A set of mechanically aesthetic, primitive pump-driven hand drills is completed.
With this new weapon, he immediately began the arduous task of preparing materials.
He re-entered the forest and dragged back several pieces of solid, straight spruce deadwood.
He started crafting the door frame; the entrance to the shelter was made of irregular stones and logs.
He needed to make the door frame fit this irregular opening perfectly.
He leaned two sturdy log pillars against the entrance, then used a hand axe and hunting knife to gradually carve and polish them.
This was a task that tested patience and spatial imagination; he repeatedly moved the wood to the entrance for fitting, then took it down for further processing.
Once the two pillars and the top beam fit snugly against the entrance's contours, he needed to combine these three into a sturdy "U"-shaped door frame.
