quick bowdrill vid

Nicely done, RR! You have it down to an art. Now we need to see a video that goes from bowdrill to steaming cup of trail coffee in under 5 minutes. ;)

All the best,

- Mike
 
I see you've got that down to a science ... sweeeeet !
Is that an imported bowdrill or did you find the materials in the woods?
 
Nice stuff, as I'm learning too I'm always looking for things to do and not do. As we all saw in the video you got a coal pretty fast. Something I noticed is that your back (right) knee is out and in the line of your bow hand. If you pull that in a bit you can get longer strokes. Just something to try, it obviously works the way you showed so it's not super important. :thumbup:
 
It took me about a month of working with my set before I got my first coal, and then about 2 weeks to where I could get a coal 3 out of 5 times... My biggest problem was keeping things locked in place(and still is at times).. I always wound up with hole in my board that was slanted outwards ... I'll have to try using a larger spindle also, but so far slim spindles are what I've been the most successful with...

Great Vid RR:thumbup::thumbup:
 
Good stuff RR....I think you need to work sequencing your bowing with the music though...Something like the Devil Went Down to Georgia....;)
 
well Pride go'eth before the fall I tried for a good hour today with a sassafrass board and spindle ( new woods for me) to no avail... all the right elements where there... Lots of smoke nice Black dust..but no coal eventuall the spindle eats through the board...after many tries I tried to switch to the set I used yesterday.. But my arm is just too fatigued
 
Success decided to give it another go with a different wood (autumn olive) an invasive It was a sure thing with this wood but I needed to meet my coal a day challenge for october...Incidentally I just consulted a wood suitabilty database run by the Maine primitive skiils school where they listed sassafrass as a difficult wood. That makes me feel a little bit better.. but there is still no excuse
 
Cool....I tried the two stick tied together thing yesterday and no go....Used the same wood with a hearth and bingo....I'll keep trying the two stick thing, but haven't yet been successful with it..

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Nice work Ken... I can;t believe whjat a greatr wood autumn olive is to work with,,If you have any in your area I highly reccommend it...although it can be fragile.. I plan on trying the 2 stick hearth board deal maybe using muellin or yucca stalks.
 
RescueRiley said:
Success decided to give it another go with a different wood (autumn olive) an invasive It was a sure thing with this wood but I needed to meet my coal a day challenge for october...Incidentally I just consulted a wood suitabilty database run by the Maine primitive skiils school where they listed sassafrass as a difficult wood. That makes me feel a little bit better.. but there is still no excuse
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RR you wouldn't happen to have a link to the wood suitability site would you ?? Wouldn't mind checking that out...:)
 
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