Hearth Board

[David_JAFO]

hello,
WIP 'BushClass' I was browsing our local indoor market & was passing the Incense shelf & spotted what I know as a Ski incense holder, a flat pieces of wood with a small hole at the end as to hold joss sticks/incense. The sticker on reverse informs 'Made in India' (idea) as these have decorative markings along the wood which are spaced at an equal distance apart, thinking aloud could these be used in 'Posh Crafting' as a mini Fire Bow Drill hearth board? Prep such as you would any hearth board, lightly sand off the coating back to the natural wood, leave the small decorative markings as a guide/marker for your drill holes, cut a notch near to each marking as you would for a hearth board, sand off any markings on completion. Then from a 2nd holder (same type of wood) cut into strips & shape the lengths for your Bow Drill 'Spindle.' The woods hard enough & may with some pressure create an ember? Plus the small hole on the end which holds the incense could be drilled through, with a thin leather lanyard added. If it works you therefore have a small board compact enough to fit in you pack. C'mon for 99p per board (£1.98) isn't a great loss for a experiment in Bow Drill fire lighting is it? I looked up Wiki for trees native to India as to guess the wood type as there's various colours of wood some darker than others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_timber_trees
Regards
David

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[rossbird]

Great idea David.
My first thought was, would they be deep enough to create enough friction?
Tony

[luresalive]

Give it a go and let us know the results.

[OakAshandThorn]

I used to work in woodcraft shop selling handmade products from Bali, Indonesia. I cannot say for mainland India, but most of what we sold were fairly soft woods, and easy to carve. I'd certainly give it a go ;).

[David_JAFO]

hello,
My thoughts too when I first saw these. I've used thinner than this before with success, these are tinder dry & should work. time permits I'll try different spindles on such :wink:
Regards
David


Great idea David.
My first thought was, would they be deep enough to create enough friction?
Tony

[Tigger004]

Interesting idea, report back when you've had a trial run, ta

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Tried & tested, the mini fire bow drill & hearth board did produce an ember, but the much better slightly thicker board from same resource, not much mind you in thickness, but the slightly thicker board was deep enough to create enough friction, better ember result. BTW remove the varnish & paint first, more natural finish :wink:
Regards
David