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Bootstrapping Tech
Feb 10^th, 2016 at 9:56am

Thought this might be a fun game that fits with our general interest in "primitive" tech/survival/rebuilding.

Here's the idea. Each post contributes a single piece of tech to the society we're building. But. You can only add it if you could make it from the pieces already posted or the natural environment.

So I'll start us off with some cordage. Slow going making it by hand but doable.

Importantly having cord allows us to make true circles and straight lines.

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TobyC Junior Member Offline if life gives you lemons sling 'em back Posts: 80 palisades, NY Gender:	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #1 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 11:31am A net- again quite slow, but lets us catch fish/birds with basic traps and little effort.
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2172	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #2 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 3:19pm Cobb mud for buildings.... If you've never heard of it, try YouTube and be amazed
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perpetualstudent Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1405 Gender:	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #3 - Feb 11^th, 2016 at 4:25pm Hand Ax Lord knows I don't have the skill to make arrowheads or knives out of a block of flint or obsidian, but I think I could manage a hand ax.
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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #4 - Feb 12^th, 2016 at 11:39am Hammock via net and cordage
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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #5 - Feb 12^th, 2016 at 11:51am Hafted celt
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #6 - Feb 12^th, 2016 at 11:52am Debris hut, made out of sticks, leaves, cordage. Ryan
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TobyC Junior Member Offline if life gives you lemons sling 'em back Posts: 80 palisades, NY Gender:	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #7 - Feb 12^th, 2016 at 1:21pm vetryan15 wrote on Feb 12^th, 2016 at 11:52am: Debris hut, made out of sticks, leaves, cordage. Check out the Cobb mud that Tomas was talking about. Cool stuff.
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #8 - Feb 12^th, 2016 at 2:40pm The Cobb mud, another name is Adobe, which the native Americans of the southwest, used. I am familiar with it. Ryan
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2172	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #9 - Feb 12^th, 2016 at 6:15pm Leather from the animals if one knew how to tan it
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Re: Bootstrapping Tech
Reply #10 - Feb 12^th, 2016 at 11:19pm

I love the old adage "Every animal carries around enough brains to tan its own hide"

We'll need to tie together a frame and use the cord for stretching. And we'll have to scrape it with the hand ax. So yeah, I think we've got all the tech we'd need for that.

To which I add: Making a wooden shovel and mattock using Steven's Celt.

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Re: Bootstrapping Tech
Reply #11 - Feb 13^th, 2016 at 8:34pm

If we have cordage, why don't we make a bow drill and start a fire?

And drill holes in logs to make a much sturdier frame for our hut.

And if we have a celt and a fire, cut down a tree with the celt and hollow it out with fire to build a dugout so our net can be used in deeper water to catch larger fish.

And we can use the wood ashes to fertilize our garden, which we tilled up with PS's shovel and mattock.

And fire harden the points of sticks so we can hunt. We get more protein and furs and hides from that.

And with the fire and some mud, we can make pottery.

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Caldou Funditor Offline Moving the world... rock by rock. Posts: 779 Picardie, France	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #12 - Feb 14^th, 2016 at 3:20pm Since we can cut wood, we can do some wickerwork. And maybe we can weave some bags with the cords And then, maybe a spindle and a loom, it is still winter and I don't want to stay naked :p
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2172	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #13 - Feb 14^th, 2016 at 3:36pm What about tp
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Bootstrapping Tech Reply #14 - Feb 14^th, 2016 at 3:38pm I think an elk shoulder blade shovel is better than wood. A lot lighter and they work well. Found this one this morning
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