Bushcraft - The Bow Drill Bible.

By Leigh Robinson

Getting smoke but no ember? Learn how to build, use and troubleshoot a bow drill.

This illustrated field guide follows the full friction-fire process: selecting materials, making your set, producing an ember and turning it into a flame.

Choose wood and make the hearth board, spindle, bearing block, bow and ember pan.Prepare tinder bundles and coal extenders, and build a fire lay.Work through body position, bowing motion, bedding in the socket and cutting the V notch.Troubleshoot slipping cord, squeaking, poor ember dust, burnished sockets and failed tinder bundles.Develop your technique and explore adaptations for physical restrictions.

For newcomers learning friction fire and practitioners working through stubborn problems. Photographs and practical explanations support repeated practice in a suitable setting.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980339236
• ISBN13: 9781980339236
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"