It won't fit in your backpack, but...
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:39 am
I tried out doing one of the "Swedish Candle" firelogs last evening out in the yard pit.
I had cut the slots in piece of winter-killed ash that I took down several weeks ago, It has been drying in the sun on the steps for the better part of a month.
It worked like a charm. I'd built a little, tiny twig-wood fire right over the center point, and within five or 10 minutes the coals has dropped down the slots and it had started to center burn. It burned solidly for over two hours. This morning there was a 4 inch butt piece left in the fire ring that was still smoldering, and would've easily been a base for rekindling a full fire.
I won't bore you with details, you can search up an instructable about it easily enough on the Internet, but it's definitely worth trying.
Three quick points: for an eight or 9 inch log like this one I probably could've gotten away with two slots, and secondly, if you cut the log off flat at both ends it is obvious that you could very easily utilize the firelog as an excellent stove for a frying pan or larger cook pot.
And finally, I probably should have cut the slots down to within went only an inch or two of the bottom of the log. The butt that was left was much larger than necessary.
It worked like a charm. I'd built a little, tiny twig-wood fire right over the center point, and within five or 10 minutes the coals has dropped down the slots and it had started to center burn. It burned solidly for over two hours. This morning there was a 4 inch butt piece left in the fire ring that was still smoldering, and would've easily been a base for rekindling a full fire.
I won't bore you with details, you can search up an instructable about it easily enough on the Internet, but it's definitely worth trying.
Three quick points: for an eight or 9 inch log like this one I probably could've gotten away with two slots, and secondly, if you cut the log off flat at both ends it is obvious that you could very easily utilize the firelog as an excellent stove for a frying pan or larger cook pot.
And finally, I probably should have cut the slots down to within went only an inch or two of the bottom of the log. The butt that was left was much larger than necessary.