Wood find.

[mudd turtle]

I have a friend who cuts trees for a liveing and brought me some River Birch . I thought about makeing a bullet board and a fire board from this wood. I need some ideas about size and thicknes for these items. I have a 45 cal flint lock that I want to make the bullet board for . How long -wide and thick does a fire board need to be? Thanks for any help. Mudd Turtle.

 

[user 922]

The size of a .45 bullet should give you some clues.

 

[Stophel]

Yeah, a half inch or less is plenty thick for a bullet board.

I have no idea what a "fire board" is, so couldn't say how big a piece of wood you need for one!

If it's just been cut, you need to let it dry for at least a year, preferably two or more. Depends upon the thickness of the wood. Let it season before you try to cut it to thickness. :wink:

 

[Rifleman1776]

I don't know what a fireboard is either.
Do some searches on this forum, there has been much discussion and many pics posted about bullet boards.

 

[GunnyGene]

Fireboard size depends on how big your fireplace is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireboard .

But you may be thinking of ways to start fire by friction, which is a totally separate thing. http://www.primitiveways.com/

 

[shmrck1]

Fireboard size depends on how big your fireplace is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireboard ./

Gunny,
Thanks for that!!!At first I thought it was a question of my age But seems we are all about the same.Glad you found the answer. :thumbsup:

snake-eyes

 

[GunnyGene]

Fireboard size depends on how big your fireplace is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireboard ./

Gunny,
Thanks for that!!!At first I thought it was a question of my age But seems we are all about the same.Glad you found the answer. :thumbsup:

snake-eyes

My grandparents had one that granddad made. Wasn't anything fancy but it did the job in summer.