EMAS well drilling, Part 1 of 2

EMAS well drilling is a method for drilling small-diameter tube wells by hand, up to 100 m deep. The drilling method is a hybrid between washboring, percussion and rotary drilling. It permits to drill through all kinds of loose soils, as well as consolidated materials and light rock. It will not, however, penetrate hard original rock or boulders (e.g. ancient river beds underground). The usual diameter of the tube well is 37 mm.
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[@mtwestra]

@NightslayersEntry The system works in soil with little or no big rocks. Small stones can be handled with a special head. When you hit a big rock, and rocks are not very common, you need to drill again and see if you have better luck. One way to do this is to use a small diameter drill first as a pilot drill, and then enlarge the hole if you have found a place without rock.

[@zolumpus]

I live on the mexico.ariz,california border.So is sandy down 2 feet.So it should be real easy to do a well here.Plus the water table is not that far down really.Our well is 25 ft for the house.I wanted to do another one for both a hand pump for when the electricity goes off,and one for irrigating my yard.As we have to pay $130. a yr if we use it or not out of the ditch.Which has NONE in it in the summer.So this would give me water,and save $130. a yr.Good video.

[@mtwestra]

Not sure I understand what you mean? The pipes just need to stay connected, not necessarily be water tight.

[@mtwestra]

@theFuhrerAH usually, up to 40 meters. In very exceptional cases, 80 meters has been drilled, but that is not recommended. (too heavy)

[@nukertube]

Hola me gustaria hacerle unas preguntas a Wolfgang Eloy Buchner o a alguien que lo entienda...
Estoy probando su sistema en mi terreno que tiene un suelo muy arcilloso y duro, llevo 6 metros. ¿Cual es la mejor broca que puedo usar? he visto que la broca arbolito va muy bien.
Y la segunda pregunta es que como se si he llegado a la capa freatica, un vecino que vive a un kilometro dice que su pozo tiene 13 metros y yo he pensado picar asta los 20m.

[@InvalidMemberAccount]

common sense give technology a run for it's money....
Brilliantly simple, practical
great teamwork.
Industrious culture

[@mtwestra]

depends on the size. The drill bit you use has small holes in it, through which small gravel can pass (say, up to 1cm size). Due to the design of the drill bit, larger stones, say up to 2 cm can be smashed or pushed aside. Larger rocks are a real problem: you can cannot get past those with this technique. Other possibilies include the stone hammer technique (look on the akvopedia website), or machine drilling.

[@Antibacterialspray01]

Cool !!! I like it. My back wouldn't but I like it

[@utub3aka]

Thank you, good video and demonstration. Here in Africa it can help a lot of people. Where I am we have a water problem, but got lot of ground water. It is a very sandy area, what can one do to prevent the walls to tumble in while drilling?

[@tarxantoo]

Great video , real team work. This is a great tech-nick ,cool water pump.
Thanks for posting this video.

[@moomman89]

So that's how you can do it on the cheep.Thank you.

[@johnnecron666]

They havent hit bedrock yet

[@theFuhrerAH]

what depth can be drilled with this method?

[@purerwater]

Watching this crew is like watching the three Stooges movie. Go to Home Depot andget the 1 1/4 " PVC supplies and kit and wash in your well an eliminate one or two of the extra men.

[@bud5084]

Washing do good in sand but that soul looks pretty hard like clay in it

[@gipotalima]

Да это пздц какой-то. Я бы сдох так бурить =) На малогабаритной то мучаешься со штангами и элеватором, а тут.. Ну не знаю Хотя бы канатным методом бурили что ли, как китайцы 1000 лет назад =)

[@nkcvetkov]

Немец молодец. Он наверное технологию принёс индейцам.... У нас в Сибири эта тема не прокатит на 20 метрах скала и хоть затыкайся этими трубочками от коктеля до нормальной воды не дойдёшь ))

[@justdfactsmaam]

Boy he just climbed right on up there!

[@vutEwa]

Thank you very much for sharing this!

[@nixton100]

ajjaja estos no saben naa les falta...

[@PaveL777777777777777]

адский труд! жалко вас! но всё равно вы молодцы!

[@bmedeiros678]

Great job.

[@pihuychen]

exelente !!!! ...

[@blacksebastian2]

Does this method work on a sand dune,
Up til 25 mtr.
?

[@denisej2p]

Bueno

[@blacksebastian2]

Babaji piot thank you, ou obrigado.

[@SuperHugohoracio]

es muy bueno y lo pienso implementar en el norte , catamarca hay agua de riego pero empezó a escasear es de un rio y creo que hay agua subterránea estoy estudiando para poder localizarla si pueden mandarme un listado de material para armar las herramientas se lo agradesere algo tengo poeque mi papa arreglaba cañerias de bomba gracias mi email es avila-hugo-@hotmail .es