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The cane drill has been cut to length and the drilling
will start with the bit in this condition.
The bannerstone is set into the vise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w52YG0qGCtc
January 29th, 2013
The template, is glued to the vise. The mud core
plug measured 29.1mm long, by 11.2mm wide, at the wide end, and 10.0mm
wide, at the narrow end. It weighed 4.8 grams. The rawhide shim was 33.7mm long,
by 12.8mm wide, and was less than 0.1g. The template was 78.6mm long, by 23.3mm
wide, and varied from 5.8mm, to 3.7mm in thickness. The peroration was 12.5mm in
diameter, and the weight was 3.8g.
At this point, the bannerstone perforation, at the top, was 12.9mm. The bottom was 9.8mm.
The banner, with clay plug and shim included, weighed155.4g. It measured 69.4mm high, 62.0mm wide (at the base). The thickness (where the base met the "L" extension measured 25.1mm, and the thickest portion measured 28.6mm.
The new cane drill
measured
68.4cm long, and weighed 30.2g. It measured 10.6mm at the narrow end, and
13.2mm, at the wide end.
Here, we're starting to drill the second hole: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0mbmZ2mMhI
After 30 minutes. The hole is 8.3mm deep and cane loss
is 2mm.
Here we are, at 30-minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnpdvy5TVPE
January 30th, 2013,
At the 1-hour mark. The hole is 10.4 mm deep and the
cane loss is 7mm.
Here's the video, at the 1-hour mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO2aCaUWEkk
At the 1-hour, 30-minute, mark. The hole is 14.8mm deep
and the cane loss is 15mm.
The cane drill, at 1-hour, 30-minutes.
Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGBB8EIHbE
At the 1-hour 46-minute mark, the cane had split , so
this 
section of cane was removed, a new tally mark
(which corresponded to the original mark), was added and drilling continued. The
cane section was 43.6mm long and weighed 1.5 grams. cane loss at this point was
28.3mm. The cane drill now weighs 28.1 grams.
January 31st, 2013,
At the 2-hour mark.
The cane, at the 2-hour, mark. The hole is 20.3mm deep and cane loss is
23.7mm
Here's the video from the 2-hour mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVh6U11QPM
At the 2-hour, 24-minute mark, Larry noticed that the
clay plug had deteriorated to the point where the grit was falling through the
bottom. This was remedied by placing a piece of wood underneath the bannerstone,
and applying a flint nodule, to the vise. This extra weight helped to hold the
bannerstone tight against the wood, enough to let the drill cut not only the
stone but also a small portion of the wood.
More weight was added at the 2-hour, 26-minute, mark.
At the 2-hour, 32-minute, mark, the rest of the clay plug fell out but there was about 2mm of stone left to drill so more grit was applied and the cutting continued to the 2-hour, 56-minute mark. At that point (Feb. 1st), drilling was set aside so Larry could get ready for his trip to Wintercount 2013. After returning, Larry caught a cold and pushed off the remainder of the drilling until March2nd.
Here's the 2-hour, 30-minute mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdQQr9Cl2XQ
At 2-hours, 59-minutes, and 44-seconds, the hole was completely drilled
The top view. At the top, the hole measured, 17.4mm
long, by 11.6mm wide.
Views, of the bottom. Hole length at the bottom, was
12.4mm long, by 10.8mm wide.
The first hole took: 5-hours, 54-minutes, and 52-seconds
The second hole took: 2-hours, 59-minutes, and 44-seconds for a total of:
Total 7-hours , 103-minutes, and 96-seconds or:
8-hours, 46-minutes, and 36-seconds
The first hole used: 41.1mm of cane
The second hole used: 48.0mm of cane
for a total cane loss of: 89.1mm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3bnJndweI8
