This is part 3 of the needle saga. The story so far:
I split the bone, then realised I needed a way to make a hole for the thread, so I built a flint drill bit
http://bushcraftoz.com/forums/showthread.php?9586-Making-a-bone-needle
http://bushcraftoz.com/forums/showthread.php?9592-Flint-drill-bit
Starting to drill:
In progress:
And Drill:
Making progress:
Snapped the flint. I'll need to re-haft a new chip:
Finally a break through. I drilled from both sides and met up in the middle:
Ready for the next stage ...
I split the bone, then realised I needed a way to make a hole for the thread, so I built a flint drill bit
http://bushcraftoz.com/forums/showthread.php?9586-Making-a-bone-needle
http://bushcraftoz.com/forums/showthread.php?9592-Flint-drill-bit
Starting to drill:
In progress:
And Drill:
Making progress:
Snapped the flint. I'll need to re-haft a new chip:
Finally a break through. I drilled from both sides and met up in the middle:
Ready for the next stage ...