Thinking about making your own bow drill? This survivalist has all of the bushcraft tricks you need to perfect the craft! Learn how you can easily get this skill down too and this will be one less thing you'll have to worry about when the grid goes down!
This video is pretty awesome. Some of these aren't so obvious for a first time DIYer! I didn’t realize that the string on the bow needed to be loose, or that the two ends of the drill shouldn’t be used interchangeably!
Any other tricks that you know of to making your own bow drill for the first time? Let us know!
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Makes it work easier!
It works very well if your tinder is dry and it’s not pouring down rain….Around the mountains of Oregon, the first thing that goes in our get-away bags are sections of 6mil visqueen and a mile of nylon string…..