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[[File:Annual_report_of_the_Bureau_of_Ethnology_to_the_Secretary_of_the_Smithsonian_Institution_(1881)_(19174966788).jpg|thumb|200px|Native American drilling with a pump drill.]]
[[File:Annual_report_of_the_Bureau_of_Ethnology_to_the_Secretary_of_the_Smithsonian_Institution_(1881)_(19174966788).jpg|thumb|200px|Native American drilling with a pump drill.]]


A '''pump drill''' is a [[Fire#Production Techniques|fire making]] technique that is a variant of the [[bow drill]] and uses a coiled rope around a cross-section of wooden stake spin the shaft by pumping up and down a cross-member.
A '''pump drill''' is a [[Fire#Production Techniques|fire making]] technique that is a variant of the [[bow drill]] and uses a coiled rope around a cross-section of wooden stake spin the shaft by pumping up and down a cross-member.

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Native American drilling with a pump drill.

A pump drill is a fire making technique that is a variant of the bow drill and uses a coiled rope around a cross-section of wooden stake spin the shaft by pumping up and down a cross-member.

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