crazy compressed air idea

LOL! I'll just continue to use my 10¢ wax/sawdust firestarter bricks. One brick will start a load of wet full sized logs and no kindling is needed. I bettcha one would start large green pieces of wood too, Paul.

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I've always used a piece of steel tube that was flattened with a hammer on one end to reduce the air flow.

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Windy,

I got your package, thanks!

I filled it with about 180psi lickity split!

The directions say that the green tip has the heaviest flow. Got it.

The canned air thing from before would allow you to spray a little or a lot - so you can kinda coax and ember to a roar. This new thing is either on or off - it tends to blow the fire out.

It also doesn't come with a directional stream sort of thing: no straw or any sort of straw-like thing. And no way to introduce a straw ...

But! It is the beginning of holding the compressed air - more experimenting will follow!

I'll be going to town today in the hopes of also picking up a short length of copper tubing ....

Thanks again Windy - that was mighty generous of you!

I'm such a dope! I found the thingy with the straw and tried that out. Better! It even allows you to spray a little harder or softer.

And I have a manual bicycle pump that I brought into the house - this little setup is now working pretty good!

What about an old fashioned hand bellows?

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I just use a hollow tube from an old fireplace poker set. Blow through it onto the base of the flame. gives it lots of air, not too much, and you can direct it where you want.

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I didn't open the package to check it but knew that there should be a straw in it.

If you try it with paint be sure to let me know how it does. I tried one year before last and either didn't thin the pain enough or it simply didn't work. Only used 100 psi or thereabouts.

I have an old air brush compressor that I purchased for less than $10 off of Ebay that would probably work well for your air blowing device. It had a broken off fitting in it and apparently the owner had never heard of Easyouts for small pipe fittings. Since I already had one of the correct size it was a good buy for me. I often use air brushes instead of spray cans for cost efficiency. A quart of paint and some thinner is much cheaper even than several cans of spray paint.

I did buy some Krylon quick dry flat back last week though and I must say it was wonderful. I was surprised at just how far the product stretched for coverage. (Mental note--buy a quart can of flat black.)

I got two feet of copper tube and tried that out. Very nice.

So far, the copper tube seems to be the big winner.

If you really want to get it started, use some oxygen from the welding tank. You can build a roaring bonfire that way in just a few minutes.

Hey.

Don't burn green wood. A bellows is traditional and we have one hanging by all of our fireplaces.

RF

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Being nuts about experimenting, last night I poured hot wax into an egg carton with a bunch of sawdust.

I lit it and walked away. About 15 minutes later I had a good, roaring fire. No futzing and blowing and relighting.

Well ... the wood was a little dryer this time - I'll try it on some wetter wood tomorrow! But so far, Cabin Fever - this idea beats all the others!

I use a product called the "Air Grill Blower"

Simply turn the crank and a continuous stream of air quickly gets the fire going.