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JacksonCash:
I'll see what she has to say on the subject. Here is a link to the collection she was able to study:
https://www.beloit.edu/logan_online/exhibitions/virtual_exhibitions/before_history/europe/abri_blanchard.php

DC:
Zuma, are you somehow attaching the stone to the spindle or is it free to spin?

Zuma:
Thanks for the link Jackson.
Thinking about the bead industry has now made me question the small pointy
stones that some are calling atatl hooks. A lot show up in California where there
 was plenty of stone and shell beads like abalone etc.
How neat they would fit into a hollow in a piece of cane. With a little hoof glue Wala drill a bead.

DC--- I whittle a strip off a branch with a knife. It makes a nice slender wedge with an arc
that fits the hole of the banner. That way the weight pushes down against the wedge and the banner is secure. It moves with the shaft. Pops back off nicely.
Zuma

Zuma:
 ;D I made this one today

Zuma:
Well I finally got back to CANE. As the photos will show, I reversed the ends of the cane.
Wether this helped the most is hard to tell because when I was drilling with abrasive dust I didn't realize that I had the shape of the cane wrong. I had to much drag on the shaft with the rounded shape causing the string to slip and deteriorate. In the photo I tried to draw the square end proper shape.
I made a new drill bit. It was wider than the one I made from English flint.
Perhaps it was a little softer as I re sharpened it a couple times before it broke. I think it's heat treated Edwards.
Think I will just use raw rock from now on.
The drilling time was pretty good but a little slower than the English.
Perhaps to do with the fact that it a wider bit and the softness?
It took about twelve minuets to drill almost all the way through the soapstone.
It would have taken longer to finish the hole as it needed to be wider all the way through.
The string stretched and I re-tightened it several times. The last time, I think to tight as that  is when I snapped the bit. I think it was due to the string being to tight and the drill wedging when I gave to much force to start the rotation. Still a lot to learn. LOL I can now try the cane with dust again as I snapped the drill I hafted to it. Oh and I used the same banner.
Zuma

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