The Roads to Understanding Fire
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One mistake: handwarmers do not contain lead (that would be terrible). They use Iron as the fuel (basically turning it to rust)
Pinning.
The important thing is they get hot. The rest is all little details...
Love this! Thank you.
@@SelahEspiritualI disagree. When Beau said "lead" I instantly processed that as "no more hand warmers in the shop for my guys" and had to write a note to remind me to look for alternatives in August.
I went "huh?" at that. Thank you for commenting.
You'll need like 5 times as much firewood as you think you need!
I keep all the lint from my clothes dryer in a ziplock bag for emergency tinder.
As long as it's cotton fibers
Add vaseline to it.
@@christinekinn6178 I stopped doing this when most of the clothes I was buying were being made of plastic
Next time I stock my wardrobe I'll be double sure to check it's all plant and animal rather than plastic
I stuff my lint into leftover toilet paper cardboard rolls, makes for a great combo.
@@Filly437the next level is to stuff it into a cardboard egg carton and pour the wax from candle stubs over it - then cut the cells apart and keep them in the waterproof wrapping.
"I forgot to hit record" is still by favorite Beau moment
As I pulled out my Swiss Army knife yesterday to do a bit of modification on my equipment, I thought to myself “damn I wish I had sharpened my knife before I left home.” The penny dropped this morning when I listened to you reciting the list of food, meds, a knife, etc; please add a sharpener to the list. It makes axes safer too if they’re sharp.
If it can dull a blade, it can sharpen a blade. While these things will never replace a sharpener, they'll do in a pinch. I've used the shaft of a screwdriver, scrap metal, even concrete. With a bit of diligence, I've gotten crude razor sharp edges. Outside, a coarse rock followed by a smooth rock might just give you a fine edge in a pinch.
Or sharpen a knife with another knife... Basically sharpening both. So maybe the lesson is carry two knives)))). Really any flattish edge on a hard material would do, like on many forks and spoons, the handle portion is usually good for a couple of sharpenings
The raw bottom of some stoneware dishes, even shards make good knife sharpening tools. If there are sandstone pieces around those will work for initial stage sharpening.
I have often used stoneware cups, bowls, etc to get a blade back to being useful.
The chef's rule: "the most dangerous untinsile is a dull knife"!
"Foil with paper backing" a good example of this is the foil inside a cigarette pack.
Or gum
@@ellawhite4177 good call. I hadnt thought of that.
Or chewing gum wraper
Foil lined muffin cup.
@@waynetec13 a question about that, actually- is smoking still common in the USA? It's really died off in Canada since e-cigarettes came out.
No matter how much of the essentials you have or how many videos you watch if you don't practice irl it won't really help.
Well, it'll help you know what to do, but a lot needs real life practice. Example: don't expect to get a metal match to give you a fire in 30 seconds unless you've done it 50 times.
@@roadswithbeau does that include pushing record????
Reminds me of the meme where one guy has a pile of ladders and can't see over the wall vs the guy with one ladder who used it properly.
If you can find it, lighter pine is amazing. It's the heart of a dead pine and can be found in stumps and even in the rotting core of pine trees. Look for pieces that are denser and heavier than you would expect for their apparent state. Peel some off and if you smell turpentine, you have lighter. A few slivers of that in your tinder, or a larger piece in your kindling, will really help get it going.
Also known as "fat wood" and yeah. Super useful
@@roadswithbeau Your Tennessee😁 is showing.
I'm from the Midwest and we call it fatwood here. It's awesome.
@@roadswithbeau hey! don't fat shame wood!
@@vforwombat9915 LOL!!
audio includes birds chirping should please a number of us. : )
Yes!
I miss that part too😅
Please remember to dig your dakota fire hole beyond the roots of trees. The roots can foster an ember beond your shovel or water.
This is very true and has cost a HUGE problems if not taken care of.
Omg that is a nightmare.
“Fire loves chaos”. That’s pretty good
It is! I had never heard that before but it's kind of true.
& right before that: “I forgot to hit record” 😅
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn hey Beau. you absolutely rock. thx for everything.
“Who says that?”
Fire IS chaos, made visible. It is one of the reasons why people are attracted to it.
Had to smile at the "fire loves chaos" comment, reminded me of another saying, "fire is a wonderful slave but a terrible master".
You bet it is - The Hell and Brimstone thing, 😱😱 Burn baby burn - Noooo, not you Forrest fires
Wrote a whole blurb to that effect:
"Fire. The light by which we tell our stories. It kept the night at bay for hundreds of thousands of years. It led human migrations across the globe and became mankind's first weapon of mass destruction.
"What if fire developed a mind of its own?"
Same like whiskey 🥃
I like to compare capitalism with fire. When it's carefully regulated--in the hearth, the kiln, the forge or the insulated wire--it's a real gamechanger! But when you let it run wild it's a disaster! Just because I don't want to shiver in a dark cave gnawing raw meat hacked off with a rock doesn't mean I want to set my house on fire.
I'm loving this new "Beau Nye the Bush Craft Guy" thing! 😂 Maybe he'll be able to teach enough of us to survive the coming apocalypse that the world won't just be populated by ultra right wing nutters. J/k (hopefully, lol.)
“I forgot to hit record” 😂
"Didja?"
One of my favorite sayings, that applies in almost any situation.
Prior, Proper, Planning, Prevents, Piss, Poor, Performance.
The seven Ps.
It really does help to have all your piles of different size fuels ready BEFORE you actually start the fire. I have often seen people's fires go out while they are scampering around looking for more sticks, branches and fuel.
Yep. 7Ps I believe originated with the British military
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Dryer lint, old candles, and egg cartons. We make fire starters for camping.
Hey Beau, and everyone. Have a great day!
Hi
Thank you for including my beloved deer moss (Cladonia evansii)! It grows wild on my family property where I was raised and has been a lifelong fascination since it is technically a lichen formed out of a symbiotic relationship between blue-green algae & a fungus. It does make amazing kindling! However, I encourage everyone who needs to use it to do so as sparingly/responsibly as possible since it lives for hundreds to thousands of years and is extremely slow to recover anywhere a wildfire has been (like the many recent ones in NWFL). Fun fact: members of its genus have historically been used to make alcohol in Sweden (more carbs than potatoes used for vodka). Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm feeling a sudden urge to listen to some Prodigy. 🔥
Everything about this comment is right up my alley, heh! I am off to read about deer moss and cyanobacteria now! 😅
There's a similar thing in Siberia, where certain trees drop this extremely light kind of a flower, and is known for being extremely easy to light up, like flash paper. In fact that is usually the slang used to describe it in Siberia... I'm trying to remember if there's something like that in California or the West in general, I honestly don't know it's real purpose other than I'm certain it's the fluff, cotton candy style fibers, carrying the seeds, but I've always wondered if it has any other ecological effect
@marcm. I was not familiar with the stuff from Siberia, but I will look into that...thank you! As for the US West, I feel like I remember something like that and just can't quite pull it out of my brain; perhaps, because I keep thinking of fire weed which comes AFTER the fires. Maybe someone else will chime in, or I'll think of it and get back to ya!
@@marcm. That kinda sounds like Poplar? We have it here too and I think the scouts use it during summer
Black tree lichen (also called bear hair lichen) might be similar.
This is about the fire triangle: Combustible material, Oxygen, and Temperature. The reason tinder is fine, is it has to have a large surface and a small mass. this will allow it to heat up really quickly. Same thing with small twigs, going up to larger ones, then branches. The round shape of a branch/log makes it hard to ignite: Large mass/small surface. Also, some bark acts as an insulator, so the bark goes up, but the branch stays too cool to ignite. A camping or wire saw allows you to cut small (8-10'') pieces of branch or small log, small enough that they may be split with a sturdy belt knife. This is WAY easier to get to burn! Water takes a *lot* of heat to evaporate, which is why wet stuff burns so poorly.
You mention the fire triangle. When I think of a fire triangle, I think that if you are really really lost and trying to put out an SOS signal, build three small fires in a triangle. I heard this long ago and I would do it.
@@marybrown7203That is a good survival tactic: Three of anything, if possible arranged in a geometric shape that wouldn't occur in nature. The one I'm talking about is the three things that need to be present for fire to occur: Combustible material, Oxygen. and sufficiently high Temperature. If you remove one of these, there is no fire. Useful to know, both when you want to build a campfire, and when you need to put out a house fire :)
@graydanerasmussen4071 You taught me a new triangle, and I'm reassured that I haven't been spreading a false survival tactic all these years. I'll keep three of anything in mind. I often think of how lucky I've been in some situations, like the "what ifs" that didn't occur. Thanks for posting.
@@marybrown7203You are quite welcome :) Being a physics geek can come in handy in the most surprising places. As for the "What If...", me too! One can plan oneself out of many sticky situations, but life is known to throw a curve ball from time to time. Learning about how the world works allows one to better cope with these.
I call the purse I carry with me my Six Demon Bag. {Yes, it's a purse. Men carried purses for thousands of years. Congress has the power of the purse, not the wallet or checkbook. I'm not sure why the 20th century got so weird about men's purses} I call it my Six Demon Bag because I love Big Trouble In Little China and it contains Fire, Earth, and Air. I carry matches, a lighter, cotton balls, birthday candles, alcohol wipes, and a metal match {earth}. The Air comes from my harmonica, slide whistle, and kazoo. Various carabiners for a water bottle
I have to smile because my son carries an old Swiss gas mask bag as a "satchel." That's what he started calling my bags because they were cross body, utilitarian bags of everything that defy the laws of physics, when he found the word. He also liked that I had a Lego mini-fig ready for adventure. I do love the "Six Demon Bag," though. ✌️😎🍀
When I was young and seeking romance, this is exactly the sort of remark that would make me take a long look at a man. Guys too mature to fear words like purse tend to have other good qualities.😉✌🖖
Very kind of you to say, @@margaretwordnerd5210 thanks.
Do you kiss boys?
I absolutely LOVE this!!! ❤
"I've never heard that before in my life..fire loves chaos....sounds good though". 😂❤
It's kind of incredible that this is the most video editing this channel sees.
That preview for next episode brought back a flood of memories from middle school science. Home made water filters with rocks and dirt and the like. Can't wait.
We used to make fire starters by soaking 1 inch squares of corrugated cardboard in melted candle wax. They’re relatively waterproof/water resistant and burn low and slow.
And if you take a long skinny strip of cardboard, curl it tightly into a coil, cover it in wax and stick it in an empty tuna can, you have what the Boy Scouts call a buddy burner.
Wow, after growing up in a tent for every family vacation and being in the scouts, I still learned a lot from this video. Excellent.❤
Batteries and Fine Steel Wool are a new one to me 👍
I saw Les Stroud on Survivorman light a fire with the bottom of a coke can and a chocolate bar.
@@shawnr771 And I once watched Captain Kirk make gunpowder out of raw minerals lying around on the ground.
@@danjohnston9037 i am serious there were a bunch of people that managed.
On YT.
Les did it because viewers suggested it.
He did not think it would work.
@@danjohnston9037 we got to make it in chemistry class once.
It was prohibited after that year.
@@shawnr771 Did the combustion generate a school fire drill ? 😏
In my best Maxwell Smart voice, “Ah, the old Chaos theory!”
Maxwell's my uncle!!! Get it?
Bird and squirrel nests make better fire starters than dryer lint. Dryer lint today often contains polyester fibers, and those sometimes don't burn well or add that "something plastic is on fire" smell to your fire, which you may or may not want to cook over.
Although I agree not all fibers burn the same.
In a survival situation I would not worry too much about the miniscule amount of toxin in the dryer lint if I really needed to get a fire going.
We are all breathing more pollution than that everyday.
@@shawnr771 Fair point. And the little 35mm film canisters I've had in my camping gear for decades still have lint in them, not bird nests. =P
@@gbprime2353 I had them until they deteriorated.
I have found small pill bottles with the rubber flexible lids work very well.
Thanks Beau for the continued education the bulk of us don’t have for lack of every day need.
"I forgot to hit record." 😆
Very excited about this series Beau, thank you. Also, not so patiently waiting for you to announce "On the Roads" tour dates! 👀😁
Hello Everyone!
hey jan! 👋
@@alumpyhorse Good to see you!
I just want to add that if you don’t have to worry about not attracting attention you should pile rocks or bricks into a ring for a makeshift fire pit. Then clear the area around the fire pit of combustibles. It’s not much work, but the small effort goes a long way in keeping the fire where you want it, and not on your blankets or clothes.
Thanks Beau, your survival stuff is great.
Important, but do not pile wet rocks for this purpose. Any rock that is in a dry area which wasnt recently wet (like dry creekbed rocks in late summer vs wet ones in march), should be usable for lining a fire pit. Any rock that has too much moisture in it, when heated, poses a risk of spalling due to the pressure from water vapor building up in the rock. When the rock spalls, it can do so across a clean seam, or it can do so violently by fragmenting into multiple pieces as it explodes. I've only ever tried testing this with sedimentary rocks which break along sediment boundaries cleanly for the most part, but I had a friend forget this rule and use some rocks from a recently dry creekbed in may, and he ended up having to go into town to the emergency clinic because the medics at the festival we were all working didn't have a stitches kit, even though they were able to remove the fragments that pierced the skin of his arm. Dude's lucky he didn't catch any frag in his face, and that his canvas cargo pants stopped the bits that went for his shins. He still finished out the weekend working as well once they had him patched up, he just had the medics change his bandages regularly (which they were more than happy to do since they are also our close friends) and put antibiotic ointment on it until he was done working and able to keep it unbandaged so it could dry out and heal normally. But yea, don't put wet river rocks by a fire, you could lose an eye or puncture something in a life-threatening manner, depending on how it splits and where you're sitting/standing in relation to it.
@@TheOriginalFaxon I’ve never built a fire large enough and fast enough for this to be a problem, but it’s something I could see happening if I was in a hurry. That’s a really good point, thanks for the input. I hope your friend is okay now.
@@robertaylor9218 lol they were fine, got a few small scars and a story out of it. I did say they finished working the festival after xD. That's not the worst injury I've even seen at a festival ever, I had to help the medical staff with a partial degloving after somebody got their foot stuck while they were jumping off a tree into the feather river. Took the whole top of it off down to the start of the toes. They were also okay in the end, but needed surgery to reattach and stich up the degloved skin flap.
Also seen my share of psychedelics freakouts, most of them are generally easy to keep calm, but there was one guy who we had to tie up so they couldn't move their arms or legs, AND tie them to the stretcher, because they were not safe to transport while they were lashing out like that, and we needed to wait until they had come down since the festival didn't have an ambulance on site, and no reception to call for another. We had a 4Runner with all the seats but the front row removed, and no way to restrain a struggling person back there without risk of injury to all involved, so the decision was made to have their wife force-feed them some freely provided anti-psychotics someone else had brought as a "just in case", and provide supportive care and IV fluids until they were able to articulate that we should untie them in a rational manner. Seen my fair share of ODs as well, most of them not severe but there was one guy who had a seizure on coke and xanax, which was rather startling considering xanax suppresses seizure activity. They generally give related drugs like ativan or valium to treat seizures when patients are in hospital and they have one. That was at an underground at a warehouse in Oakland, we transported him outside to a waiting car once the seizure stopped and hauled him and a friend of his to the nearest ER. No idea how he turned out, we never saw him at our events again unfortunately. I do know he was stable and talking when they got him to the ER, with a GCS of 13 (eyes 4 vocal 4 motor 5), meaning they were already recovering significantly but still had clear signs of neurological distress. A GCS of 13 or higher is considered "minor" for context, which is the least serious grade on the scale, though he was clearly at the severe end when we got him into the car since he had to be carried out by the whole medical team and his friends. I highly suggest if anyone has friends in the emergency medical field, that you spend some time with them in a setting that you can learn from them. I am not a licensed EMT, nor have I received any official training or completed any courses, but I've learned a ton just from working festivals and raves, and helping the medical staff when needed, since I'm on staff and most of the guests know and trust me. It came in handy when I started throwing my own events as well since I was always overstocked on medical and security staff relative to the number of people we were expecting.
the making of this series is a revolutionary act! I love it!
I like the Dakota fire hole. My partner enjoyed some of the stuff he learned in his compulsory military service and has passed some of it on to me, so that one made me smile. This is what you do is you’re in an excercise situation with SAS troops. 😏
Just sent this to my scouts.
These videos take me back to the 80's when I'd spend hours watching Mr. Wizard. Good stuff, Beau.
My wife loves those night lights with the scented wax bowls above the light bulb. She cleans it out with cotton balls...which I put in a small
baggie. Lights with a match, burns hot for an extended period...and even smells nice! 😁
Beau Nye the Science Guy
😂
I'm not thinking of a modified theme song now. Nope. Not at all.
@@hattielankford4775Please come back and share the new lyrics! 😂
@@Finkeldinken Now I'm scrambling to come up with something more to add than "Beau Beau Beau Beau"... 😬
I was thinking that too
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Thanks Beau and Crew 😊. 🐦
Good morning.
Survival math
Two is one and one is none.
Have multiple ways to start fire and practice them.
You should have a fire kit in every vehicle along with a first aid kit, a couple bottles of water and maybe some snack bars.
@@shawnr771 Good morning Shawn 🌄.
I love the interaction and banter between y'all.
Beau Scouts of America
Can't wait to share this with my granddaughter! Y'all do great work!
One of the things that will make creating a bit easier is a blow pipe. A thick branch of Elderberry is easily hollowed out and perfect for this kind of use. ^^
lol Beau bustin this dude's chops🤣
4:50 Beau HAS LEGS!
Kermit the frog too! 😅
I always knew Beau was an optimist! 😂
"You got that on one try, and I forgot to press record." Man, that made me laugh.
Another one I'll be sharing with our 8yo! Thank you!!
In survival situations 2 is 1 and 1 is none.
Carry or have access to more than one lighter
At a minimum the striker wheel can still throw sparks.
In extreme cold weather environments, butane can get cold.
Keep the lighters in an inside pocket.
Sticking it under your armpit or rubbing vigorously between your hands will warm the butane enough to ignite.
I accidentally washed a Bic lighter. In less than 20 flicks it lit.
Having other ignition sources gives you options but only if you practice them.
Have multiples.
A lot of people say they can do things because they watched U tube videos.
However you dont own that skill until you practice it.
Dryer lint and vaseline is a good cheap firestarter.
Take a sandwich bag and put two tablespoons of vaseline in.
Add a large quanity of dryer lint.
Knead the lint and vaseline together.
Stuff it in a sealable pill bottle (the kind with the flexible rubber cap)with a pencil.
Pack it in.
That is enough to start numerous fires.
Cotton fromTshirts, socks, towels, corton balls will also readily ignite.
Cotton can be rubbed between two flat surfaces to create an ember.
Famalirize yourself with your surroundings.
Learn the types of tinder available to you.
In my area Juniper bark ignites rapidly.
Even in the rain the wet layers can be easily peeled off to reveal dry bark.
Certain grasses and plants burn better than others.
In a survival situation if SHTF there are numerous household chemicals that can be used as accelerants.
BE CAREFUL!
Split firewood does ignite easier and is very useful in the early part of firebuilding.
It will burn and release heat faster. However you will have to have more of it to sustain a long fire.
After the fire is burning the need for split wood is reduced.
Place damp or wet wood around the fire to dry out.
Gather, stockpile and process additional material for fires in case of an extended stay.
When building the initial fire lay I like to put a large log( 12in to 16in diameter) perpendicular to the direction of the wind.
Build the fire lay on the windy side.
This will push air up through the pile.
Once lit the big log will burn for a long time and reflect heat.
Build a small fire and sit close. It takes less fuel than a large fire.
If you are injured or impaired in anyway this means less trips to gather resources.
Dakota fireholes are great for those places where it is possible to dig.
You are not doing that where I live. What isnt rocks is roots.
As alternative look up improvised rocket stoves.
They burn very fast and very hot with little to no smoke.
They use what most people consider tender but a lot of it.
I made a one using a bag concrete a 5 gallon bucket, a 1/2 gallon milkjug and some chicken wire for reinforcing.
There are Howto videos.
I heated a water bottle to boiling in just a few minutes with just a few handfuls of tender.
old time scoutmaster here - suggest you get a magnesium block in your kit. it is cheap (look in camping section in Wal Mart), lasts forever, never spoils, you can drop it in water, pick it up and use it. Most blocks have a striker on the side, so farro rod included. All you need is a knife. Scrape some magnesium onto a burnable surface (bark, tinder pile, etc) and use the back of your knife on the striker.
Hot topic today
Hey Beau and internet folks. Sassafras twigs are my favorite tinder, they burn like they are oily.
😂 Thanks for the lesson and "re-recording", Beau Buddy. *Forgot to record 🤭
-A Peep
You guys are very good teachers. THANKS
I was fascinated to see the pit with the angled hole going into that. It's something that I would only use if the ground is sand-based or clay. Around here, the ground has a lot of organic material in the soil. Having your fire in a pit could ignite the organic material. It's one of the things that happens around here with forest fires. People think the fire is out, but it's actually spreading under the ground where it's much harder to put out.
I was taught to use a flint and steel. Your striker is a high-tech version of that. I carried a little pouch that had the flint, steel, and a bit of tinder, such as a piece of linen. One can usually find more tinder (the fine stuff that catches easily) and kindling (the pencil-sized stuff that catches more easily from the tinder) where you're going to make your fire. (Some areas, however, don't allow that, so you have to bring your own in those cases, as well as your main fuel wood. If there was an emergency, I suspect park rules would go out the window, however.)
Focusing the suns rays doesn't always work. Neither does rubbing sticks. I learned this as a teenager after trying for three days with my father. Eventually we ended up packing out all the fish and they were enjoyed by many at the first annual Telluride jazz festival back in the 70's when Telluride was still a mining town. Dizzy Gillespie's cheeks were a thing to behold when he blew, biggest I've ever seen.
focusing sunlight does work at lower latitudes. and friction also works - but it is a very advanced technique and takes a long time even when done properly.
"Focusing the suns rays doesn't always work. Neither does rubbing sticks. "
but heat vision always works.
so you need to develop superpowers just to be safe.
I saw Dizzy play in FL! Amazing musician, and huge cheeks!
Hand sanitizer on cotton balls, all squished together in a film cannister or similar small container is another useful source for starting fires. Small, cheap, and easy to carry.
Perfect for all those covid leftover bottles!
Welcome to The Roads, Keith! Great video, team!
I know about digging holes for hidden fires, and
just watched "Band of Brothers" where fires draw snipers.
I soooo wanted to jump thru the screen and tell them!
Dave Waters has a channel devoted solely to starting fires. Very unexpected.
The Swedish Army is the source of the idea of the ferro rod. Wanted something that would work all the time, no matter if it became wet or anything else.
Thank you Beau, I know this stuff, but my Boy Scout days are 50 years ago. Listening was a nice refresher.
Looking at the title I thought you were going to talk about controlled burns as they seem to be a lost art, but I forget not everyone is good at the basics. Very good explanation , and I'm sure it was a lot less stressful that your usual videos.
every single time the demonstration fire was built on grass my brain rebelled. the tinder box of California has me trained both to have enough clearance that you can look away from your fire, and to never look away from your fire.
Yeah. I had a friend who came from a dry area of California who went wide eyed at giant burn piles on the side of the highway with nobody around watching them.
"It's north Florida we get your yearly rainfall every month."
There's an old movie based on a Broadway play, starring I think Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.
Newlyweds, and she decides to build a fire in the apartment fireplace. *Holds a match to a log.*
That gives an idea of the plot, they're both clueless about marriage.
Sounds like "Barefoot in the Park."
Beau, have you ever read "To Build A Fire" by Jack London? It is a short story, about 30 or 40 pages if memory serves me. I first read that short story years ago because it was recommended to me by my copilot. After reading "To Build A Fire" I began a several year journey to read everything Jack London. That short story is instructive when it comes to building a fire when your life is at stake, and it is also a beautiful story of prose and adventure. Thanks for your videos.
In my opinion, that's his best story (short or otherwise).
I am always amazed by how a large number of people do not know how to "Live Rough".
If you were never a Boy/Girl Scout and you grew up in a big city, you wouldn't have many opportunities to learn. But that's okay, a lot of folks from rural areas don't know how to navigate or stay safe in a city. The point of this series is to make sure large numbers of all kinds of people know how to take care of themselves in emergencies. Have a great day.
@@LaundryFaerie very true
Thank you, Beau and crew.💙
I wish I had more than one thumbs up to give it this.
"Zhere is zhree kinds of fire.
Zhe first one is zhe fire of the mind.
Zhe second one is zhe fire of zhe soul, zhe heart."
"And the third kind of fire?"
"It is just fire - *HA HA HA HA!"*
Till Lindeman to Chad Smith.
howdy Beau peeps! 🔥
Howdy!
@@CricketsBay 👋🦗
If it's permitted to make a product recommendation, I'd like to put in a plug for the Kindling Cracker, a very simple reverse log-splitter originally invented by a teenaged girl in New Zealand. It's basically a ring stand with a vertical blade mounted partway up the frame...you just pop the log in the top, get it situated on the blade, and hammer (rather than chop) the log down onto the blade until it splits. Recommended for anyone who's had logs jump away from them when trying to split with an axe (or had the axe land in less than ideal places).
Ours has been a sanity-saver on camping trips as well as just using our backyard fire ring.
This is a great video and series. Thank you for this.
Awesome video full of useful info. Please make more of these
Thanks for sharing this. I'm a scoutmaster and already knew these things and I teach them to my Scouts but I think everybody should know how to do this.
Nice!
I love the longer version of the last segment where “Beau” is camouflaged! 😂
Something to keep in mind is the roots of surrounding vegetation, grass in particular. They can carry fire underground, to have fire pop up outside of where your original fireplace is. I've heard people say it's impossible, but I've had it happen in front of me. Fortunately, it was only a couple of feet away & we had a shovel & water to put it out. Scary none the less!
Thank you, Bo! The more you know.
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Very informative, well done, really enjoy "The Roads with Beau". Thanks
Now that you know how to make fire, you can use it to make electricity or distilled water.
For electricity, start boiling a pot of water. Put a lid on the pot with a small hole in the top. Use the steam coming out of the hole to spin a small turbine. The turbine will be used to spin an attached, strong magnet, which extends into the middle of a coil of copper wire. The spinning magnetic field will create an electric current through the wire.
For distilled water, you still want to boil water in a pot with a lid that has a hole in the top, but this time, you want to put some snug fitting copper tubing in the hole. Copper is more thermally conductive than air, so water will start condensing inside the tubing. Have the tubing go to a bucket somewhere away from the fire. Almost all contaminants have a higher boiling point than water, so dirt, or salt if you’re using ocean water, gets left behind in the pot, and you end up with clean, drinkable water.
If you can get your fire hot enough, you should be able to start making basic earthenware pottery too, like bowls and jars. To make the clay, wash some mud through a strainer into a bucket to remove most of the big stuff. Once you have a bucket of mud water, stir vigorously. Let the mud settle to the bottom, then dump out most of the water and anything that floats. Let it dry until the clay is nice and moldable. Mold the clay into the shape you want, then cook it. You may need to make yourself a mud kiln to get your fire hot enough.
The Dakota fire hole is known to cause roots to burn underground. These fires can travel significant distances the travel up dead treas and start forest fires.
Its a useful technique, but must be used cautiously.
remember if you are looking for firewood look UP not down standing dead and fallen branches that are stuckin the cannope is much drier than the stuff on the ground.
Love that you’re revisiting these older videos you once made for the other channel, helpful knowledge.
6:04 self deprecation at its finest 😂😂
Dried (porous) mushrooms from trees also work as starter.
Thank you Beau
Bow shavings are magic....
Any hardwood curls and bits.
Once build a cooking fire in a small mound in the middle of a large puddle after huge rains.
Good memories!
Thanks Beau.
This is the most 80s boyscouty video I've seen on either of your channels. So glad you're getting to produce these.
Great Malinko T shirt! Im more of a riddlebox guy lol. have a good day Beau
Fire indeed hot
How bout it.
Also, for the sake of safety, don't use gasoline to start a fire.
Mixed with motor oil, gasoline makes a smoky fire.
Very useful for signaling.
It can burn a long time.
Even in the daytime the smoke can be seen for miles according to the US Coast Guard.
THANK YOU
I saved it, only now could finish it and it took me two sittings, that's how much time I have. Thanks for the info
I've always found stacking sticks up in the log cabin or tepee kind of arrangements fiddly to make and frustratingly easy to knock over while lighting. A method i much prefer is finding two bits of larger wood, like wrist sized or bigger, and putting them together in a V shape. They can be old and soft enough to break off usable pieces by stamping on them or hitting them against a tree or rock if you dont have an axe or saw, it doesn't matter they aren't really there to burn just use as structure. You make the V shape, place your tinder in side the V and then lay your kindling flat on top between the two bits of wood. No balancing or stacking required. The V of larger wood helps protect the tinder from winds and hold it together, and then laying the kindling on top provides plenty of air flow and stops the fire from being smothered by the larger wood falling down on top of it until the wood has already fully burned through. The larger bits of wood will mostly burn away if your fire is light for more than an hour or so even if they aren't ideal firewood just because they end up at the centre of the fire.
Where I live by far the best natural fire starter is birch bark, even works well after days of rain. If you’re able, just make sure to break off the loose bark that’s already mostly shed so you aren’t harming the tree.
Younger trees give better tinder, older trees give better mid range kindling.
For actual emergency/camping kits I find any sort of paper product soaked in wax works best, preferably shaped in a ball or cube for compactness, with some sort of wick to light. Completely waterproof, and with a little practice you can make one that can burn hot for over 15 minutes. With one of those you can get a fire going fairly easily even after a week of rain as it allows you to skip the smaller kindling that is soaked through and move to the mid sized stuff that will still be dry in the middle.
Part of our beekeeping included making wicks, fire starters etc. with some of the wax. Knowing we had those while hiking or camping was important.
One more point, do not throw away you empty lighter, you can light a fire with just a spark.
Also, in a pinch, hair burns really well as does the wax on an apple's skin when scratched off.
3 ingredients of a WILDFIRE
High winds, Low Humidity, Extreme Temperatures.
as an ex-volunteer fire fighter, I would appreciate in your next video explaining the dangers of starting fires in these conditions.
I live in BC, Canada and this year is lining up to be a record-breaking wildfire season. We have the rooftop carrier on our vehicle already packed with emergency provisions, all we have to do is grab a few of the totes with food and water and we are set to go.
What we would rather have is survivalists with situational awareness and some basic responsibilities you have to follow when setting a fire.
Make your fire on bare soil and some distance from other combustibles. Particularly when it is windy outside as it sounds like in your video.
Do no leave the fire unattended. Like a 2 year old, fire likes chaos. Unlike a two year old, fire knows no master. Once it is loose it will create chaos and you may find yourself running for your life.
Limit the size of the fire to what you need. and only start one if you need it for roasting a squirrel not because you are afraid of the dark.
And have a means to make sure that fire is completely extinguished before walking away from it. Fires that may look like they are out can come back to life. Surprisingly, we still have wildfires smoldering under the snowpack. Granted these are huge fires, but just because you don't see flame does not mean they are out. (www.cbc.ca/news/climate/wildfires-zombie-fires-canada-bc-alberta-1.7119851)
You have provided a great video on how to start a fire. A good follow up video would be the consequences of starting these fires in the woods. thanks
Unless those gloves are heat resistant (and they look like standard nitrile gloves) I'd avoid wearing them around flames. Every lab safety trainer will tell you that you can wipe and wash off whatever you spill on you faster than you can get off gloves that melted onto your skin
I searched for this. I get using them on the battery, but around an open flame definitely better not to have them on
I've also used pine tree knots to start a fire with wet wood. The knots are full of rosin.
Love this series Beau! ❤
Thank you for explaining "processed" Keith! I came to make that comment that people might not understand what Beau meant and you popped up after the commercial 😊
Even though I could listen to you forever & want to, thank you Beau for realizing that you can let your team support you! Hope you are feeling better, sending healing thoughts.
😅 Disclaimers typically should come first, although I love that you got to the practical skills first!
Didn't hit record!!! 😅😂😊❤ Glad to hear the good natured tease! Thank you for leaving it in!
You know, you watched too much TH-cam when you see “Three Minutes Later” and you hear it said in French in your head.