Bow Drill Mastery - From Forage to Flame
Learn to make a friction fire regardless of where you live
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What You Will Learn!
- Master the art of fire by friction using the bow-drill method
- Construct a bow-drill kit regardless of where you live, even in a highly populated urban environment
- The inside secrets that most experts aren’t telling you
- Recognize what variety of wood works best and which ones should be avoided
- Develop an understanding of how each piece of the bow-drill kit is made, from it’s raw form: start to finish
- How to dry your wood properly at home, even when only green wood is available
- Proper form and technique that makes creating a bow-drill fire consistent and effortless
- To trouble shoot if your kit is not functioning properly
- Expand on a skill that is ancient, but just as relevant in the 21-century
- An additional self-reliance ability
Description
Welcome! Perhaps you are completely brand new to the bow drill. Maybe you've just experimented with it. Possibly you are a veteran who just wants to learn something new in order to take you to the next level. In every case, this course is just for you! I’m here to illustrate in an easy-to-follow process how to make three completely different types of functional bow-drill kits. Nothing will be left to the imagination. Every single detail from beginning to end will be demonstrated.
This course will cover
Making and sizing a bow
What strings work best to string your bow
Various options for your bearing block
Spindle material, length, and diameter
Hearth-board material, length, and diameter
Various options for your ember catch
Assorted bird-nest materials, and how to layer them
The function of each component
How a bow-drill kit is used to make a fire
A wild-crafted kit, a building-supply store kit, and an urban-scavenged kit
Instructor
Hi! My name is Nathan Machain, also known as The Urban Aboriginal. I'll be your guide during this course. I have over a decade of bow-drill experience and eight survival-related certifications and counting, ranging from primitive-living skills, to bushcraft, to urban survival. I have had the honor of training with some of the best that the survival industry has to offer. My diverse training has made this a diverse course. As an instructor I make it a point to not let your geographic location dictate your success or failure when it comes to being able to get a fire with the bow drill.
My Promise to You
I'll be here for you every step of the way! If you have any questions about the training content or anything related to this topic, you can always post a question in the course or send me a direct message.
By the end of this class your confidence with the bow drill will soar. You'll have a thorough understanding of how to make your own kit for fun or as a life-saving, self-reliance skill.
Go ahead and click the enroll button, and I'll see you in lesson 1!
Cheers,
Nathan
This course also comes with:
Lifetime access to all future updates
A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section
Udemy Certificate of Completion Ready for Download
A 30-Day, "No Questions Asked," Money-Back Guarantee!
Who Should Attend!
- Anyone on a quest to learn how to create a friction fire using the bow-drill method
- Intermediate and advanced students who desire learning new techniques and materials that expand on previous, ancient wisdom will also be interested in this class
