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Main Discussion Area => Cave Men only "Oooga Booga" => Topic started by: straightarrow on October 01, 2014, 12:29:37 pm

Title: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: straightarrow on October 01, 2014, 12:29:37 pm

I started making fire the end of July this year using the hand drill. I thought I'd share my successful combos. The first word being the hearth and the spindles listed below. If you have successful combos you would like to share please do. I'm going to keep adding to the post when I get a new combos.

Jon

white pine hearth
Horseweed
Mugwort
Goldenrod

sassafras hearth
Mugwort
Horseweed

sycamore hearth
Goldenrod

sunflower root
Goldenrod
Mugwort
Horseweed

cedar hearth
Mullien

Title: Re: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: HickoryBill on October 02, 2014, 10:44:42 pm

White pine root Hearth
golden rod spindle

White Pine Hearth
Common Blackberry bush spindle

Title: Re: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: Outbackbob48 on October 03, 2014, 08:25:29 pm

Jon great thread on the combos.
 I got one the other day with a Rose of Sharon hearth and a horeweed spindle. I got some blackberry drying :o :D Bob

Title: Re: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: neuse on October 22, 2014, 07:28:59 am

How big does your golden rod grow?

I can only find pencil size diameter.

Title: Re: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: lenador on October 22, 2014, 09:02:37 am

Our golden rod out here grows about 5ft tall...sometimes 6'. The girth is usually pretty thick.

Title: Re: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: Outbackbob48 on October 22, 2014, 09:13:43 am

A pencil is 5/16" I like my hand drill spindle a little thicker but 5/16 will work , The skinny ones just go thru your hearth board quicker :(. Bob

Title: Re: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: straightarrow on October 26, 2014, 10:15:01 am

I try to find as big as I can. They shrink up quite a bit when they're dry. There's like 35 different species.... So it's just the matter of finding the right stuff. I know it's currently my favorite spindle..... Works on a variety of hearths..

Jon

Title: Re: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: helmet on December 19, 2014, 01:53:38 am

cedar hearth ( the soft outer wood on a limb)
Salmon berry shoot

Title: Re: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: YosemiteBen on December 21, 2014, 04:36:14 pm

cedar hearth
elderberry spindle

buckeye hearth from an older stump
buckeye spindle

Title: Re: Hand Drill wood combo's
Post by: ozarkokie on January 08, 2015, 03:05:21 pm

Raised in Oklahoma and living in SW Missouri, I have found that a yucca drill works well with a hearth of cottonwood, large yucca stem, or cedar. My preference is a cedar hearth board