Some things to keep in mind: * keep your temp low, to avoid flash over * create a double-boiler by putting a one pound sized tin can into the pot, and add water between. Helps keep your wax from scorching * collect Ziploc bags full of dryer lint, then add slightly cooled wax. massage sealed bag and press flat, then cool and break up into chunks. * mold release spray (or Pam!) goes a long way. * when using ice cube trays, go ahead and add those wicks. Makes them easier to light These tips brought to you by an SCA camper, and sister to a Scoutmaster😁
The video was entertaining and thank you for making it. That said, this takes quite a bit of planning, use of heat ( melting the wax), use of energy to cool and time. I light ( conservatively) 100 fires a year at my cottage in northern Ontario. As I wander I carry a pouch and collect tinder. My favourite is Birch bark. A great fire starter is duct tape. I could have started four fires with the tape used to plug the end of the paper towel roll. Another great fire starter are cotton balls; one per fire. Your fire starters are great for lighting wet wood. That said there is plentiful dry wood to be found in the rain so no need to light wet wood. I definitely don’t mean to be contrary. I think these starters are great for folks who don’t have much bushcraft and as a convenience. Thank you for the video
My wife puts our mixture, which is generally shavings from my planer with some wax, into cup cake cups which are little paper cups designed to bake cup cakes in. cost about a penny each if you shop around. The paper lights easily and then lights the mixture. Just a thought.
Yeah, that's a good idea, too. I just try to repurpose items that would typically get thrown away instead of buying stuff to make fire starters. Thanks for watching!
Haha, thanks! I was nervous it seemed too realistic, and someone would actually think they were okay to eat. The audio is of me chewing something, but not fire starters. Thanks for watching!
Use a box grater to shave up the wax , use a double boiler technique to melt wax without overheating it . Paper muffin pan liners , egg cartons , tp tubes, . Or line your wooden molds with waxed paper
A double boiler also works well. Set your pan inside of a larger pan with some water. Like, a turkey roasting pan or similar. That way, the temperature can't get above 212°F. 🌡️ Also, it can catch some of the inevitable drips and splatters so you don't have those falling on the heating element and risking another source of flashpoint fire. 🔥
Possible idea for the ice cube tray, try with the wax paper in first or clear wrap in first to ease with drawl. Will need to try these as so far only done the lint in egg cartons and old paper/wood tack boards soaked in wax.
Def. sawdust, as cutting firewood makes a bucketload of it. A few years ago I was experimenting with a mix of paper pulp and sawdust to make firebricks and I couldn't get a good recipe. Thanks to stumbling across this video, I see I could use wax as a binder and burn-promoter, so thanks for making this! I see plenty of others have also raised the point that you were not only risking a combustion event with the amount of heat, but you also boil off any volatiles in the wax that help promote combustion of the final product. As a time/stress saver, you could pour your wax into a mixing container through a sieve (not a pasta strainer) which would pull out all the wicks, caps, stickers, bits of wrapper, etc. in one fell swoop.
Have you tried it with dryer lint instead of sawdust? It catches much faster and still burns for quite a while. I used cardboard egg cartons as molds, thru work great.
@ElatedCarrot Save the inside of paper towel, or Toilet Paper Cardboard. Fill with Dryer lint, works great to "Start" a fire, perhaps alil wax will help it burn longer.
Been there done that but don't like it cuz messy and lots lots of dust sometimes hard to breath with so much dust it just is a waste of time but it works well thanks for sharing with us.....👏👏👏😁👍
Great video when it came to testing I’m not gunna lie but I thought the first one you lit would of lasted longer the the ice cube tray one had to watch again but I noticed that the ice cube tray you didn’t compact it as much and the molded one but the molded one had great embers after also I think it’s better when you put the sawdust in the pan witch it allow to soak up the wax that’s allow it to start in any weather and even if it was put it water it’ll still start cheers John
Those are good points. Since I didn't measure the ratio of sawdust to wax, that could have also caused different outcomes with lighting and burn time. Thanks for watching!
A couple of notes: Using scented wax to make your fire starters Will attract raccoons and bears. Several times in the morning, after leaving the starters out, I find them at the edge of the woods with bite holes in the bag from the raccoons figuring out they are not food. There are few bears in my area. The dense, high-wax-to-sawdust-ratio ones you are making can take a long time to light. I take half a cotton ball, dip one edge in wax, and stick it on the side of the wafer. It makes it very easy to light. Finally, it is much easier and faster to dump the mix on the table, roll it out with a piece of dowel rod to 1/2" or so thick, allow it to cool a bit, and then cut it into small squares of 1 1/2" or so. I also use them to start the fire in my woodstove at home and for starting charcoal for my grill. I've been making these or ones like these for 40 years.
@@ElatedCarrot Thanks! I just remembered that I needed to add one essential safety tip: never use pressure or other treated wood dust for anything that burns. Burning the chemicals can produce hazardous vapors, especially for old people and children. I cut a lot of different woods in my shop, so I have to be careful to collect only clean sawdust, mostly from hardwoods to use for fire starters.
Yeah, I didn’t know how to use a table saw, just bought one and started using. Cut fingers on both hands, yep, a bit slow. Anyway, safe use of a push stick is prudent. From an old veteran, retired in the foothills of the Smokies.
I'm adding waxed Jute twine as a wick. Just rub the tip of it against a brick or concrete first, to loosen fibers. Or lit it with a lighter and let it burn for a while, to become charred.
I wonder if coating the trays with nonstick cooking spray would help them come out more easily? Though, I'd probably just use the custom forms if it were me. I found this video very satisfying and even soothing. Your voice is similar to the guy from Bourbon Moth Woodworking. If you don't know of him, you should check it out. Thanks for the content!
Using cooking spray might help. That's a good idea. I'll try that if I ever use them again. I'm very happy you enjoyed the video so much! Thanks for sharing and for watching!
if you wanna make these start much quicker when making your wax mixture add either a 1/4 cup of campfire lighter fluid or 1/4 cup of parafgin lamp oil to the wax mix , these usually with that method will start with only a strike or two of a ferro rod or a single match or lighter strike
I think I'll pass on that. If I'm getting blasted in the comments for heating up wax, I can't imagine what people would say if I used lighter fluid or lamp oil. I don't think it would be safe to do that anyway, but I could be wrong. Thanks for the suggestion, though, and for watching!
@@ElatedCarrot the lamp oil is actually quite commonly used in making these and you use a very limited amount it basically helps light quicker and extend length by a minute or two i dont use the lighterfluid myself but the lamp oil is easy to work with .
@@ElatedCarrot also an easy fix for people blasting you in comments for heating up wax is simply to create a double boiler system pot of water and smaller can to use to melt it works same way as melting chocolate
Heavy metal mold, such as the ice tray or metal container of some sort easiest way to get them out is to take a torch to the backside of metal container gently going over just to soften the wax. It’s up against metal and fall out. Also, another mold that’s burnable that works great and helps to start the wood chips and sawdust easier is paper egg crates making sure that your paper egg crate is saturated in paraffine/wax and your sawdust wood chip mix is packed in tightly lighting one of the four cornersof the fire starter
My Nana used to use old newspaper and pork fat. Chill the fat cut into squares wrap in a piece newspaper, she called them gypsy fire lighters, worked really well…but we are in the uk…no bear or raccoons!
I haven't tried that brand. I remember buying some fire starters years ago, and they were expensive and very hard to light. I almost needed fire starters to light the fire starters, haha. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!
That's a good idea. My objective is to reuse/recycle material that would otherwise get thrown away instead of buying new things and to make the process as sustainable as possible. I like the paper cupcake form idea, though. Maybe those would taste more like cupcakes instead of cookies like mine 😄.
We collect a huge amount of Amazon boxes. I shred them in a crosscut paper shredder. Mixed with wax, this makes excellent fire starter. Shredded cardboard also makes very nice mulch and compost additive. Michael
Why dont you use egg cartons? Just put the sawdust in and pour some wax on it next you cut them into sice and done. Btw why do you take out the wick? It just burns like it was desinged for. Much less work with good results and they are easier to light because not the complet cartbord is soaked in wax so just light up a "normal" corner and done
I don't use egg cartons because I don't typically get the paper ones, so they aren't readily available. I prefer using the wood forms anyway because I can repeatedly make many uniform and consistent batches that have long and predictable burn times. I would imagine that just pouring wax over sawdust would yield a lower quality firestarter that burns for a shorter period of time, but I would have to test and compare that. I take out the wicks because I've come across many that are attached to a metal base, and I don't want to run metal through my table saw. So, I just got in the habit of taking out the wicks. With all this said through, using egg cartons is still a good approach. It's just not what I prefer to do. Thanks for watching!
Put a dab of hot wax on the top of your fire starters and put a piece of dryer lint or cotton ball on top of it. Then you should be able to start them with a striker spark instead of a lighter or match.
I just poke a bit of the original candle wicks into the top before they go hard - makes them so much easier to light in the hand before placing them in the fire. I also put a popsicle stick 'handle' in for the kids to start the fire. Another favourite of mine is to dunk dried pine cones in the hot wax.
Careful when adding the sawdust to the wax, that bubbling is the moisture boiling off. Same danger as with making fries in a chip pan, if it boils over onto the hotplate it WILL ignite
Yup! After having a piece of oak kick back on my table saw a few years ago and bust me in the mouth, I always think pretty hard about what I'm doing. Chipped teeth, a hole in my lower lip, and stitches taught me a valuable lesson, haha.
What a great idea, BUT way too much work involved! We did this with Boy Scouts years ago using egg cartons, when cold, cut with a steak knife. BTW, it appears that you use way too much heat, A danger of igniting! A project great for Seniors who have Nothing to do & All day to do it!
I guess it depends on what someone thinks is too much work. I think it only took me a couple of hours (if that) to make all the fire starters you see in this video. Since I already have the ingredients and equipment needed, it didn't take that long. I can see it being more work if someone doesn’t have the proper setup. It's cool that you made fire starters with the Boy Scouts. Seems like a good project for that. Thanks for watching!
Haha. I noticed I pronounced it like that, too, and tried not to. I guess I wasn't successful! I'm not sure why I tend to say it like that. It's weird. Thanks for watching!
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Some things to keep in mind:
* keep your temp low, to avoid flash over
* create a double-boiler by putting a one pound sized tin can into the pot, and add water between. Helps keep your wax from scorching
* collect Ziploc bags full of dryer lint, then add slightly cooled wax. massage sealed bag and press flat, then cool and break up into chunks.
* mold release spray (or Pam!) goes a long way.
* when using ice cube trays, go ahead and add those wicks. Makes them easier to light
These tips brought to you by an SCA camper, and sister to a Scoutmaster😁
Those are very good tips! Thanks for the ideas and for watching!
The video was entertaining and thank you for making it. That said, this takes quite a bit of planning, use of heat ( melting the wax), use of energy to cool and time. I light ( conservatively) 100 fires a year at my cottage in northern Ontario. As I wander I carry a pouch and collect tinder. My favourite is Birch bark. A great fire starter is duct tape. I could have started four fires with the tape used to plug the end of the paper towel roll. Another great fire starter are cotton balls; one per fire. Your fire starters are great for lighting wet wood. That said there is plentiful dry wood to be found in the rain so no need to light wet wood. I definitely don’t mean to be contrary. I think these starters are great for folks who don’t have much bushcraft and as a convenience. Thank you for the video
Thanks for your insight and for watching!
My wife puts our mixture, which is generally shavings from my planer with some wax, into cup cake cups which are little paper cups designed to bake cup cakes in. cost about a penny each if you shop around. The paper lights easily and then lights the mixture. Just a thought.
Yeah, that's a good idea, too. I just try to repurpose items that would typically get thrown away instead of buying stuff to make fire starters. Thanks for watching!
@@ElatedCarrot I like the idea of repurposing.
The tasting bit, with sound, is hilarious 🤣
Haha, thanks! I was nervous it seemed too realistic, and someone would actually think they were okay to eat. The audio is of me chewing something, but not fire starters. Thanks for watching!
Use a box grater to shave up the wax , use a double boiler technique to melt wax without overheating it . Paper muffin pan liners , egg cartons , tp tubes, . Or line your wooden molds with waxed paper
Good ideas! Thanks for watching!
you should be careful with the overheating of the wax, that you don´t reach the flash point of the wax vapor.
Thanks for the tip! I haven't thought about that in the past. I'll have to be careful on the next batch I make. Thanks for watching!
Use a crock pot slow cooker - takes a little longer but does a great job
A double boiler also works well. Set your pan inside of a larger pan with some water. Like, a turkey roasting pan or similar. That way, the temperature can't get above 212°F. 🌡️
Also, it can catch some of the inevitable drips and splatters so you don't have those falling on the heating element and risking another source of flashpoint fire. 🔥
Possible idea for the ice cube tray, try with the wax paper in first or clear wrap in first to ease with drawl. Will need to try these as so far only done the lint in egg cartons and old paper/wood tack boards soaked in wax.
Thanks for the idea! Let me know how it goes if you try one of these methods. Thanks for watching!
For the coated shavings it might be fun to use a tea sieve and dunk it. I don't know if it'll work but it sounds really fun and i wann try it now 😂
That does sound fun! You should give it a try!
Def. sawdust, as cutting firewood makes a bucketload of it. A few years ago I was experimenting with a mix of paper pulp and sawdust to make firebricks and I couldn't get a good recipe. Thanks to stumbling across this video, I see I could use wax as a binder and burn-promoter, so thanks for making this!
I see plenty of others have also raised the point that you were not only risking a combustion event with the amount of heat, but you also boil off any volatiles in the wax that help promote combustion of the final product.
As a time/stress saver, you could pour your wax into a mixing container through a sieve (not a pasta strainer) which would pull out all the wicks, caps, stickers, bits of wrapper, etc. in one fell swoop.
I appreciate the comment and the tips for next time. Thanks for watching!
SHAVING WAX A GREAT IDEA FOR PRACTING WOOD CARVING. JUST MELT AND START AGIN.
That's a good idea! Thanks for watching!
Nice job. Good cinematography. Enjoyable!
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
with the moulds rub any type of cooking oil with a finger into the wholes to lubricant the mold .Much more easier for the moulds to come out .
That's a good idea. Thanks for watching!
@@ElatedCarrotYou can also spray with spray cooking oil. It gets into the corners better. Silicone soap molds are another option.
I watched with pleasure - thanks.
Now need to make my own starters and go out for the hike!
Thanks for watching! Happy hiking!
Hey Buddy, take a hike!!!
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Great video. Try grabbing both ends of the ice cube tray and twist. They should pop right out. 😊
That might have worked! Thanks for watching!
I'vve always loved starting fires so.. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching!
Nice video Carrot!
Thank you!
Have you tried it with dryer lint instead of sawdust? It catches much faster and still burns for quite a while. I used cardboard egg cartons as molds, thru work great.
I haven't tried that before. I'll have to give it a try one of these days. Thanks for watching!
@ElatedCarrot Save the inside of paper towel, or Toilet Paper Cardboard. Fill with Dryer lint, works great to "Start" a fire, perhaps alil wax will help it burn longer.
I was the cardboard from the inside of toilet paper, since my Dryer is in my bathroom. Lol
I have also done it with cardboard egg cartons. You don't have to remove them, you just cut them apart and light the whole thing. Really easy!
Been there done that but don't like it cuz messy and lots lots of dust sometimes hard to breath with so much dust it just is a waste of time but it works well thanks for sharing with us.....👏👏👏😁👍
Yeah, it can get pretty dusty. Thanks for watching!
Great video when it came to testing I’m not gunna lie but I thought the first one you lit would of lasted longer the the ice cube tray one had to watch again but I noticed that the ice cube tray you didn’t compact it as much and the molded one but the molded one had great embers after also I think it’s better when you put the sawdust in the pan witch it allow to soak up the wax that’s allow it to start in any weather and even if it was put it water it’ll still start cheers John
Those are good points. Since I didn't measure the ratio of sawdust to wax, that could have also caused different outcomes with lighting and burn time. Thanks for watching!
A couple of notes: Using scented wax to make your fire starters Will attract raccoons and bears. Several times in the morning, after leaving the starters out, I find them at the edge of the woods with bite holes in the bag from the raccoons figuring out they are not food. There are few bears in my area.
The dense, high-wax-to-sawdust-ratio ones you are making can take a long time to light. I take half a cotton ball, dip one edge in wax, and stick it on the side of the wafer. It makes it very easy to light.
Finally, it is much easier and faster to dump the mix on the table, roll it out with a piece of dowel rod to 1/2" or so thick, allow it to cool a bit, and then cut it into small squares of 1 1/2" or so.
I also use them to start the fire in my woodstove at home and for starting charcoal for my grill.
I've been making these or ones like these for 40 years.
Thanks! Those are really good tips. Thanks for watching!
@@ElatedCarrot Thanks!
I just remembered that I needed to add one essential safety tip: never use pressure or other treated wood dust for anything that burns. Burning the chemicals can produce hazardous vapors, especially for old people and children.
I cut a lot of different woods in my shop, so I have to be careful to collect only clean sawdust, mostly from hardwoods to use for fire starters.
Yeah, I didn’t know how to use a table saw, just bought one and started using. Cut fingers on both hands, yep, a bit slow. Anyway, safe use of a push stick is prudent. From an old veteran, retired in the foothills of the Smokies.
Ouch! Yeah, they can be pretty dangerous. Thanks for watching!
Great video. I think I’ll stay with egg cartons and buy some small Dixie cups
Thanks! Yeah, those will work just fine, too. Thanks for watching!
Good job,thanks for sharing
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
Slowly shave the wax 😂
Made me LoL
Haha, I don't know why that was fun to do, but it was. Thanks for watching!
Can you light them with a ferro rod spark?💥🔥
Probably not. Maybe if you grind the fire starter into more of a powder, it might work.
I'm adding waxed Jute twine as a wick. Just rub the tip of it against a brick or concrete first, to loosen fibers. Or lit it with a lighter and let it burn for a while, to become charred.
Brilliant and hilarious! 🤣
👍Thanks for watching!
I wonder if coating the trays with nonstick cooking spray would help them come out more easily? Though, I'd probably just use the custom forms if it were me. I found this video very satisfying and even soothing. Your voice is similar to the guy from Bourbon Moth Woodworking. If you don't know of him, you should check it out. Thanks for the content!
Using cooking spray might help. That's a good idea. I'll try that if I ever use them again. I'm very happy you enjoyed the video so much! Thanks for sharing and for watching!
I've thought of using cupcake papers but haven't tried them yet
That's a good idea. Now I want some cupcakes!
if you wanna make these start much quicker when making your wax mixture add either a 1/4 cup of campfire lighter fluid or 1/4 cup of parafgin lamp oil to the wax mix , these usually with that method will start with only a strike or two of a ferro rod or a single match or lighter strike
I think I'll pass on that. If I'm getting blasted in the comments for heating up wax, I can't imagine what people would say if I used lighter fluid or lamp oil. I don't think it would be safe to do that anyway, but I could be wrong. Thanks for the suggestion, though, and for watching!
@@ElatedCarrot the lamp oil is actually quite commonly used in making these and you use a very limited amount it basically helps light quicker and extend length by a minute or two i dont use the lighterfluid myself but the lamp oil is easy to work with .
@@ElatedCarrot also an easy fix for people blasting you in comments for heating up wax is simply to create a double boiler system pot of water and smaller can to use to melt it works same way as melting chocolate
Excellent
Thanks!
Heavy metal mold, such as the ice tray or metal container of some sort easiest way to get them out is to take a torch to the backside of metal container gently going over just to soften the wax. It’s up against metal and fall out.
Also, another mold that’s burnable that works great and helps to start the wood chips and sawdust easier is paper egg crates making sure that your paper egg crate is saturated in paraffine/wax and your sawdust wood chip mix is packed in tightly lighting one of the four cornersof the fire starter
Those are good ideas! Thanks for watching!
😂I was going to say that it looks good 😂😂😂❤
Haha. It does look good, but it probably wouldn't be my first choice when I get hangry.
Watching candles melt is just above watching grass grow & paint dry.
So what you're saying is this is one of the most exciting and entertaining videos you've ever seen 😀.
Only if the burner was on high
My Nana used to use old newspaper and pork fat. Chill the fat cut into squares wrap in a piece newspaper, she called them gypsy fire lighters, worked really well…but we are in the uk…no bear or raccoons!
That's a good idea! There are so many ways to start fires 🙂. Thanks for watching!
Metal mold and Stearin wax. Stearin shrinks while cooling. Slight tap against a table pops all briquettes out...
Good idea! Thanks for watching!
Have you tried using Black Beard Fire Starters? They work great! Very affordable and they are made in America!
I haven't tried that brand. I remember buying some fire starters years ago, and they were expensive and very hard to light. I almost needed fire starters to light the fire starters, haha. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!
P. S. To get the ice cube tray ones out sit the tray in some warm water for a few seconds
Good idea! Thanks for the tip!
I always use paper cupcake forms and tray. Paper is easy to lit and they burn for almost 30 minutes.
That's a good idea. My objective is to reuse/recycle material that would otherwise get thrown away instead of buying new things and to make the process as sustainable as possible. I like the paper cupcake form idea, though. Maybe those would taste more like cupcakes instead of cookies like mine 😄.
@ElatedCarrot 😃😃😃
At 4:33, are you trying to say the tapered candle was unbreakable?
No. I was trying to break it with the wooden spoon, and it wouldn't easily break. It was just something I spontaneously tried in the moment.
I use old motor oil
That's one way to do it, but it probably doesn't smell as nice! Thanks for watching!
We collect a huge amount of Amazon boxes. I shred them in a crosscut paper shredder. Mixed with wax, this makes excellent fire starter. Shredded cardboard also makes very nice mulch and compost additive. Michael
That's a great idea! Especially if you don't have sawdust handy. Thanks for sharing and for watching!
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Thanks for watching!
chocolate rice crispy cake. Mmmm.
That's what I thought too, but it tasted like wood for some reason, haha! Thanks for watching!
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Why dont you use egg cartons? Just put the sawdust in and pour some wax on it next you cut them into sice and done. Btw why do you take out the wick? It just burns like it was desinged for. Much less work with good results and they are easier to light because not the complet cartbord is soaked in wax so just light up a "normal" corner and done
I don't use egg cartons because I don't typically get the paper ones, so they aren't readily available. I prefer using the wood forms anyway because I can repeatedly make many uniform and consistent batches that have long and predictable burn times. I would imagine that just pouring wax over sawdust would yield a lower quality firestarter that burns for a shorter period of time, but I would have to test and compare that.
I take out the wicks because I've come across many that are attached to a metal base, and I don't want to run metal through my table saw. So, I just got in the habit of taking out the wicks. With all this said through, using egg cartons is still a good approach. It's just not what I prefer to do. Thanks for watching!
Put a dab of hot wax on the top of your fire starters and put a piece of dryer lint or cotton ball on top of it. Then you should be able to start them with a striker spark instead of a lighter or match.
That's a good idea. Thanks for watching!
I just poke a bit of the original candle wicks into the top before they go hard - makes them so much easier to light in the hand before placing them in the fire. I also put a popsicle stick 'handle' in for the kids to start the fire.
Another favourite of mine is to dunk dried pine cones in the hot wax.
Don't get it too hot, you'll end up with one hell of a fire in the pan
I'll have to pay attention to that next time. Thanks for watching!
The sawdust and wax acts more like firewood than firestarter. Shavings are better at fire starting with or without the wax.
I think I see what you're trying to say, but I disagree. Thanks for watching!
Loved the ice cube fire starter and the wood shavings fire staters! Great video too!!!
Thanks for letting me know and for watching!
have you ever tryed beeswax?
I haven't tried that before. I've just used old candles that people don't want. Have you tried beeswax?
@@ElatedCarrotno but I have a few lbs. sitting in the freezer.
Sawdust Not saldust😢😮😂😂😂😂
I noticed I say it weird, too, when I listened back to it. I'm not sure why I say it like that, haha. Thanks for watching!
Hurry up wax. Lol
Haha, thanks for watching!
Use an egg carton.
Yeah, that's another way! There are many ways, but I found that the wood form is the most readily repeatable method. Thanks for watching!
Careful when adding the sawdust to the wax, that bubbling is the moisture boiling off. Same danger as with making fries in a chip pan, if it boils over onto the hotplate it WILL ignite
Thanks for letting me know. I'll have to be careful next time. Thanks for watching!
lol. Fingers are pretty nice to have. Aren’t they?
Yup! After having a piece of oak kick back on my table saw a few years ago and bust me in the mouth, I always think pretty hard about what I'm doing. Chipped teeth, a hole in my lower lip, and stitches taught me a valuable lesson, haha.
Maybe spray the molds with PAM or similiar first.
That's a good idea. I'll have to give that a try. Thanks for watching!
@@ElatedCarrot NP
селитры добавь. а то горит плохо.
Thanks for the tip, and thanks for watching!
Spray charcoal lighter fluid on some.
Yeah, that would help. They normally light right away, though, unless it's really windy. Thanks for watching!
What a great idea, BUT way too much work involved!
We did this with Boy Scouts years ago using egg cartons, when cold, cut with a steak knife.
BTW, it appears that you use way too much heat, A danger of igniting!
A project great for Seniors who have Nothing to do & All day to do it!
I guess it depends on what someone thinks is too much work. I think it only took me a couple of hours (if that) to make all the fire starters you see in this video. Since I already have the ingredients and equipment needed, it didn't take that long. I can see it being more work if someone doesn’t have the proper setup. It's cool that you made fire starters with the Boy Scouts. Seems like a good project for that. Thanks for watching!
maybe peel a bit of the papertube firestarter to act like a fuse.
That's a good idea. I'll have to try that. Thanks for watching!
just wanna say at 4:24 that was a beautiful blood red color.
I also thought it looked like I was cooking a pot of blood, haha. Thanks for watching!
Sawl dust? Never heard of it
Haha. I noticed I pronounced it like that, too, and tried not to. I guess I wasn't successful! I'm not sure why I tend to say it like that. It's weird. Thanks for watching!
I had to say it myself every time I heard it. Sol dust, saul dust, sawl dust.