My version of a Firestarter

[PapaDave]

That's a bit worse then the woman trying to use whiteout on her screen.

 

[chazcarr]

I use a cedar shim as my fire starter. It works well for me, any reason I have not seen anyone else use these?

 

[firefighterjake]

I use a cedar shim as my fire starter. It works well for me, any reason I have not seen anyone else use these?

Former co-worker used to go out and buy a bundle for use as a fire starter . . . I've used some in the past . . . usually ones that were buggered up or old ones that I removed off my house.

 

[ohlongarm]

I'm kind of a DIY person (and, uh, cheap frugal ), so instead of buying, I started making my own.
Started with this.
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Melted wax in this
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Poured the wax into the sawdust.
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One of these little cubes/cups under a couple splits, and I'm off to the races in under a minute (usually).
We can do it...we have the technology, and the sawdust, and the empty egg carton.
Bonus, you can cook your eggs on the stove to get the carton. Circle of life. Or, something.

Good old American ingenuity I like it.

 

[burnt03]

Stole some of my wife's old candles, cleaned out the lint trap and tried making some up this afternoon. Just one question, will they make a mess in the stove or does the wax pretty much vaporize once it's burnt up?

 

[PapaDave]

No sign of the wax at all.