminecraft8697 9 ай бұрын

Hello JJCh I wanted to say that your videos inspired me to go outside more and build ,two years ago I lost my father ,I always wanted to learn carpentry and your videos helped me through hard times keep going never give up❤

@JJChWorkshop 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for kind words, stay strong mate, good luck with your craft, I am sure sure you will achieve your goals.

@leon.benedict Жыл бұрын

This is how country/village/farm living keeps you healthy! The things you accomplish, the movements you do and the food you eat all contribute to a thriving body and spirit. Great video, greetings from Hungary!

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Yes, you are 100% right, rural people from the old days had to be tough as nails. Glad you like the video!

@apartmentwoodworking1661 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work man, big respect

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@flapyninja5907 Жыл бұрын

Cool, can’t wait for part two.

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Hope you doing good? IPart 2 will be out in a few weeks.

@Offgrid.farming 11 ай бұрын

Great ideas . Thank you

@JJChWorkshop 11 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

@Jasper-fv4ne Жыл бұрын

GREAT AND HARD WORK MATE !!!!! GREATINGS FROM THE DUTCH

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍 Dank je!

@frantisekvrabec7258 Жыл бұрын

Super video.

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Děkuju!

@thatrandomscientist1704 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like it

@paleofit2318 Жыл бұрын

Haha I love the cat videobombing all the time,great work

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I haven´t realized he was there until I watched the finished video haha

@cryptojoe3724 Жыл бұрын

That title is dope lol

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

no clickbait though!

@jimsimpson8663 3 ай бұрын

Hello j.j. my name is Jim , I was brought up on a farm in Dorset England , we had to have many scills ! I made my auger 4.5 inches diameter and bored my well by hand too , about 16 feet deep , very satisfying to have natural water !! All the best , Jim (what country are you in?)

@talisdorman.9796 Жыл бұрын

You look like you could kill bears with bare hands.

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks! 💪 Bears are cute though

@michk5149 11 ай бұрын

Very impressive! much respect for building this! How clean is it really though?

@JJChWorkshop 11 ай бұрын

Hello there and thanks! Well the water is definetly clean enough to water the garden with, there are no other villages above mine (we live almost at the top of the ridge). I haven´t get any tests done yet, becouse I am still in the process of drilling deeper. Therefore I don´t know if it is safe to drink. Other peoples wells near mine are usually ok to drink, so fingers crossed. I plan to do pt. 2 where I will install piping, pump and get test done so we will see.

@fabricer.9426 7 ай бұрын

Congratulations 🎉

@ica1101 Жыл бұрын

12mn, nice!

@skritkovetesari7362 11 ай бұрын

Pecka

@yogeshmount Ай бұрын

How many days it took you to dig well

@user-em1sj5ph6h 10 ай бұрын

How did you make the auger engage w/ the drill rod when drilling and disengage when removing the auger?

@JJChWorkshop 10 ай бұрын

The auger has rectangular opening, which allows it slide up and down on the drilling rod, but when you rotate (=drill) it stays in place. It won´t slide down completely, becouse the drilling teeth and on the drilling end of the rod, prevent it from doing so. The rectangular shape of the rod and the auger hole can be seen very well at 6:54

@hinterland_official Жыл бұрын

Your land is steeped in history... Did you find anything interesting?

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

I found bunch of old tools, some documents and money from 1920s and also Third Reich money from the 1940s. World war 2 newspapers are especially interesting to read nowdays, while having the hindsight. Unfortunately no gold bars, or chests full of treasures. There are still parts of the house unexplored, so who knows :)

@hinterland_official Жыл бұрын

@@JJChWorkshop good luck searching)

@hinterland_official Жыл бұрын

Very good!!! When the new Rumble exclusive???))

@JJChWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Oh I almost forgot to upload hah, will look into it!

@RussellClarke-ym8nb 2 ай бұрын

@jjchwotkshop. Great video. I am drilling a similar well with a similar tool. I got down 10ftand hit lots of gravel The drilling has now become incredible slow. Any thoughts ?!?

@JJChWorkshop 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, it helps to use some kind of metal pipe with sharp end (I used grinder to sharpen mine) to loosen and crush the stones between the drilling

@RussellClarke-ym8nb 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Still making progress buts its very slow. At 14 ft. The rope gets stuck a lot when I’m pulling the bit up and the very end of the pole is stuck in the bottom but I’m still able to drilll.

@HK-zg5sp 2 ай бұрын

I hit water at 15 feet but then the auger got stuck to the drenched soil . I have done everything to pull it out and it's not bulging.... Any suggestions please?😢 My hand auger is like the clam type😮

@JJChWorkshop 2 ай бұрын

This happened to mě as well, it has an easy fix though. Get one of those chain pulleys (the kind of a pulley car mechanists use to pull engines out of cars). Than make a simple tripod over the well, hang the pulley on the tripod and attach the chain to the drill handle. Using the chain pulley will make it easy the to pull the drill out few inches, which will unstuck it and you can pull it out normally.

@HK-zg5sp 2 ай бұрын

Hey thank you so much . This morning I tried a come along ratchet and used a crowbar over a ladder as a base , but the ladder started to bend. It's that bad. I didn't want to buy or build a tripod but it is what it is...also please what is the name of the steel pipe you used with the backflow valve?