In the last 6 days, I've made 5 Bow Drill Friction Fire videos from freshly found materials. (Find LINKS below to the other 4... Oak, Virginia Pine, Crepe Myrtle and Bradford Pear.) Now is such a great time to find dry enough materials because we've had no rain in 10 days. LOL! You'd better believe, I'm taking advantage of the situation! Today I ran into about the best wood you could find for Bow Drill... Chinese Privet. I don't think it's ever let me down for friction fire. I actually made a completely green piece produce one time after 30 minutes of drying cycles (drying the working surfaces with friction by repeated burn ins). I don't prefer a piece so degraded like what this piece turned out to be. It had a thick layer of punk wood on it's outside with just enough solid wood left to make a decent sized spindle and fire board. Even with such a deep linear crack running up the entire length of the branch, it still produced a huge and long lasting ember. Come check it out, follow the LINKS below, and SUBSCRIBE. Thank You! Bow Drill Playlist ua-cam.com/play/PLkoXX8XsMW3kw-EXlvpLS68aJjR89P4ae.html Saturday's Video, Bradford Pear: New Bow Drill Set 5th Day In A Row! Bradford Pear ua-cam.com/video/YyKvpmTBi8Q/v-deo.html Friday's video, Crepe Myrtle: Enjoy Bow Drill While The Weather Conditions Are SO Favorable!!! ua-cam.com/video/SiM4kI3sU9Y/v-deo.html Thursday's video, Virginia Pine: Choosing The Right Wood For Bow Drill, 8 Things To Consider ua-cam.com/video/rQhHrQHkiz8/v-deo.html Wednesday, I didn't get on video a new Privet set nor a new Pine Sapling set. Tuesday's video, Oak: Making Bow Drill Friction Fire With My Victorinox Fieldmaster ua-cam.com/video/TM6MBUzLMWs/v-deo.html
Another great example. I put your tips to work today with a piece of mystery wood. Probably beech. It was spalted and worked great. The base had some good punkwood which fell prey to the wallet Fresnel lens 😄. 40 and sunny this morning, then the snow squalls moved in this afternoon. Love the sounds of spring in your videos too.
Oh happy day to you my dear friend. I don't know how I missed this awesome video. Iam not getting notifications from youtube like it supposed to be. Stay safe and God Bless
Thank you my friend, your video just helped me to admire the privet a bit more. Mind you, I am not to the point where I will feel bad about letting my brush cutter change a hedge of the stuff's orientation from vertical to horizontal. But, now I am not so eager to remove all of it from my property. I pray you have a lovely day.
Thank you David. I have enjoyed many inspiring videos from you. You are the professor of friction fires it seems. Do you have a story of when you had the most benefit of your skills IRL when you had no other choice?
No, just when people are so impressed ad amazed to see it in person like at the Flea Market or in front of family and friends. I'll never be in an emergency needing to use friction fire. If you're really an expert in firemaking , you'll never have to rely on these techniques... EVER! I every day carry a BIC, keychain ferro rod, and a wallet fresnel lens.
@@DavidWestBgood2ppl that makes sense, because I've seen that look in other, more seasoned woods I've made walking sticks out of. Still creates a BEAUTIFUL pattern.
I made some out of some old blue jeans. They worked really well. I tired an old t-shirt, but I must have done something wrong because it didn’t turn out too good.
I wonder if Chinese Privet is what we call privet hedge here in Louisiana. If so we have a lot of it. What is the rectangular piece that you placed under each fire board? Is that a piece of leather?
In the last 6 days, I've made 5 Bow Drill Friction Fire videos from freshly found materials. (Find LINKS below to the other 4... Oak, Virginia Pine, Crepe Myrtle and Bradford Pear.) Now is such a great time to find dry enough materials because we've had no rain in 10 days. LOL! You'd better believe, I'm taking advantage of the situation!
Today I ran into about the best wood you could find for Bow Drill... Chinese Privet. I don't think it's ever let me down for friction fire. I actually made a completely green piece produce one time after 30 minutes of drying cycles (drying the working surfaces with friction by repeated burn ins).
I don't prefer a piece so degraded like what this piece turned out to be. It had a thick layer of punk wood on it's outside with just enough solid wood left to make a decent sized spindle and fire board. Even with such a deep linear crack running up the entire length of the branch, it still produced a huge and long lasting ember.
Come check it out, follow the LINKS below, and SUBSCRIBE. Thank You!
Bow Drill Playlist
ua-cam.com/play/PLkoXX8XsMW3kw-EXlvpLS68aJjR89P4ae.html
Saturday's Video, Bradford Pear:
New Bow Drill Set 5th Day In A Row! Bradford Pear
ua-cam.com/video/YyKvpmTBi8Q/v-deo.html
Friday's video, Crepe Myrtle:
Enjoy Bow Drill While The Weather Conditions Are SO Favorable!!!
ua-cam.com/video/SiM4kI3sU9Y/v-deo.html
Thursday's video, Virginia Pine:
Choosing The Right Wood For Bow Drill, 8 Things To Consider
ua-cam.com/video/rQhHrQHkiz8/v-deo.html
Wednesday, I didn't get on video a new Privet set nor a new Pine Sapling set.
Tuesday's video, Oak:
Making Bow Drill Friction Fire With My Victorinox Fieldmaster
ua-cam.com/video/TM6MBUzLMWs/v-deo.html
I made my first charcloth last night and I’m getting ready to make my David West Hobo Stove
The gallon bean can makes the best stove. See my hobo stove builds playlist.
That's the prettiest bow drill set I've ever seen!
I agree and the oak set that I just made with the Swiss Army Knife.
Another great example. I put your tips to work today with a piece of mystery wood. Probably beech. It was spalted and worked great. The base had some good punkwood which fell prey to the wallet Fresnel lens 😄. 40 and sunny this morning, then the snow squalls moved in this afternoon. Love the sounds of spring in your videos too.
Yes. (smiling)
Very cool seeing you use different materials
That privet would make some great looking knife scales ,another good one David
Pretty spalting. I've never worked with it this decayed before.
Great video David.
Oh happy day to you my dear friend. I don't know how I missed this awesome video. Iam not getting notifications from youtube like it supposed to be. Stay safe and God Bless
i havent ever used a fatwood bearing block! Very well done! Will have to give that a shot
Thank you my friend, your video just helped me to admire the privet a bit more. Mind you, I am not to the point where I will feel bad about letting my brush cutter change a hedge of the stuff's orientation from vertical to horizontal. But, now I am not so eager to remove all of it from my property. I pray you have a lovely day.
LOL! I know a big landowner that HATES the stuff. I usually collect materials for my Privet bow drill sets off his land.
Thanks for sharing this. God bless
Nice I have it growing all around.
Thank you David. I have enjoyed many inspiring videos from you. You are the professor of friction fires it seems. Do you have a story of when you had the most benefit of your skills IRL when you had no other choice?
No, just when people are so impressed ad amazed to see it in person like at the Flea Market or in front of family and friends. I'll never be in an emergency needing to use friction fire. If you're really an expert in firemaking , you'll never have to rely on these techniques... EVER! I every day carry a BIC, keychain ferro rod, and a wallet fresnel lens.
Man what a beautiful grain to that chinese privet.
Yeah, I should've called it what it was, spalting caused by fungus.
@@DavidWestBgood2ppl that makes sense, because I've seen that look in other, more seasoned woods I've made walking sticks out of.
Still creates a BEAUTIFUL pattern.
Will a rail road tie work for a whole bow drill set up ????
No. Besides being very poisonous, it does not allow friction. That's why creasoted crossties work for, emergency only, bearing blocks.
Is that a Carhart T-shirt that you are wearing ?
I was just wondering because that’s the kind of T-shirt that I wear at work in the oil field I was wondering if they would make good chart cloth.
Yes, any 100% cotton fabric makes good char cloth. See my char playlist.
@@DavidWestBgood2ppl yes sir will do I will stop throwing my old shirts away thanks for the info.
I made some out of some old blue jeans. They worked really well. I tired an old t-shirt, but I must have done something wrong because it didn’t turn out too good.
I wonder if Chinese Privet is what we call privet hedge here in Louisiana. If so we have a lot of it. What is the rectangular piece that you placed under each fire board? Is that a piece of leather?
Also, I liked your explaining that the squeak is caused by moisture in the wood. Thanks again for another great video.
We call it Privet Hedge here in SC also. If it has long clusters of white flowers it's CP, if little greenish flowers PH.
I use a black leather ember catch. You can buy a multi-pack of scrap leather from Hobby Lobby for $8.
I thought a Chinese privet was going to be a tool