Firepiston construction 1, demonstrated by a native Semelai. Part 1 of 2

[LLuE88]

Is the wood named anywhere here? If so sorry I missed it

The wood type is critical to make the cylinder wall smooth enough to help making the seal. Very good video! thanks

[recurveninja]

That guy is awesome, he really is.

[jmaza2000]

Great video. I am off to Malyasia later in the month and would love to see this first hand. Could you please give me details of where exactly you witnessed this so I can do likewise. Many thanks for your help and for such a great upload.

[chazmyrtormtor]

I love this.... a great video

[desertsurvivalist]

This is very interesting. I would like to know what wood he is using. It looks very resinous like tropical pine or something. Thank you for sharing this.

[ArtisanTony]

Damn your camera gave me seizures, lol

[jpathomas]

When I see this kind of video it makes me feel humble. I've got a garage full of tools, and I've failed to build a working fire piston twice so far. This guy's got a couple of knives, some sand paper and a sharpened screwdriver. I think sometimes we think a thing is harder, and requires more technology than it really does. I'm so giving this another go. Thank you.

[cnacc]

@jpathomas I agree with you 110%. I'm in somewhat of the same situation. I think going back to nature for a few months would be as good as any college education and might teach people not to lose sight of life before oil.

Cnacc

[blackbarracuda]

@jpathomas Me to My Garage in Italia is full and I wrong a lot times with the fire piston!!hahahaha!!

[llHyRaXll]

i heard this ethnic group in malaysia speak a language from the austo asiatic language family.. thats differnt from malay,filipino,indonesian, pacific island languages wich are Austronesian languages

but ther austro asiatic language is from the same family as Mon and Khmer(cambodian people) .. do they have any relation to cambodians???????????????

[darthbaye]

Very nice video. Valuable recording of an art lost. He is using a parang knife. Common in Malaysia and Borneo. I'm guessing teak wood. I'm going to make one.

[jayjaythemanjay43]

I'm loving the cane knife he is using , you just dont see um here in the U.S . Doesnt look like a hard wood he is using , but it could be that his tool is so sharp he makes it look easy to shape or carve .

[TheBrownRaven]

what wood did he use?