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45 pages of photos explaining how to get your first ember.

Bow-drill for Beginners, Friction fire made easy

Friction fire made easy

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"Bow-drill for Beginners, Friction fire made easy"

Hi Guys,

Over the past 6 months or so myself an and a friend have been writing a beginners guide to Bow drill fire. Well finally it has been published on Amazon Kindle.

Please take a moment and have a look. The step by step guide has over 70 photographs and costs less than a beer! (thats £1.53 or $2.45)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007RX3DEI/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

It is also available on Amazon uk here.

And other amazon sites too. Just search Bow drill for beginners


Kindle reader is available free for PC, Mac, and phones too. Kindle reader download

Here are a few sample photos from the book.

Cheers and thanks for the continued support on the blog.

Andy

Hand drill practise

Tried ivy + elder and elder+ clematis.

Two of us were working at it for about 3 hours. Had a laugh and made a lot of progress in terms of technique, how the set is carved.

Even a light breeze can take away a lot of heat.

Good laugh too.

Not long now.............
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Fire by friction photo

No its actually a drawing I did not a photo. I know its brilliant you don't have to tell me. I am waiting for an offer from the tate modern to buy it.
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Hand drill

Drill socket and a blister. All in the name of fun.
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More handrill

Clematis and elder. Lots of smoke.

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Practice

More bow drill today. Made a few modifications.

Did some hand drill today as well. I got lots of smoke from elder drill on lime board. Also got smoke from honeysuckle and lime.

Lots of smoke but no ember yet. Only a matter of time. If I had the stamina I would have an ember no problem.

Also practised floating hand technique which is difficult in terms of new muscles being used. I can float all day but the application of downward pressure takes a lot of focus.
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Bow drill practise

Hi,

Had a bit of bowdrill time today. 5 embers in a row with Hael drill and Lime hearth. I videod 4 of them but pressed record twice for the fifth, doh!

Here is a little video. Please dont comment about how handsome I am. My mummy tells me all the time lol.