I would like to make long burning torches myself.
Has anyone a link or knowledge how to start the project?
thanks
cheers
Abbe
:chill:
Has anyone a link or knowledge how to start the project?
thanks
cheers
Abbe
:chill:
tomtom said:Thats what i thought.. (it was a good picture of aragorn from lord of the rights with is one :roll
ray made one in his last serise.. i believe it was useing birch bark wraped around a stick.. though he might have gotten oil from somewhere too and soaked it in that... i cant remember!
TomTom. It could have been russian oil. :?: Iv seen him make that from birch bark, on TV. He also made one from pine tree resin wedged in the top of a split stick wth smaller branches through it to act as wicks.tomtom said:ray made one in his last serise.. i believe it was useing birch bark wraped around a stick.. though he might have gotten oil from somewhere too and soaked it in that... i cant remember!
Realgar said:To put it in as short a way as possible, pack a metal tin with birch bark ( twigs will do ), put the lid on, knock a hole in the lid. Take another tin - without a lid, bury it with the rim just above soil level. Put the bark-tin upside down over the buried tin, seal around the two with mud/clay. Build a fire on top, light it, Wait for the fire to go out and collect what's in the bottom tin. You can do similar with any resin rich wood to obtain a form of pitch.
Realgar
BrutonW said:Hi there,
I'm sure that Ray was using some kind of sap in a split stick to make the torch
Will