DIY FIRE STARTER

[JasperFrank]

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Interesting. I seen many of these, and was always told they were used to heat water.

 

[not2old]

I only use a fire out doors to burn yard waste. I'm lazy and don't have much patients. I use a tiger torch and a leaf blower.

 

[CalG]

I only use a fire out doors to burn yard waste. I'm lazy and don't have much patients. I use a tiger torch and a leaf blower.

I've heated with wood burning stove for more than 30 years.
Just put in a pellet stove to take the chill off the basement. It runs for 10 hours easily without attention.

In winter, I don't require much "fire starter", as the stove burns bright 24/7. It's the "taint" season that goes through the splinters and birch bark. That, I have boxes and bags 5 years old.

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for burning brush, there is nothing better than a pint of fuel oil and an old tire. Add the leaf blower if you have one handi. ;-)

Around the house, I would go for wax type , but buying wax is spendy

 

[drajj5]

By far for wood stove..... Have you left for work; wood-stove filled to capacity and dampers set. Then, came home to not one ember left to get you going? Fear not- hand full of chip(s) and a lighter will cure all that ales you!!

 

[HawkinsHollow]

By far for wood stove..... Have you left for work; wood-stove filled to capacity and dampers set. Then, came home to not one ember left to get you going? Fear not- hand full of chip(s) and a lighter will cure all that ales you!!

I have tried that for $h!ts and giggles one time. Chips do indeed make excellent fire starters.

 

[BnRidge]

I do the egg carton with sawdust and candle wax. I have never tried pinecones; do you treat them with anything or just light them? I will have to try them sometime.

I got lazy once and skipped the sawdust. Found out they work just as well. Just wax and paper cartons.

 

[EddieWalker]

My 84 year old Mom is my favorite fire starter. The woman has a passion for getting a burn pile going, and staying with it all day while it burns. Once it burns down enough to get close to it, she will walk around it and pick up anything that can burn, and add it to the fire.

This was yesterday. She brought the Mule out with some boxes and a bottle of Lighter Fluid used for starting a grill. I sat in the tractor and listened to my radio while she worked. She like me to be there in case something gets out of control, and to push it all together once it burns down. My job is done in an hour or two, she stayed with it until dark, and when it was barely smoking. We had a lot of rain this week, and the grass is soaking wet with a lot of standing water. It was the perfect day to burn!!!

 

[HawkinsHollow]

My 84 year old Mom is my favorite fire starter. The woman has a passion for getting a burn pile going, and staying with it all day while it burns. Once it burns down enough to get close to it, she will walk around it and pick up anything that can burn, and add it to the fire.

This was yesterday. She brought the Mule out with some boxes and a bottle of Lighter Fluid used for starting a grill. I sat in the tractor and listened to my radio while she worked. She like me to be there in case something gets out of control, and to push it all together once it burns down. My job is done in an hour or two, she stayed with it until dark, and when it was barely smoking. We had a lot of rain this week, and the grass is soaking wet with a lot of standing water. It was the perfect day to burn!!!

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That is ASWESOME!! Moms do a lot of handy things, that would not be one I would expect.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I never use anything special it doesn't take me much to start a fire because I take my time for the preparation, I use a little bit of paper birch bark, news paper, and or cardboard... Also I used soft wood to start it which starts faster then hardwood. Not to say I never used old motor oil in some condition but it is very rare I do, it's more to dispose of it then the need to do so but it speeds things up ... when I burn a big burn pile I bring a dry log or two and I make a fire in the middle of it and keep adding to it until it spread.