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- Place the spindle into the dimple and clamp your flat palms
on either side of the top of the spindle. (It’s best to sit on the
ground cross-legged with one foot holding the board still.) - Keeping your palms flat begin to spin the spindle back and
forth between your hands while pushing down. - You will notice that your hands move to the base of the spindle;
as you approach the bottom, reposition your hands (one at a
time) back at the top. Repeat this process until you begin to see
smoke and burn a deeper hole into the board. - Once you have burned a hole deep and wide enough to
completely cradle the entire tip of the spindle you may stop. - Use your knife or fine tooth saw to cut into the side of
the board a wedge-shaped notch (like a pie piece), but not
all the way to the center (see illustration). - Set these materials aside and prepare your fire materials:
̊ Take your dried grass or tree tinder bark and rough them up
until they look like a fine hairball. Form these materials into
a bird nest shape that doesn’t fall apart easily.̊ Arrange your pine straw or kindling and small sticks to be
easily accessible.