I just went out in the shop and scraped some shavings into a pile on a cookie sheet. I managed to get them ablaze but it wasn;t as if they were begging for spark. It took a little effort which was allright. They're so fine they burn pretty quick. I'm going to enlist my daughter to save her shavings.

I feel dumb. I've worked wood for more than 30 years and I never even knew pencil shavings were cedar!

Good tip!