Drilling a WELL by HAND. UP TO 300 ft! Without Electricity

EMAS drilling is a completely manual DIY drilling method for making your own borehole. You can produce your personal drillset without the need for complex parts or tools. Relatively deep wells can be made.
For more information on construction and use of the drillset have a look at the videos by EMAS: / emasbolivia
If you have questions you can post them below or send us a request via our website: www.wot.utwent...

[@rickybailey7123]

I hand dug a well at my new shop 3 years ago 40 ft deep and I put a 6 in casing with 1 3/4 pipe in side of it I filled with 57 stone after my 6 in pipe and red clay at the top to seal it it took me 3 days by myself and there was about 10 on lookers watching me I know they were talking junk about how crazy I was till I hooked my pump up and sprayed the water hose in a Rainbow style with 60PSI on the pump for an hour just to show I really hit water And a lot !! Thanks for the video I'm in north Carolina red clay county and let me tell u got to be young at hear its really hard work just my 2 cent !! By myself I might add !!

[@rxstinky2736]

Ur a liar

[@tenlittleindians]

I guessing you left out some details or I'm calling bullshit! A 6" diameter hole in the ground 40 feet filled with water; that water would weigh 480 pounds! How were you able to push that kind of weight to the surface by hand? Even a smaller column of water as used in the video is the big limiting factor of a well 300 feet as they suggest is possible. That's water weight. A thick mud slurry like they suggest weighs even more with every inch in diameter or depth. Think of your 6" pipe as a plastic liter bottle about a foot tall. Now lift that bottle to stack another bottle under it. Lift those two to stack a 3rd under . Then lift all three to stack the 4th. Continue until your lifting a stack of 40 to slide the 41st bottle below and you will understand the gravity of the situation. Literally! I'm not saying it's impossible but it's impractical with the limits of the tools shown here.

[@jcpt928]

@@tenlittleindians You're not lifting the water, though - you're inputting water at the bottom of the water column to "flush" out debris. I agree that there is a limit on how deep you can go based off the pressure required to input additional water at the bottom of the column; but, if you were to replace the water hose here with a power washer, that'd get you considerably more distance. You might want to understand basic physics before spouting off, because there is a huge difference between your analogy of "lifting water", and the actual issue here of "back pressure" on a water output, at the bottom of a water column.

[@tenlittleindians]

@@jcpt928 To inject it in the bottom requires the same force as lifting the column of water! Were you unaware how it's calculated? And using a high pressure pump ain't exactly "digging it by hand" anymore. Your "flushing it out" story doesn't hold water. (See what I did there? It's known as a play on words) How are you going to "simply" flush it out? You either need to lift all the casing to create an opening at the bottom or your back to pumping water down the casing which requires pushing that water somewhere once the casing is full. (Back out the top under the full pressure that I previously calculated) I suggest you visit a local grade school and see if one of the nice teachers can take some time away from a toddler to help you brush up on your limited capacity for simple basic math.

[@jcpt928]

@@tenlittleindians You're completely dismissing the size, surface area, etc. of the casing, the digging head, the hole itself, etc. You clearly aren't paying attention. Water isn't a solid.

[@chaplainand1]

Thank you. I wish I had three friends. Only a real friend would help drill a well. May God bless you and yours as you bring this knoledge to the world.

[@dreece2000]

I was thinking the same! Maybe people watching has family that’s still alive and able. And has land that they can call their own

[@Ελλάδοςπνεύμα]

amazing comment.

[@stanley1554]

I'm blown away by the efficiency of this system. It's absolutely remarkable and these techniques for drilling Wells need to be preserved and spread far and wide. Water is a huge challenge for human beings and any cost-effective method that doesn't require electricity and can be done almost anywhere is super valuable to human beings.

[@robertmccarthy1256]

I’m blown away that after 50,000 yrs these people don’t know how to get water out of the ground all by themselves.

[@stanley1554]

@@robertmccarthy1256 I'm pretty sure that's exactly what you're watching in the video. Is them getting water out of the ground by themselves. I don't at all understand your comment. Quite frankly it's bizarre and makes no sense. Probably the mind of a radical leftist lgbtq democracy supporter

[@teeanahera8949]

@@robertmccarthy1256 50,000 years ago people lived near a river, lake or spring. With large populations demanding water away from a surface source then artesian water is the only option and it can be hard to attain, especially if it is 100m down.

[@robertmccarthy1256]

@@teeanahera8949 not for w_i_e people

[@indescribableemptiness4104]

@@robertmccarthy1256 50,000 years ago? No way you aren’t trolling or you are 14 zzz

[@JxH]

Decades ago, my well driller showed up with his huge truck-mounted drill rig. He reminded me of the price per foot for dirt (cheaper), and the price per foot for rock (more expensive). His drill bit was placed on the ground, and it made a ONE-HALF TURN and clunked into bedrock. The driller looked at me and said, "I guess it's rock all the way down." 302 feet of solid rock, but 10 gallons per minute total flow. So a nice reliable well and the pump is 30 years old and never been out yet. PS. U of Twente, I like your on-line SDR. Very very nice, and much appreciated.

[@williammorris3303]

I would love to drop off my work truck to these guys. The tools and materials would make these guys happy af

[@oumaantoney8951]

Congratulations!! This video underscores the need to utilize the readily available resources; in this case, the Human Power and Wisdom. What a Marvel!!

[@nathanmciver6496]

Yup!!!!!! Is thier an 0 anywhere? Proabably not! Have people worked to hard for far to long! Probably have! Anything else? Have the best day possible

[@BCVS777]

Excellent video! The ball valve cylinder tech is actually quite old and has been used in water and petroleum wells for 150+ yrs here in the US. It works very well!

[@markawbolton]

Thousands of years in China IIRC,

[@ProjectLeadInternational]

Amazing video, thank you so much, Engineers Without Boarders SDSU chapter will be building a well in Uganda, this was a very well done video :) it makes me excited to take on this project :)

[@VitorMadeira]

This is quite a fantastic video. Very inspirational. One could drill his one well following your instructions. Thank you and greetings from Portugal.

[@TurboDireiger]

😂

[@AdamBechtol]

Very cool stuff! Thanks for sharing. Glad to learn this can be done by hand, and i bet this could help lots of people in developing countries.

[@edibleacres]

Really appreciate the detail and information presented here. Thank you kindly!

[@abcstardust]

Thank you for posting this remarkable video! It sure gives do-it-yourselfers things to keep in mind!

[@floyddouglas3210]

I'd have to say that was mighty educational

[@johnpartridge7623]

So simple, yet brilliant allowing People to have clean, safe Water 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dysfunctional_vet]

these men are amazing at what they did....i am very impressed and wow'd by the sheer determination to win. well done

[@Snappypantsdance]

Well Done 😂 Clever ;)

[@gutsngorrrr]

Very interesting seeing another method for drilling a water well.

[@RichardRobbinsFamily]

There is a lot of creativity in what some might consider a "crude" way of digging a well. Thanks for sharing.

[@GuyLemont]

Thank you very much, I'm watching from Papua New Guinea.

[@anthonyrepetto3474]

Excellent work, thank you! And, have you considered filling the pipe with 1/3rd water? It would create a water-hammer effect, as the water bounces it transfers a greater force *per second* and the shock of that impact could help with soft rock...

[@Mk101T]

Well you would have to install a valve just behind the drill head that can be opened from the top ... with say a pull string . But the drill pipe is full of the mud slurry being pumped down to bring up sand and other material outside the pipe. Which I doubt it could lift rock chunks .

[@JacanaHelp]

Very nice explanation. Keep up the good work

[@38911bytefree]

AMAZING process, very clever. I cant imagine how many times has been perfected and optimized to reach this point.

[@jeremiahhively3025]

Great video, these men worked very hard

[@deanframe9095]

Wow Thank you so so so very much!

[@phmiii]

Amazing! We must not forget what we already know!

[@TurboDireiger]

Exactly my point

[@Ben_Brrr_nanke]

Very well done video. Instruction was excellent.

[@lokket9995]

This was a very nice documentry.

[@EMNM22]

This is a great tutorial for understanding the basics. Can upload videos more often? I love watching these kinds of videos?

[@philholman8520]

Terrific video. Thanks so much for sharing! ☺️🙏👍✌️🇬🇧

[@agritech802]

Very clever, well done 👍

[@ranjitpatel496]

What a cool video & practical from UK 🇬🇧 thank you.

[@1upPaintingAB]

Amazing work gentlemen. God bless you.

[@sofidemisse1492]

I like it. I am Ethiopian. I have seen a lot about how the pump works, but I don't see a simple procedure without you please show me. I hope you get back to me soon

[@WOT_utwente]

Hi are you interested in the pump made from PVC pipes shown at the end? We made a video about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnXLd5qYbq6LatE

[@alejandrocorral7148]

@@WOT_utwente how can I contact you, see if you can sell me one those drill machine?

[@edwardmmanns7454]

I would love you to try it here in PA...we grow all kinds of rocks. Good video, though.

[@dhq12345]

By the end of this video, I was telling myself "Well done".

[@richardordonez8331]

A well is a deep subject.

[@jackriley5974]

50 years ago I saw a well drilled in similar fashion but they used an old auto with the rear end jacked and a windless type hub secured to a rear wheel. A few wraps of the rope around it a a man could lift the entire drill stem with one hand! Though you'd like to know?

[@cameranbittick3814]

Basically a drilling rig scaled-down. Cool

[@Sylvan_dB]

Nice use of simple technology. I do find it a conundrum: I need to drill a water well. I need water to drill my well.

[@bjjsdshepard1]

Theres water on earth just need to travel to get it. Some further than others

[@TheTacticalHaggis]

We have a shallow, open well, I've been thinking about drillinig down the existing well to reach an aquifer even lower as we occasionally run out of water for a day or so after heavy water usage.

[@NMGOQITHAKHELI-p4y]

Wow that's amazing I like to try it thank you ❤

[@raisagorbachov]

I like this for its simplicity and low cost.

[@michaelshuiban5335]

God bless you sir, thanks a lot for sharing your good experience.

[@stanleygilo6880]

Thank you..God bless..❤🙏..Papua New Guinea

[@John-100]

Many DIY well drillers do not explain how they develop a well after it's drilled. When bentanite is used it inhibits the flow of water around your sand point, so a prosss is needed to remove the bentanite clay around the sand point so you get maximum GPM out of the well.

[@DaveOxfordCookingWithStarlight]

Thank you for this excellent video ..

[@welkombijpraxis]

Awesome video!

[@AllenRussell-q8c]

Very plain and simple thank you for sharing its amazing! What diy can I use to check if I have a well on my property before I start drilling?

[@forward876]

One mark of a real engineer is the ability to use the materials, budgets and capabilities at hand

[@AlanKirke]

Amazing...kudos to all involved.

[@HayroHaryo]

great job buddy. you're the man. you're the man. all thumbs up for you

[@stanleyp.kolowa2328]

This video is helpful, I'll try this method to drill for bore water.

[@nicholaspiscitelli7685]

I live in pennsylvania, and it's solid rock

[@YouTubestopsharingmyrealname]

around my area of the eastern USA, wells are washed in. pressurized water pumped into the well point while it's pressed into the ground. these wells usually only go 12-20 ft (3-6m) deep. high water table around here.

[@williamhanna5224]

Awesome video Great work !

[@tombouie]

Thks, brilliant engineering (I envy them in a very good-way).

[@RcCrawfordwellinventions]

If the materials include rocks, your method cannot tell if the rocks are gravel or basement rock. You can use a reverse flow rig to have a better chance of drilling through gravel. With reverse flow we have drilled up gravel as large as 7 inches by 11 inches through a 8 inch drill stem.

[@WOT_utwente]

Hi, thank you for your reply. Reverse flow drilling is indeed also a very interesting method, especially to lift up gravel.

[@pangrac1]

Truly amazing! 👍 I was already ameze with DIY drilling well with power drill, but this is more crazy. 👍😃

[@sahutanchannel2397]

Dalam banyak vidio sumur.. Hanya ini sangat luar biasa kedalaman 100 meter memang manual tanpa listrik ❤❤❤

[@paulfletcher323]

Clever Brilliant simplicity

[@Scyth3934]

Excellent work!

[@Imwright720]

I driller through 2’ of coral which is soft. It still wasn’t easy. I made a drill bit and used a big impact to turn it.

[@NdimphiweGushu]

Hi there, could you please post a link to the video where you make the pump (Amos pump?), I tried looking for it but can't find it. This is really amazing, unfortunately there's hard rock where I am so this wouldn't work. But I liked the pump and would like to make one.

[@gilbertmuhire7548]

Fantastic, thank you bro ❤

[@cirilocerro2269]

Amazing coach, very usefull technique

[@johnwaugh2613]

Thats awesome everyone comes together ❤️ I would like to dig a handpump but I live in New England I can dig a 4ft hole in the ground 1 foot round and have 50 big stones in a pile..

[@troysimmons506]

Danm thats team work 🎉

[@tonypointer7026]

Wow super job. Smart man seen in Toronto ontatio Canada

[@RcCrawfordwellinventions]

You should mention that it will not drill through gravel larger than the inlet, it does not reach a high velocity that would overcome slip velocity. The pressure of the mud caused by the process can stop up the aquifer. There are other problems as well, but the process has been used in Bangladesh (without the pump) to drill as deep as 1000 feet and is more than 1000 years old. When drilling without the pump the process is called sludging in most of the world.

[@WOT_utwente]

Hi, you are correct, this is a sludging method. Also the pressurised drilling fluid can indeed clog up the aquifer, this is exactly the reason why we need to thoroughly develop the well. About the gravel: the emas drill set will not lift up gravel. However, because of the shape of the drill head it is sometimes possible that gravel is pressed into walls of the borehole such that the drilling can continue.

[@RcCrawfordwellinventions]

@@WOT_utwente It is unlikely that the drill will force gravel into a wall of gravel. It is more likely that the bit will bypass the gravel and lock up the drill stem or keep the casing and screen from going full depth.. It is impossible to clear up a well that you cannot inspect for sieve size or for cake. Even using a mechanical rig, the aquifer can be stopped up several feet belong the centerline of the borehole. The direct circulation process can force thixotropic mud into course materials. Thixotropic muds are liquid when in motion and set to a solid when motionless. The small diameter diameter you are using is not capable the high velocity needed to properly release the thixotropic mud.

[@esecallum]

impossible to drill 1000 feet=333 metres.

[@njkauto2394]

Someone owns a drilling business?????????????

[@dazzlecraft]

well done wonder how long this has been used on the planet

[@p35flash97]

Do you think you could use this system to make a hole for a closed loop geothermal cooling system?

[@hernandosegura4078]

Very good, thanks.

[@pj_ytmt-123]

The marble valve can be used in the making of ram pump too, ideal for villagers who live near a source of running water eg. small streams.

[@righttoknowwiththomas9178]

I would like to try this in Kenya

[@johnr5252]

Looks like a lot of work. I’ll stay connected to the local water supply.

[@cesarmuzingupandanzila4318]

Hi, thank you very much for such a wonderful content. Can I please have more details before I decide on making one for myself ? Thank you.

[@nannesoar]

I just read your channel desc 👍👍👍 (x3 thumbs up)

[@Resist.Tyranny]

Instead of having everyone yanking on the rope to lift the "drill", you just need a counterweight close to the weight of however much you have added to the drill side.

[@emailjimsylvester]

Then someone to lift the counterweight to drop the drill? Kind of defeats the purpose if someone still lifts the weight.

[@2326TOM]

so clever

[@suzmaca650]

That’s amazing!

[@HussainARahman]

❤ Weldon brothers is a good idealoggy 💯 ❤ 👍.

[@paulsmithson6866]

Great idea if the ground is clay, what happens if there are large rocks though?

[@ronb6182]

Yeah good point there are rocks down there and I seriously doubt this will work in north Georgia. I'm glad my father in law actually put a good well down. I know the water is good and I don't have to try digging a well. There is a spring on the property but the flow is too slow and the water is filthy. The creek has cleaner water..73

[@OlafGodredsson]

Well done

[@abdunsudan2400]

Very nice

[@Joelthek]

ingenious

[@andecap1325]

Well done!

[@crashedking1931]

I wonder if this team is willing to travel the US and drill my well in the desert I wonder what the cost would be? "Liked the video"

[@njkauto2394]

I like this one a lot 👍👍👍👍

[@workhardlivefree3818]

I'm always astouded that people think this is a new idea... Wells have been drilled using spring poles for centuries. But because so many people are ignorant to history, they think that all of a sudden someone came along whipped an idea up. Engineers are absolutely the most guilty. Here in Southwestern Ontario, the majority of the oil wells in 1858 to 1863 were drilled with the same method up to 500 feet down. And it was an idea based on Chinese techniques from 2500 years ago

[@chang.stanley]

Totally would not do this but, it's super cool! :O

[@bushysnowtail7413]

this is wat i Look for.. the non -western- countries have the best easy tech as they have not become so dependent on company Consumerism ideals " you have to buy the new stuff, all the time" i've only saw the marble and pipe. knowing how it goes and im already gunna hit that like (find alot of god info from Africa and rural Indonesia)

[@leroybutler8923]

I would like you to try this in TN

[@OsmanK699]

I've noticed this particular drilling was in Kenya. Where exactly in Kenya, since that's my country, and i could go check it out?

[@fabianleguel2960]

Man ,such a well studied guy's , i can tell they been watching videos and ,look im amazed to be honest..😅😅

[@annastaciakuria4957]

Impressive!

[@synapticaxon9303]

I've put in a number of 4ft ground anchors for ham radio masts and let me tell you, this twisting motion the guy is doing is going to bite you. You will get a collarbone dislocation if you muscle your way through it. This will most likely be a sternoclavicular (sc) joint dislocating at the sternum (often like a spring has been sprung) and probably the acromioclavicular (ac) joint. These are hard to heal. Use a breaker bar and PUSH, don't twist with both arms because your body will give before the ground does. Thank me later.

[@sampreechar5368]

good vdo, very educational.

[@govinda6813]

wow thank you!

[@fransjebik8554]

Thank you! 🙏♥️

[@paulmills1705]

This is exactly how old cable tool oil rigs drilled oil wells. They were much bigger and they went down over 300 feet but it was the same idea.

[@baddog9320]

not quite. But there are two issues. 1st cable drilling was used for water wells before long before oil. 2nd a cable drill will go through anything. it breaks up the ground / rock under it into tiny pieces. its does this in very small section before needing to be " clutched" . or bailed out. See below for a description of a clutch. The small section are like 2 to 6 inches. So you drill with the cable drill. ( a few inches) Then pull the drill out. Put the clutch in to bail out the bore hole. Pull out the clutch. which is full of degree. it will require a few times of clutching. Then drill another few inches with the cable drill. It is a long process. Taking weeks to drill. ... I suppose in some cases months even. a cable drill will drill any distance. As long as you have the length of cable. CLUTCH A clutch is a small pipe that allows the slug, ( water and debree) to collect in. That is attached to a cable Something like a bucket. There is always water in the hole to mix the dirt / rock dust that the drill is breaking up. There is no rotary action in the drilling. it's simply a smashing action the cable drill is doing. the up and down motion is breaking the ground under the drill. And mixing the debree with the water. ... My problem is I havent figured out how to make a clutch. I'm probably over thinking it. Cable drills were still being used in water drilling in the Early 1980s. However rotary drills were more common The well driller in the early 80s I seen using a cable drill rig. Was a old timer There is an old rig. on a guess 1940s truck. About 50 miles from me. That is just sitting. I've been trying to buy it for a couple years. But can't get a hold of the owner. I'm hoping it has a clutch with it. The truck is inside a fence.

[@fabientuizat1129]

magnifique !!merci du partage

[@Hdhhdhdjsjnkoi]

If you get in a rock how you mouve out the rock from your way?