Yuppie Firemaking from IKEA

[Faiaoga]

A funny, but interesting article and videotape about making a bow drill fire with materials from an urban furniture store: "Forgot to Prep for the End of the World? Go to IKEA" is by Megan Garber in The Atlantic Monthly (December 2012).

www.theatlantic.com

[GI Jeaux]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzXOVbYUamc

Here is a direct link to the video on Youtube.

Al

[Ken]

Here's another fire made with materials from an urban IKEA furniture store.

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[rebel]

Good video.

[Rick]

The guy destroyed a perfectly good wine rack. End of the world or not that's pretty uncivilized.

(good find)

[karatediver]

I like the video because it shows that with a little creativity you can use normal household items in a pinch to make a fire instead of scrounging around the yard for sticks to make a bow drill. Pretty clever.

[hunter63]

That's actually pretty cool.....You have no idea how many times I wanted to burn that put together furniture.

BTW BIC lighters aisle 6 home wares.

[Faiaoga]

The guy destroyed a perfectly good wine rack. End of the world or not that's pretty uncivilized.

(good find)

You notice that he found a kitchen paring knife instead of smashing a bottle of wine to obtain a sharp edge - so his priorities are correct.
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