New at bowdrill and need help
I have tried many times to make a friction fire both bow and hand drill. So far I have never done it. Thought i found some sweet material the other day but i tried tonight for about 2 hours with a...
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u will get a fire soon i promise...if not befor i get back to MO then right after...brown powder is usually an indicator of bad materials...i have heard many ppl say to use willow but i personally...
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I would try those woods but i dont have them available. i live really in a hardwood paradise...its great for bowmaking but not really for fires. the softest woods i have are probably maple, that...
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u can do the fingernail test....if u can press ur fingernail intho the wood and leave a mark...as long as its not crumbly it will probaqbly work...with a few exceptions...u can even just pick up...
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guess that is easy enough to try. thanks. im planning on going after some false hickory stuff today. ill post some pictures of it on here or just show u later.
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Well, where I live there is none of that medium wood found up north (no cottonwood, cedar, poplar, etc.) so I use what is here and that is Willow, Maple and Yucca. Fingernail test is the best way to...
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thanks for all your advice. it is much appreciated. i guess i will try willow again. what is this egyptian cord method?
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http://wildwoodsurvival.c...rill/egyptian/index.htmlI do mine like this with the clove hitch knot in the center of the spindle:http://www.primitiveways.com/e-fire.htmlIts only something like about...
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i saw a picture of an old egyptian bowdrill in an archeology book when i was a kid and it had a hole drilled through the spindle which was made of bone...and then the wood was inserted into it...and...
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Could it be like the one in this, with the copper tube? I know that deer bone is used as a drill, cos one can put a plug of whatever in the end [ Prariewolf]...
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sessopantera did you get fire yet plant spindels are the easyest i found
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