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[SwissMrs&Pitchfire]

Pretty much all of mine I link to often here, or are too focused like the Alaska Outdoors Forum or Ford truck enthusiasts, or the big bronco forum. incidentally:

[Stephen]

I go to no other forums. I spend most of my time at the church website and here....and searching out my interests on a visitor basis. Right now I have been spending time at this site... I've been working on my bow drill skills.

http://wildwoodsurvival.com/index.html

[SwissMrs&Pitchfire]

How's it going?

The first drill fire I tried I made a willow bit on a cane spindle with a willow fireboard and blistered my hands pretty good with a lot of smoke and no coal.

Then I moved onto the bow and drill and made my spindle too big and sweated bullets for like 5 minutes before producing a coal.

I read something at the time that stuck with me. "If you learn to make a fire with sticks, you'll never forget your matches." It's not that bad, but it can be pretty rough at first without good direction.

[Stephen]

Not too great so far. It rained like crazy and the only wood I have appears dry...but I'm not sure. Also it is of an unknown variety. I don't have any of the woods that are listed on the "best" woods list. That "you'll never forget your matches" statement is very true. I laughed when I read it. I worked at it for an afternoon until I was the sticks were black...a little smoke...but I was exhausted and sweating. Heck....I probably went for a half an hour! Which is a lot with that motion. I'll try again soon. I really want to either make or buy one of those fire pistons....it sure is a heck of a lot easier to get a coal!

[SwissMrs&Pitchfire]

Did you make your spindle and fireboard? If they are not the right wood they will never work. Pine and other resinous woods fit into the wrong woods that will never work. The spindle has to be about the thickness of your finger but no larger diameter than your thumb (or it spins too slowly). You might try whittling it down just to see how much easier it is. You only need to whittle down the center where the bow string wraps around.

I want to try a fire piston too. I guess a few on ebay are pretty good (from what I have heard).

[Stephen]

That was a cool site threepercentite.

I think I might have a piece of pine. Time to start over. I wonder if redwood would work? I have some of that.

I was leaning towards buying an all aluminum fire piston from...

http://firepopper.com/cart/

I like it because it won't wear out.

[SwissMrs&Pitchfire]

I seem to recall redwood will work fine.

[creator]

There is a new LDS Preparedness Forum that just started.

http://www.ProvidentSaint.com

I joined as user = Brimmm

Here's a message that has been going around about the new forum:

Hello friends,

I am writing to inform you of the launch of a new website dedicated to helping LDS members prepare "every needful thing". There have been other prominent preparedness boards in the past, but they seem to eventually turn into a haven for doomsdayers and end times fanatics, and end up promoting a feeling of fear rather than the peace that comes through self-suffiency. The hope for this new site is to make it a place of learning and education, a place where experts in different aspects of preparedness frequent and can answer any questions you might have in relation to food storage, water purification, fuel considerations, financial preparations, etc.

This site is free of charge, but does require registration. If you are interested in the topic of preparations and would like to learn more about how you can prepare your family in accordance with the council of the First Presidency, please click on over, sign up, and post an introduction. If you have friends or family that you think would appreciate the mission of this website, please forward this email on to them. The new website is:

http://www.ProvidentSaint.com

I look forward to seeing you there!

Best Regards,

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