I remember when I first looked on youtube and saw everyone making friction fire in like 4 seconds. I assumed(that's right I'm the ***) that it was so simple. the first time I tried I was with some family members we each tried and roughly 1-2 hours later with a pair of bloody hands I began googling what we were doing wrong. (are you all ready to laugh) we were using oak as a spindle and mesquite as the hearth(i think that's how you spell it) board. after googling I found a list of some "favorable" woods to use. Weeks after locating them, I decided trying it on my own this time and still failed horribly, however this time I got a ton of sawdust. I yet again turned to google for assistance(I think the problem with google is that there is too much info out there so you end up buried in a mountain of useless **** and dont get the right info) so I read how humidity can cause failure...Lucky me I live in a place with about 60%-70% humidity year round. so again I assume that is the issue and decide to build a fire with a liter and "dry out" the wood pieces and again I fail and yet again I have bloody hands. Then I decide maybe Its the types of woods humidity, and Im just not trying hard enough. and I kind of just put this project on the back burner. This this day I can say with 100% honesty I have yet to get a friction fire started, but i have gotten bloody hands in abundance. I have been planning another session but at this point SCREW google I would like some advice from you guys. I have the next week off and I plan on making a friction fire this week come hell or high-water. In my yard I have oak, mesquite, lemon, palm, umbrella plant, jakaranda, and a few weird tree species. I have access to something that looks like a white willow but I have yet to positively ID it. there are spanish needles, yucca(Pita), all sorts of acacias and hard woods......Help?
P.S. any advice on keeping my hands safe? other than gloves of course.
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