Greg, I plead ignorance on your fire starters. Can you show a finished one? I assume you are mixing wax with sawdust and then separating them from the egg carton somehow. Is that a wick in the starter?
What did you do in your shop today?
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One of these tall pillar candles yields about 4 dozen fire starters.
I make a batch of those firestarters every couple years - use them camping and in our backyard fire pit. Just awesome for getting a fire going fast and easy. One does the trick nicely. Will sometimes use two if the wood/kindling is damp.
5 years ago I bought 350 pounds of wax just to get the candle molds with it. I'm set for making fire starters for the next 70 gazillion years.
Leave them in the carton and just cut the carton up to 12 single cells.
Yep, I'm still alive 
Tonight got back in the shop after a day of running errands with SWMBO, and applied Poly to 125 pieces of wood using my super secret Dunk and Drain Method (Use two pans and a wire rack) with my proprietary finish mixture (Satin WOP and gloss Brush on poly in equal parts)
Tonight got back in the shop after a day of running errands with SWMBO, and applied Poly to 125 pieces of wood using my super secret Dunk and Drain Method
(Use two pans and a wire rack) with my proprietary finish mixture (Satin WOP and gloss Brush on poly in equal parts)
What's the end us of the L shaped ones?
The two parts go together with a hinge to make this- It's a pedal adapter for the old Singer Bakelite button pedals from the 30's through the early 60's. Gives you a nice wide surface to press on instead of a little button. There are pockets drilled in the base piece (That side is down while drying) to take the feet on the bottom of the foot pedal. I get orders from a few sewing groups for them, have built about 500 of them this year.
That is a neat little niche you have got going there.
Ah ha. Cool.
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That's what I do, just break one off as needed. The cardboard egg carton also acts as a wick with the sawdust.
Moved a couple things along yesterday, the humidor is glued up and ready for hinges and second coat of finish went on the redwood paddle. Only had 1 day in the shop because I went to visit some friends on Oahu who took my axe throwing as a belated birthday gift.
Don, that paddle is amazing.
How did you do at throwing?
From the line where he is, he should of been pretty good I would hope!
I threw from 15' and although it was my first time I crushed my friends. Must be in the DNA because by the end I could call my shot. They said no more redneck games for money. At $2 per bet I made $12 in an hour they were each down by $6. Lol
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No wick in the fire starters, you just break on off and place it in the center of your kindling or wood and then just light it. The sawdust and paper carton act as a wick. These things really do work excellent.
You've inspired me to make some. Lord knows, I've got plenty of wood shavings.