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Three options for making a Finnish log candle

A Finnish or Scandinavian candle is a campfire construction common among hunters and fishermen, consisting of one vertically installed thick log. It can be used for lighting, heating and cooking.

Finnish candle manufacturing options


A log for a Scandinavian candle can be prepared in three ways:
  • an ax;
  • chainsaw;
  • drill on wood.

Three options for making a Finnish log candle

The manufacturing option affects not only the convenience and speed of preparation of the log, but also the burning parameters. It is best to make a candle from dried logs with a height of 40-60 cm and a diameter of 25-35 cm. Height affects heat transfer, and thickness affects the duration of burning.

Creating a candle with an ax


Three options for making a Finnish log candle

You need to choose a log without knots with smooth fibers. It splits with an ax into 6-8 blockheads. The wedge of their center cleaves in such a way that, when reassembling, the log becomes a tube.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

Three options for making a Finnish log candle

After preparation, chopped firewood is collected back to the log. Below it is tied with a steel wire that will hold it, not allowing it to fall apart. If it is not used, then the candle will burn less.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

To light a candle, you need to cut into the wood chips the chopped center of the log, and then place them in a log pipe. One sliver is ignited by a match and lowers to the kindling. As soon as intense combustion begins, you need to pour a little more small fuel on top. So it is necessary to repeat until the log itself starts to burn.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

Three options for making a Finnish log candle

Making a candle with a chainsaw


Three options for making a Finnish log candle

The log with the help of a saw blooms lengthwise into 6 segments. They are sawn at 2/3 of the height of the log.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

Ignition is carried out in almost the same way. A little wood chips are placed in the center of the log. Since the chainsaw does not create a tube in the core of the log, then a little fuel will fit.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

To ensure easy ignition, you can slightly pour wood with gasoline directly from the saw tank.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

Preparing a log with a drill


For work, you need a pen drill on a tree with a diameter of 20-30 mm, the length of which is equal to or greater than 2/3 of the height of the log. First, a longitudinal hole is made in the center of the log, which runs along its core.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

After that, the side hole is drilled in such a way that it coincides with the longitudinal one.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

If you install a drill in a cordless screwdriver, then you can prepare a candle even in nature. You can also use a manual screw drill, which generally eliminates the need for a power tool.
Igniting such a Finnish candle will also not cause difficulties, but only when using a well-burning kindling. In its quality, you can use a piece of cotton dipped in paraffin, or a piece of rubber, for example, from the camera of a bicycle or a car. Burning kindling is placed through the side hole in the center. Kindle logs only with wood chips will be more difficult, but also possible.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

Three options for making a Finnish log candle

Features of burning candles


Candles made with an ax and a chainsaw flare up quickly, burn brightly with a lot of heat, but burn out in 3-5 hours.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

Their only difference is that after burning a candle with a manufactured saw, there is no fireplace left in the form of scorched earth.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle
As for the candle with drill holes, it burns 2 times longer and is great for cooking, because a small fire does not cover the pot with soot.Also, it does not burn the earth, but flares up slowly.
When using candles for cooking in a pot, one must take into account that the dishes should be placed on a stand to allow smoke and fire to escape.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

In its quality, 3 pebbles stacked on the log end or cloves clogged to the same height can be used.
Three options for making a Finnish log candle

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Comments (1)
  1. Pavel Kalina
    #1 Pavel Kalina Guests April 6, 2019 09:37
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    Gut, there's nothing to add !!!

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