ISKski
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No, not flashlights!
I had intended to use some pine resin that I had collected earlier in the week but i had forgotten to put it in my pack when I built this thing earlier today. - So I ended up using fat wood from some fallen pine that I picked up - it worked fairly well - burned for a solid 15 min, enough to walk a mile or more in the dark. ( I know that this isn't the best torch out there, and you can use a cloth and oil to make on that burns for over an hour - but thats def not as cool, well maybe)
If anyone else has made anything like this, you're welcome to post up some pics
Sorry I forgot to take pictures until after I got started..
Here you can (kinda) see how I went about this, First: I split a Maple branch into four pieces, wedged them with pieces of Cedar, fluffed Cedar bark, and pieces of fat wood. Then, I made a sort of container around the top of the handle using small pieces of Cedar that I split up, and attached them using hemp fibre. Inside of there, the four or fiver larger pieces your can see are Oak - I put the Oak in there for a longer hotter burn - then stuffed it with more fluffed Cedar bark, and chunks of fat wood. **Special shout out to my hand model**
I made this thing earlier this afternoon and it took nearly all the self control I had to wait until it got darker to light'er'up
It burned just as I hoped it would, I was pretty happy with that.
Then I took my torch and headed for that light at the end of the tunnel...
Thanks for looking
ISK
I had intended to use some pine resin that I had collected earlier in the week but i had forgotten to put it in my pack when I built this thing earlier today. - So I ended up using fat wood from some fallen pine that I picked up - it worked fairly well - burned for a solid 15 min, enough to walk a mile or more in the dark. ( I know that this isn't the best torch out there, and you can use a cloth and oil to make on that burns for over an hour - but thats def not as cool, well maybe)
If anyone else has made anything like this, you're welcome to post up some pics
Sorry I forgot to take pictures until after I got started..
Here you can (kinda) see how I went about this, First: I split a Maple branch into four pieces, wedged them with pieces of Cedar, fluffed Cedar bark, and pieces of fat wood. Then, I made a sort of container around the top of the handle using small pieces of Cedar that I split up, and attached them using hemp fibre. Inside of there, the four or fiver larger pieces your can see are Oak - I put the Oak in there for a longer hotter burn - then stuffed it with more fluffed Cedar bark, and chunks of fat wood. **Special shout out to my hand model**
I made this thing earlier this afternoon and it took nearly all the self control I had to wait until it got darker to light'er'up
It burned just as I hoped it would, I was pretty happy with that.
Then I took my torch and headed for that light at the end of the tunnel...
Thanks for looking
ISK
