Fresnel Fire Tips Please


the angle matters but you need some bright bright sun - its all about mother nature choosing to cooperate or humble you on any given day
 
yep - manimal is right on.

of course, in south FL, it might be great year around, lol.

maybe try some shredded notebook paper to get the feel of it - at noon on a clear day?
 
MANIMAL said:
the angle matters but you need some bright bright sun - its all about mother nature choosing to cooperate or humble you on any given day
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What he said, but you can also give yourself a bit of an advantage. Think of it as bulding a coal, and not a fire.

You can use char cloth, or grind up leaves/plant fibers till there as close to powder as you can get them. Get a coal going, then put it in your tinder and blow into flame.
 
I agree with the thought of creating a coal. Like posted above, start with a piece of charred cloth in a tinder bundle and blow that into flame.
 
The fresnel lens is only one-third of the fire equation, heat. The other two-thirds is your fuel and how you prepare it. Devote your time in preparing your tinder properly and fire in general will be much easier. I would suspect you have a ton where you are with cabbage palm. Hope that helps!

Fire with Fresnel Lens - YouTube

Cabbage Palm - YouTube
 
Like friction fire and other methods, start with proven materials first. Get a piece of charcloth, or a piece of charcoal. Use your lens to ignite that first so you get the hang of focusing the light. Once you've done that then play with natural materials. Really, this is about recognizing and finding materials that will hold an ember. Practice makes perfect........Then there will be some days that stump the best of us. I really like punkwood for fresnel lends, but it has to be dry and very spongy.
 
Tony Torre said:
I recently tried starting a fire using a fresnel lens. I managed to warm my tinder ( a dry leaf) after a long time but couldn't get it to smolder. I need some advice please.

Tony Torre
Miami Arnis Group
www.miamiarnisgroup.com
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Oh (and hopefully this won't generate a bunch of comments)... but in general, leaves don't make good tinder. Think fiberous and fluffy. Gave you a good one in the cabbage palm video. You will have cedar and cypress bark down where you are too. Good luck!
 
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