Introduction: Easy Tinder
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this easy tinder will catch sparks, is easy to light, and will burn for a long time.
Step 1: Purchase
go to walmart and by some fire sticks, they're about2$ for a bag of twelve
Step 2: Grinding
take a knife and shave the stick.
store the shavings in a tin.
when the stick gets to short to shave. set on ground and pound witha rock til its flat and then shred it into little pieces.
Step 3: Igniting
use flint sparks or a lighter to light a small pile.
a square inch pile will burn for about 2 min.
Step 4: Ideas
you can mix with parafin wax or melt birthday candles over it to make a longer-lasting firestarter
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30 Comments
13 years ago on Step 3
Yeah i know they're like so clear
15 years ago on Introduction
Why does this Instructable need to be done in the dark?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
because flames are better in the dark and i dont think the auther is a pro photographer
14 years ago on Introduction
I'm ten and I'm a pyro... This morning I was out there trying to burn leaves... Now my pants smell like tobacco.
14 years ago on Step 3
Nice pics
15 years ago on Introduction
ne ideas were i can get some largeish flint chunks? ANY good links to sites were i can get largeish flint chunks are welcome.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
a lighter with no more gas left will work i believe.
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
http://www.amazon.com/Light-My-Fire-Swedish-FireSteel/dp/B000C04626/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2353430-6582409?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1188691440&sr=8-1
this is where i got mine
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
fire steels are not made of flint, they are ferrocerium, an alloy. also when starting a fire with real flint you strike the steel with the flint, not the other way round.
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
oh i ment flint as in the stone. you know, flint spear head?
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
i dont know any where you can buy it... but all you gotta do is go to a river and try and find some. to test it you can strike the back of a knife with it and see if you get sparks
15 years ago on Step 4
this ones kinda hard butt you could mix it with a pinch of saltpeter/kno3 (maby it'd end up like flash powder or somthin)
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
and where might I ask are you going to get potassium nitrate, other than from fertalizer...
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
grants brand stump remover,or spectricide grants is 98% pure spectrecide is 99% and comes finly powdered,the grants you will have to mash it in a morter and pestle
14 years ago on Introduction
The very first picture in the intro looks like a burrito.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
I'm going to update the pictures here soon.
15 years ago on Step 4
Good idea but why not just use the sticks? Also, you could put in some foil and put a fuse in (mix the tinder with a little lighter fluid). I don't know what it would do but, it would do something. Or mix the tinder with cotten. It would burn longer too. Or wood, ha.
Reply 15 years ago on Step 4
well the thing is... is that mixing with aluminum wont do anything because tinder sticks and lighter fluid are not oxidizers... so u would more than likely end up with a burning pile giving off aluminum smoke... and god knows how bad that is for your lungs... but hey, thx for throwing out the idea!
Reply 15 years ago on Step 4
Well, I ment put it inside like a ball of foil but it would be the same thing... but what about the cotton? Wouldn't that work?
15 years ago on Introduction
Even better, and Cheaper... Dryer Lint. That fuzz that gets trapped in your dryer that everyone throws away... Its actually very flammable and burns slow enough to catch your tinder.