How to Drill a Hole in a Seashell (Without a Drill)

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[@sophiejune4515]

I'm curious what kind of shells and tacks are used because I didn't even make a dent in the shells I had after several minutes. Maybe I need vibranium thumb tacks.

[@maxzelin4042]

LOL, you have to be VERY patient. . . . . I had some Matlaws stuffed scallops at dinner last night & for the longest time I thought you had to use a drill underwater to make a hole in the shell. Anyway, I found this video, I used a regular thumb tack like the one shown. I kept twisting it & twisting it, finally getting a tiny mark in it, but I was getting frustrated, so I grabbed the thing closest to me on the floor which happened to be my metal rotary cutter & started hammering on the tack. With some more twisting & some more hammering, I finally got the hole. Once I got the hole, it was easy to enlarge it with the tack and also with a bead reamer I have (but you don't really NEED the bead reamer, it just smooths things out a bit). I did this to FOUR of the shells & felt really accomplished, so it really IS possible to do it this way! Good luck!!! 🙂

[@gavinwightman4038]

I carefully tapped in a needle with a small hammer while swiveling the needle at slight angles. Then i hit it harder until the needle broke through. These shells had been out of water for months.

[@sylwiamachajski444]

Thank you so much!:)

[@tony.p_10]

it served me! thanks!

[@n.f.8978]

Thank you ♥️
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[@isabellechin4917]

This works wikiHow is amazing

[@sajeekp8423]

thank you

[@sweetpea1160]

Don’t try this it doesn’t work. All it does it shatter the shell

[@justnobody4024]

i think your shell is too thin

[@orion5334]

it's not that easy to be honest

[@jumanahmoh]

Great

[@mel1128]

I couldn’t even get a MARK on the shell, it didn’t work at all

[@maheshsawant5246]

If it doesn't work then I will dislike this video

[@davidfinding7960]

That's NOT a thumb tack, they're called map pins!!!

[@edensky5825]

I'm going to pierce my abalone shell

[@IAMASTICKSTUPIDPERSON]

Bruh just use a brick

[@eronajonmehmeti933]

7th 😂

[@Luna-Loon]

8th I guess 😂

[@mc7108]

6th

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4th

[@junoketchup7981]

first

[@niwinicole1821]

10th haha

[@flowboy]

5th

[@tsezz]

second