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Total inexperienced beginner here. For "fire by friction," what sort of wood are you supposed to use? I thought pine on pine would be okay, since they're both soft and I figured they would grind down together to create the hot dust needed to form the ember, but I tried putting the spindle in my power drill to just see if I could do something with that before even thinking of attempting anything with these materials by hand, and even using the drill for a few solid minutes nonstop, nothing seemed to be happening. I eventually took it off to feel if there was any warmth, and there was, but it certainly wasn't hot enough for a fire and no dust seemed to be forming. You could say that I didn't do it for long enough, but I've seen guys on youtube get a fire going by hand in less than a minute, so you'd think that I could get one going with an electric tool in 5, but nope. Not even close. The divot in the baseboard wasn't even turning black or anything. This is why I was thinking that maybe the wood is not the correct kind? What am I doing wrong?
