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A low tech lighter.

A completelely pointless item, in all honesty;

A lighter made from a matchbox that allows you to strike a match using only one's thumb.

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Step 1Gather your parts and plans.

You will need a old piece of wood,(the same thickness as the inside of a matchbox),
a matchbox,
sand-paper,
glue

and detailed plans.

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38 comments

Jul 14, 2009. 9:57 PMcatboo22 says:

wont the wood catch fire?

Feb 28, 2010. 1:53 AMknex_mepalm says:

Its too thick

Jul 30, 2009. 3:21 PMsharlston says:

if you have a broken lighter in need of fixing go to my post to get it fixed

heres the link:
http://www.instructables.com/community/do-you-have-a-broken-lighter/

Dec 23, 2008. 12:57 PMmatrix828 says:

use the striking surface that u cut off instead of sand paper, i might work better, i dont know

Jun 7, 2009. 11:40 AMsharlston says:

its the same thing on strike anywhere mayches

Feb 5, 2009. 4:16 AMqwerty29 says:

how did you come up with this it is so cool:)

Mar 22, 2008. 8:26 AMcool! says:

WOW! I will have to try this, even though I'm 12 and know that smoking is terrible, I think I am going to try this lighter just to see it work! One thing that might be cool would be to have a compartment that holds matches, that would be cut into part 1 Very nice, +1

Oct 10, 2008. 11:27 AMCarStalkerZ says:

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Oct 10, 2008. 4:16 PMcool! says:

Way to show your "Maturity" Ps. im 13 now.

Oct 10, 2008. 8:05 PMthepaul1993 says:

i dont get it

Oct 10, 2008. 9:18 PMcool! says:

Sorry, I got a bit PO'd. Basically it seemed like what car stalker said, was rather rude, and I see now that the "Dumb @sses" part was sort of quoting qballcat. Anyway, sorry for that.

Oct 10, 2008. 11:02 PMthepaul1993 says:

now i really don't get what is going on

Nov 3, 2008. 6:18 PMfancypenguin845 says:

lol tht 'appens to me all the tyme! ps i luv this 'structable! i always go into this gas station and im so tempted to try'n buy a zippo cuz theyr so kewl

Nov 4, 2008. 11:36 PMthepaul1993 says:

hooray for zippo

Oct 11, 2008. 5:48 PMcool! says:

Ughh.. OK, Ill try again. I got pissed at car stalker because of what he said. So I retaliated, although I can see it looks stupid now.

Oct 12, 2008. 3:14 AMthepaul1993 says:

ok then.........

Aug 30, 2008. 1:08 PMqballcat says:

im 12 also and i want zippo but this will do in the mean time till my uncle comes to visit but i totally agree with you on the first bit some 11 year olds were caught smokin in our school ,dumb asses thats what they are

Oct 27, 2008. 5:54 PM

willdabeast says:

im 13 and i gots like so many zippos cause i no this 22 y.o. ex-cop who buys em. 4 me. i got into trouble tho for smokin weed and cigs. DONT SMOKE POT!!! U WILL GET DRUG TESTED AND IT WILL COME POSITIVE AND YOUR PARENTS WILL KILL YOU!!! although it is pretty fun..

Feb 18, 2009. 4:39 PMsilencekilla says:

i love gettin high we should chill sometime yo im 16 though

Oct 29, 2008. 5:44 PMqballcat says:

dude, not cool not cool you must be one ****** up little dude

Oct 31, 2008. 1:26 PM

willdabeast says:

dude, im the same age as u

Nov 1, 2008. 10:52 AMqballcat says:

i know, the point but ur probably shorter

Nov 3, 2008. 4:13 PM

willdabeast says:

im 5'8" but im just gonna shut up cause this is startin to sound faggy

Oct 11, 2008. 7:33 PMCarStalkerZ says:

you should all be reported your under age you noobs

Feb 5, 2009. 4:15 AMqwerty29 says:

12!

Oct 29, 2008. 5:50 PMqballcat says:

haha noob im 13 now

Aug 18, 2008. 10:34 PMstasys says:

Im 12 too and wot about drillin a type of hole i cm diameter in part 1 and keep say 10 matchs in there? I dont smoke either

Aug 18, 2008. 10:40 PMstasys says:

PS I loooooooove the name: you kno: LOW TECH..... Lighter It really made me laugh ill tell my friends ill give you five stars

Oct 12, 2008. 5:31 PMHeWantsRevenge says:

hahaha...avid smoker and imma have to make one of these for my collection. thanx for posting this. and for the whiners out there...u could always light a few candles and what not with this wecked low tech tool

Oct 10, 2008. 11:02 PMthepaul1993 says:

i dont smoke but i love zippos

Oct 5, 2008. 2:26 PMLuminousObject says:

Awesome.

Sep 10, 2008. 9:36 AMbaneat says:

Compicated problem to a simple solution haha

Aug 18, 2008. 11:29 PMstasys says:

is the part that looks like an L is it part 2?

Apr 15, 2008. 4:31 AMtater killer says:

wicked!

Mar 23, 2008. 8:16 PMTheInventor says:

Thats sick! It's old school with new school combine.//matches with lighters together|| Awesome!!! +1 Added to favs!

Mar 22, 2008. 8:45 PMGorillazMiko says:

Nice1 Looks extremely easy to do, I just might do this because it's cool. No, I don't smoke. Just for lighting things... you know.... *BOOM!* +1 rating.

Mar 22, 2008. 10:33 AM

gmjhowe says:

Nice! well thort out and completed! Well done! i agree with cool! it needs a storage compartment, other than that its perfect!

Mar 22, 2008. 8:09 AMker-boom101 says:

Holy crap this is nice a nice invetion... i catn recall but i remember a type of zippo looking ligter that you fill up with matches and when you spun the wheel it would strike the match against sandpaper ad move it upwards.... ps. if anyone finds t on the web could you please provide a link?