Message from @Brandon Ironside- ND
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@Deleted User Stay warm, you maniac
Went well. Very warm. No puppies. Treacherous bastards.
@Deleted User hey I have a question for you too 😆
That blanket you used the other night outside, where did you get it? I live in a 118 year old refrigerator during the winter months.
XL
Thank you
get two
Ok, I will.
This here’s a piece of poplar. Gonna try and make a fire bow today.
Tried last night using a pine drill. No luck. Going for hardwood today
So...off to the rainy forest for:
1 hardwood drill
@Deleted User I would try moving the hole right next to the side of the board, to scrape the ember pile that long of a distance will likely be challenging, here's a quick diagram, keep us updated!
Thanks. You think a hardwood drill will be better?
Gonna use a sapling for the bow
Need a socket too
quick google search: Your first step is to find the best wood for your spindle and your fireboard. Generally, you should make these two parts of your set from the same type of wood (if for some reason this is not possible, make sure that the spindle is a harder wood than the fireboard). Good choices for your spindle and fireboard are:
Red Elm (Slippery Elm)
Cedar - one of the best choices
Basswood
Walnut
Blue Beech
Cottonwood
Yucca - one of the best choices
Cypress
Tamarack
For your thunderhead you'll want to use a pine or hemlock knot. The trick is to get a piece of wood from the fir family that has a lot of resin that will help lubricate the thunderhead.
Isn’t poplar good too?
For fireboard I mean
yep found this: "The base board should be cut from a soft wood. Poplar/cottonwoods and Saguaro ribs are two examples"
@Brandon Ironside- ND okay we switched to a cedar drill (spindle) on a poplar board and we have some good smoke going
Well since everything around here is soaked right now I’m going with dryer lint
I wish I had a cedar fireboard
Videos, if you can
Pls
So far I just have a video of the smoke
@Deleted User How did round two go for the wool blanket?
Doing it tonight. 19 degrees predicted
Good deal!
New knife benchmade buschcrafter!
very sturdy full tang knife, off to touch up the edge!
Bad ass. Heavy enough to work wood?
Two blankets
Tent shell on top
@Deleted User yes! that's why I got this one, thick spine, full tang, should perfect for wood splitting and general buschcrafting duties!
looks like a good setup, let us know how it turns out!
Nice. I was wanting after a heavier blade when I was trying to cut out notches for that fireboard last week.
Tonight, wearing alpaca socks, wool socks over them, jeans, undershirt, flannel, Irish sweater, and a beanie. Not wearing thermals
@Deleted User are you a popsicle?😆 It's 29 here in downtown Louisville. I know it was freezing for you last night.
@RevStench 18 degrees! Two wool blankets with tent laid over top worked great. Only my right hip was cold for some reason, but I wasn't even wearing thermals underneath.