One of the keys to survival is being able to use whatever is had hand to its greatest and most optimal potential. Native Americans, for instance, are famous for “using every part” of game they slaughtered.

Any project has excess parts or materials that go unused and too often we throw them out when in fact we could re-purpose or reuse them in other projects or as a project unto themselves.

This video uses sawdust that is leftover from a word working project, alcohol and vegetable oil to make an easy to ignite, slow-burning paste or dough to use as a fire starter and / or as a fuel cell.

The video on the next page illustrates how to use excess saw dust as a fire-starting and sustaining dough.

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