anything dry, will work well
Steel.
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How about a Nether portal? (Obsidian, ignite it with flint and steel) Or a rollercoaster. (Use powered rails) Or just build a house and mine casually.
Steel is a good shelving metal. It is strong, relatively lightweight, and durable.
To make a nether portal you need the following items: 12 blocks of obsidian,and a Flint and Steel. To get the obsidian just mine near lava, because that is where I always find it. To get Flint and Steel, you need iron and flint (both can easily be found in a random mountain). To actually make it, place the obsidian with a 2 wide top 2 wide bottom, and the rest on the sides (has to be equal!), then activate (left click on PC, so use whatever your using as activate button) your Flint and Steel. Now you need to make sure that your gear is good, then you can go through and double your Mincraft size!
MIU is a good set to have. William-Sonoma also makes a very reputable stainless steel bar tool set.
Umm... you can't make a fire you can hold in your hand (unless you mod it) but you can make a flint and steel which is made by flint and steel. to make it go to a crafting table put an iron ingot in the corner and a flint in the middle. Good luck. :) EDIT: You don't mod it, you use InvEdit or Single Player Commands. It appears as a fire in your hand and you can also hack water or lava. NOTE: Once you place it you cannot retrieve it after placing unless you have a bucket.
seems like it might make good tinder
There are a few good fishing spots in Flint MI. You try going to the Smith lake or Flint river.
Fire material To make a fire, you need to build it up gradually, beginning with small pieces of wood, then progressing to larger pieces as the fire gets going. You can grade your fire material intotinder, kindling, and fuel.TinderYou will need some material that ignites very easily to start a fire. Good tinder is dry material that takes only a spark to ignite. The tinder must be absolutely dry. There are a number of things you can use for tinder, paper, leaves, grass, bark and resin. You will find resin in spruce and pine trees. Resin will burn even if it is wet.Use your knife to turn dry sticks and pieces of bark into powdery tinder. Tinder is the most important part of your fire, so prepare it well. If you have found resin, rub it on small twigs and sticks. Have plenty of tinder on hand so your fire will not go out. Collect tinder before you need it. Put tinder in your pocket or backpack, so you always have it handy.Learn how to light a fire with matches, or to be more precise, light your tinder. Alternatively, why not learn how to make a fire with a flint striker.
Steel frame buildings are supposed to be the safest building structures out there because the steel is one of the hardest metals yet allows for some sway which is good for skyscrappers.
i dont exactly know but have you checked your flint wheel? you could have a worn down wheel u know