Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing paper fire logs, the apparatus comprising a solution-containing reservoir above which is mounted a removable slotted, slit or split shaft through which the end of newspaper, magazine or the like is placed (and the shaft rotated either by a motor or manually) causing the paper to be rolled or wound upon the slotted shaft as it is passed through the solution in the reservoir, the paper being fed to the shaft along a tilting platform which is supported upon a knife edge for rotational purposes, one edge of the platform being bias against the roll of paper upon the slotted shaft but accommodating opposite rotation as the diameter of the paper upon the shaft increases. The wet paper fire log is removed from the apparatus by separating the slotted shaft from the remainder of the apparatus, squeezing the paper fire log and allowing it to dry.