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How To Make Fire Without Matches or a Lighter

video How To Make Fire Without Matches or a Lighter

Materials:
1. Steel Wool
2. A 9 volt battery (any battery will work, but 9 volt batteries are the easiest)

7 comments

May 31, 2010. 6:26 AMPizzapie500 says:

Lol! This is called a 5 min video and it's 1:02 mins. Anyway this is awesome! I had no idea this would work! Also, would it work with #3 steel wool?

Aug 9, 2009. 8:17 AM

Kirbsome! says:

Its good, but if you don't have matches, you probably wouldn't have batteries or steel wool either. good though!

Nov 2, 2009. 4:54 PMwoody558 (author) says:

Steel wool is great for tinder, and batteries can be used for many things.

Jul 15, 2009. 3:05 AMrlawrence says:

i have watched this video on practically evry website that is about making stuff, the EXACT same video.

May 20, 2009. 3:28 PMTheAmazingJampie says:

Nice Instructable, but it has been done before.

Mar 19, 2009. 12:50 PMandrewbaker says:

OMG FIRE I HAV 2 TRY THIS

Jan 29, 2009. 2:06 PMPhocian says:

Well I'll be damned. That is a good idea.

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