jthornton,
Best thing to do is don't let it go out at night.
Put a big block of wood on before you leave the shop, set the air so it's just burning and in the morning you should have some hot coals to start the next one.
American Elm works really well as a night block and makes for less splitting of a tough to split wood so kills 2 birds with one stone
If you make big blocks of elm that just fit in the stove they will burn for many hours.
For me when I do have to start a fire I have a couple short pieces on each side, a couple of thin splits on top of them in the opposite direction.
I make a mini log cabin sort of thing with kindle under it with some wood shavings in the middle, spark up the propane torch and off it goes in short time.
Most of my kindle comes from clean pallet runners or construction scrap, short 2x4s split up real easy and catch fire easy.
Stay away from painted or pressure treated wood for kindle and scraps are pretty much endless free supply.
The little plumbers propane torch kits are great, real inexpensive, starts a fire fast and with just a click and cheap replacement bottles.