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Fire Starter

by BevCanTech

This Fire Starter is a useful addition to your camping kit and can be used in a couple of ways:

i) To light a gas cooking stove from the ame of another.

ii) Getting kindling lite, by cutting o a small piece and placing under the kindling.

The re starter can easily be extinguished by sliding the tube over the ame.

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Supplies:

Cotton rope
Wax candle
Beer can
Packing tap.

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Step 1: Making the Tube

Cut a piece of aluminium sheet from a been can.

Roll into a tube the diameter of the cotton rope and secure with packing tape.
Cut a wax candle into small pieces.

If you want instructions on how to make a piece of aluminum sheet from a beer can: Follow step one to make aluminum
sheet.

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Step 2: Melting the Candle Wax

Place the candle pieces into a cut down beer can (or similar container), placed into a saucepan containing
water. Boil the water. This will melt the wax without damaging your saucepan.
The can with melted wax may need to held using a stick.
When the wax has melted, add in a length on cotton rope and leave for about 5 minutes.
Remove the cotton rope and allow to dry.

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Step 3: Completed Fire Starter

Insert the waxed rope into the aluminum tube.

The re starter can now be used.

Step 4: Works Even When Wet

Even after the rope has been immersed in water it will still light.

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