Many years ago, my dad had made a similar but much longer match device for lighting his gas fridge. Your project reminded me of that. Thanks for the memory. Cheers buddy.
Thank you for your video. Loved it. I like the idea of the jute metal match but what really caught my attention was the coffee warmer, I have one we never use and now I have a use.
Awesome video. I just made one using and old aluminum hunting arrow. I cut off about 3 inches, chamfered both ends, soaked my twine in wax and turned out perfect. I like the idea of the leather for a handle! I will have to do that!! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Joe☺, this was a great project, I think I have enough bits n pieces to make one, so it will give me something to do during lockdown here in the UK, thanks for the video, stay safe mate, best wishe's to you and Sandy, Stuart.uk.
9:42 I use a cut pop can to make a tube for the twine. another style was using POTASH in boiled water, and adding your jute twine in it....it is a great 1500's coal extender.
I made one but am having issues getting it lit with my little ferro rod. I used my coffee maker warmer to melt the wax and an old aluminium arrow for the tube.
Brass tubing is a bit hard to find. What you can use is brake line tubing. About 1/4" diameter. 5/16th's makes it easier to feed the jute through. Cut it about 8" long. If you can't light a fire by the time it is too hot to hold, you are doing something wrong. Also, If you save the brake fitting on the end and use the flared piece of tubing cut to the right size, you can use a mason jar as a candle by drilling a hole in the lid and threading the fitting through it. Tubing will force the wick to stay low in the jar and conduct some heat to warm the lamp oil. Helps a bit when using cooking oil as lamp oil.
Brass tubing of various diameter is available in abundance on Jeff Bezos' favorite online store. Thanks for including some tubing dimensions. Another possible issue is the fact that jute twine, too, comes in different thicknesses. I guess joesneon never replied to requests for those particulars in his video. In any event, I can't find them if he did.
I don't know if this would work, but you might try tightly wraping sewing thread or carpet thread around the end of the jute before waxing and feed it through the tube. Then pull on the thread as a leader to pull the jute through. The whole thread doesn't need to be waxed, just the end tied to the jute.
I wonder if you saturating the Jute with Wood ashes before you impregnated with wax if you there would be a big difference just thinking out loud here first time looking at a gentle very nice.
Use a rubber band to keep the handle on until preferred glue dries. A braid hair band works best because it’s really small. Also use glue that does well in high temps.
@@crazysquirrel9425 I found the same, I think most hardware stores have stopped selling it. Search ebay for stump remover. That's where I ended up buying mine.
Thanks for showing us how to make this, Joe! I'm definitely going to give this a try, By the way, I will certainly let you know how the oilskin tarp works out, I found a fantastic source for them!
I did that, too. $3.95. I think it's the safest way to melt wax. Takes about 1½ hrs to melt a block of wax. I use that time to prepare materials for the project.
I did something similar when i was making survival bracelets, i would pull a piece of jute twine up through the braid of the bracelet.....I am definitely gonna make a few of these for my trip to Alaska.
I've been trying to do this myself what size tubing are you using and do you know where you can get empty Altoid or whatever kind of tens you were using?
Ok the 3 strand braid is easy enough... why not do a twisted cord? Why jute? Would cotton cord work? How about beeswax vs. paraffin? Just asking out of curiosity.
All of those will work. I got a small round oil lamp wick that fits in a piece of brass tubing I saved from something I scraped have not made the match with it yet but I think it will work
Bee's wax should work. The only wax that I do not know about is soy wax,all wax should work you do not have to buy new wax you can get candles from thrift stores for cheap 😊
Like it. Now show Cameron how to make one so he can give it to his Dad who always seems to have problems getting things lit hahaha. I guess hose jockeys aren't suppose to burn things. Dry aged steak YES!
+Rick Green you know what is funny about that is we were shooting some video last week and again I couldn't get the fire going again. Mrs W says I should just get a blow torch. 0 for 5 on getting fires going
Joe... what a cool idea!! Thanks so much for sharing with us! What's the ID of the tubing you're using?? And where did you get the tubing?? Thanks again...... Ax
