pen campfire, hence the name for sds takes a couple seconds for the fire to 'start' so use turbo mode if you're lazy not too accurate but i dont care i spent enough time on this 7/24: translucent smoke and particle sizing update
i had a fun 3-week long summer vacation, ask me about it how to start a fire (safely!!!!) MAKE SURE THAT EITHER THERE IS AN ADULT WITH YOU OR YOU ARE AN ADULT!!! FIRES ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN SERIOUSLY BURN YOU!!!!! 1. First, find a suitable location to build your fire. Make sure it doesn't have anything flammable like leaves or grass near it. Any real campsite should have little areas designated for campfires. They should look like big metal cylinders with open tops filled with dirt in them and ashes from the previous campfire, or maybe even just a circle of stones with dirt in the middle. PLEASE check if campfires are allowed in your area because the western U.S. is suffering (another) drought!!! We don't need another wildfire!!! (and don't make a fire on a windy day, either) 2. Gather resources. You'll need: - firewood (about 8 pieces for each hour of fire is a rough estimate but should be enough) - kindling (This is to start your fire!! Grab 1-2 handfuls of twigs, lint or paper products. Fire can NOT start without this.) EVERYTHING MUST BE COMPLETELY DRY OR THE FIRE WILL NOT START AT ALL!!!! (to test if twigs are dry, take a twig and try to snap it. if it doesn't bend and easily snaps with a nice crisp sound, it's dry.) 3. Build the fire (part 1) Place some kindling in the middle. ALWAYS make sure that the fire has space to get oxygen or it will die out and you will be sad. Make sure the kindling is close together so everything will catch. Then, light the paper or lint with a lighter, flint and steel, or something else that makes fire. The twigs will catch next. Make sure to give the fire more and more twigs when the paper and lint burn up to keep the fire going. 4. Build the fire (part 2) Slowly put larger and larger twigs on until you feel comfortable to put a big log on. By the way there's tons of methods to build the big ones with. - TEEPEE - The method used in the project. Make sure the logs are all leaning on each other in a cone shape. It might fall over, so build it right. - LEAN TO - I don't really know if this is the right name or how to do it, but put a log down sideways and lean some logs on it on the side with the small fire. - LOG CABIN - My personal go-to. Place two logs on opposite ends of the small fire, but close enough so that they'll catch. Then, place two more logs on top of the two so that you make a square. Keep putting more logs on like it's a Jenga tower every now and then. 5. PUTTING OUT THE FIRE I remember this ad at a Maverick gas station that said 'if it's too hot to touch, it's too hot to leave.' Make sure to pour water, sand, or dirt on it. If there's any embers, make sure to put it out. Use a long stick to push the sand and dirt and water into all the little crevices. Repeat until there are no embers or smoke coming from the fire. NEVER leave a fire unsupervised. That's it! If you want to roast marshmallows, put a marshmallow on a stick and put the stick over the fire and rotate the marshmallow until it's a nice golden brown. Or black, if you want. Make sure to follow another fire safety rule which is 'what goes in the fire stays in the fire.' Don't take any logs out of the fire, because that'll set a leaf on fire which sets more leaves, twigs, and grass until the whole forest is on fire, and we don't want that.
