Weekly Bowdrill practice.

So today I did my weekly bowdrill practice.

I practice weekly for two reasons.

1} to keep my muscle that are used in working the bowdrill in condition.

2} I want working the bowdrill to be fun not a chore.

If you practice then it becomes easy and second nature,where as if you don't practice then you will struggle and it will be hard work.

I also go to the woods atleast once a month and make a bowdrill set from start to Finnish,I do this for the same reason,so it is second nature to me.

I will say this though,When I make a bowdrill I tend to make the fire board big enough so that I can use it a number of times and have found that I can use the same socket 2 or 3 times and some times more.

What I do is find a small stone and use this as an abrasive and rough up the inside of the socket and the end of the spindle which helps create more friction from a socket that has been used.

 

I hate bowdrilling too...The best method for me is the thumbs loop method...most pressure and control, but if there's another way, I always avoid bowdrilling...

 

Are you talking about the hand drill method with the thunb loops?

 

I think your talking about the hand drill method to.

The bowdrill method is much easier than the hand drill.

 

Me doing the bowdrill method,it took a little over a minute from start to flame.

YouTube - Making fire using the bowdrill method


Hand drill by Miloslavjmp,very quick using this method.

YouTube - Hand friction fire drill

 

Yes...my mistake...not bow, but hand drill

 

Sounds painful.

 

Never hurt me...but then again...I'm 190cm high and my hands are like baseball gloves...