ckirk1311
Scout
Tonight I made my first fire with a bow drill. I wanted to post it because without BCUSA, this probably never would have happened. Thanks guys.
I used a willow spindle and hearth taken from a fallen willow in the back woods. My bearing block is red oak and I'm unsure what my bow is. I would like to replace the bearing block with another wood because it was smoking just as well as the hearth board was. It went fairly quickly. Just less than 30 seconds to ember.
I prepared some inner willow bark fibers on a platform for a coal extender because I had made an ember earlier but my grass was just too wet and my ember burnt away before the grass lit. Once I got my ember to a coal I threw some wood shavings on top and blew it into a flame.
My wife was extremely impressed (I think). She called me a top-notch caveman.
The last pic is of my bow drill string. It's a 6' piece of paracord with a key ring tied on the end. I was watching IA Woodsman's video on using a wire saw correctly and bow saw and buck saw construction. In his vid, I saw he tied some paracord through one ring of his wire saw so he could string it between two trees and work with it.
I took a look at that and thought a small length a paracord with a key ring on it might come in pretty handy. It was pretty handy tonight so I guess it's a permanent piece of gear now.
Thanks for looking!
I used a willow spindle and hearth taken from a fallen willow in the back woods. My bearing block is red oak and I'm unsure what my bow is. I would like to replace the bearing block with another wood because it was smoking just as well as the hearth board was. It went fairly quickly. Just less than 30 seconds to ember.
I prepared some inner willow bark fibers on a platform for a coal extender because I had made an ember earlier but my grass was just too wet and my ember burnt away before the grass lit. Once I got my ember to a coal I threw some wood shavings on top and blew it into a flame.
My wife was extremely impressed (I think). She called me a top-notch caveman.
The last pic is of my bow drill string. It's a 6' piece of paracord with a key ring tied on the end. I was watching IA Woodsman's video on using a wire saw correctly and bow saw and buck saw construction. In his vid, I saw he tied some paracord through one ring of his wire saw so he could string it between two trees and work with it.
I took a look at that and thought a small length a paracord with a key ring on it might come in pretty handy. It was pretty handy tonight so I guess it's a permanent piece of gear now.
Thanks for looking!
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Nicely done. :dblthumb:
