##Good Enough Flywheels, I Guess

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10/2/2021
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A bit of frustration in the shop today.  

I got back to two fire-starter/pump drills I'm making, one
as a gift and one for myself.  I started worked on cutting
holes out of the fly wheel to attach them to their 
respective shafts. 

First I decided drill several holes into area I would 
eventually clear out with a chisel and files because 
removing material makes the process easier.  I attempted to
do a bit of drill-ception by using my pump drill, but the 
cheap twine I've been using as I prototype broke after a 
few pumps -- something I had thought I was mentally 
prepared since I thought I was due after using the drill 
the night before on my a different project, which I am 
keeping secret for now for reasons of me being a dork.

Still, I had a moment of shock when the string broke.  I
shrugged it off, and as I am not a purist and didn't feel
like restringing the pump drill in question just so it 
could be some kind of ur pump drill (your day will come, 
my precious. . . my prrrrr e e e e e e e cious) I hooked my
corded drill up to an extension cord and drilled out the 
holes I wanted.  

Then came the chiseling.  I started with the fly wheel 
intended to go on my future fire starting pump drill. I 
thought, quite reasonably, it would turn out, that I would
need some practice with the process.  I made a real mess 
of the first one and had a bunch of blow out on the bottom.
Oh, yeah, I should mention that the fly wheels are made 
out chip board, so when I say blow out, I mean large chunks 
are knocked out.  

Somehow, what I focused on was how bad the lines were 
positioned and how they I had reamed out some curved spots.
I managed to improve these on the gift version, but the 
blow out turned out to be *worse* the second time.  Glue to
the rescue and all of that, but when it has been a long 
time between sessions in the workshop I forget that I have
to stop and think about things -- at least what I am making
for other people.    



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