How many ways of making fire do you know?

Over doing it with sliced banana peppers usually lights my ring but good, the next morning !:eek: :D
 
Catalytic converters are part of the exhaust system - true. It uses stuff, don't quote me but I think it is platinum - to react with the car's exhaust gases to convert some of the more harmful emissions, e.g unburned hydrocarbons, CO, etc., to harmless water and CO2. Going back a few years I remember when they first became required equipment, a few of them started wild fires by just parking them in long grass. Am I crazy or does any one else remember roughly the same thing about "new" catalytics starting fires?

Nowadays they probably have fixed that problem so it doesn't happen very often, if at all. So if you are locked out of your vehicle and your gear is locked inside you could make a little fire while you wait for AAA to arrive. You might be able get at some easy heat that would set a handful of tinder to smouldering. I'm not saying it's PRACTICAL, and I'm not saying I've done it either. I'm saying it's possible. And I'm just having fun with the thread. YAMMV.
 
Hey Guys..

LHA....

Yaa I think that fires like this are more of a mishap than anything else.. I guess it could be possible,, but it would be Very unlikely to do consistantly.

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Eric
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what about using the military style right angle flashlights( the right angle ones that can store the lens colors in the bottom). you take the lens cap off and take out the bulb, and the reflector dish. then you take some realy fine steel wool and place it in the bottom where the electrodes are that connect to the bulb. then you turn on the flashlight and it ignites the steel wool. drop the steel wool into your tinder and bring it to a flame.

1.flint and steel
2.fire bow
3.fire plow
4.magnifying glass
5.ice lens
6. military flashlight and steel wool
7.chemical reaction
8.hand drill
9. bottom of a soda can polished with chocolate(it works)
10.fire saw
11.ferrocium stick
12.fire bow with a natural fungus as the board
13.bamboo type fire saw
14. fire piston
15.lens of binoculars
ill stop there:D
 
Survivalist6698,

Steel wool is just another type of tinder. It can be ignited by flint and steel, ferro rod, matches or lighter, as well as any electrical source that has sufficient "oomph" (note highly sophisticated technical term) :p to overcome the filaments.

I have made ignited steel wool with a 9V battery, which is convenient because bothe terminals are right next to each other. All you have to do is touch it to the wool. I have heard of others using a mini-maglite similarly to the way you describe, but adding a couple of small pieces of snare wire into the holes where the bulb made electrical contact.

I'm not familiar with the particular flashlight you are describing, but I would be a little hesitant to stuff the steel wool into the reflector area of my light for fear that it might damage it, or that the tinder would be extinguished before I could properly place it in my fire bundle.

After starting to reply to your post, I used a spare cell phone battery sitting on my desk to ignite (barely) a small piece of steel wool just to see if it would work. :) There! Now I don't have to feel too upset for carrying that darn phone into areas with poor or no reception - It's part of my fire kit!

-- FLIX
 
I'm really interested by this thread as I've never tried fire raising other than using a lighter.

Could somebody please explain how to use a fire-steel and what you need for tinder etc. Thanks for your patience:thumbup:
 
Willgoy,

Firesteels, or ferro rods are actually what are known as ferrocerium or "mish metal" rods. Thaey ares sometimes erroneously called metal matches or flints. Here is a pretty helpful write-up. Do a search on this forum for firesteel, ferro rod or tinder and you will have a wealth of information to absorb. Esssentially, a ferro rod is a man-made metal rod used to start fires by scraping (not striking) it with a hard, sharp object. This causes a shower of sparks to fall which are directed onto suitable tinder, which will catch fire, igniting kindling, and eventually your main fuel wood.

These rods sometimes are attached to a handle to make them more comfortable to use. Sometimes that handle is magnesium or "fatwood" (another good term to look up) is used as a handle material so that tinder is always available. The rods range in size from a tiny 1/8" by 2" to 1/2" by 5". Popular models include the Swedish Firesteel, the BSA Hot Spark, and the ever maligned, Doan Magnesium Firestarter.

The job of the tinder is to catch the spark and nurse it into a flame hot enough to ignite the next stage of fuel/tinder. When you are first starting out learning to make fires this way, feel free to use prepared tinders such as fine steel wool, cotton balls (often enhanced by soaking them in petrolium jelly), dryer lint, or wax paper. Once you've got the hang of it, start working on finding natural items in the field that will work as tinder.

I carry lighters and matches with me when out camping, but usually use a ferro rod to start fires just for the practice. There are tons of good threads on here about firestarting and a bunch of guys that are very experienced.

Sorry I went on for so long. I hope this helps.

-- FLIX
 
How would the Ice lens work?
Using a Magnifying glass can take time, I would have thought getting the clarity of clear ice then working it into a lens that would work before it melts would be near impossible.
Has anyone here used this method?
 
like most of the methods i mentioned i havent really used the ice lens, just read it sumwhere or seen it being done on youtube or sumthing

in theory at least, it seems very doable to me :D
 
i carry a small candle,light the candle with whatever,matches or lighter and let the candle do the rest, the bow thingy makes me tired and still no fire, on a hot summers day in a field with tall dry grass and watch the Catalytic convertor start a fire...but be quick or your car burns up also ,only draw back; i have never done it but witness it at a airshow in Florida last year ,he took 6 other cars with him...
 
As stated before: Steel wool + 9volt Battery = instant fire starting. Just be sure to keep them separate at all costs until its time to start a fire.
 
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