Primitive Technology: Lime

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty. Limestone is basically calcium carbonate (CaCO3). The general source of lime is limestone and various other calcareous minerals, though shells, egg shells and coral are other sources of lime (for more information see video on Corporals Corner channel: • How To Make Roman Conc... or Skillcults channel: • BuildCult Ep.1, Seashe... ). When heated above 840 degrees Celsius, the lime decomposes into calcium oxide (CaO) or Quicklime and releases carbon dioxide (CO2). When water is added to the quicklime it becomes calcium hydroxide Ca (OH)2 or lime putty. From here the calcium hydroxide can then be shaped into a form and allowed to set. Carbon dioxide enters the lime putty as it dries causing it to turn back into calcium carbonate. The new calcium carbonate has then set, remaining solid and water resistant.
In my local geography, calcareous rocks such as limestone are absent leading to a difficulty in acquiring the feed stock for lime making. However, I was still able to make lime by collecting the shells of large terrestrial snails that are native to the rainforest here. The unoccupied shells of these snails were gathered up and stored at the hut. Fire wood was gathered and packed neatly into the kiln. Importantly, the firewood was stacked on top of the grate rather than underneath it in the firebox as is the normal procedure for firing pottery. Using an ordinary updraft pottery kiln in this configuration allows it to reach much higher temperatures than would be possible during normal use. The wood was lit from above and the fire burned down towards the grate. Alternate layers of shells and wood were added on to this burning fuel bed. After adding the last layer of wood to act as a “lid” to prevent heat loss from above I left the kiln to finish on its own, unsupervised. The whole process took about an hour and a half.
When the kiln had cooled down a few hours later, I took out the calcined shells. Not shown in the video was the fact that some shells got so hot, the dirt stuck to them turned into slag and fused to them, possibly with the lime acting a flux lowering its melting point. This extreme heat (+1200 c) should be avoided as the over burnt lime becomes “dead lime”, unable to slake in water. Most shells were still useable though. They were taken out of the kiln and had water added to them. An exothermic reaction then ensued. Heat was produced as the lime quicklime turned into slaked lime. The water heated up creating steam and the shells decomposed into a white paste. The paste was stirred and crushed pottery was added to it as an aggregate (sand is normally used for this, I just had a lot of old pot sherds lying about to dispose of). This lime mortar mixture was then formed into a block shape and left to dry. It took about a week and a half to set as we have had extremely humid, wet weather. The block was observed to have set demonstrating its properties.
What I created is actually lime mortar, typically used for mortaring bricks and tiles together. It’s basically the ‘Glue’ that holds together the building blocks of masonry structures. From my research 20 kg of lime mortar is used on a 1 m square section of brick wall. 5 kg of lime to 15 kg of aggregate (sand, grog etc.) per a 1 m square section of bricks. The shells, though large, are not terribly abundant. A method for finding shells efficiently needs to be made before considering making lime mortar in this fashion. From my experience sand bars in a creek sometimes accumulate snail shells from higher up in the mountains. In these spots, water velocity decreases and shells in the water tend to drop out of the water column. Additionally lime may be partially replaced with ordinary wood ash in mortar without a corresponding decrease in strength. To conclude, making lime in a land without limestone is possible but can be problematic when trying to do so on a large scale.
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Btw - For anyone at home: You don't want to touch the burnt shells with your bare hands as they will react chemically with the moisture and the protective oils on your hands. Lime is a strong base (alkaline) called Calcium hydroxide which is similar to drain cleaner pellets in strength

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"Making lime from snail shells" was new knowledge for me. Thank you. The mortar you made is in Turkey; It is called "Horasan Mortar" or "Roman Mortar". It has various formulas and egg white can also be mixed into it. This mortar has been used in archaeological structures for thousands of years and is a stronger type of mortar than concrete. Over the years it gets harder and becomes just like a rock. However, although it is hard, its biggest feature is that it absorbs the impacts that occur during earthquakes.

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That last part is not entirely true. Lime mortar is not stronger or harder than Portland cement, and isn't shock absorbing. That being said, lime cement is kinda self healing, since when water fills cracks, lime dissolves kinda like what is seen in the video and "repairs" the cracks. It's still pretty cool tho

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So a long time ago, some guy saw a snail shell and said, "Hey, we can reinforce our castles with this."

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More like beaches filled with shells, but ye kinda.

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calcination: CaCO3 = CaO + CO2 reaction of lime and water: CaO + H2O = Ca(OH)2 curing of lime: Ca(OH)2 + CO2 = CaCO3 + H2O

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interesting, so he only used the shells for their calcium carbonate. meaning if he manages to find marble or some actual limestone, this is much easier to produce?

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Maybe. But the difficulty is that dolomite or chalk in such a furnace is very difficult to calcinnte, large pieces inside are not calcinnate, and small ones are hard to find in the ashes. Shells of shellfish are thin, easily calcinnate and simply extracted from the ashes.

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you lost me at calc...

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Minecraft IRL

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Cut to 10 minute montage of man bouncing rocks in the low gravity around to build a rock-igloo

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"When life gives you le-" Primitive Technology: "No. I have lime."

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i guess we'll make concrete then.

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You make quickmlime then calcium hydroxide

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Turn on close captioning, he communicates using that

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Most shows on TV only show the survivalist blowing into tinder to catch on fire (Seemingly after a huge effort to get an ember which we can NEVER EVER see.) Primitive Technology shows the friction of the wood, the embers forming, and then the fire. Leads me to believe every single survival show is BS. Thank you for showing us how making fire is properly done!

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Cannot wait until this guy reaches the Industrial Revolution

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When he started to generate iron, he switched locations and started over.

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I can't remember for sure, but I believe he said he switched locations partially because the new one has better sources of iron around it?

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Primitive robot technology

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Primitive Technology: Nuclear Power Plant

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Primitive Technology: Populating Mars

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He's entered the concrete age! Absolutely awesome video.

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Worse than that, the guy makes iron too, which means pretty soon he'll have ferro-cement.

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HE IS ABOUT TO MAKE CONCRETE LADIES AND GENTS! HOLD ON TO YOUR BLUE CARGO SHORTS!

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Or soap.

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Are you thinking lye? He can get that out of ashes. Actually, I'm surprised I haven't seen him make soap.

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William Apple true but he made a flipping house so he can probably make a bigger kiln

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He's got limestone. Works the same way.

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Lime is the main ingredient in portland cement aka concrete.

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So you can make lime where there is no limestone, but at a snails pace.

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good one :) But on a serious note, I was thinking about this, and if you think about coast dwellers, they would have piles and piles of shells to use: either found on the beach or as middens from all the shellfish they ate. You can almost visualise how they must have stumbled on the technology, after having chucked a bunch in the fire after a meal and then coming back after the rain to find no trace of the shells left.

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It's so long in between his uploads that I usually forget until halfway through the video.

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Dave Lennon-Copeland did you turn on captions?

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ReptilianLaserbeam - No, not needed...

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It's actually a big part of the video. No sarcasm

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Edgard Perez-Palma - I'll re-watch it... captions on :)

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What an epic video! The early Australian settlers, or invaders, or prisoners, (depending upon whom you talk to) used clam shells in a similar manner to create alot of the first structures that were built. They did this due to a lake of limestone in many of the first regions of prison camps. I really enjoyed the show on the channel. Definitely a great episode!

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criminals*

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@@sa.8208 prisoner =/= criminal (does not equate to). Are a lot of prisoners criminals? Sure, most likely. But a lot are, and historically have been, political dissidents or just people who pissed off someone -important- powerful (like a farmer eloping with a lord's daughter). A _great_ many were also simply unable to pay a debt in time to appease a landlord, grocer, or other money lender, and that could have been as simple as _them_ owing money, so they call in debts. If you can't pay, you're arrested, sent to jail which causes more fees, etc. And yes, this still happens today.

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Good thing you went after the terrestrial snails, the flying ones are a pain to catch

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I bet those will make amazing lime when that time comes though :)

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I mean it's just a few videos away anyway...

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I'm still waiting for him to tame animals and become a bronze age conquerer.

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**reads description** This dude might be into "primitive" technology but his English skills and knowledge are anything but. Well researched, well executed, well described. I am, yet again, very impressed. To think, this guy used to mow lawns for a living. Crazy.

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ProgHead777 Where did you learn about the mowing lawns for a living bit?

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His English skills? He made several errors I noticed in the captions. The one I recall atm was using subsequent when he meant previous. I mean I think the guy is amazing but when you're wrong, you're wrong.

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ProgHead777

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Has he hit the stone age now?

[@lanezurowski6616]

Tacet the Terror no, he hit the lime age

[@quasarproductions2690]

Lime-away only $10.99 and you get a free shinebox

[@SerenityFeueropal]

Dude, if you can think of any more primitive than stone tools, please let me know.

[@killercows3846]

Wooden tools? 😂

[@superalvin7208]

Liam O'Connor, bruh this ain’t minecraft

[@MrWTPunk]

As a Frenchman, I'm now hungry

[@impactajuvenile]

Use this technology to rebuild Notre Dam and then eat and celebrate no?

[@exogator]

As an australian, I'm confused by your upside down wrighting and grossed out by snail eating..

[@Mrcarvalher]

As a Portuguese, what about we share that meal? Eheh

[@19691265]

France its genocidal country and should be burned down

[@SerunaXI]

Ain't no cargo like escargo..

[@joegunbie938]

I fucking love this man

[@MuzikBike]

you love this series, or you love the man?

[@werefucked5227]

Muzik Bike both

[@eglolm2387]

he is cute

[@아방방-s5y]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@joegunbie938]

Muzik Bike both

[@bonlouis8808]

I think you are the greatest Australian export in the last 10 years

[@GokuRunner]

Watching with subtitiles on makes all the difference

[@aphelionx2948]

Goku Runner as soon as I turned subs on, all I see is “More steam” Lovely

[@Beyenne3000]

I thought you were joking... jeez I had NO IDEA!!!

[@jer26705]

Yeah

[@Styx_Dragon]

My mind is freaking blown

[@mplsplayer5191]

Goku Runner thank you so freaking much

[@lll9107]

A thousand years from now, some archaeologist is gonna dig plot out and be hella confused

[@seanhean1858]

1965: “I bet there will be flying cars and a cure for cancer in the future” 2018: Primitive Technology: Lime

[@lesspeas551]

ѕєαnhєαn [][] 1965: i bet there will be original comments in the future 2018: this shit

[@WeedShaggy]

1965: Bullshit 2018: Bullshit

[@Miszczuuu]

brother, this is truly cure for cancer

[@entahler4012]

ѕєαnhєαn [][] it actually 1962

[@mylifeisacomplexpastiche7901]

1965: Hilarious and original 2018: Hilarious and original

[@720pgang8]

Well, he's finally done it. I personally give it a couple years before he starts making castles and Cathedrals.

[@acaciabinervata6084]

That's a lot of snails though

[@panthershockey4453]

he better get escargo-ing

[@rightfulfuture4]

Panthers Hockey No

[@helterskelter8058]

Panthers Hockey *clap*

[@Sw3nssoN]

Its the same process if youre doing it with limestone however that might be hard to find in his area

[@intricatexploration]

You have advanced to the feudal age

[@wapiti3895]

still no metal though :L

[@iceintheair]

intricateXploration Lauren? Hupehtar. Hommus?

[@crazyweedude]

Wapiti he made iron before

[@AssassinNaivara]

not in a usable form yet though. the best he could do right now is use them in a bb gun.

[@rp3518]

time to throw down a blacksmith and stable

[@erasamus1057]

omg years after watching these videos and some times guessing what was going on i finally turned on cc and realised this dude it's even more of a genius then previously thought now i have to rewatch them all with cc and post this comment for all to see

[@almonzerfayyadh1620]

In 4000 years this man will be showing us how to assemble an iphone

[@kieransaul2711]

We'll all be all be watching through the interstellar hivemind thinking "Whoa! That's pretty neat!".

[@leonbyrne1927]

About 1700 years, this is roman era technology.

[@skankhunt_-42]

Leon Byrne laugh at the joke and move on, no one cares

[@leonbyrne1927]

skankhunt42 Your name, skankhunt42 was geralds onlime name while he was a troll. Sorry for the language, tough day. Btw your dad lesbian.

[@skankhunt_-42]

Leon Byrne REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

It probably gets *harder over time,* as it soaks up the carbon from the air. Great job Sir !

[@maxkordon]

it does, if I'm correct water also helps further the process

[@nadirsmith3395]

epSos.de l

[@dino1killer394]

epSo

[@spikedpigeon5740]

That is pretty small, don't think Obi Wan would go for small game like that.

[@dw4353]

Spiked Pigeon I know but I’m only 16 wait till I am an adult

[@lucasa.8223]

Congratulations, we have now entered the Primitive concrete age!

[@jozsimovcek30]

actually limestone made out of empty shells was Roman technique

[@chrishall2594]

Caleb Wilson 😂

[@Nexus42]

Then roads, so he can efficiently move his trebuchets and invade the neighbouring nations! Or a ship, so he can set up trade relations across the sea :D

[@coryfeltell1740]

yooo im done xD hahaa!

[@cijoykjose]

J Sokol No it was ancient indians and chinese technique..

[@DanceTranced]

Love this channel. I can't wait for the video where he shows how he built the camera he is using.

[@theguywhoasked8175]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[@buchananjames]

I swear this is one of the best channels ever on KZbin. Beautiful content

[@qulxis3077]

That's the reason why Gary didn't come home

[@Eryan724]

thats what i thought! LOLOL

[@tumbleman5681]

@benz merc i assume they mean gary the snail from spongebob

[@inkybinkyschpinky]

Meeoow

[@iridocyclitisxembzy8873]

Gary did come home tho

[@soft_box9331]

Lol

[@Shaun-tz6qe]

I had no idea you can make it out of snail shells. I learned some new things from these videos

[@user-jh3kz7dp2z]

snail shells are a high percentage calcium carbonate. Kinda like egg shells too.

[@pinpoint1598]

Shells are calcium carbonate... u can use egg shells too...

[@wilkins67890]

Yeah when I did this a few years ago we used egg shells and shellfish shells both work pretty well just as long as you wash the shellfish shells first to get rid of the salt

[@jremeliik4398]

You can use corals.

[@PixlRainbow]

ShadowWhelp bones should work too

[@YakoYakii]

whoever is writing that description truly is dedicated

[@DevAlexander]

Хороший контент и никакой рекламы. Спасибо

[@dongle4271]

Đọc được mỗi chữ Xi ba xi bơ. 😂 Có ai từng học tiếng Nga giống tôi không?

[@artursoloviev6090]

Mother Russia approved

[@magicl-ball8437]

Me and a friend really like this stuff, I’ve made my own spear, still unfinished, out of a stick, with a pointed tip. He has a stick&string bow with stick arrows, and we are making a small stick hut for carving tools and water gathering. You are very lucky to live where you are, as we don’t have access to some stuff you do. Just want to say you are flippin awesome and I absolutely love this. P.S. we both are still kids (11 years old) lol

[@bepeplia5086]

Might i suggest to put the pointed end into a fire. Not to set it on fire, just to char it and then remove thr charred bits by rubbing it on a rock. Its called fire hardened wood

[@EternalShadow1667]

I hope y’all keep it up! And don’t throw anything away, it’s great for the memories!

[@svrrover]

He’s the most entertaining youtuber ever

[@LabGecko]

Bit older now, but if you still enjoy this you might also try to find ways to do what Primitive Tech does using resources you have available in your area. Happy hunting!

[@RSX789]

His videos must be shown in schools.

[@Probednz]

I work in a primary school and have shown it to the kids, they love it, but all think its Minecraft... lol

[@emmetpbyrne]

I showed his videos in my secondary school history class for talking about the stone and bronze age.

[@zatrat5696]

Why? Do we need that rock?

[@ironfist8817]

Rahul Sagar I hope so coz I'm still in school

[@PatronofDeath]

Well, the better question is: could you live without it? that "rock" is called cement. you know, the stuff that ancient greek and the roman empire was build with. throw in sand and you get plaster, mix it with rocks and you get concrete, . swap the lime with bitumen and you get asphalt concrete. this technique enabled us to build roads, highways, monuments and cities. sure wouldnt hurt kids to know about this "rock", would it?

[@one_victory6145]

I'm always amazed by how well he lights up a fire. This is actually very impressive work. I doubt most people can light a fire with a stick, even if we gave them over an hour.

[@sycodeathman]

I've tried it, and it's incredible how much harder it is than it looks lol. I ended up with jelly arms and out of breath and had nothing to show for it except some wood dust and a slight burning smell.

[@kittywampusdrums]

The magic is in the notch you cut in the fireboard. This collects the hot dust together and then smolders. You blow air over it to get it to glow into an ember and then gently drop the ember into a very dry tinder bundle where it can be nursed into a flame.

[@one_victory6145]

@@kittywampusdrums Yes, but I've seen a guy who actually tried that method only struggle to light a fire for over 8 hours. The guy was new in survival, and he was trying his on a beach. But still it conveys how much knowledge and exp you need. This is why even hobbist survivalists normally carry around flint.

[@one_victory6145]

@@sycodeathman I got a slightly warmer wood with black marks on it. So good job, you did better than me lol

[@kittywampusdrums]

@@one_victory6145 Those ferocerium rods work good too. Yea if you dont use your hand and make a bowdrill it's a bit easier with the sticks.

[@chrisp755]

THE TRUE PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY

[@ThisisAlexsCorner]

The other ones are good but just don't reach this man's level of interest, wish this channel posted more often

[@patatenmousse]

Yeah not to be mean but I'm getting sick of those cambodian channels putting "primitive technology" in their title on videos that often have nothing to do with primitive techniques, completely lacking any educational/informative comments if not being frauds ("LMAO we found aluminium nuggets on the ground in the forest and now we're going to cast a sword out of it")

[@blitztt94]

Gauthier Schwebel yup. Especially everyone is trying to make some quick bucks off youtube nowadays. I don’t blame them.

[@alecity1721]

the other ones uses chemical formules and mediaval+ tecnology to create primitive tecnology, they are poop

[@alexg3740]

Legend has it he has no voice box

[@golnectr]

Sketchy Vids legend had it he doesn't own a single upper body garment.

[@chiwea123]

Legend has it he hasn't discovered shoes

[@thegamingpepper3585]

Sketchy Vids lol

[@wrexwatson9852]

Sketchy Vids legend has it he makes his own WiFi to upload his vids

[@jiraffe9600]

chiwea123 he’s made shoes tho

[@Rob88]

Is your goal to slowly progress through primitive technologies or do you just do what is interesting to you (and us) in no particular order?

[@Rob88]

ADI thanks.

[@KingMCIV]

The latter

[@pacUndo90]

check out his website

[@koreabomb1233]

Read that but slow

[@Frankyroflz]

and you think this nigga is gonna make a pickaxe and find his nearest mountain to mine iron? good luck

[@daegzy3031]

Nobody: Humans: let's set everything on fire then make a paste out of it to see if it gets hard.

[@Gatesealer89]

i feel like a lot of our early development can be boiled down to "i accidentally dropped this in the fire"

[@nievillis]

@@Gatesealer89 except there's no "accidentally"

[@proudpapaprick]

Bored-ass cavemen had to do something.

[@assasinpatates8066]

@@nievillis Maybe they tried to use it like a stone to make a fire place or they tried to burn it. After they were done they poured some water on the fire so that they wouldn't burn the whole place down and after a few days they realised a hard layer of white stuff on the ground.

[@nievillis]

@@assasinpatates8066 thats seems so logical and human im surprised you could even think of that. Ye the probably did that accidentally and then tried with other stuff. The "except not accidentally" was meant for sometime after, then ppl started experimenting and finding out stuff on purpose

[@2blacknines]

i could listen to this guy not speak all damn day

[@AnHSrandom]

i know right, people blabber about useless topics way too much avoiding real life problems

[@northernnorm65]

Archeologists will one day come across these sites and it will really screw with their heads LOL

[@kentuckygirl8282]

northernnorm65 😂

[@mdhxx]

LOL 😂😂😂

[@wiiboy6465]

He owns the land tho

[@TheLegoJungle]

Carbon dating.

[@TheLegoJungle]

MauriTV ALL this land?!

[@gilgameshtardigrade2141]

"Hot shell fragments shooting out of kiln causing annoyance" That... that was a funny CC

[@johnclement189]

From all copycat primitive technology channels this one is the greatest. Other channels only comprise of building nonsense like pools. But this channel is advance in terms the knowledge of the past.

[@f.demascio1857]

Best TouTuber, EVER!

[@lukee2833]

F De Mascio agreed:)

[@atomaalatonal]

Yes cos he does not talk, which includes not talking fast like a mg

[@jedayboi6714]

... your profile picture says otherwise

[@mhazg6621]

20 years later, Primitive Technology: Empire Thanks for 450!

[@DarkLight-sz1vp]

MhaZG 100 years later Primitive Technology: Space tower

[@firelion7749]

20 years later Primitive technology: iPhone X

[@cocacolanosugar6397]

Cant wait for the episode about colonizing

[@Kacey.C123]

120 years later Apple smart watch

[@Kacey.C123]

1500 years later Lamborghini Adventador

[@MarlinRoth]

I wonder if the aboriginals knew that thousands of years into the future, I would be watching a modern man do primitive work while I sit on my couch eating tacos.

[@tdoge]

Marlin Roth omg I'm also eating tacos

[@elitekiller3512]

Why are you both eating tacos, really pick something better

[@yonidellarocha9412]

Of course they knew, that's the kind of visions fumes cause.

[@MarlinRoth]

ShroudedPanda nice you are the best

[@sarchlalaith8836]

If you use wood ash in the mix in addition to your aggregate the lime should be flexible, victorians used to use this mix to sound dampen floors in a house. The additional ash also allows the mix to set under water. Additionally you should add way less water to your lime and hammer it where you need it, with larger and smaller crushed up tile, dry as possible, and compact it by repeatedly bashing it into where you want it. This is what the Romans did and this is why their cement is incredibly strong.

[@momgvisions6249]

The best thing I read in the comments were to turn on captions. I've watched 50+ vids and just now found out 🙃

[@theoneandonly15]

I can relate to that

[@HomoLegalMedic]

But he only has 47 videos?

[@zephyrus573]

@@HomoLegalMedic re watching

[@smiley800]

You know it. I've watched these things for years and wishing I knew why he was doing certain things. Now I have to watch from the beginning.

[@daheadsmiter2052]

most under rated comment award

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Very well done once again, Sir. All your videos are definitely my favorite ones in this genre. Thanks for sharing. All the best luck and health to you for now and future.

[@dozer1642]

I’m pretty sure that was the coolest thing I’ve seen in the last year.

[@zatrat5696]

Dozer1642 then u ain't really living

[@zatrat5696]

You want a cookie or some shit? Stfu niqqa

[@BradGryphonn]

Hey mate. I know you won't probably see this. However, just so you know, you help keep me motivated to go back to my happy place near Cedar Bay, up Bloomfield way. Thank you, man. Just. Thank you for keeping me in that space.

[@andrewx8888]

*So how many more episodes until you make diamond armor?*

[@jonathanandrew2909]

no, invisibility cloak!

[@boigarrison245]

Right its basically a real life minecraft or the forest exept he needs cannibals

[@astrangemed8244]

calm down he still hasnt even punched a tree yet!

[@VERY_TALL_MAN]

*i n t i l l* 😂😂😂

[@dorrzun685]

*until are you that fucking dumb?

[@ImadMahdi]

I think he is catching up with our modern world sooner than we thought!

[@wendyrowland7787]

He will be reinventing the Bessemer converter soon and making his own steel.

[@wolfofdiscord7092]

before glass he would probably would need a bellow to get the heat required. and all he needs is leather.

[@theaveragejoe6854]

TheShadowNinja1 he made a bellow out of wood in a clay housing. Rotating it to fan air into a fire. Looked like a turbo charger

[@ImadMahdi]

I think it's about time to make glass :D

[@ImadMahdi]

wow!

[@dunbar837]

Trying to light a fire with sticks in Ireland at the minute requires a fiver of petrol. Love this guy though

[@bendoran2508]

THE BLACK NAIL GARAGE Since emigrated but in the 2010 snow tried to do just that

[@herojmdraws1779]

i has not melted for you yet?

[@dunbar837]

HeroJMdraws yea near gone today just some big drifts left in corners of fields and side of road

[@Hiltothedance1]

If I ever found myself back in time and needed to convince people I was a powerful wizard, I would use this method. Snails into exothermic heat reactions? Absolutely magical.

[@bladeu3213]

This guy would be the man to survive a zombie apocalypse

[@spikedpigeon5740]

Because he can build with lesser materials that take far too long to work with? Oh yeah definitely him, he would be the one to survive. ( That is sarcasm)

[@AndyAshes]

Not until he build guns and bullets

[@spikedpigeon5740]

If someone can effectively use a hammer that doesn't necessarily mean they can effectively use a nail gun. Going by the logic that because he can do basic things with basic materials means he can effectively use modern tools is stupid. And to Andy Ashes, building bullets without the proper machinery is incredibly difficult and since bullets are something you need in large quantities, i don't see how this person could excel at making bullets in any way.

[@josefmuller6070]

Jane Kim He will go into wilderness and survive there, zombies are pretty clumsy, so they cant get to him.

[@jamesbrap7665]

God shut up about stupid zombies already

[@CanuckKidsTV]

I find watching these videos very 'soothing' for some reason???????

[@TemperedTyrant]

Canuck Kids TV that's because they are soothing

[@kino266]

Personally i think it's because of the peacefulnes of nature's sound and primitive technology is where our roots lie, could be the same for you if ASMR wasnt the reason

[@theepumpkinman]

Visual asmr

[@FRISKY_MANDINGO]

i FIND IT DISTURBING THAT YOU ENDED A STATEMENT WITH A QUESTION MARK!

[@fandomtrash8666]

Canuck Kids TV me tooooooooo

[@mommyslosingit]

Always on trending! ❤️

[@ttovaritch]

Brittany and Michael which country ?

[@nvnvdcom2177]

Cuz he’s that good 💗

[@flatearthreality8683]

Hey Michael :) are you still gay? i heard you started sucking street signs? how's that going?

[@Dgbygvg]

Your baby is cute! ^^ D'aww chubby cheeks!

[@Dgbygvg]

Octavian August What the hell are you on about? Crazy.

[@gaotamao]

Some old folks back here in Sarawak still take lime putty with betel vine leaves. I guss this must had been a good way to get calcium in the old days. Thank you for all your wonderful videos.

[@MrJethroha]

Have you ever considered developing organic products, such as soap? That would be a very interesting video

[@williamlowry8809]

Guess he'd need to kill an animal, idk if he'd do that

[@noeweschler8678]

I remember that there are strict laws about hunting

[@johnuferbach9166]

Noe Weschler let me guess hunting with a spear or a bow isn't allowed? xD

[@chinchenping]

you can make soap out of vegetable oil, but i don't know if there are some oil rich plants in this region (like coco nut, olive, almonds, stuff like these)

[@Fluent-in-Fuþark]

Organic soap = animal fat

[@danieldossantos5868]

Legend has it, North Korea wants him to help with their nuclear program.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

*builds brick from fired shell and offers it instead* *NK becomes peaceful nation whose main export is snail shell brick for construction purposes*

[@da_dang_dog]

Next episode, how to make an intercontinental ballistic missile with sticks, shells, and mud.

[@asura8495]

primitive technology takes a lot of time

[@lukee2833]

Asura to bad there couldn’t be more videos:/

[@anonymous01015]

yea no shyt

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

"Look What I 3D Printed" just doesn't have the same draw.

[@allworknoplay5515]

Thanks this was a nice treat as your videos do not usually come out this fast. It was short and sweet just what I need Friday night :) Thnx

[@Arcurath]

Only youtube channel i have notification bell ticked on.

[@EMW_Music]

Congratulations?

[@simoneandria3385]

Same here :)

[@ninjasploit390]

Can't wait for him to level up to creating his own electricity and appliances! Heh

[@cukimai3346]

Primitive technology 2035: How to make a computer

[@chamoo232]

First we heat up the sand we gathered in the wood with the propane oven we built last week to make glass so we can start building the vacuum tubes we need for the processor.

[@Aku6Soku1Zan]

chamoo232 wouldnt transistors be easier?

[@transitpointmusic]

Aku6Soku1Zan No, you need positively and negatively doped silicon for that, and in very precise, small sizes.

[@wooowwooowooo4267]

Lmfao do you think dis age of empire?

[@dnbCentre]

Amazing how that we but few of us have forgotten all these things that took our ancestors millions of years to work out and discover.

[@alexscott910]

Ben on PC lol that's kinda like plaster is made today isn't it?

[@bunii5089]

Ben on PC what’s the point of remembering if we got things that we need future people remember

[@staigepettit7441]

Millions?

[@xPorsum]

Lmao I doubt it took ppl millions of years to figure this out man

[@kaykmartins7335]

It did