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raul bloodworth
17-04-2008, 10:54 PM
If one day you need to make fire in order to survive, study and practice the videos below, I haven't yet tried the second video:confused: but i do intend to?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrNiORAyqoE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iha9vQvnWMU
if anyone wants to add more (make fire) vids or text, please feel free to do so:)
happy dayz
numbersix
21-04-2008, 08:43 PM
A really easy way to make a fire is using a magnfying glass concentrate the sunlight onto pieces of paper or dry twigs..
The disadvantage is this only really works on a sunny day....
madthumbs
23-04-2008, 06:45 AM
A really easy way to make a fire is using a magnfying glass concentrate the sunlight onto pieces of paper or dry twigs..
The disadvantage is this only really works on a sunny day....
The bottom of a pop/ beer can can be polished to harness solar energy as well. I tried it with chocolate / toothpaste. It takes a lot of polishing! Baking soda may be better.
homebrew1973
26-04-2008, 12:50 PM
A really easy way to make a fire is using a magnfying glass concentrate the sunlight onto pieces of paper or dry twigs..
The disadvantage is this only really works on a sunny day....
If it`s sunny but the ground`s damp steel wool can be used as kindling, if it`s very fine.
Other methods include things like using a car battery for sparks and birch bark dipped in water which will ignite when lit. There`s loads of others in survival books etc.
madthumbs
27-04-2008, 06:19 AM
While we're at very unlikely ways to make fire... Taking white phosphorus out of water can do the trick. ;)
the itinerant shrubber
20-05-2008, 10:17 AM
On a day to day basis,I use a firesteel and cotton wool to light fires in my garden as its always too windy for lighters but I always have an old fashioned steel,a flint,charcloth and some King Alfreds cakes in a tin for real old-time firelighting.
My 9 year old can make himself a fire using this method and a bundle of natural tinder blown onto until it combusts. **PRIDE**
IMO using friction as in a fire drill is impractical in the British climate. Arm yourselves with these http://img2.putfile.com/main/5/14004132373.jpg
and you'll never have to worry about firemaking and you can use the tin to make more charcloth.Theres never any shortage of flint,cloth and King Alfreds cakes in the British isles.