How to improvise butterfly adhesive dressings (to close a gaping wound) from duct tape.
Photos on my web site soon (as I can't post them here).
Photos on my web site soon (as I can't post them here).
What have you learned recently?
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I learned over the weekend that a credit card Fresnel lens will ignite charcloth, cramp balls and amadou like you wouldn't believe.
Whittler Kev
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I have just recently learned how to start a fire using Flint and steel with amadou,so cool.
I'm just a beginner at the bushcraft stuff but enjoying the learning process.
I also learnt this weekend that living in a 160 year old house is going to be expensive!!!!
I'm just a beginner at the bushcraft stuff but enjoying the learning process.
I also learnt this weekend that living in a 160 year old house is going to be expensive!!!!
That's an interesting reflection merrygold.
Today I learned that it can indeed rain like 'that' all day. It's good to keep a few home projects on the go for a rainy day.
I think from what I remember of my Wifes psychology degree its repressed memories that don't exist. Where are you reading this stuff man?, it sounds pretty interesting.
I found out a blunt leatherwork needle stabbed under a finger nail is rather painful...
Try a sharp one under the nail. Ouch.
I found out the other week whilst doing advanced driving that you don't need to indicate to come back into the left hand lane after overtaking.
I learned a fool proof way to tell if something is square, I.E. concrete pad, picture frame or a field. Measure from a corner, four one way, make a mark and three the other way and make a mark and the distance between the marks should be five. Unit of measurement can be anything from mils to miles. multiples of four three five work too.
I learned a fool proof way to tell if something is square, I.E. concrete pad, picture frame or a field. Measure from a corner, four one way, make a mark and three the other way and make a mark and the distance between the marks should be five. Unit of measurement can be anything from mils to miles. multiples of four three five work too.
a `three ,four, five `. is only telling you that a single corner is 90 degree,s !! if you want to know that a structure is `square ` then you need to measure the diagonals -ie corner to corner - if both the diagonal s measure the same , then its `square` ¬¬
Whittler Kev
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
It's from Pythagras theorem. It's a pythogorean triple so 3,4,5 or 6, 8, 10 or 9,12,15 or 12,16,20 etc all work as well . The bigger the measurement the truer the 90degrees will beI learned a fool proof way to tell if something is square, I.E. concrete pad, picture frame or a field. Measure from a corner, four one way, make a mark and three the other way and make a mark and the distance between the marks should be five. Unit of measurement can be anything from mils to miles. multiples of four three five work too.
Whittler Kev
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
and the diagonals are at 90 degrees as wella `three ,four, five `. is only telling you that a single corner is 90 degree,s !! if you want to know that a structure is `square ` then you need to measure the diagonals -ie corner to corner - if both the diagonal s measure the same , then its `square` ¬¬
Good work chaps; discussing Pythagoras and his relevance to bushcraft.
Just in case you were cynical, he DOES have a relevance because the perfect proportions for part of a pump drill are 3:4:5.
Just in case you were cynical, he DOES have a relevance because the perfect proportions for part of a pump drill are 3:4:5.
