Thinking of having a go and hand-drill fire making as my winter challenge. I've read on here about using 2nd year growth Elder shoots for the drill and I've seen the work-experience student at Woodlore use Elder wood to good effect for a hand-drill (very impressive demo - standing start to fire in hand in about 2 mins 30 secs). I've been looking at what I take to be second year wood today, but it seems to me that the wood/pith ratio is a bit poor.
What diameter stems am I looking for and how thick should the wood be vs the pith for a working drill?
Peter
What diameter stems am I looking for and how thick should the wood be vs the pith for a working drill?
Peter