Firesteel or Firepiston? For the Beckerheads

Firesteel or Firepiston? Ya'll Decide

  • Firesteel ('Ol Tried and True)

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  • Firepiston (Been around, seen some things)

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I like the principle of it, but I hate the size. I say similar, but bigger. MUCH BIGGER. We need to reach some kind of consensus on design though before I go whipping out 3D models. Too much back and forth, not enough "Hey, this, but tweak this or that."

KnowwhatImean?
 
Flexxx said:
Now you thinking copyright again....;)
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DerekH said:
I like the principle of it, but I hate the size. I say similar, but bigger. MUCH BIGGER. We need to reach some kind of consensus on design though before I go whipping out 3D models. Too much back and forth, not enough "Hey, this, but tweak this or that."

KnowwhatImean?
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Your right.



Do have have a "possibles" list?

from what I remember it was;

Becker handled rod with room in the handle for tinder.
A piston/fire steel mixed together.
Basically something with a tinder hole, and a huge fire steel.

I think it would be a good idea to gather all ideas from the first thread and have another poll to help decide. Then from there we can "tweak here, and there" to make what will become............The Beckerhead Fire Steel"
 
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DerekH said:
I like the principle of it, but I hate the size. I say similar, but bigger. MUCH BIGGER. We need to reach some kind of consensus on design though before I go whipping out 3D models. Too much back and forth, not enough "Hey, this, but tweak this or that."

KnowwhatImean?
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Sounds good, I don't blame you on the 3D part, I'm sure its time consuming


MyWifeThinksImCrazy said:
Your right.
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I was just kidding on the copyright stuff...;)

Not sure what the final result will be but it will be awesome and the quality will be excellent, I don't like cheap looking gear and since I will be turning it I will make sure everyone is happy with the final result......
 
Something that I was thinking, and I think has already been done, specifically with the blastmatch type things, is that when you strike a firesteel with say a knife, even if you hold the knife and drag the firesteel across it (or vice versa) right on your tinder, it still kinda goes everywhere. If a striker was integrated into a kind of tube it could help direct the sparks, and might be easier to manage. Imagine you got your firesteel, then you have a tube, open at each end, and at one end you have a flat striker type blade across it, and you pull the firesteel back from it, the sparks could then be aimed somewhat. Know what I mean?

I don't mind the 3D stuff, it isn't too terribly time consuming, but once I get going I tend to let the OCD do it's thing and that is all I end up doing for the next couple of days. Really try to avoid that, it gets on some peoples nerves, and I always end up having to put something else aside. If we can kind of come up with something beforehand I can sit down, make it, and be done with it instead of tweaking and redesigning it over and over and over with all kinds of weird and/or crazy modifications I dream up.

Plus I hate having to measure in imperial, it literally drives me batty, and going back and forth leads to lots of little issues and mistakes, so the less of that I have to do the better.
 
I love the smell of firesteel in the morning....it smells like....victory. Or at least imminent coffee..

randy
 
Should be getting my lathe by next friday or monday, I just need to know how many beckerheads are still down for this project?
 
I'm down, provided we can come up with something we can all agree on.
 
This thread is what gave me the idea for this:



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I like the fire steel, specifically the misch steel. Throws gobs of molten metal, not just sparks. It sounds like a great idea, to improve on the direction of the gobs of molten metal. :thumbup:
 
Flexxx had some stuff come up, so he didn't end up getting a lathe like he had originally planned. So the idea is on hold for awhile.
 
ya know? i'm sick to death of batoning, and firesteels. i want a unique idea. or else. go! :)
 
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