Fire Making with Hand Drill Part 1

[@richard16372]

Good to see you back again my friend. Very informative video.

[@terryhaider1403]

I haven't seen anyone use heat to straighten wood on you-tube but I have use it to bend willow branches to stretch beaver hides on. I know it works both ways. Great job! always willing to learn, Thank!

[@thanson77]

That was pretty quick. Bravo sir.

[@jackjackson4929]

I really like your videos and appreciate the way you take your time to explain all the details that make all the difference. Thank you.

[@show-meoutdoors6837]

I have watched all of your videos and wanted to thank you for all of your research and information on flintknapping. As I am a beginner you have helped bring me a long ways, Thank you sir your awesome!

[@WillN2Go1]

Well done, Can't wait to try this out. thanks for sharing. I tried it this hand method on dry cedar and got smoke and an ember. Then I made a fire drill, then I improved the fire drill. I can make more smoke than a steam train but haven't seen a glow since the first hour with just the stick. Seeing this Jim, I should relax a bit.

[@paleomanjim]

I think friction Fire Making is only half physical. The other half is pure mental. Maintain a positive can do attitude. Relaxing and starting out slowly are the key to success. Watching for signs of smoke and gauging your physical reserves are important. Switching to high gear too early and "going for it" can result in exhaustion and no ember. Waiting too long to switch to high gear may have the same result. Good timing can be critical. Once you get the glowing ember it is all worth it and a great feeling of satisfaction!....good luck and let me know how it goes....

[@awildlife123]

I learn something from every video. very cool!!

[@NWIPrepper19113]

This is a great skill. Thanks for the demo.

[@MightyCamperJohn]

Very helpful and well done. Thank you.

[@Beallorn]

Great skill to have! You never know if you will be proverbially "caught with your pants down" with no way to make fire.

[@wheelsgonewild1286]

I really enjoy watching you make/use these pump drills,,, I am going to try my hand at making one for my kit. I subbed you.

[@paleomanjim]

+Wheels gone Wild I think it is great to show kids this stuff. Could be a handy skill to have someday.

[@mariotriolo]

Nel Paleolitico tu saresti stato il capo villaggio... Complimenti

[@mrbluenun]

A great video thank you paleomanjim, I tried this many years ago and just gave up because I could get not enough of a ‘coal’ to transfer to a nest. This was way before YT and I got what I knew then from some old books from the Library. The thing that let me down so many times was, the way the hearth and slot in it to let the coal to build up were cut. I am sure I am like thousands of other would be stone age fire makers, and I never made the slit, the ‘V’ shaped cut into the side of the hearth. I also started by using a completely dry manufactured board, but like an idiot I started to make the hole on about the centre of a 3" board, so how dumb! I doubt I have the strength now but I want to try to get a fire going this summer, there will be no one watching and probably no video, it is just for my own enjoyment. Take care mrbluenun

[@paleomanjim]

Good luck my friend, I am sure you can do it! If possible, have someone warm up the spindle for you, then you take over. Much easier to use 2 people, one take over when the other gets tired. Think positive and it will happen, but most of all, have fun!

[@evinsleddervedder6816]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@paleomanjim]

My pleasure

[@mrbluenun]

With ref to the arrows, I used British Hazel when I was trying out various arrow woods, it is more or less straight as it grows, and any small shoots are tiny and can be ‘pushed off’ with a thumb. I found one Hazel which I Coppiced each year, and I also used the older thicker and already pretty much dead straight lengths for a staff, in which I carved designs, some with the bark on and other removed. Do you or have you used this before? Take care mrbluenun

[@paleomanjim]

I made a lot of arrows, mostly using Mulefat because it is such an easy material to collect and work with. My favorite wood for making arrows though was wild rose! Super strong and the arrows could be made much thinner. Always had to travel up into the mountains to collect the stuff, but well worth it!....Never used Hazel, not sure what it looks like.....

[@mrbluenun]

Do you mean the ‘climbing’ rose? Yes I would imagine it would make great arrows, is flexible and quite woody.

[@rappman3taken]

Awesome video I learned a great deal. I've been at this for about 1 year now and I'm still studying and learning. You addressed several issues that I had not seen presented before. What part of your hands are you engaging? It's difficult to determine and there are many schools of thought on this. Do I use long strokes extending into the finger area for more velocity per stroke with less pressure or shorter strokes utilizing the palms only for more pressure? Thanks very much for valuable time.

[@mrbluenun]

Hi my friend, I realise this is a little ‘off-topic’, but was wondering if I was ever able to make some kind of stone cutting edge, could I use a grinder to get rid of some of and bumps and to make the edge sharper, or would this shatter the line along the cutting edge and so ruin it?

[@mrbluenun]

Having never tried this way of fire making, can you tell me why the cut at the side should be a ‘V’ shape. Would it not work if the cut into the hole was at right angles to the holes edges so instead of a ‘V’ there would be a wider straight cut into the hearth?

[@paleomanjim]

Good question! Any shape notch will work, U shaped, square or most anything. The V shape is just easy to cut. The important thing is to provide an opening on the outer edge of the hole for the hot dust to fall through and collect in a pile. And the opening must be wide enough to allow oxygen to enter the dust for combustion. Narrow openings often light, then go out because they are not getting enough oxygen.....

[@mrbluenun]

paleomanjim Hi my friend, Very much appreciate your reply, I was wondering this, you know why the slot had a ‘V’ and not just cut out square, It would actually be interesting to see, maybe time the two different ways in the same earth plate and hand stick just to see if there is any problems that others have not found, either because they are idiots like I am and made the hole in the centre away from any edge, or because in their many slight variations I have only ever seen the ‘V’. No need to replay in any detail if at all, as I am just replying to your reply. Really enjoy your videos and still have some of those on your channel to watch, as there is some that seem to slip past me without me realising. Even watching those I have already seen means I will hopefully absorb some more or extra info I missed the first dozen times ha ha ha ;-) :-) I am bothered by my eczema to try too much on the stone splitting stuff, but I plan to try the fire starting this summer as I said.

[@mrbluenun452]

Hi palemanjim, I mentioned to you about the use of an English straight grained very straight branched wood of the Hazel. This as you will see at the start of this video grows from a stand that can be cop paced each year the coppiced stand with grow larger year on year but a skill full woodsman can take a few lengths from each leaving some to get large enough to make fences and furniture white other thinner bits can be used for weaving. This video shows the hazel stand at the start so this is why I am sending it. Bushcraft - How To Make A Bucksaw Using Only A Victorinox Trailmaster (Trekker) This below might be the US equivalent: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corylus_americana It very rarely would need any straightening and it a very useful wood and depending on the size cut, even between one end and the other of the same length. The reason I thought of it was the uses I found it was very useful for like arrows and weaving etc. Take care mrbluenun

[@paleomanjim]

Thanks, I will check it out....

[@parkjk2]

What kind of sorcery is this?!?!?!

[@JVANDNETO]

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