Bramble for hand drill?

[Welsh Dragon]

Found a piece of Bramble this evening, its quite straight and about 30 inches long and a bit bigger than finger thick. So could i use this as a hand drill?


Thanks

Brian

 

[Longstrider]

Worth a go I suppose, but I'd make sure to get rid of the thorns first !
The hand drills I've seen that were successful were a bit thinner than you are describing though.
I'd be interested to know if it works....

 

[rich59]

Possible but......

For me bramble hand drills need to be about the thickest you can find, depending on your fingers then you might have the right size. However, I find that the thicker a hand drill the more effort you have to put in to get the result.

Have a go, and compare it with other materials and let us know how you got on.

 

[stuart f]

Hi Welsh Dragon,just to echo what Rich says i to have much more success using a thinner drill piece,i've tried thicker ones but to no avail. When using a thicker drill it just seems to be to much surface area in the hearth making it difficult to maintain an even speed whilst using downward pressure,basically i usually just run out of steam and grind to a halt without getting an ember.

Keep us posted if you do manage to crack it though!

 

[Welsh Dragon]

Thanks guys, I'm just on the look out for suitable looking materials at the moment. I haven't tried fire by friction by any method yet :bluThinki

I still need to practise my ember to flame technique. I don't want to try something 'til i'm confident i'm gonna get an end result, else my hand drill/bow drill is gonna end up in lots of lil pieces being launched across a field

Brian

 

[fredcraft]

I still need to practise my ember to flame technique. I don't want to try something 'til i'm confident i'm gonna get an end result, else my hand drill/bow drill is gonna end up in lots of lil pieces being launched across a field

:werd:
Sounds familiar....