bow drill
Spindle-and-cord igniter
A bow drill is a primitive fire-starting tool that uses friction to generate heat.
A spindle is rotated rapidly against a fireboard by moving a bow back and forth, the string wrapped around the spindle.
The friction creates an ember in the fireboard's notch, which can ignite tinder.
Bow drills are also ancient tools for drilling holes in wood, bone, or stone.
He practiced with a bow drill until he could reliably start a fire.
Rotating rod for thread
- fireboardFireplace summer cover
- emberGlowing coal fragment
- tinderCombustible material for ignition
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
hearth · coal · notch · socket · handhold · combustion · kindling · smoke
Tiresome individual or drill
- holeAbsence in matter
- latheRotating shaping machine
- rotationTurning on an axis
- spindleRotating rod for thread
dowel · cordage · wooden · turning · handcraft · tool · perforation · carpentry
Remaining alive against odds
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- primitive skillsPre-industrial survival abilities
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- firestarterMaterial that initiates combustion
foraging · shelter · outdoorsman · backcountry · campcraft · woodlore · prepper · survivalist
Award for scouting proficiency
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- woodcraftWilderness survival skills
- troopMobile group, organized
- patrolRegular surveillance route
outdoorsmanship · tenderfoot · camping · leadership · knots · service project · scout camp · traditional skills
spindle
Rotating rod for thread
friction · hearth · coal · notch · socket · handhold · combustion · kindling · smoke · rotation
bore
Tiresome individual or drill
spindle · dowel · cordage · wooden · turning · handcraft · tool · perforation · carpentry · hand-powered
survival
Remaining alive against odds
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- primitive skillsPre-industrial survival abilities
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
firestarter · foraging · shelter · outdoorsman · backcountry · campcraft · woodlore · prepper · survivalist · expedient
merit badge
Award for scouting proficiency
patrol · outdoorsmanship · tenderfoot · camping · leadership · knots · service project · scout camp · traditional skills · pioneering
- survivalsurvival, survive, endure, persist, last
- ancient toolsadze, anvil, awl, chisel, hammer
- Bushcraftfire starting, shelter building, water purification, animal tracking, foraging
- fire startingtinderbox, fire steel, fire plow, tinder, kindling
- firestartersmatches, lighter, flint, tinder bundle, kindling
- ignitersigniter, lighter, match, spark plug, flint
bow drilllighter
Comparative of not heavy
butane lighter · electric lighter · matches · blowtorch · flamethrower
bow drillelectric drill
Motorized boring tool
power drill · cordless drill · drill press · pneumatic drill · CNC machine
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