ISHITANI - Making Sawdust Fire Starters

[@shubus]

Every time Mr Ishitani posts a video I fell like I've been granted a visit into an area of timeless tranquility, superb craftsmanship and innovation. Always a joy.

[@jeffreysmith5018]

joy. :)

[@bobbyb1607]

I love it! My Dad showed me how to make something similar when I was a kid. Mix sawdust and wax and put it in a paper egg carton. Then cut it apart and light it up egg carton and all. Thanks for the good memories.

[@gus473]

Just did that a few weeks ago! Still have to make more before winter! 😎✌️😂

[@johnsmith-z8y]

Nice if you've got lots of sawdust, my Dad had a large jar - 5-6 pints? - filled with pure alcohol and he just chucked wine corks in (got to be real cork) bingo! firelighters. One drawback (?) is having to empty the wine bottles first...

[@craigmoore1435]

I bet your version was faster

[@Cocora22]

This man exudes peacefulness, tranquility, relaxation. He does NOTHING in a hurry, every single movement is deliberate and precise. I guess that's why his pieces are all so beautiful! Thats why I also love to watch him work it really helps relax me, which is NOT how I am normally.

[@Panchosoto]

Te entiendo 👍

[@jameskniskern2261]

Even your firewood stacks are beautiful!

[@stevenstone307]

This is my favourite cooking video

[@Garanon5]

These yummy snacks have tons of fiber and they really stick to your ribs when in cold weather!

[@MrPortajohn]

Pipe some frosting on top and leave them on the counter at your work place break room.

[@noahyoung5620]

Frosting is alright, but I prefer a glaze made with kerosene and mothballs. Really brings out the flavor.

[@pd417]

Even something as simple as these firestarters are made with pure craftsmanship.

[@TheWoodgineer]

I put these out in a bowl at Christmas and they went down a treat with the fam! Thanks for the recipe!

[@alanwilliamson2259]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. What a wonderful way to use the sawdust.

[@ivangreen64]

zen in the art of fire starting

[@davidwoo8920]

Love seeing all those partially completed chairs in the background, they look like stools :)

[@anr1593]

Ishitani fire starter ideas because of all the sawdust I've accumulated from Ishitani inspired woodworking is almost poetic. Two pine cones, nature's napalm, is probably enough though :)

[@andreasapora865]

I tuoi video sono sempre un piacere vederli ....e vivi in un posto bellissimo e una casa bellissima....sei il migliore

[@sabasworldfamous]

WOW how exciting. We're all watching wax melt!! Aint that grand?

[@reduniverse0]

That is A LOT of firewood 😯

[@diceryuri]

Love the chill vibes!

[@aucomint]

Your videos are always very relaxing.

[@tombaker3794]

This is so great, and all these years I've been throwing out my sawdust. Learned a new trick today. 👍👍

[@donalddparker]

Used to make these using cardboard egg cartoons, wax and sawdust as a kid. Great video!

[@jonathanmangold5024]

Another fabulous video. Watching him is like meditating with my eyes open.

[@atelierdulaa64300]

Mr Ishitani you are a great lighter ;) Thanks a lot for this tuto.

[@graemerandles]

Every days a school day 👍

[@andylimb]

What a superb idea.

[@NileshSutar-q4d]

From India 🇮🇳 ❤

[@JohnDoe-ki6fm]

Seems like an enviable life.

[@manecobeirao]

Very good ! Very, very good !!!

[@lewisbaileywoodworks]

Ah no way! i´m actually going to do this! Thanks

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Awesome idea, definitely I am going to try it out!

[@Ibrahim-tc7lc]

I love what are you doing.

[@noahyoung5620]

And I thought that I had a lot of firewood. Lol Love the videos! Looking forward to the next one!

[@redskins43]

what a beautiful channel... love watching. look forward to your next project... aloha...🌴🤙🙏🌺

[@GMMilambar]

MMmmmm Ishitani sawdust cakes. Yum.

[@ljp1391]

素晴らしい！ Awesome! Now I have a use for all the used ski wax I collect in the winter.

[@Panchosoto]

Una manera ecológica de ensender el fuego en la chimenea.... Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱👌💪

[@bigbird2451]

You could employ locals and make all of your dust into those and sell them to us fans. Keep the world warm!

[@CausticPuffin]

Great video!

[@KillberZomL4D42494]

This is really good.

[@DaveHojo]

Love it. I have a mold like that that I use for soup stock. May have to try that. If I made more than one batch I think I'd make press board that has the mold plugs all in on board to press them all at once!

[@shangyu2599]

Thanks I got blocks of wax just for this, but still need to find time to finish it all

[@fern6114]

Winter is coming

[@TWC6724]

Excellent

[@sullivanspapa1505]

My wife gives me her discarded decorative candles, melt them and pour the melted wax in paper egg cartons (not styrofoam) for use in our kettle bbq. Thank you Ishitani-san, but miss the glimpses of Mrs. Ishitani and of course, Shia aka “the scene stealer”!

[@mustaphataleb-bendiab7178]

Excellent !!!

[@haroldoribeirodecarvalho2334]

Hugs from Brazil! I love your work and Shiro too! Rsrsrs

[@alastairmackay4589]

Meditative

[@guyvangenechten6484]

Nice job as always!!!👍👌

[@BAENI]

이런 멋진 톱밥 활용방법이 있었네요. 한번 시도해 봐야겠어요.

[@kpakaify]

頭いい!!! 作ってみたいですね

Amazing! Thanks Master!

[@RLU-wt8vi]

With all the sawdust you create through your work, you could easily generate additional income selling your fire starters.

[@loginzastrzezony]

Ishitani known as "sawdust Escobar" has return 😅

[@MASI_forging]

You did amazing work on this projects

[@AdityaMehendale]

If you had just showed me the pellets at 1:20 I would have guessed that they are made by some form of continuous extrusion process, whereby an auger squeezes hot feedstock through a hexagonal hot-end, and a pasta-style chopper at its tip chops the extruded bar into smaller pieces.

[@pavankrishna3256]

Fire!

[@babthooka]

Thank you for showing. You sure you have enough wood?

[@MrPortajohn]

Awesome, I have a bunch of wax I got for some projects and it's way more than I could ever use up. I don't like the obvious use (candles) and I was trying to find another use for it and this perfect. Thanks for this video. This will be incredibly useful.

[@artfx9]

I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter. Yeah

[@frankdev]

what does microwaving them do? soften them up for further compression?

[@ISHITANIFURNITURE]

Yes

[@CzKaa]

Nice. But it will be good to print the white additive... Maybe wax? Or some nasty fraction from petroleum?

[@66meikou]

Zero waste! Arigotgoazimsu!

[@betteramwthanbmw]

Just be careful not to confuse the stuff with breadcrumbs when frying schnitzel! Otherwise, of course, a great tip. And I always love the balanced, calm but decisive execution of the associated work - something that seems to be getting lost more and more in modern IT-controlled modernism. Let's stand up against it!

[@protohyp]

to anyone wanting to replicate this I'd say he is a pro but be careful of sawdust around an open flame.

[@PeterLawton]

Do you have first hand experience with sawdust around an open flame?

[@atikachotesuksaro7493]

It's a really great idea. Can you please tell me what the white lumps are? What is it that you boil?

[@cloudcamdrones]

Candle wax

[@rolandgdean]

どれもそうですが、これは素晴らしいビデオです。 加入者があなたの家と店のためのミニ分割のための資金を集められないかと思います。 これにはかなりの労力と時間が費やされているようです。 また、ミニスプリットは、プロジェクトに使用する木材の健康のために、空気中の湿気を調整するのに優れています。 私たちのビジネスのために投資していただいたことをとてもうれしく思っています。

[@MrRackinroll]

Let me say i love your channel. As far as fire starter is concerned shavings from my planner works so well I couldn't think of anything better. Collect a bag full and a small handfull has always started my wood stove on the first try. Have a another day. RC

[@raysteele7701]

Quite laborious!!

[@idontthinkso666]

More meditative than laborious

[@woodlymarcello2706]

Master Ishitani needs an apprentice to make this stuff so he can focus on creating more beautiful furniture. Also, it would be really interesting to see Master Ishitani teach his woodworking craft to the next generation of woodworkers.

[@JonDunnmusician]

Next generation of woodworkers?? you mean that group of kids sitting around the dinner table staring into phones seeking instant gratification, then later encamped in their rooms below the television, alternating between videos of seedy encounters and violence: washed ashore into the darkness of their mis-spent youth

[@idontthinkso666]

Yep, thems the ones@@JonDunnmusician

[@jasonlavoy2113]

@@JonDunnmusicianYes, that generation.

[@hansdegroot8549]

Great video. What is the weight ratio parafin wax to saw dust?

[@wesllydiego]

Amazing opcao oara fazer com sobras de madeira da serra.

[@jobmen1992]

Great to see the process! Wondering if the same could be achieved using all-natural materials? For example mixing the sawdust with pine resin? Curious to hear your thoughts!

[@cfmcgheeII]

Pine resin does not fully burn up, and leaves a residue wherever the smoke goes. Plus, you would not be able to use this for starting grill charcoal, as the residue gives everything a nasty taste.

[@rudlterranigma5386]

Resin usually tends to blow up when burning which make nice crackle sounds in the ofen, but would stop the firestarters

[@cyrillepouchoulin4919]

Great tips 👍 how much is the ratio between wax and dust ? And how long do you put it in the microwave ? Thanks again for the great video !

[@cfmcgheeII]

I saw 3 minutes on the microwave timer.

[@morten.irgens]

Epic

[@rorypearse3692]

so thats put the parafin soaked saw dust in the microwave for how long?

[@shahrilismail6899]

look tasty.

[@Maxime-ho9iv]

I wanted to do that for a long time, but I’m a bit concerned about the residue it could create in the chimney.

[@alejandroflores1470]

Que producto esnel que usastes para unir la madera el que calentastes

[@Tovmarz]

👍👍👍

[@v.d.2527]

you should try to puts the big logs at the bottom of the pile, and the small kindle wood on it and then the fire starters on top of it. It seems to make no sens to do so, but this will reduce the amount of pollution when your fire starts.

[@jumpingjacks5558]

Great video. I have made some of these myself. When you use these sawdust fire starters, do they drip wax all over or do they burn the wax away? Do you include dried and chopped up leaves or grass clippings or even pine needles depending where you live?

[@greglongenecker1772]

Do you still use your sawdust stove? 😋

[@JoelGrant-ie4ly]

Cool idea. Quick question: Is Hiro still alive?

[@ekramethio1302]

What is the name that you first melt?

[@lwoodt1]

Waste not ,,want not. A good use for saw dust.

[@ronaldokwera9551]

Hey, why are they taking it again to an oven?

[@Fusion_Woodworking]

I also have a lot of sawdust that I need to get rid off. This can be a great mehtod for me.

[@jimmytwizzle7836]

One wonders given the cost of paraffin fire lighters whether this is worth the effort.

[@netashio]

🤩

[@rootvalue]

What does the wax do to your oven, fireplace or fire pit once the starters are consumed? I imagine it would melt into the ashes, and either be really easy to clean up in clumps like kitty litter, or incredible difficult to remove from surfaces.

[@jthomas6080]

It is consumed

[@dorsetdumpling5387]

Wax will burn!

[@daveklein2826]

It burns up....no residue left behind

[@jeffsimpson9232]

Pretty sure it just burns off.

[@johnstarkie9948]

Wax is a high molecular weight hydrocarbon. When heated it first melts, then vapourises. The vapour combines with atmospheric oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water. It burns. Like a candle.

[@mikdin1]

Cool video-- but with all the scrap wood Kindling you must have left over.. is a piece of paper and match not easier?

[@ernststravoblofeld]

The firestarter is basically a candle that all burns up in about a minute. It's hotter than the paper and start a fire even if the wood isn't perfectly dry. It's a helpful convenience.

[@gillesmarange991]

👍👍🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽

[@rebornfenix4412]

Is that wax or lard?

[@kenyonedale3192]

Likely paraffin wax . Definitely not lard.

[@UlexPapov]

Сложный и очень долгий процесс изготовления простого предмета. Таким можно заниматься, когда скучно и больше нечего делать.

[@hanminlee5221]

What did you mix with the saw dust?

[@daveklein2826]

Looks like paraffin wax

[@СергейЖуков-и3м]

Смешно и жалко вас. Такой невероятный антистресс, когда рубишь полено топором. А какая физическая зарядка. Выброси эту машину и возьми топор в руки.

[@mtnviewtow88]

takes way to much time

[@madebym.e.]

Sorry but this is way to much work for some fire starters, I can buy 10kg of ecological starters for 40€ around 800 pieces and normaly I need only one of them to start a fire. But still a nice video ;)