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Fire Logs.
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It is well known that wax mixed with sawdust makes a fine incendiary. It
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is not as well known that commercially available pressed-wood "fire logs"
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are composed of exactly the same materials and can be easily modified for
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use as incendiaries. Buy the cheapest ones available. The only differences
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between them are the chemicals that the high-priced ones have to make
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their flames prettier and the type of wood used (some use cedar for frag-
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rance). For incendiary purposes, how the fire looks or smells is of no
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consequence.
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The logs generally come in 3- to 6-pound sizes. Remove the wrapper and
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saw them into 1-pound chunks. They saw easily, rather like cutting a large
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Tootsie Roll. Place each chunk in a paper lunch sack and heat in a micro-
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wave oven for 3 to 5 minutes on 50 percent power (defrost setting) until
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the log breaks apart. Time will vary with different ovens. If a microwave
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is not available, heat a regular oven to 250 degrees for 10 minutes, then
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turn it off. Place 1 sack at a time in the oven and warm until the log can
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be easily broken apart, generally about 10 minutes. Watch the sack care-
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fully and remove it from oven if it begins to smoke. Break up the chunk
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until it forms a loose, coarse mixture resembling manure fertilizer. It
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may be easier to to spread the chunks on a sheet of newspaper and break
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them apart with a fork.
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While the sawdust is still warm, 1/2 cup of powdered charcoal or flour
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may be added to increase its incendiary effect. Just add the powdered
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material to the warm mix and shake the bag. It is now ready to use. The
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bag can be lit with a match or delay ignitor. It will burn slowly at first,
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then faster, with an increasingly hot flame. Unless a large amount of raw
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wax and sawdust are available, commercial fire logs are the way to go.
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Even top-of-the-line logs cost less than 50 cents a pound and are much
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easier to fashion into explosives. The fire logs are common, innocuous,
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and may be purchased without question or comment, especially during fall
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and winter.
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