Hand Drill Firelighting – Complete Beginners Guide (Craig Fordham)

I visited Craig Fordham who’s been teaching outdoors skills for almost 30 years, at his woodland in the South East of England to film this part two of a two part series on friction fire lighting

You can watch part one on Bow Drill fire lighting here – https://youtu.be/dQUkQFJldL4

This video is part two which is a complete beginners guide to Hand Drill in which we cover every single aspect from collecting the materials, best woods to use, how to make the actual set and finally a complete walk through on how to make an ember using the Hand Drill you have made from scratch

Craigs Website – https://www.blackwolfsurvival.co.uk

Craigs Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/blackwolfsurvival

Craigs Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/black_wolf_survival

Below is a timestamp of every single section in this video

(Click on the time on the left hand side to automatically be taken to that section)

00:00:20 – Introduction
00:02:20 – Practicalities of hand drill in the UK
00:06:06 – What is hand drill
00:07:08 – Hearth (types & varieties)
00:09:14 – Hearth (harvesting the wood)
00:10:31 – Hearth (making the hearth)
00:13:51 – Spindle (types & varieties)
00:16:35 – Spindle (harvesting the wood)
00:19:27 – Spindle (making the spindle)
00:25:27 – Bedding the hand drill set for the first time
00:31:40 – Carving a notch in the hearth board
00:33:17 – Producing your first hand drill ember
00:42:48 – Transferring the ember to a tinder bundle
00:43:55 – Pro tip (thumb loops i.e. what they are and how to use them)
00:46:03 – Pro tip (two man hand drill i.e. how it works)
00:48:36 – Pro tip (wooden plugs i.e. what they are and how to make them)
00:51:07 – Pro tip (conditioning your hands for hand drill)
00:55:20 – Pro tip (sourcing spindles from diy / garden stores)
00:56:28 – Troubleshooting (you’re struggling to find the right wood)
00:57:21 – Troubleshooting (how do you stop your hands from hurting)
00:57:49 – Troubleshooting (you’re getting smoke but no ember)
00:58:27 – Importance of repetition and practise
00:59:40 – Conclusion

As always I appreciate you watching

Take care

Peace

Zed

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