Making Fire With Ice!

Making Fire With Ice!
Use clear lake, pond ice or try boiling water for 3 minutes let the water cool; then boil for 3 minutes again and let cool to remove gas. Create a foil container 2" deep and freeze slowly. Or buy a clear block of ice. To make fire, the ice must be clear.

Look at the bottom of http://primitiveways.com/fire_from_ice.html to see a Big ice lens.
 
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Step 1Shape the ice lens for fire making.

Shape the ice lens for fire making.
Shape the ice lens for fire making. First shave with a knife to get the rough shape of a lens. You can also grind your ice fire lens on cement or a stone.
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Jan 29, 2012. 9:12 AMmetallica8080 says:
How exactly do you boil the pond water if you do not have fire to begin with?
Jul 25, 2009. 11:49 PMcodydean says:
survivorman did this once
Jun 20, 2009. 10:48 AMGlennD says:
how cool !
Apr 18, 2009. 4:54 PMGliucoza says:
i learned something new!!
Jul 20, 2007. 2:11 PMpooboy says:

u copier this is from another site

Apr 14, 2009. 3:25 PMwats-a-username says:
maybe the other site copied it from here?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?
Jul 28, 2007. 10:46 PMpooboy says:

btw nice instructable

Jul 28, 2007. 10:43 PMpooboy says:
= ok sry didnt mean to get angry at ya
Apr 10, 2009. 6:19 AMdombeef says:
Myth busters....
Jul 1, 2008. 10:01 PMAznDonut says:
i wonder if u could hold fire with a bowl made of ice...that would be pretty awesome
Aug 22, 2008. 8:33 PMpickford78 says:
yes you could. if you use the right fuels it would last longer but if you used gasoline you would have nonburnable gas in a minute :P
Feb 14, 2009. 11:24 AMDerin says:
you could use alcohol
Dec 23, 2008. 9:05 PMlunchboxslayer27 says:
haha when i saw the first picture i thought ur hand was like horrifically burned or something lol
Feb 1, 2009. 9:26 AMTristyn3 says:
LOL me too lunchbox
Feb 2, 2009. 1:30 PMlunchboxslayer27 says:
Rofl
Jan 23, 2009. 9:04 AMismaelplague says:
might as well use a magnifying glass
Jan 25, 2009. 7:46 AMbdblock94 says:
what if you dont have one when lost in winter?
Jan 30, 2009. 2:13 PMismaelplague says:
well im sure your not goin to
Feb 1, 2009. 10:44 AMbdblock94 says:
you never know
Sep 28, 2008. 4:30 PMHow To Guy says:
Hey. Thanks for sharing. That's pretty cool!
Jul 31, 2008. 4:35 AMPCPkillz says:
If ever I am stranded in the winter wilderness of WI, this will certainly come in handy. Now over to "How to cook squirrel" so I can have dinner, too!
May 29, 2008. 7:57 AMtehyosh says:
try making a sphere out of ice, it's easier to focus with that
May 6, 2008. 1:16 PMTemennigru says:
u saw this on mythbusters
Feb 1, 2008. 12:55 AMarmadillozenith says:
Neat! A couple of suggestions: -Prop the lens up on twigs or something so it is not melting so fast and chilling your fingers all the time you use it. -How about freezing the water in a mould (a rounded bowl) so it already came out accurately lens-shaped? -Do I need BOTH sides curved, actually? -I have also wondered if I could make a big outdoor lightweight telescope using a clear plastic-formed lens (hollow) to fill with water onsite. Save weight. Two vacuum-moulded sheets glued back-to-back with a funnel and stopper. No need to freeze. Good initiative, this could save lives in the cold outdoors... find some clear ice, shape it and start a fire.
Apr 18, 2008. 6:39 AMknowhim777 says:
yes you do need both sides curved. this is nature's version of a magnifying glass, prettymuch. kewl!
Feb 1, 2008. 6:28 AMWingDings says:
If you want to freeze the water yourself, you might have problems with getting all of the bubbles out. You'd need to have a minimum of bubbles and other stuff in there as otherwise they will diffract the light, making the concentrated light more diffuse and so less hot.

There's a few things on Instructables that tell you how to make clear ice (the comments expand on these, too), such as make crystal clear ice and The Ice Bulb.

But generally the clearer you make your ice and more uniform the surfaces are, the better the light concentration will be.
Feb 1, 2008. 5:52 AMWyldStyl3 says:
Both sides do not have to be curved, I used to have a magnifying glass that was completely flat on one side that I used to burn things all the time as a kid.
Mar 28, 2008. 9:08 AMbob the builder #1 says:
u copied this from mythbuster's
Oct 4, 2007. 4:12 PMMetal4God says:
this was on mythbusters!
Nov 11, 2007. 3:17 PMjtlax says:
i love that show
Nov 12, 2007. 6:41 AMMetal4God says:
who doesn't?
Nov 20, 2007. 7:33 PMArtemisBlue says:
I know right?
Nov 21, 2007. 5:28 AMMetal4God says:
LOL
Jan 11, 2008. 6:43 AMomnibot says:
Did they bust it?
Jan 11, 2008. 7:09 AMMetal4God says:
nope, it was CONFIRMED
Jan 31, 2008. 7:25 PMberrygunks says:
yay CONFIRMED
Feb 1, 2008. 6:14 AMWingDings says:
lol
Jan 9, 2008. 6:49 AMi_shal_pwn_u_now says:
mageick man now go make a shot gun outta a soda can
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