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How to light a wood-burning stove

I thought it would be a good idea to make an ible on this, so here it is. I was about to start the stove this morning, when I got the idea to make an instructable on it. This instructable will show you how to build and light a fire in your stove. Happy firelighting!

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Step 1Step one: Make sure your stove is cleaned out.

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33 comments

Mar 31, 2010. 12:58 PM

~KGB~ says:

hehe, i likey fires ! lol

Mar 31, 2010. 1:00 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

I do, too, but this is for peaceful and practical purposes, not pyromania!

Mar 31, 2010. 1:09 PM

~KGB~ says:

lol! hahahahaha!!!!

Mar 31, 2010. 1:23 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

lol

Apr 1, 2010. 5:30 AM

~KGB~ says:

lolololololololololloloololol!

Apr 1, 2010. 8:28 AMTheChemiker (author) says:

ROTFLOL

Apr 1, 2010. 10:16 AM

~KGB~ says:

me is pyromaniac lol

Apr 4, 2010. 1:01 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

Blah

Apr 4, 2010. 1:15 PM

~KGB~ says:

lol

Apr 5, 2010. 5:18 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

olo

Apr 6, 2010. 2:39 AM

~KGB~ says:

hahahahahahaha!

Apr 6, 2010. 4:06 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

ahahahahahahah

Apr 7, 2010. 3:13 AM

~KGB~ says:

lol

Apr 13, 2010. 5:08 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

Huh?

Apr 14, 2010. 6:06 AM

~KGB~ says:

notin

Apr 14, 2010. 4:48 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

no, its somethin....

Apr 16, 2010. 2:20 PM

~KGB~ says:

lol

Apr 17, 2010. 12:36 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

I'm not sure yet, though.

Apr 17, 2010. 2:07 PM

~KGB~ says:

Apr 19, 2010. 4:39 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

Yeah

Apr 20, 2010. 8:30 AM

~KGB~ says:

Mar 31, 2010. 2:17 PM

KnexFreek says:

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Mar 31, 2010. 2:20 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

You know what? Thats not funny. This is a real tutorial, not a joke. I am going to be posting other stuff, besides knex, and this is one thing. You can go post you own ible on how to be stupid with fire, this is serious. So go and delete that comment now, because it is worthless. I mean it. Go and delete that comment.

Mar 31, 2010. 4:12 PM~Aeronous~ says:

I thought it was funny.

Mar 31, 2010. 5:00 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

sorta, but it was more mocking the ible than funny.

Apr 1, 2010. 5:02 PM~Aeronous~ says:

he was just messing around, he does that all the time. he didnt mean to offend you or your instructable.

Mar 31, 2010. 2:44 PM

KnexFreek says:

jeezus.... i was kidding around.. Calm down.

Apr 1, 2010. 10:05 AMTheChemiker (author) says:

Im sorry, its just that i was in a bad mood that day.

Mar 31, 2010. 3:22 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

It was also mocking my instructable.

Mar 31, 2010. 2:54 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

Thank you for deleting it. I just don't want stupid comments on this instructable.

Mar 31, 2010. 4:12 PM~Aeronous~ says:

you don't need 'firestart' to light a fire.
there is another 'green' way,
get the old newspaper, and roll it into balls, of one sheet, and repeat until the whole ground of the double burning stove (whatever its called)
then go and get some kindling, or small sticks from your backyard, and cross them around to make a nest, then put the big log ontop of it.
go get a match, light it, and then chuck it at the back. DONE.

Mar 31, 2010. 4:48 PMTheChemiker (author) says:

I know, I mentioned newspaper, its just that those work better. And anyway, you don't cover the whole bottom, you would just do what i showed, except for make the kindling smaller. We didn't buy board just for kindling, we were remodeling, and that was some of the wood we took out, and it fit the bill perfectly. Also, lighting a fire to heat our house is much cheaper and "greener" than buying electricity.

Apr 1, 2010. 4:53 PM~Aeronous~ says:

well yeah, maybe if you put this instructable into one step, then in the next step do a different way to light a fire.