![]() It was discovered that tying a cord around a stick, and then attaching the ends of the string to the ends of a stick (a bow), allowed a user to drill quicker and more efficiently. īow drill (strap-drills) are the first machine drills, as they convert a back and forth motion to a rotary motion, and they can be traced back to around 10,000 years ago. The earliest perforated artifacts, such as bone, ivory, shells, and antlers found, are from the Upper Paleolithic era. This was used by many ancient civilizations around the world including the Mayans. This led to the hand drill, a smooth stick, that was sometimes attached to flint point, and was rubbed between the palms. This would have rudimentarily consisted of a pointed rock being spun between the hands to bore a hole through another material. A wooden drill brace and other carpentry tools including a mallet, plane, spokeshave, and rudimentary ruler) found on board the 16th century warship Mary RoseĪround 35,000 BC, Homo sapiens discovered the benefits of the application of rotary tools. ![]()
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