Helpful Hint: Melt a sufficient amount of Vaseline (aka Petroleum Jelly) and pour just a bit (about 1/4 tsp) on top. Great for ease of igniting with only Ferro Rod and Striker. Eliminates flame starter!
I make these for camping, I will put a ½ cotton ball, that has been rubbed in Vaseline, on top of the sawdust before pouring the wax on top. Once I get all my cups full, I'll put the whole tray in the oven at °170 for about 10 minutes. That will let the wax permeate everything and then let the excess run out on the tray. Then, while they are still hot, I take the cups, put them on a cooling tray, and then recover the excess wax.
Nice job. I'm going to try this with beeswax. I'm a beekeeper and have lots of beeswax to use up. Can't wait to try it and see what the burn time is on it. Thanks for a great idea. I have a Woodmizer saw mill and I think once I start using it I'm going to have lots of sawdust to use up.
Used egg cartons for years, have now progressed to silicone cup cake pan, 12 minis. Use the same ingredients, make sure the wood shavings are well saturated.
Great idea Heath ! Using everything the nature provides…..really like the locust idea. This added to your bundles should definitely set your firewood apart from the competition 👍👏💪🍻Rick
I do something similar but i put sawdust in the wax let soak good the dip out wax and sawdust togeather and put in cup. That way you know sawdust shaving are well soaked with wax
Heath it’s interesting that you’re not using a wick. Great idea about using the paper cup as the wick. I want to buy the Samurai just to get the sawdust😂😂😂 Good luck, great value add.
Thank you. I thought about a wick but figured why not try the rim of the cup. I went with 2oz cups so I could leave them less than full. So far the cup has worked great.
Thank you. Definitely room for improvement on the camera work and editing but I’ll get there. Glad you enjoy the channel and a big thank you for subscribing!
It's y understanding that the sawdust acts as thousands of micro wicks, and the wax is the real fuel, like a candle. So the best wood would be porous structure and pine would be fine. But it should be dry. What I don't know is, would wood chips, like from a chainsaw, burn different from fine sawdust, like from a table saw?
Give it up I've already been doing it we also makes rolled up newspaper dipped in wax some of you scented wax so you can actually have apple smell burning in your fireplace
I definitely think they’d do the job at half the size. I will experiment and make sure I put out a solid product. I will check the brand of the wax and let you know tomorrow.
I found this absolutely fascinating. Have you thought of selling these commercially by mail? I’d certainly be interested. Thanks for the informative video👍🏻
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We use it for a few reasons. One we use it to start charcoal grills and smokers for cooking. Two for marketing, people love organic stuff and I’ve had several people say they buy wood from me because I offer free organic fire starters. Also because it was available on Amazon at a good price and met my needs.
Black locust has beautiful blooms and is one of the densest woods you can use for firestarters and all around hot burning wood.
It definitely burns hot!
Great job Heath and Rachel
Helpful Hint: Melt a sufficient amount of Vaseline (aka Petroleum Jelly) and pour just a bit (about 1/4 tsp) on top. Great for ease of igniting with only Ferro Rod and Striker. Eliminates flame starter!
Thanks Jeff, may give that a try.
I make these for camping, I will put a ½ cotton ball, that has been rubbed in Vaseline, on top of the sawdust before pouring the wax on top. Once I get all my cups full, I'll put the whole tray in the oven at °170 for about 10 minutes. That will let the wax permeate everything and then let the excess run out on the tray. Then, while they are still hot, I take the cups, put them on a cooling tray, and then recover the excess wax.
Great video Heath and Rachel
Thanks Kevin!
Nice job. I'm going to try this with beeswax. I'm a beekeeper and have lots of beeswax to use up. Can't wait to try it and see what the burn time is on it. Thanks for a great idea. I have a Woodmizer saw mill and I think once I start using it I'm going to have lots of sawdust to use up.
That is awesome, I actually wanted to try beeswax but it was expensive! Should work great.
You said materials cost 20 cents, with your time your giving away a real bonus. Enjoy your videos.
Thanks Robert, people love them.
That is a cool idea! I bet people will be thrilled over these at your stand. I know I would be. Good idea to do that outside! Ha ha.
Thanks. I think once they figure it out it should definitely gain me customers.
Great idea and product , haven’t seen anything like this in UK 🇬🇧 thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching! Have a great day.
Used egg cartons for years, have now progressed to silicone cup cake pan, 12 minis. Use the same ingredients, make sure the wood shavings are well saturated.
For sure! Thanks!
Great idea Heath ! Using everything the nature provides…..really like the locust idea. This added to your bundles should definitely set your firewood apart from the competition 👍👏💪🍻Rick
Thanks. I think so too.
Great job Heath! Looks like a great product 👍👍
Thanks. I have a customer picking up a truck load of wood tomorrow and he will get some of these with his order.
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They work awesome. I been making them for a couple years now. Cupcake wrappers and some old Cupcake pans. Lol
Yes they do!!!
Would the wax cause creosote buildup faster if it was used in a wood stove or fireplace?
I don’t believe so. We use them and have not noticed any difference.
I do something similar but i put sawdust in the wax let soak good the dip out wax and sawdust togeather and put in cup. That way you know sawdust shaving are well soaked with wax
I e considered that before too. May have to try it.
Awesome idea and great customer service
Thank you. I think it will definitely increase sales. Time will tell.
Great! A real lady too!
Yes she is! Thanks.
Im glad you said something because i was thinking if your fires not going after 15 minutes you may want to consider selling your stove 😮
For sure!
Hi just found this video do have a video or find out which burned the hottest and longest? Thank you
Here is a link to how we do them now.
How to Increase sales at your firewood stand cheap easy #121
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I use egg cartons
Most of the egg cartons we get here are styrofoam. I can see where the cardboard ones would be really easy to use!
HELL YEAH MAN!
Thanks John. Check out TC Outdoors short he has come up with a much better way to fill the wax into the cups!
think about adding liquid paraffin oil or fire gel to the wax, this adds a very good component to the firelighter that allows them to burn better.
Thanks!
Black locust bark is great kindling
I’ll have plenty of that as well when I get my locust haul split.
I made a comment before the burn test. I'm pretty sure you could light a green pine log with your fire starter.
I do that also. I have to agree, if this thing won’t light your wood it probably isn’t going to burn! Thanks for watching and have a great day!
Great idea to maximize on your profit!!
Thanks. I think it will help set me apart as I have not seen anyone else offer this with their wood in my area.
Heath it’s interesting that you’re not using a wick. Great idea about using the paper cup as the wick. I want to buy the Samurai just to get the sawdust😂😂😂
Good luck, great value add.
Thank you. I thought about a wick but figured why not try the rim of the cup. I went with 2oz cups so I could leave them less than full. So far the cup has worked great.
Do you think you will be able to use it to boil water?
I’m sure we could but not sure how much water.
New sub. Great content. Wish you luck. Good marketing
Thank you. Definitely room for improvement on the camera work and editing but I’ll get there. Glad you enjoy the channel and a big thank you for subscribing!
Is black locust those trees that have the long Christmas tree shaped clumps of thorns about 6 to 8 in long
Some of them have those nasty thorns! But they make great firewood.
No. That is honey locust
Add a pinch of dryer lint to each of these and get the ultimate fire starter.
I have thought about trying that.
@@hardworkingmanoutdoorsThat's what she said!🤷
This eliminates dry spots
Thanks.
It's y understanding that the sawdust acts as thousands of micro wicks, and the wax is the real fuel, like a candle. So the best wood would be porous structure and pine would be fine. But it should be dry. What I don't know is, would wood chips, like from a chainsaw, burn different from fine sawdust, like from a table saw?
I will say when we make them with noodles sawdust vs the traditional chip sawdust they seem to work even better.
Give it up I've already been doing it we also makes rolled up newspaper dipped in wax some of you scented wax so you can actually have apple smell burning in your fireplace
Yeah there are a lot of different ways to make them. I plan on trying a few other things as well.
That’s a great idea, you might be able to make them half that size. Which wax do you use?
I definitely think they’d do the job at half the size. I will experiment and make sure I put out a solid product. I will check the brand of the wax and let you know tomorrow.
I used American Soy Organics. Freedom soy wax beads.
Man you could use those with a cheap Esbit stove and cook a meal by the time it finishes! 😅
Yes you could.
This is probably a silly question, but do you plan to sell the saw dust? That stuff looks remarkable. Clean, fine and easy to work with.
We have not sold the sawdust yet but may in the future.
@@hardworkingmanoutdoors I would like to know when you have any of this for sale.
Are you talking about firestarters or saw dust?
@@hardworkingmanoutdoors Sawdust.
Black locust matters! Check out my homemade splitter, you might like it 😂
I’ll check it out! Thanks for watching. My youngest son and my nephew just split me a mountain of Black Locust! Video coming soon.
@@hardworkingmanoutdoors nice! Always a treat to have some BL
Definitely! I have some on my property but that load came from another property.
How come Rachel did the work heath hard working woman 👩 needs to start her own channel ❤
Todd, she can’t start her own channel I need her on HWM!!!!
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Thanks.
If you cannot get a fire going with a 25 minute fire starter you probably shouldn’t be in charge of starting the fire….
For sure.
What if you sprinkle a broken firecracker on top and press it down with your finger
I think that would just make a lot of sparking when it ignited?
I found this absolutely fascinating. Have you thought of selling these commercially by mail? I’d certainly be interested. Thanks for the informative video👍🏻
I have thought about that but have not taken it further at the moment. Possibly in the future!
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I had someone who was going to send me some fat wood from down south to try but I never got it.
Change the name to hard working women
Rachel definitely is a hard working woman but we really like our channel name!
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Thank you!
Organic Wax.. WTF? You're burning it not eating it.
We use it for a few reasons. One we use it to start charcoal grills and smokers for cooking. Two for marketing, people love organic stuff and I’ve had several people say they buy wood from me because I offer free organic fire starters. Also because it was available on Amazon at a good price and met my needs.
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Thanks.
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Wax liks. Not good.
Thanks for watching!