The Hand Drill-The Easy Way-Hand Drill Socket

[gregry111]

I made something simillar but mine is made with pieces of wood whittled to the right size and tied together around the spindle and the piece of horseweed. your, although much more convinient was obviously made by using an electric drill. I made mine with pocket knife.

[danbrdoober]

The spindle should be soft wood and the fire board hard wood? Is that correct?

[TheSouthernsurvivor]

@danbrdoober I use softwood on both. I use yucca on yucca or yucca on willow.

[Wiegieboard]

Liking the thumb loops :) another use for my lanyard :D

[TheSouthernsurvivor]

@Wiegieboard thank you my friend.

[screamme2sleep]

the weight of the hand dril socket creats an outward spin, keeping more controll and doenward weight and the ability to sipn it much faster, with more ease. and the thumb loops stop the need for having to stop the motion, uneven presure and risk of sliping out of the fire board. very nice

[6106robert]

great video

[ArkRed1]

Who's playing the music at the end of the video?

[rlmccullough]

I am in Alabama and Mississippi, What wood do we have that iseasy to work with like yucca? I have worked a bow drill fire with Cedar. Will that work with the hand drill?

[TheSouthernsurvivor]

@rlmccullough Besides yucca in our neck of the woods you can try a weed stalk called mullein. Horse Weed works great too. Use willow for a fireboard and see how it goes. Hope this helps.

[HikerJohn316]

This may be a way I can toughen my hands and build up to using only a stick and fireboard. I use an extension made of a deer cannon bone for bow drill fires. That allows me to use small pieces of yucca for firemaking.

Thanks for all your videos. I want to ask if you are a fellow Georgia boy but I'll check out your website.

[TheSouthernsurvivor]

@HikerJohn316 it will certainly toughen your hands up. I've used the deer cannon bone too. I'm a Mississippi boy. Close enough.

[lephotography]

I appreciate the innovation but what's the point? In a survival situation you're not going to have all these accessories! And if you are going to carry a socket and thumb loop with you to start a fire then why not just carry a bic lighter? Why not a firesteel and striker?Even if the lighter gets dunked in the water it only takes a minute or two to dry it off and it'll work. Just try it and you'll see.

[TheSouthernsurvivor]

@lephotography Here's the point with the hand drill socket and thumb loops. When some people first try to learn the hand drill it's hard for them and they give up. When a person can get a coal with the socket or the thumb loops sometimes it motivates them to keep on keepin' on until they reach the truly primitive stages. It is mainly for beginners for encouragement or motivation and not to actually carry into the woods. Thanks for your comment and have a great day.

[lephotography]

@TheSouthernsurvivor Thank your for the explanation! I didn't realize it was just a learning tool. I thought it was marketed as a fire kit. It makes sense now!

[Midnighter169]

@TheSouthernsurvivor that seems like a pretty bad reason to buy it i mean u would get used to using the thumb loops and if you dont have enough patience to start a fire with a hand drill u probably never will

[TheSouthernsurvivor]

@Midnighter169 Just like learning to ride a bike with training wheels. Using the thumb loops is how I learned to make a fire with the hand drill. Then I was able to take the training wheels off and now I can make a fire with just the drill and fireboard. Thanks for watching.

[jeffyoung60]

Your hand drill fire starting demonstration is excellent, as always. There's no question of your expertise and knowledge. I learned much by watching you. But I am hesitant with the short cuts and crutches such as finger loops and the drill socket (adapter). Why? Someone in a survival situation may not be able to replicate these extras. People should first learn to construct the board and spindle then master the essential hand drill fire making technique you so admirably demonstrated.