This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the Straw badge in
Traditional Skills.
If you need to cook something, it's a pain to have to wait for lightning to strike nearby. Let's make a bow drill to start fires with!
Here's one way to do it:
Minimum requirements:
- Make a bow drill fire making kit
- Including the bow, string, bearing block, spindle and hearth board
- Make the string from raw materials
- Bearing block should be low friction. Some options include:
- Very hard wood
- Rock
- Antler
- Metal
- This bb can only use materials that existed 200 years ago
Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
- The wood you're starting with
- Shaping the board and bearing block
- Finished parts
- Video of you starting a fire with your kit