Seasoned wood for Bow Drill sets.

[Greg]

Hello guys, I'm after a HUGE favour.
I need seasoned wood suitable for at least 4 Bow Drill Hearthboards.
Seasoned lime or ivy for instance.
I have the wood for the drills just not the boards.
If any of you fine people could help me out I would be very grateful!
Thanks for your time.

 

[warthog1981]

Hi I could send you seasoned sycamore hearth boards if you like I could also send you seasoned sycamore spindles to ???

 

[Greg]

Hi I could send you seasoned sycamore hearth boards if you like I could also send you seasoned sycamore spindles to ???

That would be great, are you sure?

 

[warthog1981]

Aye no worries pm me your adress and ill get them looked out and in the post for you

no worries Russ

 

[Greg]

Aye no worries pm me your adress and ill get them looked out and in the post for you

no worries Russ

PM sent, Thankyou!

 

[Aaron]

I get all my stuff from:

www.bowdrilldirect.com

If you are really in a fix just break up some old pallets and use them - most are made of poplar which is an o.k. hearth wood, not to difficult for begginers.

 

[Toddy]

I ddin't know they made them out of poplar.
I broke up a pallet a few months back, it was made of teak Crappy teak, but it was teak

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Aaron]

I think pallets are a bit like pork pies - they tend to be made out of offcuts and inexpensive stuff. Poplar tends to be widely used as it grows very fast and is widely available in quantity, it is also light and performs well under shock-loaded forces (i.e. being picked up and dropped by fork lift trucks). Some of the medieval war arrows were made out of Aspen (a member of the Poplar family) for that reason. :bluThinki