Bow drill success, woohoo!
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Paganwolf
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Well done buddy, you can now make fire with nothing but knowledge and your shoelaces 
Have a go at making some cordage bow strings and doing it, then you are talking Bushcraft Jedi status!! Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!! (in my best yoda voice lol)
Have a go at making some cordage bow strings and doing it, then you are talking Bushcraft Jedi status!! Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!! (in my best yoda voice lol)Aye thats the logical next step, my bow and spindle were sycamore with paracord, my hearth was unidentified wood from a piece of furniture, pine possibly and my bearer block was a limpet shell. Tinder was just a bunch of really dry wood shavings I had in a biscuit tin. I started it indoors and then the room just started filling with smoke so walked outside, blew on it a bit more and presto!
Well done. he sense of achievement that you get when you master the technique is worth every second put into it!
Yay well done chap!! as for the indor bow drill, was this a "I wonder if it really works?" moment only to find it does.
rancid badger
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
When I teach groups about basic firelighting, I always get asked about the bowdrill method.
I tell them that it is easy once you know how.
How to make the bow, the hearth,the spindle, the bearer block etc etc
It took me a good few go's to get the right bits and pieces and make them work.
It's considerably harder to teach yourself, than to be shown how to do it by someone else, so very well done indeed
atb
R.B.
I tell them that it is easy once you know how.
How to make the bow, the hearth,the spindle, the bearer block etc etc
It took me a good few go's to get the right bits and pieces and make them work.
It's considerably harder to teach yourself, than to be shown how to do it by someone else, so very well done indeed
atb
R.B.
Congratulations. You'll find it does get easier the more you do it and learn that 'nack' as second nature. Nothing harder than the first time.
Congrats. The best combination I have found is to use a Yucca spindle and a Cottonwood hearth. I put a leaf under the notch to catch the ember. In my experience it is much easier to transfer the ember to the tinder bundle. I have tried it with the tinder bundle underneath of the hearth and it was destroyed. Another tip I learned from Cody Lundin is to use the spindle to tap the hearth once the ember is formed to free it from the notch.
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