Making fire using a bow drill; My Malaysia rainforest adventures

Making fire using a bow drill. Part of my Malaysia rainforest (bushcraft) adventure skill I am trying to master. Suggestions and comments much appreciated. Meun was around to video this. I got it on the first try this time! Next, I will be trying it out in the Malaysian jungle

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• bow drill
• making fire
• bushcraft

[aizatjais]

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

[bandel4]

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

[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, seen that technique a few times. But not easy to find the rattan.

[aizatjais]

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

[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.

[TheHobojim19]

how tight or loose should the string be?

[bandel4]

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

[bandel4]

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