Oogabooga hand drill fire photos

[Hillbilly]

Me take family camping for week. Need fire to cook mastadon steaks, keep saber-tooth cats away. Start with horseweed spindle and tulip poplar hearthboard. Ugh.

[Hillbilly]

More.

[DBernier]

Hillbilly, that is so neet.    Cody looks right at home and so involved. Tina take the photos? Hope you guys had a good time. I plan on making some overnight canoe trips down the Catawba and Savanna rivers soon. Should be fun weekends. Will take loads of photos.

Dick

[Hillbilly]

Yep, Tina took the pics. Her and Cody both love camping. We had a great time, we were camped on the bank of Tellico Lake in eastern Tennesse, good place to be in the heat-just jump in when you get hot.

[jamie]

dude if ya want ta cool down shave the fur coat off. lol
doesnt it feel great to bring a fire to life. i still get amazed everytime i do it. peace

[Kegan]

You guys just keep amazing me with your mastery of such awsome skills . I gotta go practice !

[Calendargirl]

Those pics are so cool!  Although I am worried that beard is going to catch on fire!

[Justin Snyder]

Dang, I thought you were wearing a sweater at first.   
This is a great thread. Did Cody have to start his own fire if he wanted to eat?     Justin

[Coo-wah-chobee]

                           Steve very cool and abo. Like Jamie I still am amazed when I do it even after all these years. Its such a hoot when ya campin' with foks that have never seen it and just stare open mouth when ya start a fire with a boo fire saw er a drill. .........bob

[michbowguy]

u make goodn fire!
oooga-boooga

grog

[jamie]

steve whats the tinder bundle your using?

[Hillbilly]

Jamie, that's tiny dry cedar twigs on the outside, pine needles, cedar bark, and a sliver or two of cracked-cap polypore fungus for good measure. The polypore is really common on locust trees around here, and makes a great coal extender, especially if you're spinning a fire in the rain or snow and have damp tinder. As for the fur coat, hey I'm a caveman! You expect somebody that looks like Richard Simmons or something? 

[mullet]

  Hillbilly,Richard Simmons?  Did you see the last picture of Jamies' tan?

[jamie]

COME ON!

[Jbell]

I am really itchin to try that. So dang cool or should I say hot. For a beginer which is easier bow or hand drill? What are some good substitutes for a spindle? Will erc work for a hearthboard, sapwood or heartwood? Hope you don't mind all the questions. Thanks.
Btw I love the fur coat! Got one just like it! Keep me Cro-Magnon warm at night! Me also want make fire keep woman warm at night!