hand drill fire mulefat yucca

[MrBug2727]

Great video !

[MrAllAroundAwsome]

I just wanna say that you are skilled :)

[tomspeed2005]

Hiii

Can you tell me which kind of wood is appropriate to make fire with this method please?

THS ;)))

[MrUnforgiven100]

holy crap dude put some shoes on for the viewers please

[turuanu]

@MrUnforgiven100 Where did you grow up?

[Marcoasdxdlol]

this is yucca filamentosa??

[FTjuni0r]

hallo

[Duets80]

nice

[aldankuul]

xvchrr, when you see a little bit of smoke, spin as fast as you can, and stop when the smoke is big and puffy

[free2ryme4yo]

most important rule, do this over carpet. If the wood deosn't catch fire the carpet will

[firebyehand]

@mountainmanmario do you no any wood types that work in the uk?

[Tegulicious]

I live in Kentucky and I'm not sure if we have yucca where we live. So my question to you is, can I use all kinds of wood to do this as long as it's dry? Or do some woods work better then others? Any input on this matter will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

[Thetruthishere11]

@Tegulicious

good question . thats why most of these youtube videos suck. they don't explain that it wont work with common wood. link wildwoodsurvival . com/survival/fire/bowdrill/pmo­c/basicbowdrill.html

[J0Gu7]

@Tegulicious one of the best ways to find out if your material is good, is by the coal dust it generates. It must be fine like baby powder. If it leaves tiny splinter like shavings its no good. It will take way too much friction to light it. Stay away from hardwoods and resinous pines. cedar works great. Hope that helps

[Tegulicious]

@J0Gu7 You're a godsend, thanks a lot for this information. I know we have ceder here in Kentucky and I glad to hear it works well.

[enjoypolo]

lol I like how he's using a carpet as a demonstration surface.

"See how I burned my house ? It works !"

[tetlamed]

you are using incorrect terms, and horrible safety measures. That is not the ideal way to make a hand drill fire, as the drill is about half of the ideal length, the coal is best collected with a thin small non-extremely flammable object, such as a plastic bag or a leaf, rather than a thick stick, and the pressure and motion should be strong and continuous, not gentle when the arm feels like it. I do not mean to offend you, but if you wish to demonstrate the way to do something, know it first.

[mountainmanmario]

@tetlamed

If it make fire it's correct. Sometimes you can't find a 3 foot spindle. I'll agree that the piece I used was fairly short but I've seen shorter used with the floating hands technique. I've made over 300 or so hand drill fires this year so I'd say I know it pretty well...lol My coal extender is the best coal catcher I've ever found, it's not a stick it's the punky inner pith of the yucca plant stalk. Yes yucca is a plant and not a cactus. I would never use plastic to catch a coal.

[soarntam]

@tetlamed Would love to see you put up some videos.

[Tegulicious]

@tetlamed Its funny that you say he's doing it wrong, but the end result is that he actually made a burning ember! So I guess he's doing it just fine in my opinion because that was his intention. I also love how you people harp about safety, what do you think is going to happen? Is the small ember going to explode and burn the whole neighborhood to the ground. "WOW" Talk about a drama queen, there was nothing unsafe about this video!

[MrVoiceofreason123]

did you find a nice straight spindle like that? or did you have to cut it green and dry it out?

[mountainmanmario]

@MrVoiceofreason123

You can find straight pieces or dry them out your choice.

[soarntam]

Great video :)

Can you do another where you show your hands at work? I'm one of those who gets blisters easy. At the end of the video, I can see some wicker, did you make that?

blessings, Tamar

[mountainmanmario]

@soarntam

I'll do another video soon. This time I'll show as many methods as possible and I'll make sure you see my hands. :)

[soarntam]

@mountainmanmario Thanks so much, looking forward to it! Tam

[xvrchrr393940]

? why can't i get my wood dust to ignight into an ember, i got it smokin, but it doesnt stay lit, into an ember.

[tetlamed]

@xvrchrr393940 you have to keep going until it stays smoking for more than ten seconds without touching it, and it only really glows when you blow on it, a continuous glow won't happen without the heat of a lit large fire.

[mountainmanmario]

@tetlamed

Unless you can keep spinning! if you just keep going and going it lights up pretty good

[mountainmanmario]

@xvrchrr393940

When you see smoke start spinning fast and hard and it should start to ember up. Also your notch might not be big enough and isn't allowing the coal dust to pile up and ignite.

[Rodriguezx123]

@mountainmanmario

what if the notch is too big

and aslo

how long did it take you to dry out you set?

[bowmasterpigo13]

what wood are you using for the drill and the board

[xenophon456]

So what do you look for in the wood? I assume you want the wood as dry as possible. Is it easier with some woods compared to others? If so what are some woods to look for and what are some woods to avoid?

[demerl51]

Neat! Always thought starting a fire with a hand drill was a tough job. You made it look so easy.

I'm sure there's lots of skill involved. But am inspired to try it for myself.

The quality of the video is great. Clearly shows the detail. Enjoyed the music.

Thanks

BWrangler

[RafTheGuitarMan]

Hi, I just had a small request, Im really confused about what mulefat is or what it looks like and haven't found too many good pictures online. I live in Arizona so I think it should be around my area. I was wondering if maybe you could post a video of you going out to a plant and perhaps collecting some? That would be pretty cool too because then we could get a chance to see of what to look for on the plants.