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friction fires suck!
Dazv:
use ceder and move your bow slow
outback118:
I had my first luck with willow. try to make the board and drill out of the same piece of wood.
I made a stone hand block for a kit started by pecking but was taking forever and the dremal tool was sitting there so i polished it up and put a dab of tallow on to lube.It works really nice.
cutfinger:
In north Minnesota we use basswood for the board and spindle, you should have a coal and flame in about 60 to 90 sec. Antler,stone or ironwood for the thunderbird.practice alot and do it in the rain for the test.
Adam:
I'll second what everyone else said. I took a survival skills class a few years ago, and one tip that really helped me is that if you're trying different woods, try to get one that you can fairly easily dent with your fingernail. If you can't, the wood is probably too hard. I'm sure there are some people out there than could make nearly any wood work, but I'm certainly not one of them. Another thing that helps if your bowstring is slipping on the spindle is to rough it up a little bit. Just scratching a couple times along the spindle's length with a sawblade from a Swiss army knife can have a dramatic effect. Hope that helps a little.
swamp monkey:
I have used cypress, read cedar sapwood and cottonwood for fire board. I use the yucca for the spindle and that works good to.
when I first began learning I used a shot glass for the bearing block. not real historically accurate but i would argue it is primitive. I have since made a hickory bearing block.
I use leather for the bow and have used a bison rib and willow for the bow. what do you all use for those items?
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