Device for manufacturing firelighters for a
fireplace or barbecue fire or for lighting
solid fuel stoves, comprising: a first
cutting device (2) designed as a planing /
cutting or peeling knife (8) for
cutting at least one wooden blade (10) from a wooden blank (4); a second cutting device (12) designed as a comb knife (22), needle board or several knife wheels for cutting at least one wooden blade (10) into wooden threads (16) of essentially equal length; a gathering and twisting device (32) for gathering and twisting a quantity of wooden threads (16) to form a twisted strand of wooden threads (42); a device (40) for at least partially filling spaces between wooden threads (16) of the wooden thread strand (42) with a
wax / paraffin material, in particular a
wax / paraffin material bath (44) or a
wax / paraffin spraying device; and a cutting device (50) for cutting the wooden thread strands (48) into firelighters of equal length, essentially cylindrical, each with a plurality of wooden threads (16) extending from one end face of the wooden thread strand (48) to the opposite end face of the wooden thread strand (48).