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Clickspring: Milling a Fire Piston

There are many ancient techniques that can be used to start a fire. The most well known would be the friction based methods like a hand drill, or bow drill, as well as the percussion based methods like striking flint and steel. Another most unusual traditional method is the fire piston. Project Plans: http://1abxf1rh6g01lhm2riyrt55k.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Fire-Piston-Plans-Inch.pdf Metric: http://1abxf1rh6g01lhm2riyrt55k.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Fire-Piston-Plans-Metric.pdf See More from Clickspring: http://www.clickspringprojects.com/ More Make: Projects: http://www.makezine.com/projects ------------------------------------------------------------ Visit us on the web! http://www.makezine.com Go to a Maker Faire! http://www.makerfaire.com Check out the Maker Shed! http://www.makershed.com Subscribe to the Magazine! http://www.makezine.com/subscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/make Instagram: https://instagram.com/makemagazine/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makemagazine Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/makemagazine/