I was generously given a mullein and a cattail stalk today by my buddy Kevin to try for handdrill. The cattail was to damp so I put that up to dry and used the mullein.
I got good coals on a damp day with both white cedar and basswood as a hearthboard. It [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Another day of fire.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Hand Drill Hearthboard
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I tried goldenrod on a red cedar hearthboard and a sassafras hearthboard today. I got a lot of smoke and dark char with both, but no coal. I used a lot of speed and not much pressure. Wicked blisters.
Got aspen spindle and hearth with bow drill the other night. Got it [...]
More handdrill.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I tried goldenrod on sassafras hearthboard today and got lots of smoke. I burned through the board and had to stop because my blisters from yesterdays success with basswood hearthboard hurt to much. Sassafras is my nemesis with bow drill due to an early success that I have only repeated once out of [...]
