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

[@sabasworldfamous]

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

[@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.

[@andreasapora865]

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

[@TheWoodgineer]

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

[@pd417]

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

[@ScrapwoodCity]

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

[@alanwilliamson2259]

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

[@simonf6982]

So elegant, love it

[@davidwoo8920]

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

[@aucomint]

Your videos are always very relaxing.

[@andylimb]

What a superb idea.

[@reduniverse0]

That is A LOT of firewood 😯

[@diceryuri]

Love the chill vibes!

[@donnastormer9652]

I like the egg carton idea and I used tiny little Dixie cups the paper ones and then I just put the wood chips in loosely and pour in melted candles from the dollar store then when they’re cool when I want to use them, I just step on them to kind of smash them down to use as fire starters for my rocket stove it works really good. I get about a 4 to 5 minute burn on a half fill Dixie cup a little 2 ounce kind.

[@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 :)

[@ivangreen64]

zen in the art of fire starting

[@atelierdulaa64300]

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

[@donalddparker]

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

[@lewisbaileywoodworks]

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

[@noahyoung5620]

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

[@jonathanmangold5024]

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

[@tombaker3794]

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

[@redskins43]

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

[@manecobeirao]

Very good ! Very, very good !!!

[@Ibrahim-tc7lc]

I love what are you doing.

[@KillberZomL4D42494]

This is really good.

[@NileshSutar-q4d]

From India 🇮🇳 ❤

[@haroldoribeirodecarvalho2334]

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

[@graemerandles]

Every days a school day 👍

[@ljp1391]

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

[@JohnDoe-ki6fm]

Seems like an enviable life.

[@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!

[@bigbird2451]

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

Amazing! Thanks Master!

[@Panchosoto]

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

[@CausticPuffin]

Great video!

[@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”!

[@guyvangenechten6484]

Nice job as always!!!👍👌

[@GMMilambar]

MMmmmm Ishitani sawdust cakes. Yum.

[@MASI_forging]

You did amazing work on this projects

[@kpakaify]

頭いい!!! 作ってみたいですね

[@mustaphataleb-bendiab7178]

Excellent !!!

[@shangyu2599]

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

[@BAENI]

이런 멋진 톱밥 활용방법이 있었네요. 한번 시도해 봐야겠어요.

[@babthooka]

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

[@RLU-wt8vi]

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

[@ronaldokwera9551]

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

[@TWC6724]

Excellent

[@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

[@frankdev]

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

[@ISHITANIFURNITURE]

Yes

[@alastairmackay4589]

Meditative

[@hansdegroot8549]

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

[@wesllydiego]

Amazing opcao oara fazer com sobras de madeira da serra.

[@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.

[@CzKaa]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@66meikou]

Zero waste! Arigotgoazimsu!

[@loginzastrzezony]

Ishitani known as "sawdust Escobar" has return 😅

[@fern6114]

Winter is coming

[@rorypearse3692]

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

[@alejandroflores1470]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@raysteele7701]

Quite laborious!!

[@idontthinkso666]

More meditative than laborious

[@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

[@RyanWattersRyanWatters]

What kind of 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。

[@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?

[@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.

[@artfx9]

I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter. Yeah

[@pavankrishna3256]

Fire!

[@greglongenecker1772]

Do you still use your sawdust stove? 😋

[@shahrilismail6899]

look tasty.

[@ekramethio1302]

What is the name that you first melt?

[@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.

[@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?

[@Fusion_Woodworking]

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

[@JoelGrant-ie4ly]

Cool idea. Quick question: Is Hiro still alive?

[@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.

[@morten.irgens]

Epic

[@jimmytwizzle7836]

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

[@川原信次]

こんにちは。 はじめまして。 障がい者の就労支援施設の者です。 当施設でもおがくず着火剤の取り組みを検討しています。 もし差し支えなければ、作り方や分量などご指導いただくことは可能でしょうか？

[@rebornfenix4412]

Is that wax or lard?

[@kenyonedale3192]

Likely paraffin wax . Definitely not lard.

[@lwoodt1]

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

[@UlexPapov]

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

[@Tovmarz]

👍👍👍

[@hanminlee5221]

What did you mix with the saw dust?

[@daveklein2826]

Looks like paraffin wax

[@netashio]

🤩

[@gillesmarange991]

👍👍🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽🖐🏽

[@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.

[@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 ;)

[@mtnviewtow88]

takes way to much time