So I've been practicing a lot lately and went through a bit of a slump. Then I made a quick adjust and found more success. So I wanna pick your brains...
When I got smoke in my dust I would start lightly fanning within about 10 - 20 secs and was having failure after failure. Then I began waiting closer to a minute or more before trying to waive in a bit of air. So I now hypothesize that fanning the ember too soon isn't allowing the ember to grow and actually cooling it too soon.
I'd love to...
Proper bow drill ember care
When I got smoke in my dust I would start lightly fanning within about 10 - 20 secs and was having failure after failure. Then I began waiting closer to a minute or more before trying to waive in a bit of air. So I now hypothesize that fanning the ember too soon isn't allowing the ember to grow and actually cooling it too soon.
I'd love to...
Proper bow drill ember care