Fire Making with Hand Drill Part 2

[@shawnblankenship-2527]

Glad to see you back, brother. Can't wait to see the field video. Thanks for sharing. Love your work.

[@nutthrower]

always enjoy the field vids - looking forward to that one - this was good, as was the weather there - thanks

[@BardofCornwall]

I'd be interested in a video from the field. Thanks for posting.

[@paleomanjim]

I will do a field video in the next couple weeks. I think I can find something, either way I will post the results, thanks.....jim

[@TheLordsxdad]

Good to see you again thank you

[@WAGONJON]

Very thorough tutorial. I have experimented with many different materials except sotol and yucca stalks. Looks to be a very user friendly fire-board material!

[@mrbluenun]

Love the wick idea, never seen that before.

[@talley1013]

Great video! I would love to see it done in the field.

[@paleomanjim]

I will give it a try, probably in the next 2 weeks, thanks....jim

[@mrbluenun]

Really love your Fan Trees. There is only one place it might be possible to grow them naturally which is a place where Palms already grow, and that is in the far SW of England down around the actual foot shaped land area in Cornwall. The weather in general is warm and moist enough I guess to allow these transplanted trees to flourish, unfortunately keeping these types of trees outside with no special care does not seem to work well around London where I live. They do loud wonderful though. I have two small slow growing ‘Yucca’ type plants in 18" square boxes but they are ultra slow growing. Thos you have are large and could provide a whole micro climate for insects, birds and animals in general to live in/on and from.

[@arkansaswoodsman1582]

try the floating hand method it will use more of the surface of your hand and prevent blisters

[@PREPPERPAULY]

can you reuse old holes or do you always burn new ones into your board?

[@paleomanjim]

Yes! How many times you can use one hole depends on the type of wood. For a Mule Fat fire board I might get 6 or more fires per hole. With Sotol it is usually around 2 fires per hole.....

[@BrosephRussell]

is the inside that same as a yucca stock

[@paleomanjim]

+Joseph Russell Yes, very similar, slightly harder and more dense, maybe a bit softer than balsa wood.

[@BrosephRussell]

+paleomanjim sweet I will have to try it out lots of yucca ariund here in the Antelope Valley thanks Joseph

[@kyletango]

Very interesting Jim, fire maker, point maker. You can join my tribe anytime.

[@paleomanjim]

Thanks!

[@simonemartinelli2799]

🔥

[@paleomanjim]

equals survival!

[@BobCenabre]

It's not easy to do making fire

[@paleomanjim]

True!