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    Along with the flash powder that the pyro guys laid down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by preachtheWORD
    I saw this guy at First Landing State Park near Virginia Beach, VA.

    His confidence ran perhaps a little to the side of cockiness, but he got a Hand Drill fire going faster than I have ever seen!

    Wish I could remember his name. Although he looked the part, I am pretty sure he was not Native American. At least, he had blue eyes, so he is not likely to be fully Native American.

    Hand Drill Video
    http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=59883097

    The volume is weak, but if you crank up your pc's volume you can hear it.

    I think the drill was Dogbane (a weed), and the fireboard was some kind of Cedar.

    The big key to this friction fire method is the "floating" technique that warms the fireboard and drives out any atmospheric moisture. It is much harder than it looks, but it is doable.

    just heard about this " floating technique " yesterday, i'll put it on my " to try " list

    Floating Hand Drill Technique Explained

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken View Post
    I've actually been considering bamboo as a privacy screen along some of the property lines at the new house. A friend owns some commrcial property where someone must have planted or discarded bamboo at one time. Even in New England, it grows like crazy - 2 or 3 feet in just a month. The question is, how do you keep it under control?
    Old post, old thread.

    But make sure you're not talking about japanese knotweed, maybe people think it is bamboo, it isn't.

    Very few bamboos survive in cooler weather, mostly just fargesia nitida for zones 6 anr 5, which is a clumping mountain bamboo, not a spreading bamboo and so not good for a hedge.

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