The Worlds Smallest Bow Drill Fire by Fricti

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The World's SmallestBow Drill Fire-by-Friction Set Challenge

Let's see who can make the world's smallest fire-by-friction set.The rules are:

1. The set must be reasonably reliable at creating a glowing ember.

2. The honor system holds. No cheating!

3. Submit a photo if you can.

4. Submit the dimensions of your miniature bow drill in the following format (see below).

5. .The criteria for winning are very arbitrary.

6. To avoid embarassing the winners by forcing them to accept prizes they don't really want, there won't be any.

From Palo Alto, California (United States):

Submitted by , March 22, 1998 :Dick Baugh

Spindle: Baccharis viminea (Mule fat ),

.315 in (8 mm) diameter X 3.30 in ( 84 mm) long

Hearth board: Calocedrus decurrens (California incense cedar),

4.0 in (100 mm) X 1.25 in (31 mm) X .35 in (9 mm)

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Socket: Arctostaphylos sp. (manzanita),

2.1 in (52 mm) X .75 in (19 mm) X .45 in (11 mm)

Bow: Showy bottlebrush,

9 in (230 mm)

THE RACE IS ON!

From Nelson Bay, Australia:

of Nelson Bay, Australia, submitted the following fire by friction set. He also sells a bow drill fire set known as "Bandicoot Bill's Bush MatchesMike Smith

Richard Baugh I think I've gone one better. Inspired by your challenge, on the 25th of April 1999, I constructed the following bow drill which achieved flames

Spindle: Flowering spike of the grass tree, xanthorrhoea resinosa,

47mm long, 10mm diameter.

Hearth board: Flowering spike of the grass tree, xanthorrhoea resinosa,

50mm long, 17mm diameter.

Socket: Seed case of the woody pear, xylomelum pyriforme,

47mm X 37mm X 15mm.

Bow: Black wattle, callicoma serratifolia,

160mm.




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From Flagstaff, Arizona (United States):

of Flagstaff, Arizona, submitted the following fire-by-friction set.Randy Haas Jr.

From Canada:




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Dick, I just found out about the smallest bowdrill competition. I am a survival instructor in

Canada with Survival In The Bush Inc. This is my smallest set which I can produce fire on on a

regular basis.

[email protected]

Bow length total: 12.2 cm

Lentgth from string to string attachment: 6.7 cm

Spindle - horsetail- length:12 cm, width 8 mm

Fireboard - catalpa: 7 mm thickness

Both the handhold and bow were made from osage orange.

E-mail your comments to "Richard A. Baugh" at

about fire-by-friction.

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