Making fire using a bow drill; My Malaysia rainforest adventures

[aizatjais]

saya nak tahu kedai ,tempatnya dan harganya sila antar kat e mail saya aizat_aj18@yahoo.com

[aizatjais]

kat mane awak beli pisau tu ssebab kat malaysia susah nak jumpa

[bandel4]

@aizatjais ada....antar I mesej kalau you nak info tu.

[TheHobojim19]

how tight or loose should the string be?

[bandel4]

@TheHobojim19 I would say that you'd have to have a relatively tight string. The trick I found (personally) is to use your thumb to 'adjust' the tension as you are pulling the bow.

I had trouble in the beginning but after a few practices, it gets better definitely.

[meatabuse]

Nice, but I would suggest doing this in a better ventilated environment so you aren't breathing in all the smoke as you are aspirating your tinder ^^;

[bandel4]

@meatabuse Thanks!

[rabidfish02]

Very nice bow drill. But, when I was in Taman Negara with the native Orang Asli people, they used a much different method. it involved cutting a channel in a large piece of wood and making a hole in the center of it, then taking some natural cordage (vine?) and drawing it back and forth behind the hole in the channel cut wood. It seemed more efficient as it only took a short amount of time to create the tools and they had a fire started very quickly. The materials could be used many times.

[bandel4]

@rabidfish02 Yes, the 'vine' is actually rattan. 

[bandel4]

@rabidfish02 Yes, seen that technique a few times. But not easy to find the rattan.

[EnKayAre]

Did you use to be a Boy Scout or something? This is absolutely fantastic

[bandel4]

@EnKayAre Ha...ha...ha...I learnt this from a fellow friend.

[pawwuk]

good work :)

[setneg]

good job

[Carlsarv]

That was really well done! Thanks!

[a1rsoftp0wn3r]

if u dont mind me asking what wood did u use and great vid man 5/5 stars

[bandel4]

@a1rsoftp0wn3r ...I believe the base wood is a type of Macaranga and the spindle a hibiscus.

[astrozam]

I don't usually like vids where people don't talk, but in this case you showed exactly what you were trying to accomplish and with the added text on screen it was very to follow along, great job

[bandel4]

@astrozam ...Thanks. I don think I have good voice so thought the texts would do a better job. Thanks for your comment.

[bandel4]

Great comments guys. Thank you very much for the inputs, suggestions and encouragements!

[dirtTdude]

the natural materials that I'm using in my area are cat-tail fluff for tinder, white cedar for the harthbord and willow for the spindle, the rain forest i live in is not tropical at all, its mostly evergreen, no palm.

[eminempkr]

thanks for the guide man finally a guide that shows everything thanks ! :)

[bandel4]

Hi tubento! you are right. Natural lubricant freely available!!

[tubento]

At 3m46s i see what you used for lubrication haha! nose oil

[hlpsg]

I will lay my drill onto heart lengthwise before drilling hole to measure thickness of hole. Then I position near the edge so that less cutting of notch is needed.

When blowing the ember to flame, hold the tinder above your head and blow from below. This way you don't inhale smoke and won't burn your hands as the fire burns upwards.

[bandel4]

Hi hlpsg....thank you for the TIPs. Now I know why some videos show people blowing it from the bottom. Many thanks for that. I will surely improve on the next try!

[hlpsg]

Nice video!

Some tips for you: To make the hearth stable, don't split the trunk down the middle. Split off the sides of the trunk so you keep the middle and have 2 flat surfaces with no extra work needed.

When drilling the hole on the hearth, don't put hand behind where you're cutting with knife, dangerous! Put hearth on the floor or against a tree, then just drill the tip of the knife into the wood, a small hole is enough, so no cutting needed.

[masteroffajitas]

Very nice. I want to get this down before a trip to MN/ Canada border.

Does the string need to be tight? And what wood was that? It seemed very easy to word with and looked like a breeze to you.

[DumbSickPrick]

ye bro , im now on 1:20 watching it.....and i see its good xD 5/5

[hobbexp]

nice to see you use a swedish mora knife, really nice video 5/5

[bandel4]

Hi cusitoloco...thanks for dropping by. The knife is a Swedish made Mora, model 746. Its the best knife to use for bushcraft it seems. And I find that to be very true. Yo can get one off ebay (US). I got mine through a friend who imports them in from Sweden.

[cusitoloco]

hey, where an i find a knife like yours, any web page?