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Offline Hillbilly

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Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« on: August 12, 2007, 01:18:26 pm »
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.

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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2007, 01:51:04 pm »
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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2007, 02:41:02 pm »
Hillbilly, that is so neet.  8)  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.

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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2007, 02:49:42 pm »
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.
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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2007, 03:51:24 pm »
dude if ya want ta cool down shave the fur coat off. lol ;D
doesnt it feel great to bring a fire to life. i still get amazed everytime i do it. peace

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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2007, 06:16:05 pm »
You guys just keep amazing me with your mastery of such awsome skills ;D. I gotta go practice :D!

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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2007, 06:17:25 pm »
Those pics are so cool!  Although I am worried that beard is going to catch on fire! :o
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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2007, 06:42:39 pm »
Dang, I thought you were wearing a sweater at first.   ;D
This is a great thread. Did Cody have to start his own fire if he wanted to eat?  ;)   Justin
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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2007, 07:06:30 pm »
                           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. ;D.........bob

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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2007, 09:06:27 pm »
u make goodn fire!
oooga-boooga

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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2007, 09:50:27 pm »
steve whats the tinder bundle your using?

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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2007, 08:51:57 am »
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?  ;D
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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2007, 07:17:44 pm »
  Hillbilly,Richard Simmons?  Did you see the last picture of Jamies' tan? ::) :'(
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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2007, 07:52:58 pm »
COME ON! ;D

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Re: Oogabooga hand drill fire photos
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2007, 01:01:24 am »
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! ;) :D
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