My Firebow

Excellant, Thanks Rick. I will do it again with a much more rounded end. Cheers. Smile

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Thats how I did mine (like you rick) just i got to practise more, It seems my spindle always falls out of the fire bow, then you gotta re-start Sad

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Sweet pics!! Very Happy

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Heres my old bow, my new one is a little smaller.

I tried for an hour today again, still no luck. I am going to keep trying though on my days off

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Cool, looks good troop. I picked up another one in the bush. A bit smaller too. Haven't tryed it out yet.

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Yeah I got a differnt string too, its just utlity cord. It works ok, jsut the biggest problem I have is the spindle always goes flying out as soon as I get smoke.

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	TrooperMax wrote:
	Yeah I got a differnt string too, its just utlity cord. It works ok, jsut the biggest problem I have is the spindle always goes flying out as soon as I get smoke.

> it sounds like you get excited to start nursing the ember, & maybe you back off to soon with the pressure & Ping !
away your spindle fly's Laughing

. Ive done it myself many times.

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yeah thats probably exacally what happens haha. Its just when you see smoke its so exciting, then you mess up.

I have been working on this for a while but mark my words i'm very stubborn with these things and I will get it!

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Troop, this is a shot in the dark... but ... maybe try a bow with less of a bend to it. I'm thinking that the bow is flexing while you are on your "out stroke" and your "in stroke" is tugging on the spindle a bit due to the slack that is taken up as you change direction..... Do you get what I mean? And it would be most apparent when you speed up your pace as you try to achieve an ember... sound right? I know for a fact that Woodsman uses a straight bow and praises it's efficiency and ease of use.
Rick

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Good tips thanks rick

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Well today it was nice out & i thought its been along time since ive practiced with my firebow.
So, grabed all my gear & went at it for about 30 minutes. Getting the smoke no prob, and i had a very small ember but it fizzled out Mad

i must make this happen this year Cool

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hmm i myself havent got my firebow to work either lol so im not sure about this but if your cole is cooling to fast or goes out to fas could it be the knotch in the side is cut to big?

I don't think that would be the problem for that NorthernHunter, if you notch it too big, either your spindle will slip or you will just have to work hard to get enough dust in there for a coal. If you coal goes out, it may be that you are still stopping too soon. General rule, when you start getting a ridiculous amount of smoke, go for another 10-20 seconds just to be on the safe side if you can. And treat it gentle at first, your first breath should be nothing more than a whisper.

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how deep should you make the hole on your fireboard?

Well for me the hole started small and kept getting bigger as I used it, I guess enough so that stick dosent fall out when your drilling. I never was successful with making a fire with it but I know that much

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This may help, NH. Smile

http://www.wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/fire/bowdrill/pmoc/basicbowdrill.html

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hey thanks for the link FlashLight Smile