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Originally Posted by Baddad
Sounds like interesting stuff. I'd like to see it Marko. 
When I was a pre-teenager a pharmacy student showed me how to float a steel sewing needle on water. Its done by maintaining the surface tension of the water intact. 
On observing the floating needle there is a depression on the water surface where the needle floats. |
And if you magnetize it first, it becomes a crude compass. If you happen to be in the wilderness without a magnet, here's how to do it the hard way:
http://www.survivaltopics.com/surviv...eedle-compass/