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Outbackbob48:
I have messed with friction fires quite a bit and I guess my favorite is a good horseweed hand drill on a cedar hearth board, I have also used a lot of different drills, mugwort, mullein, Jerusalem artichoke,cattail with a variety of hearth boards.  Once and a while get my flint an steel out and use chaga or some milkweed ovum for my coals. My favorite but not  always successful is the hand drill. Bob

Ed Brooks:

--- Quote from: Spotted Dog on March 29, 2016, 06:19:04 pm ---  :o Bamboo fire saw ? give me a hint please. I like cotton wood and yucca spindles with cottonwood hearth board.
Going to char some cattails to use in friction fire coal too.

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Spotted Dog,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD6-ILiy834

Spotted Dog:
 Ed it's hard to get me excited , but this did.  ;D
I have a big chunk in the garage. HHHMMMM may have to give this a try soon.

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!

jkyarcher:
I have only got one successful hand drill fire but tried several with different materials  Also one successful fire with the bamboo but have only tried it a couple times.

I was wanting some advice on the hand drill though I tried mullein spindle with poplar and cedar boards also a spindle from some woody weed I'm not sure what it is.

Anyways I get lots of smoke and black powder but cant get a coal. I was wondering if yall had advice on the notch size or materials or what should I do to increase success.

thanks

PEARL DRUMS:
Hard to say without pics of your set up. Could be a notch issue, could be a dampness issue, could be as simple as pressure. If you are getting a lot of smoke and a lot of dust, you may not be applying enough down pressure when the "feel" is right for it. Once the smoke starts rolling pretty thick you need to really get after it with speed and proper pressure. I prefer a bow drill for that reason. I can work it for a good while before my arms give out. A hand drill can kick your butt!

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