fireboard

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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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Remember that the drill must be as hard or slightly harder than the fireboard.

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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 friction of the spindle against an indentation in the fireboard grinds particles from both surfaces, which must heat to 800 degrees F before a glowing coal forms.

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This cord was twisted once round the upper part of the drill whose lower point fitted into the shallow hole in the fireboard.

From A Scout of To-day by Hornibrook, Isabel