Bow Drill with Prusik knot

[JayKay]

Hi all,

I have been thinking for a while how to optimize the Bow Drill tension. Well I came up with a simple solution: put a Prusik knot on the end. See picture below.

It was tested by Rob Hofman and myself and it works like a charm...

Give it a try and let me know waht you think of it. The best method is to make the Prusik first and then the knot on the other end (Rob's idea...thanks mate).

Kind regards,

Jeroen Keultjes

PS. Yes I know the drill is on the wrong side of the string

 

[Seoras]

Like the idea Jeroen.

Will try it out weekend after next with a class who will be making their own bows.

I take it to move the prusik it is best to bend the bow slightly to ease any tension on the prusik first?

Also not to put the prusik right at the end of the bow so that as the line stretches you have room to move the prusik knot down the bow to retension the line.

Cheers

George

 

[JayKay]

George,

Indeed you have to experiment a little bit with the knot's position. Also the rope must not be too thick in my opinion.

Very interested what the group thinks of it.

Kind regards,

Jeroen

 

[Biddlesby]

Good idea! Gets annoying have to fiddle over and over again with a clove hitch. Will try this out.

 

[BOD]

What about a rolling hitch or icicle hitch?

 

[Seoras]

Never heard of the icicle hitch Bod. Checked it on Google and this was thrown up 'Knotting Shed' . Will try it out as well.

Cheers

George

 

[JayKay]

Hi all

Here are some picture, made by Rob, of the system. If you have any questions feel free too mail me.

Cheers Jeroen and Rob

 

[JonnyP]

I like the look of that Jaykay, will give it a go, wonder if it would work with my leather thong string...thanks for sharing....

 

[Seoras]

Just tried this out. Works a treat. Thanks for the tutorial guys.

Cheers

George

 

[leon-b]

I like the look of that Jaykay, will give it a go, wonder if it would work with my leather thong string...thanks for sharing....

We dont want to know about your leather thongs thanks jon
leon

 

[JonnyP]

We dont want to know about your leather thongs thanks jon
leon

lol....