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i still am making squeaking nioses! 
on our way back we stopped of at the parents in law and i raided their farmland for bowdrill bits! :mischief: I've got smoke and black stuff, i'm now keeping my eye out for a dented stone and some of that "special recipie" axle grease was it?
next time no kids!
my little Benjamin was evil! :shock: i apologise if he bothered anyone!
next time i will actually be able to stay for a full session! and even spend important drinking time around the campfire! :biggthump
on our way back we stopped of at the parents in law and i raided their farmland for bowdrill bits! :mischief: I've got smoke and black stuff, i'm now keeping my eye out for a dented stone and some of that "special recipie" axle grease was it?
next time no kids!
my little Benjamin was evil! :shock: i apologise if he bothered anyone!
next time i will actually be able to stay for a full session! and even spend important drinking time around the campfire! :biggthump
I too have raided my folks place for fire drill resources. I always found fire by friction 10 mins hard work.... and sometimes a bit of a hit and miss affair.... now with DG's expert tuition and advice I have a little kit which is 100% and take about 2 mins from start to fire..... still can't drill as slowly as DG but I'm not at it like a maniace like I was... I don't need to work up a sweat
Ed
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Ed said:I too have raided my folks place for fire drill resources. I always found fire by friction 10 mins hard work.... and sometimes a bit of a hit and miss affair.... now with DG's expert tuition and advice I have a little kit which is 100% and take about 2 mins from start to fire..... still can't drill as slowly as DG but I'm not at it like a maniace like I was... I don't need to work up a sweat
Ed
I notice he's selling some at the wilderness Gathering, do you know how much they are?
Selling a bow drill set?:?:
Unless you live in a concrete bunker, and therefore have no access to some pieces of wood, why not make your own?
Not only cheaper but you get the pleasure of knowing that the fire you've just made was made with a set you made...
Unless you live in a concrete bunker, and therefore have no access to some pieces of wood, why not make your own?
Not only cheaper but you get the pleasure of knowing that the fire you've just made was made with a set you made...
I wanted to get a look at one first so I could study it and see how one is made before my eyes and not in a book. I could also look at the woods used then go out to my local woods/forest look for that type of wood and make a set ( I don't have much tree identification knowledge, although i do have a book ): ). And seeing as I'm not going to be able to get to a meetup anytime soon I wanted to know how much Dave Watson was selling his ones for at the Gathering. :biggthump
): ). And seeing as I'm not going to be able to get to a meetup anytime soon I wanted to know how much Dave Watson was selling his ones for at the Gathering. :biggthump
Not a clue.... Do you know if he is selling the complete kit or just thewood to make your own?
I suggest go out and have a go yourself. Some woods are easier than others, willow and ivy being a good place to start for hearths. Make alot of sets out of different woods till you find one that you like and suits you. My current personal kit is an ivy board with either a hazel or bamboo spindle.
Ed
Ed, how do you use a bamboo spindle? I'm just wondering how you shape the two ends with it being a hollow wood and knowing how the stuff can splinter?
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I can relate to that - I was the same with steels before I started making them
A drawing pin (or some other tack) in the top, but I'm going to replace this with a bone insert....., and the bottom is cut just after a knuckle so it can be rounded off slightly. Not had one splinter yet..... its only been a week or so ;-) If you worried about it being hollow at the bottom just fill it with a small wooden peg..... works for me.
Ed
Ah! Ok, makes sense now.
Might have to give that a try...
Hmm, Mr Claycomb had a nice bamboo bow...
Might have to give that a try...
Hmm, Mr Claycomb had a nice bamboo bow...
Ed said:Not a clue.... Do you know if he is selling the complete kit or just thewood to make your own?
I suggest go out and have a go yourself. Some woods are easier than others, willow and ivy being a good place to start for hearths. Make alot of sets out of different woods till you find one that you like and suits you. My current personal kit is an ivy board with either a hazel or bamboo spindle.
Ed
When i said if was Drew Goddard making them I actually ment Dave Watson, My mistake. Ed, it says on the Trade Stands page of www.wildernessgathering.co.uk this:
WOODLAND SURVIVAL CRAFTS
Dave Watsons' stall selling lots of Bushcraft stuff including Wooden whistles and Friction firelighting kits.
Ok perhaps i will try and make one first, how do you have your end? I was handling a Hadza Bushmen drill not too long ago and it was like the end of a snooker cue. Works quite well from what I saw.
Bit personal there m'lado!Young Bushman said:
The end that goes into the bearing block wants to be pretty sharply pointed. The hearth end fairly shallow.
You want a LOT of friction on the hearth but as little as possible in the bearing block.
Yeah, I need to find the time to put some up. I was supposed to pick some up from people at the gathering but I can't get there so that's not going to happen 
...or did it?
I've successfully fobbed off the responsibility of posting more pics by giving Tony a CD of them all Including those unpleasant yellow beetles some of us saw on the Sunday.
I've successfully fobbed off the responsibility of posting more pics by giving Tony a CD of them all
Including those unpleasant yellow beetles some of us saw on the Sunday.
oh Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww .. why did you have to remind me ?? ... yuck 
it was like a scene from "Iniana Jones and the Carling Black Label Can of Doom"!!!!!!!
it was like a scene from "Iniana Jones and the Carling Black Label Can of Doom"!!!!!!!
Hi guys, only just got online again- just wanted to say a huge thanks to Tony for organising a fantastic meet up and everyone else who ran sessions.
Blue Sky, Jim.
Blue Sky, Jim.
Simon said:oh Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww .. why did you have to remind me ?? ... yuck
Hope it wasn't one of those that bit me during the Saturday night. Picked up a nice itchy bite that took most of a week to go down. Maybe best off not knowing :wave:
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