@iloveblowgun896 Do you have any seep willow in your neck of the woods? Mullein, teasel, elderberry, mulefat & horse weed works great too. If you have willow especially seep willow use it on a cottonwood or willow fireboard. Thanks for watching and for you comment.
@free00to00ryhme Hey friend. Not just any wood will work. Avoid using hard woods like oak and hickory. Use soft woods like willow, cedar, cottonwood, basswood, sycamore and paw paw. hope this helps.
I got one of your kits for my birthday, olmarnow, and i couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. Could you make a step by step article or something?
@aldankuul This is olmarnow, but I can't access my olmarnow account anymore for some reason. Did you not get a DVD with the kit? Are you getting smoke and black wood dust? Let me know to the best of you ability to describe what your doing? I'll try to help you the best that I can.
I seem to be doing everything correctly except getting a fire. I'm using wood not a rock for my top hand hold and I'm able to get the bow working really quick for at least a minute, but I barely get any smoke. My drill and fireboard are very glazed from working it. Could it be the wood I'm using? I've tried both pine and oak for the fireboard. Sometimes I get a little smoke from the hand hold, but barely any on the baord. Any suggestions? Thanks!
@da324 Hey thanks for watching and commenting. First of all Pine and oak are not good choices at all. You need soft pithy type wood like cottonwood, willow, basswood, paw paw, sycamore, or cedar. If you have yucca plants in your area that is fantastic. A dead flower stem from a yucca plant for a drill and a cottonwood fireboard are the best combination that I have found. Willow on willow, cedar on cedar, cottonwood on cottonwood are good too. So don't use hard woods or sappy woods.
@moofasa1211 Cedar is kind of a hard wood, but it is good for primitive fire making. Western red cedar is great. Willow, cottonwood, poplar, paw paw, and basswood is soft wood and great for firemaking. Pine is too sapy and not good.
@da324 You should see smoke only after a few strokes. If the coal has not developed within 30 sec something is wrong. Most of my rocks for the hand hold are special made out of fired clay. This makes them low friction and long lasting. If you keep having problems buy one of my kits off ebay and you will have success. There only $22.50 plus shipping and it comes with a full instructional DVD. If your interested go to ebay and look for my seller name "thesouthernsurvivor".
Trade wood, keeping a denser wood for your hand hold is fine, but if the depression gets too deep it can prevent you from getting a coal. Smoke from the top is an indicator of this. Oak hand holds R good: cedar, willow, poplar, or basswood R great woods for learning form, but a thumb nail test is all you need 2 select wood after you get a few coals. Note how thin/ light his bow is. If you can manage a longer bow without it digging in, the better. Copy his form, esp. upper torso placement.
Yes, it does matter what wood you use. The wood needs to be a soft wood. Avoid hard woods. Sycamore is a great soft wood to use. Willow, Basswood, Cottonwood, Cedars. If there is a plant there like Yucca or Sotol, there is a flower stem that grows in the center of this type of plant that works PERFECT or drill and fireboard. The woods that i listed can be used for both drill and fireboard. I'm almost sure you have sycamore there in england, but i'm not sure about the other woods. Thanks
I guess it really depends on the type of wood that they used. I have used a piece if dowling wood for a bow drill before. The wood was poplar. It will work, but not as good as wood found in nature like the list i gave you earlier.
thanks man...that helps a lot.. it was dry,not dead. i had cut one branch off and made both the spindle and the fireboard. I succeeded actually last night in making the coal and igniting a tinder bundle i made, and from what i remember i was puching pretty hard and had to go on for a bit after it was already smoking a bunch...haha right when i got it i said fire with the bow drill :P
Ok, sometimes with cedar, (i know this may sound funny), is that you may be bearing down too hard. Usually if i have trouble getting a coal with some woods, I will put just a very little amount of downward pressure then get a coal. Is the wood that you got from the cedar tree DRY & DEAD? You can get green wood to smoke but not get a coal. If your wood is dead & dry try again only using a little downward pressure. Dont try to speed like crazy, just get a good steady rhythm going.
ok so...i found this cedar tree in my yard and i make a nice fire board and spindle out of it...i get it to the point where its smoking a lot and theres lots of blackinsh dust...but the dust doesnt stay smoking...any suggestions
I'm not familiar with the wood in your area. Birch bark is good for getting a fire going good, but I'm not sure about friction fire making. Some good choices are cedar, willow, cottonwood, sycamore, & poplar. If you have yucca in your area (the dead flower stem of a yucca plant) a great combination is a yucca drill with a cottonwood fireboard. If your interested in learning I sell a complete kit with how to DVD. The wood in the kit is yucca & cottonwood. Thanks
@iloveblowgun896 Do you have any seep willow in your neck of the woods? Mullein, teasel, elderberry, mulefat & horse weed works great too. If you have willow especially seep willow use it on a cottonwood or willow fireboard. Thanks for watching and for you comment.
olmarnow 9 months ago
i been working all night making mine now this morning it stat to rain are you sure this how to make for fire or make it rain lol
RJBURG 11 months ago
I have to practice this soon, thx
Hartiger 11 months ago
@Hartiger If you have any questions please ask and I'll do my best to try and help you. Take care & good luck.
olmarnow 11 months ago
@olmarnow nice video man, but does this work with any type of wood as long as its dry?
free00to00ryhme 8 months ago
@free00to00ryhme Hey friend. Not just any wood will work. Avoid using hard woods like oak and hickory. Use soft woods like willow, cedar, cottonwood, basswood, sycamore and paw paw. hope this helps.
olmarnow 7 months ago
You are good what in the rain. I understand under some trees it is dry.?
SidneyBou 11 months ago
I got one of your kits for my birthday, olmarnow, and i couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. Could you make a step by step article or something?
aldankuul 11 months ago
@aldankuul This is olmarnow, but I can't access my olmarnow account anymore for some reason. Did you not get a DVD with the kit? Are you getting smoke and black wood dust? Let me know to the best of you ability to describe what your doing? I'll try to help you the best that I can.
TheSouthernsurvivor 11 months ago
not to be rude but your video opening song /slideshow is a bit long
bullseye887 1 year ago
@bullseye887 Yea, I thought so too. I've since learned to stay short and sweet. thanks
olmarnow 1 year ago
great job buddy,keep going
miltos43 1 year ago
@miltos43 Hey Thanks for watching and for the kind comment.
olmarnow 1 year ago
@olmarnow your kid is funny man..LOL
5tonyvvvv 1 year ago
i think that u were holding ur son a little too tight there!
gralo5 1 year ago
I seem to be doing everything correctly except getting a fire. I'm using wood not a rock for my top hand hold and I'm able to get the bow working really quick for at least a minute, but I barely get any smoke. My drill and fireboard are very glazed from working it. Could it be the wood I'm using? I've tried both pine and oak for the fireboard. Sometimes I get a little smoke from the hand hold, but barely any on the baord. Any suggestions? Thanks!
da324 1 year ago
@da324 Hey thanks for watching and commenting. First of all Pine and oak are not good choices at all. You need soft pithy type wood like cottonwood, willow, basswood, paw paw, sycamore, or cedar. If you have yucca plants in your area that is fantastic. A dead flower stem from a yucca plant for a drill and a cottonwood fireboard are the best combination that I have found. Willow on willow, cedar on cedar, cottonwood on cottonwood are good too. So don't use hard woods or sappy woods.
olmarnow 1 year ago
@olmarnow Hey ahhhh.... CEDAR IS A HARD WOOD, sappy woods like pine are soft wood. and they are NOT good for fire making. fyi
moofasa1211 1 year ago
@moofasa1211 Cedar is kind of a hard wood, but it is good for primitive fire making. Western red cedar is great. Willow, cottonwood, poplar, paw paw, and basswood is soft wood and great for firemaking. Pine is too sapy and not good.
olmarnow 1 year ago
@olmarnow thank you ive been trying with pine for 3 weeks!!!!! lol
93Dwightfreeney 1 year ago
@da324 You should see smoke only after a few strokes. If the coal has not developed within 30 sec something is wrong. Most of my rocks for the hand hold are special made out of fired clay. This makes them low friction and long lasting. If you keep having problems buy one of my kits off ebay and you will have success. There only $22.50 plus shipping and it comes with a full instructional DVD. If your interested go to ebay and look for my seller name "thesouthernsurvivor".
olmarnow 1 year ago
Trade wood, keeping a denser wood for your hand hold is fine, but if the depression gets too deep it can prevent you from getting a coal. Smoke from the top is an indicator of this. Oak hand holds R good: cedar, willow, poplar, or basswood R great woods for learning form, but a thumb nail test is all you need 2 select wood after you get a few coals. Note how thin/ light his bow is. If you can manage a longer bow without it digging in, the better. Copy his form, esp. upper torso placement.
primitiveskills 1 year ago
i like the music
lugnut2323 1 year ago
@lugnut2323 Thank you.
olmarnow 1 year ago
5 stars for the kid!!! legend and 5 stars for an idea how burn my house down lol jks :D
jomesy1 1 year ago
This was the fastest coal I've ever seen created. Awesome work!
Thanks
jntroisi 1 year ago
did you make the stone to fit the stick?
koolaaidman 1 year ago
haha ur sons funny
DeathMasterAn 1 year ago
haha cute ^^!
ac0unt 1 year ago
1o estrellas 5 pa ti y 5 para el niño saludos
MrMARCIANOPELON 1 year ago
Your awesome man and so is your son hahaha
marco10330 2 years ago
Thank you. I just hope my son stays interested. Thanks for watching, and commenting.
MrHunterchase 2 years ago
Haha ur son is halarious
JaredRp 2 years ago
Yes, and he has a mind of his own. He's like this all the time. Thanks for watching and commenting.
olmarnow 2 years ago
cool vidseo man ill hav to try makin one of these, dion from england
SluWasteman08 2 years ago
Great, Thanks for watching. If you have questions let me know and i'll try to help.
olmarnow 2 years ago
@olmarnow does it matter what wood you use?
SluWasteman08 2 years ago
Yes, it does matter what wood you use. The wood needs to be a soft wood. Avoid hard woods. Sycamore is a great soft wood to use. Willow, Basswood, Cottonwood, Cedars. If there is a plant there like Yucca or Sotol, there is a flower stem that grows in the center of this type of plant that works PERFECT or drill and fireboard. The woods that i listed can be used for both drill and fireboard. I'm almost sure you have sycamore there in england, but i'm not sure about the other woods. Thanks
olmarnow 2 years ago
@olmarnow i seen somebody use a piece of dowling wood in a drill to start a fire once before that was cool
SluWasteman08 2 years ago
I guess it really depends on the type of wood that they used. I have used a piece if dowling wood for a bow drill before. The wood was poplar. It will work, but not as good as wood found in nature like the list i gave you earlier.
olmarnow 2 years ago
really helpful vid :) much thanks and respect, great guy
Trinitarian13 2 years ago
your son is funny
joshl94 2 years ago
Great thing.Nice video.Thanx for posting.
Serbiannation 2 years ago
Thanks mate.....
Adampaulton 2 years ago
Man, you're awesome!
MilesOhToole 2 years ago
Great video. I want to party with you.
agentwtf 3 years ago
thanks man...that helps a lot.. it was dry,not dead. i had cut one branch off and made both the spindle and the fireboard. I succeeded actually last night in making the coal and igniting a tinder bundle i made, and from what i remember i was puching pretty hard and had to go on for a bit after it was already smoking a bunch...haha right when i got it i said fire with the bow drill :P
guitargod1169 3 years ago
Ok, sometimes with cedar, (i know this may sound funny), is that you may be bearing down too hard. Usually if i have trouble getting a coal with some woods, I will put just a very little amount of downward pressure then get a coal. Is the wood that you got from the cedar tree DRY & DEAD? You can get green wood to smoke but not get a coal. If your wood is dead & dry try again only using a little downward pressure. Dont try to speed like crazy, just get a good steady rhythm going.
olmarnow 3 years ago
ok so...i found this cedar tree in my yard and i make a nice fire board and spindle out of it...i get it to the point where its smoking a lot and theres lots of blackinsh dust...but the dust doesnt stay smoking...any suggestions
guitargod1169 3 years ago
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yk97 3 years ago
cute
stobedilaatio 3 years ago
Good Luck. If you have anymore questions feel free to ask away.
olmarnow 3 years ago
thanks for the help.. theres only one way to find out right.. trial and error. im going to give it a shot and ill let you know how it goes.
guitargod1169 3 years ago
I'm not familiar with the wood in your area. Birch bark is good for getting a fire going good, but I'm not sure about friction fire making. Some good choices are cedar, willow, cottonwood, sycamore, & poplar. If you have yucca in your area (the dead flower stem of a yucca plant) a great combination is a yucca drill with a cottonwood fireboard. If your interested in learning I sell a complete kit with how to DVD. The wood in the kit is yucca & cottonwood. Thanks
olmarnow 3 years ago
will any birch work well?? oaks? i live in PA if that helps
guitargod1169 3 years ago
good job. seen lots of videos on here for bow drills, yours is my favorite. ill go try the tehnique tommoro. thanks
JohnRoyElite 3 years ago
hahaha say fiia! lol so good sir, great video and good family incorperation. Classic! Great job!
GGHHJJGG 3 years ago