Not really thread worthy, so the lc gets it. Better luck next time, lc thread:
Went to my friends house in nh this weekend and was introduced to my new favorite gadget: The Fire Piston!
Its basically a metal rod and a cylinder that's been around for thousands of years and I've somehow never heard of it.
You get some cotton string, put it in a torn open beer can, and roast it on a fire, creating black super-flammable string. Get a tiny twig ready for digging out.
Load it up in the hole on the end. The hole is basically a drill hole with a saw cut across it. There's also a gasket about a half inch up that sits in a little slot around the rod.
Set that bitch up.
Push down as hard as you can. You're compressing air, which creates heat. You will never bottom out*.
Remove quickly and that mofo is lit up bright. The key is digging the ember out quickly, which I failed at miserably because I started drinking when I got there at 8:30. Daryn, notice the trusty umass hat.
Drop it in some shaved cedar inside a pine needle nest and blow, bitch.
I failed. 3 times. Mountain Man Ed, owner of Manny The Big Dog Who Sits On People, got it going with our last piece of string.
*-she said that
Last edited by 27offsuit; 08-10-2010 at 02:40 AM.