Expedient bow drill divot

[j4nator]

Well, sort of. Discovered yesterday that removing one of the sets of screws, ideally the middle one, creates a pretty decent divot for a bow drill, seeing as that seems to be the hardest part to find, at least for me.

 

[FALZILLA]

Makes sense, never thought of that but isn't it a little small?

 

[tarditi]

ESEE5 has one built in

 

[R.A.T.]

The problem with that is you need some way to remove the screw in the wilds.

 

[tarditi]

Is it possible to use something like a countersink bit in the micarta or will it cause it to fray?

I don't know much about the material - this will allow someone to make their own bearing divot in their slab.

 

[1066vik]

1/2" brad point drill bit - make it shallow so you don't bottom out into the liner.

 

[j4nator]

The problem with that is you need some way to remove the screw in the wilds.

Wait, ya'll dont keep a set of allen wrenches with you when woodsin it up?

Yeah, neither do I.The only reason I found this out is cause one of my screws is missing. Missing meaning thrown away because I did a professional job of stripping it.:grumpy:

 

[MArathonman]

Somewhere I saw someone epoxy a 1/2" copper pipe end cap into a hole drilled into the scales