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Hi,(scuze me please, i'm French, my English is not perfect)I'm at the moment learning fire making with a hazel tree drill and a ivy plank, I produce black sawdust but no ember. Can you help me please ?
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I tried to add photos of my equipment in the introduction post but I didn't understand what happened ...
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Welcome, kekat. Where are you located? Maybe you could find more suitable materials. I know hazel as a high density and I'm not sure how that ivy works. -Chris
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Well the notch in the hearth board is not correct, and the hearth board looks to thick try 1/4 inch I don't know metrics. And the drill should be about 20 to 24 inches long and 1/4 inch dia. works...
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Maybe try a mullein stalk about the size as MarkD said in the ivy hearth ,some times a bit of fine grit in the spindle hole will get it going ,as in help to produce the fine dust that is needed for...
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Kekat77: Go here and you'll get some good info with drawings: http://www.natureskills.c...al/creating-a-bow-drill/ The major problem with your current setup is the notch, as already mentioned. Pay...
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two words: experimening and observingWhen i got introduced the information passed to me where just some basics. By first i would like to encourage you to make a stiff, nice-feeling bow and then to...
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Well, Thank you for the answers. I'm very sorry, for personal reasons (studies, traineeships, and personal problems) I had to stop practicing bushcraft for one year... but i resume.Could you give me a...
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Kekat77: I don't speak French, so this may not be correct, but bar/bath soap would be "savon de bain" in French. Any hard soap (not a liquid or powder) works reasonably well as a lubricant for the...
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This is a very helpful discussion. I cut a length of choke cherry about 32 inches long and 1in dia at the thick end. It was alread dead and down, not green. I stripped the bark, and then used dry...
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KeKat77,, Pardon se vou plez, I am American and my French is not tres bien. I would like to see your bow. Nylon cord as in 550 paracord and other braids can stretch. A seasoned wood branch, strong...
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