Yesterday Mike and I got together as a team for the first time. Our objective was to build a fire. We took thin strips of bark from young branches of the basswood tree and weaved them into a rope. We weaved 3 strips together into twine, then 3 twines together into the cord for the fire bow. We found a stick to use as the spindle, a flattish bit of wood for the base, and a rock for the top of the spindle. We then made a little fire bundle out of dried bits of bark and dead leaves.
We were not successful in creating fire. Our problems centered around the spindle stick. The first was too thin and snapped. The second was too brittle and snapped. For the third we used a green stick, it frayed at the end and didn't do much to produce heat. The fourth was not straight enough and was difficult to spin.
The spindle and base got hot a few times, we're on the right track but we haven't succeeded yet. Saturday we'll give it another go.
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