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Drilling a hole through the keel for a support post

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:51 authored by John P CooperJohn P Cooper
Boat builder Dilip Mondal uses a bow drill to make a vertical hole in the forward keel timber. The hole will be used to anchor the keel to a support timber below.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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Rights owner

John P Cooper

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-10-13

Unique ID

2022SG04-B05-0293

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    Keywords

    boatbuildingchhotkeelbow drillsupport

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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