Winter Camp Bow Drill Instruction

[EarthBlue2]

Excellent instructional video!!! Good job.---Sincerely Whispering Cloud.

[yourtofiz]

thanks for posting these videos i enjoy them and learn alot

[BushcraftOnFire]

@MrDowneast

Usually 4 - 6 times on a 3/4" board... But I get my coals rather quickly. If you can do 2-3 you're doing well!

[russelln114]

Hey bushcraftonfire is that white cedar or red cedar. I heard that red is more difficult than white

[BushcraftOnFire]

@russelln114

It's Eastern Red Cedar.. and yes.. it's harder. It's a good wood to learn on in my opinion as it perfects your technique.. but still isn't hard enough to get a coal relatively easily (building confidence)

[russelln114]

Hey bushcraftonfire is that white cedar or red cedar. I heard that red is more difficult than white

[Tizzacious]

By the way I took your advice from earlier and I burned in and got smoke! But I need a little harder of a spindle lucky for me everything in my woods is harder than white pine..even poplar! Anyway thanks again and I'll tell you when I get fire :)

[Tizzacious]

How about white pines? Will they work? I've heard the resin in the wood just gives it that shiny effect....is that true? Have you ever tried white pine before?

[BushcraftOnFire]

@Tizzacious

Actually White Pine is the only Softwood that WILL work. I cut my teeth on it when I was learning the BowDrill

[ArtisanTony]

NIce going guys!

[Theitunesapps]

I have to make one of these and this is such a good insturactable video. Thanks!

[BushcraftOnFire]

Juniper will work (it's in the Cedar family) but I'm not sure about Sage (I have never used it).. If it's dry I would say try it..

[stickman409]

Woo Hoo, success. White pine on cedar. Thanks for the video,

[jebus419]

dave..... ive been trying with no luck. all 3 pieces are sycamore. when i get it working my coal material is brown instead of black. also ive tryed putting more pressure.... almost all my weight, but still no luck. any suggestions would be greatly appriciated!

[stickman409]

Thanks. Yes, white pine.

[BushcraftOnFire]

White Pine should work (It's the ONLY Pine that works).. Try a Cedar fireboard with it :)

[stickman409]

Dave,

Should the hearth and spindle be of the same wood? I've tried an ash spindle and poplar hearth and burned through the hearth after only 4 attempts. I then tried white spindle and hearth and they both glaze up before ever burning in.

What am I doing wrong?  You make it look so easy.

Thanks.

[BushcraftOnFire]

I often use the same wood.. but it's not necessary. I'm not familiar with "White" (Is that White Pine?) If they glaze.. you're not bearing down hard anough. The spindle should be the same or a little harder than the fireboard.

[Xplouziv]

Thanks for this video. It is clear and you made me to try again after some failures. I like the way that you explain and the clarity of the video

[PackRat556]

Excellent Instruction!  I love that you have shown this in a way that makes it easy even for beginners to try! You are an excellent teacher!

[gurt123]

I tried it with a piece of cord and made up a bow and got a little smoke but could never get it burned in either my cord would be to tight or to loose or id get slippage and it wouldn't spin the spindle using pine on pine will try again at a later time maybe i will try cedar next

[foreverwild1775]

THANK YOU!!Finally I did it.I followed your instructions and had to fill in some gaps with trial and error and FUEGO!Never able to do it b4.Used cedar plank.I didn't get close enough to the edge of the hearth the first time.I didn't leave the spindle rough enough to grip the line.I tried cotton line and it broke.I doubled it up and twisted it and it broke.I tried spinning duct tape into a line and it almost worked. (It will work next time) I finally used a shoelace and ember baby, ember. Thanks

[missouribushcraft]

@foreverwild1775 Way to go, It took me a long time with a lot of thinking " I'll never get it" Before I finely got it my first time. It gets easier with practice. Anyway, High 5 for getting your embers !

[60odeeman]

Excellent, do you have a video on how you modified your knife with the pivot hole to accept the spindle?

[BushcraftOnFire]

I don't at this time 60odee....

But I will be making one soon as Tam wants it done to her knife as well :)

[rbvmtr]

I just started tree limb its oak I hope it works !

[BushcraftOnFire]

Oak probably won't work for you.. why not try the Cedar?

[rbvmtr]

cause all I can find is locast, cotton, oak, and maple

and sweetgum and pine ,

[BushcraftOnFire]

Cottonwood works well.. as does White Pine (The only Pine that works)

[lordmorbious]

Very nicely done. Im planning a camp for my survival group this march. now i know what kind of wood to get for helping them build thier first BowDril. Thanks. Think your awesome

[charper3006]

Is that White Cedar???

[BushcraftOnFire]

Charper..

It's Red Cedar.. You can buy 1X4's at your local lumber yard.

[Caveman0713]

Hey I didnt know you had a gathering of sorts. I couldnt have made it either way financially but I would have loved to have been there. I'm not fond of freezing so I would have gladly made the fires each and every time. I have gotten pretty good at using a bow drill but I like that you use cedar 1 by4s. My first was made from a scrap piece of 3/4 facia board and an oak spindle from the tree where I used to live. I hope things are well with you and yours

[spence0324]

Loved it! Good job all.

[Timmaculate83]

Great job.

[sparky6889]

you guys are great !!! thanks for the vid. GOD BLESS!!!

[dvsdarrel]

Dave another great video and it looks like that cedar board works really good to get a coal.

[pedalpusher101]

Way to go you guys. I wish I could have made it.

[tex1965able]

LOL.I really like your channel,always is some ting new,thanks Dave.you are great.

[maponicspro]

best instructional video on one of the hardest topics. You guys are really great and I very much appreciate the useful information and the way you present it. Also Doo, nice shelter.

[us101stairassault]

Very easy to understand. You are a great teacher. 5/5

[petervagt]

Great Video David Keep em comming this look like a Great wiinter camp

Regards your friend

Peter

[kmikesell]

Again great job Dave!

[389Lee]

A very clear and informative video. Thanks for making it!

[bassfuryvi]

Seriously Dave that was THE clearest bowdrill tutorial I have ever seen..my spindles could be longer and hearth could be thicker and the notch slightly narrower..God Bless you sir!

[biguy525]

Nice job, could you go into a little detail about that bearing block on your knife sheath that you were using? Thanks.

[rico522]

@biguy525 He made a video about it a while back. Dig back through the vids, you'll find it.

[GRIM2594]

Awesome work guys!

[ajelliottjr]

Nice saw

[ajelliottjr]

Hey David, Got a dumb question. What woods can you use and how do you tell if the wood will work? You make it look sooo easy. Your knife definitely can cut that stick to nothing. Hey where is Tam? You all need a camera person, so you can get the duo caught in action. So what did you all cook over that open fire? later Andy

[jpomatto13]

Great job! 5*

[jwilson004athotmail]

Outstanding instruction David!! I honestly have only been using material found in the bush, but this idea of using cedar bought in a home depot is awesome!! Thank you for this bro!!

Jake Wilson

Wilson's Wilderness

[BushcraftOnFire]

Jake...

I use this in classes for a couple of reasons.

#1 is that it's not hard to get and I don't have to take live trees for the purpose.

#2 is that it really makes you have good technique. The wood is soft.. and you have to get your pressure/speed right in order to fire it up.

It's good to practice and learn with.. although I wouldn't make it an end all..

[IHatchetJack]

Awesome job Dave! Sharing knowledge is so important!

[BushcraftOnFire]

Thanks for the comments and support guys!

You CANNOT use just any wood.. but with useable woods.. the same on itself will generally work well. Basswood, Ppopular, Sycamore, Willow, etc are all good to try. I would disagree that Cedar is the "easiest" to use.. it isn't as hard as some.. but it makes you get your technique down to get it going.

And no .. we had to clean up after ourselves.. there was no maid.. LOL!!

[bushcraftbartons]

2 Words Dave...GOOD JOB.... 5/5

That is exactly what I use....

Mike

[shampoovta]

You guys are tipping the maid right? LOL :)

[grappler321]

bowerman939 said it all

[SKwoodsman]

Its best to use softwoods. And cedar is one of the easiest woods for bow drill.

5/5

[bowerman939]

Dave that is the best demonstration of a bow drill fire building I have ever seen

[medicjimr]

Good job everybody .

[pk066392]

glad you are back my friend, i was getting kind of bored with both of the daves gone

[elpidi0526]

This is Great Dave.

I'm glad you're back...I've missed your videos.

[BushcraftOnFire]

Thanks Matt..

It's good to be back!

[Stangtt]

great video.. gonna try to make me a bow drill in the bush tomorrow