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I. Morning 1. Think You’ve Mastered Fire? Make and Use a Bow Drill.

Make a Bow Drill

Step 1: Choose and Whittle Your Wood Step 2: Make the Bow

Use a Bow Drill to Make Fire

Step 1: Drill a Pit into the Fireboard Step 2: Make a Notch in the Fireboard Step 3: Spin a Hot Coal

2. Hogwash: Bacon Soap

Step 1: Melt Over Low Heat Step 2: Filter Step 3: Measure Step 4: Pour Step 5: Wait Step 6: Stir Step 7: Pour (Again) Step 8: Cure Step 9: Enjoy!

3. Kitchen Table Cider Making

Step 1: Clean Your Equipment Step 2: Set Up the Juicer and Strainer. Step 3: Juice and Strain. Step 4: Shoot the Yeast Step 5: Ferment Step 6: Bottle Step 7: Enjoy

4. Paper Making

Step 1: Learn the Glossary of Terms Step 2: Build the Pour Mold Step 3: Make the Pulp Step 4: Pour the Pulp Step 5: Couch the Sheet Step 6: Use the Sponge Step 7: Dry the Paper Step 8: Variations: Paper Shapes Step 9: Variations: Embedded Items

5. Olde-School Bookbinding

Step 1: Create the Signatures Step 2: Stitch the Signatures Step 3: Glue the Spine Step 4: Attach Cover Boards Step 5: Cover the Cover Step 6: Finish

II. Afternoon 6. Fool’s Stool

Step 1: Cut the Five Pieces of Wood Step 2: Distress the Pieces Step 3: Glue the Pieces Together Step 4: Fix the Top Step 5: Distress the Stool a Bit More Step 6: Stain with Cow Muck Step 7: Distress the Stool Even More

7. Rok-Bak Chair

Step 1: Make the Plywood Pieces Step 2: Make the Cross Braces Step 3: Assemble the Basic Chair Step 4: Make and Attach the Arms Step 5: Make the Footstool Assembly Step 6: Make the Headrest Step 7: Convert to Rok-Bak Version (Optional) Step 8: Finish the Wood and Pad the Arms Step 9: Make Yourself Comfortable

8. The Lost Art of Lashing: A Photo Essay III. Evening 9. Pickle Grapes and Beets at Home

Spiced Pickled Grapes

Step 1: Assemble the Ingredients Step 2: Preparation Step 3: Packing Step 4: Pouring Step 5: Storing

Gingery Golden Beets

Step 1: Assemble the Ingredients Step 2: Preparation Step 3: Packing Step 4: Sealing Step 5: Boiling Step 6: Testing

10. Brine and Roast a Turkey

Brine

Step 1: Mixing Step 2: Soaking

Garlic Herb Butter

Step 1: Mixing Step 2: Rubbing

Roasting

Step 1: Placing Step 2: Stuffing Step 3: Roasting Step 4: Checking Step 5: Resting

11. Roasting Pumpkin Seeds

Step 1: Rinse Step 2: Place Step 3: Heat Step 4: Drizzle Step 5: Redistribute Step 6: Season Step 7: Roast Step 8: Eat

IV. Night 12. Da Vinci Reciprocating Mechanism

Step 1: Cut the Pieces Step 2: Assemble and Adjust

13. Oil Lamp from the Cave Dwellers of Lascaux

Step 1: Make the Lamp Step 2: Shape the Lamp Step 3: Make a Wick and Fill the Lamp

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