Friction Firelighting

[Stuart]

Thanks Darryl

its good to see you this side of the pond

 

[Leon]

At last....managed to get a good coal using teasle hand drill. Swapped softer hearth boards for a hard piece of elder. :-D
The elder provided much better resistance to the teasle generating plenty of heat and fine dust rather than crumbling away like the pine/willow boards.

 

[Justin Time]

Leon, I'll have to try that out this weekend, Cheers