Hand pump fire drill

So I’ve been pretty successful at both bow drill and hand drill fires *under controlled conditions*. I was passing time reading an old issue of Backwoodsman and came across an article on the hand pump drill. The weather has put outdoor projects on hold and I had plenty of free time today so I headed out to my shop and made myself a setup.

I “sacrificed” a proven hand drill spindle and got it all put together, excited about how much less effort it would take to spin up an ember compared to a...

Hand pump fire drill