The Hand Drill method of friction fire making is about as raw as it gets. You spin a wooden drill against a wood board with your bare hands. This method has had one of the widest distributions on ...

Insert the bit you’ll be using shank-first so that the smooth side is being gripped by the chuck. Then, twist clockwise until ...

Back in the day, carpenters used brace-and-bit drills. For lighter jobs, manufacturers came up with a gear-driven model. More ...