fireboard

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Besides proper technique, you have to choose the right wood for the fireboard and spindle.

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Sets made from dry softwoods, including aspen, willow, cottonwood, and juniper, are preferred, although a spindle made from a slightly harder wood, combined with a softer fireboard, can also work.

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Step One Cut a V-shaped notch in the fireboard, then start a small depression adjacent to it with a rock or knife tip.

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The combination of the right fireboard and spindle is the key to success, so experiment with different dry softwoods until you find a set that produces.

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"She didn't do nothin'," giggled Dock, "but jest pick up stitches hard as she could, and her face wuz as red as one them pressed leaves they got pinned over the fireboard."

From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell