Home made fire starter

[shortys7777]

Looking to make my own in the next few weeks. I have a bunch of wood chips from my planer and lint from the dryer. Just wondering how and what to use that is safe for the stove. I looked at multiple videos on YouTube and browsed Google. The stove is an enviro insert.

 

[begreen]

Do a search on "Starter" in this forum, title only. There are a lot of threads on the topic.

Fire Starter

Was reading through old threads about fire starters. My neighbor turned me on to these. They are about 2 bucks and once you open the container just cut them into 2x2 chunks and store in a ziplock. It wil light with just a spark. Add a few pieces of dry wood and you have a fire. Just an option...

www.hearth.com

 

[barnaclebob]

With good kindling there is no need to do anything to that stuff, just put some in under the kindling and light. Or just use a propane torch and start the kindling directly, much easier.

 

[blacktail]

Put sawdust in cardboard egg cartons. Add melted wax. Break up once cool. Done.

 

[XmasTreefarmer]

Put sawdust in cardboard egg cartons. Add melted wax. Break up once cool. Done.

I'm a fan of those firestarters - they are a fun little project and work great.

If you need another "project" like a hole on the head, Rutland Safe Lite Fire Starter Squares work well. I've seen a pack of 144 for as low as $10 at Tractor Supply. They light right up and burn longer that you would think. I got a few of those as samples last year and they impressed me.

 

[Prof]

Put sawdust in cardboard egg cartons. Add melted wax. Break up once cool. Done.

I've used sawdust, lint, and pine needles--all work great. Lint smells like burning hair, but that has more to do with living with 3 women and 3 cats. There is hair everywhere! Seriously, the egg carton, wax, and some tinder-like substrate is a winning combination.

 

[blacktail]

If you need another "project" like a hole on the head, Rutland Safe Lite Fire Starter Squares work well.

I bought a pack of those mid way through last burn season. They don't light as easy or flame up as big as my homemade ones, but they're so cheap that I'll keep using them.

 

[Fod01]

I'm a fan of those firestarters - they are a fun little project and work great.

If you need another "project" like a hole on the head, Rutland Safe Lite Fire Starter Squares work well. I've seen a pack of 144 for as low as $10 at Tractor Supply. They light right up and burn longer that you would think. I got a few of those as samples last year and they impressed me.

My favorite as well

 

[SpaceBus]

I tried to make Amadou, like Otzi the Iceman carried, since we have loads of polypore mushrooms in our woods. This, my first attempt, isn't pretty but it works amazingly well. I forgot to take pics of the mushrooms before I started, but the chunks in the jar were younger white polypore mushrooms, probably Fomes Fomentarius. I've tried older or dead F. Fomentarius, but they yeild is not worth the effort. More will grow to replace the ones I've taken. As a Firestarter it works amazingly well. Maybe I'll even be able to make some leather.

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

I tried to make Amadou, like Otzi the Iceman carried, since we have loads of polypore mushrooms in our woods. This, my first attempt, isn't pretty but it works amazingly well. I forgot to take pics of the mushrooms before I started, but the chunks in the jar were younger white polypore mushrooms, probably Fomes Fomentarius. I've tried older or dead F. Fomentarius, but they yeild is not worth the effort. More will grow to replace the ones I've taken. As a Firestarter it works amazingly well. Maybe I'll even be able to make some leather.

Your post required me to do a little internet research to make sure you hadn't actually eaten some of the mushrooms prior to writing the post. Now I'm a little more educated. Sounds like an interesting experiment.

I like white birch bark strips, it burns like it's been soaked in diesel. I bet the cave people liked it, too. Plus, I have, probably, a 20+ year supply of it.

 

[SpaceBus]

Your post required me to do a little internet research to make sure you hadn't actually eaten some of the mushrooms prior to writing the post. Now I'm a little more educated. Sounds like an interesting experiment.

I like white birch bark strips, it burns like it's been soaked in diesel. I bet the cave people liked it, too. Plus, I have, probably, a 20+ year supply of it.

The mushrooms are less smokey, it's also fun.