Update
1) Medieval drill issue confirmed and fixed to see intended block of wood
1A) The wood stake and block are now at the top of the recipe as that made it possible to test that section in my character's current situation.
1B) I >assume< the other recipe elements are operating correctly. Not sure if my character has or could reasonably make the billets needed along that recipe.
1C) I did note the recipe is so long the text view overlapped other text. Not a critical issue. Note for Saami to consider but I doubt the energy to fix matches the minor inconvenience. Other modders note the affect of long recipes.
2) Dried berries, the berries are no long optional
Pat on the back to myself for choosing an openly named easy to read file structure making debugging even months after working on a section really easy. Commenting your code is also useful. Hooray for useful bits from a University education.