My 1st ever (MD) Mouth Drill video from 2011:

HDD – PART 04 – SECTION 14 – A – (MD) MOUTH DRILL – PART 1

1 hr 31 mins 22 secs

My 2nd (MD) Mouth Drill video from 2011:

HDD – PART 04 – SECTION 14 – B

1 hr 09 mins 11 secs

My 3rd (MD) Mouth Drill video from 2011:

HDD – PART 04 – SECTION 14 – C

1 hr 07 mins 11 secs

My 4th (MD) Mouth Drill video from 2011:

HDD – PART 04 – SECTION 14 – D

59 mins 56 secs

PHYRE DOJO’S AUGUST 2013 “PHYREHACK” OF MIMOSA SILK TREE (ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN) WITH (MD) MOUTH DRILL METHOD.

21 mins 09 secs

Phyre Dojo’s 1st Trial of new Mouth Bow Drill (MBD) Spindle – 05/07/20 TUE

Spoiler Alert: It’s not easy to see but it was too crooked for me to want to keep it. I am working on new ones.

05 mins 03 secs

Mouth Drill Demo of Bamboo Spindle on Redwood Hearth with Red Mulberry Pressure Brace – 10/27/2019 SUN

04 mins 21 secs

#0005 Phyre Phryday Vlog 01/31/2020 – (MD) Mouth Drill: The Overlooked Method

01 mins 02 secs

#0021 – Phyre Phryday VBlog 05222020 – Mouth & Bow Drill Tests

I try to show a POPLAR (POPLUS SPP.) (MD) Mouth Drill

(SPOILER ALERT!: FAIL! For those “in the know”,

POPLUS is a very challenging wood.

This is why you train with many, many diffent species so you get to know their characteristics and personalities.)

and a PINE (PINUS SPP.) (BD) Bow Drill in this week’s VLOG #2100.

19 mins 37 secs

#5 – Mouth Drill – Part 1 – NIHON WORKSHOP – JUNE 2019

Demonstration in Japan!

16 mins 14 secs

#6 – Mouth Drill – Part 2 – NIHON WORKSHOP – JUNE 2019

Demonstration in Japan

10 mins 13 secs

#7 – Mouth Drill – Part 3 – NIHON WORKSHOP – JUNE 2019

Demonstration in Japan

08 mins 52 secs

#8 – Mouth Drill – Part 4 – NIHON WORKSHOP – JUNE 2019

Demonstration in Japan

05 mins 32 secs

#0009 – Phyre Phryday V/Blog 02/28/2020 – (MD) Mouth Drill: PhyreHacking TUPELO (Nyssa Spp.)

Hello Global Tribe of PhyreKeepers (GTOP)!
02/28/2020 – Our 9th Vlog opens with the Tupelo (MD) Mouth Drill.
1st, I want to thank my daughter Alexa for taking the time to film me doing this Method. So, I had gotten 2 blocks of TUPELO (Nyssa Spp.) from a woodworking store called WOODCRAFT. I go to a few places to find a selection of domestic and exotic woods you will not find in your local hardware stores. I will visit Willard Brothers Sawmill in South Jersey, and also Boards & Beams in North Jersey, for example.
These 2 blocks were 4″ X 4″ X 12″. I had bandsawed one of the blocks into 3/4″ X 4″ X 12″ boards. I then put 2 of those boards together with a Box Joint which you will see in the video, and made one longer HearthBoard. I took another board and made a handful of 5/8″ reloads for my Bamboo reloading (MD) Mouth Drill Spindle. I put a trough in the HearthBoard (in woodworking this is called a “flute,”) as well as sockets and notches.
According to Eric Meier’s book WOOD, Tupelo (Nyssa Spp.) is supposed to have a Janka Hardness of 800. THESE blocks of Tupelo are NO WHERE NEAR 800 Janka. As I explain in the video, I have Sycamore (Janka 770) that is much harder/denser than this Tupelo. I fact, I think it’s even LIGHTER than Cedar (Janka 350!)

06 mins 37 secs

#0089 – Phyre Phryday VLOG 07/01/2022 – The BOX ELDER (Acer Negundo) (BD) Bow Drill & (MD) Mouth Drill

Hello Global Tribe of PhyreKeepers (GTOP)!

07/01/2022 – Welcome to Phyre Dojo’s 89th Phyre Phryday Vlog.

In this video, you’ll see how Phyre Dojo demo’s a BOX ELDER (Acer Negundo) Set!

Here, Phyre Dojo demo’s the (BD) Bow Drill & (MD) Mouth Drill Methods with a Set of BOX ELDER (Acer Negundo). Notice the raspberry steaks in the wood which is a very telling identifier when looking at BOX ELDER (Acer Negundo).

BOX ELDER (Acer Negundo) has a JANKA HARDNESS of 720.

ENJOY!

3 hrs 51 mins 14 secs

10/12/2025 – SUN – (MD) Mouth Drill Workshop

(MD) Mouth Drill
(MTD) Mouth Toggle Drill
(MBD) Mouth Bow Drill

3 hrs 34 mins 14 secs

D.I.Y. – “DO IT YOURSELF” –

TONS OF ALL FREE VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/@ThePhyreDojo

D.W.Y. – “DONE WITH YOU” –

WORKSHOPS HELD AT THE PHYREDOJO IN NEW JERSEY TO GET YOU ACTUAL HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.

https://phyredojo.com/events/

D.F.Y. – “DONE FOR YOU” –

PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS – SETS & PHYRE BOXES THAT ARE DEMONSTRATION READY TO LIGHT UP IMMEDIATELY.

https://phyredojo.com/stuff/