bow and drill method

[NS0201]

I have been trying the bow and drill mehtod and the top keeps slipping off. how can I keep it from sliding off otherwise the rest goes well.

[crashdive123]

Make a deeper indention for your spindle to rest in.

[NS0201]

Make a deeper indention for your spindle to rest in.

how do you do that my spindle is hard bow is hard flat wood is bass and top is hard. mY knife wouldn't cut thru.

[crashdive123]

OK - just to make sure that we're on the same page:

The bottom piece of wood is your fire board. The vertical piece that spins to create friction (with the fire board) that I called spindle is more correctly called your drill. The bow needs little expination. The top piece that you are using to hold your drill in place and apply downward pressure is your socket. You should be able to carve an indentation in your socket so that the drill will fit in it. If you can't carve it because the wood is too hard for the tools you have, use a softer piece of wood - even green if that's all you have. (remember, the coal is created with the friction between your drill and fireboard)

[crashdive123]

Here's a pretty good video that probably explains it better than I did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMoZBwLWTNM

[NS0201]

Fire finally I have fire!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the help crash

[crashdive123]

Good deal. Now you know how Tom Hanks felt.

[danmc]

Good deal. Now you know how Tom Hanks felt.

Had it not been about 1 in the morning when I first made fire with a hand drill, I could have easily acted out his "I made fire" celebration dance! Somehow I think the neighbors may have been a little concerned with a crazy man dancing around a bonfire in the middle of the night... I've only made friction fires a handful of times and each time it seems like a miracle.

[trax]

Somehow I think the neighbors may have been a little concerned with a crazy man dancing around a bonfire in the middle of the night

My neighbors have gotten used to it.