Emergency candle used for heat

[jojo]

A variation on the theme. Not my idea, this one.

A can filled (packed) with hardwood sawdust/shavings mixed with wax,
a wick down the center and you have heat. Nice to have if stuck in a small
ventilated area in the cold times.

This is the web site that shows how to.http://mybyrdhouse.blogspot.com/2010/01/sawdust-emergency-candle-tutorial.html

 

[Totumpole]

Thats a brilliant idea. I got some wax, and some wood shavings, and a can. Gonna try this bad boy out!!!

 

[Harvestman]

I've just bought a lathe and was wondering what do do with all the woodshavings I was producing. Idea!

Thanks.

 

[Eric_Methven]

Chainsaw chippings work really well like that.

 

[rik_uk3]

Mix sawdust or small wood chips with melted candle wax, use a plastic egg box as a mould and hey presto you have good firelighters. I used a bag of hamster sawdust from Wilko's and its a good way of using up leftover candles.

 

[jojo]

Mix sawdust or small wood chips with melted candle wax, use a plastic egg box as a mould and hey presto you have good firelighters. I used a bag of hamster sawdust from Wilko's and its a good way of using up leftover candles.

I have used the cardboard egg boxes, the wax seeps into the card and once the things have cooled, you can just rip the eggbox. They are good fire lighters indeed.

 

[mountainm]

A nice big open pine cone filled with wax and sawdust works well too.

 

[BoonDoc]

You can use this option to keep warm in even extreme temperatures.
Place your survival candle between your feet, lean up against a tree and wrap yourself completely in a woolen blanket. The candle will warm the air under the blanket and keep you warm overnight.
The candle fumes will ventilate around your neck.

The Native Americans used this technique with great success.

 

[ged]

You can use this option to keep warm in even extreme temperatures.
Place your survival candle between your feet, lean up against a tree and wrap yourself completely in a woolen blanket. The candle will warm the air under the blanket and keep you warm overnight. ...

The makers of the Jerven Bag suggest something similar with their bag for arctic conditions.

Incidentally with the right wood chip size you don't need a wick, I use this technique for what my wife calls my 'Roman candles' in the stove. A baked bean can or similar filled with a mixture of sawdust or wood chips and almost any fuel. I burn a lot of polythene wrapping this way, it makes a very useful contribution to the fuel budget. You need something like wood chippings to absorb the liquid fuel for safety, a can of liquid fuel or molten polythene could be very unpleasant if it tipped over in the stove when it was very hot.

 

[BoonDoc]

The makers of the Jerven Bag suggest something similar with their bag for arctic conditions.

That is a nice bit of kit. I think that I would still go for a woolen blanket. The added weight is worth it.