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I live in Washington and I go camping. These days there's usually burn bans during the later part of the season. That's fine, camping is still fun either way. A set of string lights can light up a campsite nicely. But a fire is just more fun. And during all but the most serious burn bans propane fire pits are still allowed. I looked at commercially available firepits and they are all pretty big. I wanted something smaller because I don't have much extra space in the car. So I made a propane fire pit that can run off of the small 1 lb cooking bottles. It was a fun little project. With an alternate hose and and pressure regulator the same setup can hook to the larger 5lb or 5 gallon propane tanks too. It ended up being a pretty simple and rewarding project. The gas valve that connects to the propane bottle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P4PR6JQ/ The adapter to connect the gas valve to the gas hose https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001HOSYOC/ The hose to run the gas from the bottle to the firepit. I got braided steel for durability. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FC7KCJD Air mixer nozzle. This pulls air into the gas so it will actually ignite. The firepit won't work without one. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HYVM5VD/ The cute little 6" burner https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B13W9R1/ Burners are available in multiple sizes. Like I said, I wanted something small so I went with the 6" one. It's still capable of 90,000 btu if you can put enough gas through it. And the firepit itself. In this case, a stainless steel salad bowl with a hammered finish. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJWCWJY/ Filling: You have a lot of different options for what to fill a firepit with. There's lava rocks, glass beads, ceramic skulls, etc. My wife thought the skulls were cool, but in the end we opted for fake logs. Reviews said this set looked good but was way smaller than people wanted. That sounded perfect for this project. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GSVCLZ4 Some materials could rest directly on the burner without interfering with it. But the fake logs will choke off the flames, so they need to be raised up a bit. I got a stainless steel grate to hold them up off the burner surface. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078KL8SQL/ The build was pretty simple. The most complicated part was fabricating the stand. I imagine if you look around you could find one pre-made, but I had some 1/4" steel wire laying around so I just welded one myself.
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# ? May 5, 2024 04:14 |
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# ? Sep 2, 2021 05:20 |
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Thanks! Yeah, I probably will get one of the refillable 1 lb bottles next season. And a set of the skulls for halloween
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# ? Sep 5, 2021 17:59 |
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Holy hell that skulls picture is awesome, hahaha. You have to try it. Cool project, good thinking on the carrying case.
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# ? Sep 5, 2021 23:46 |
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Sous Videodrome posted:Thanks! Yeah, I probably will get one of the refillable 1 lb bottles next season. And a set of the skulls for halloween My dog has been stealing the lava rocks out of my little fire pit. Can you link to the skulls?
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# ? Sep 7, 2021 07:48 |
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Sure! The first one is the picture from above, the other one has some different options. https://www.amazon.com/Imitated-Reusable-Halloween-Fireproof-Fireplaces/dp/B09D7NTX8V/ https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Pit-Fireproof-Decoration-Fireplaces/dp/B07H4WW932/
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# ? Sep 8, 2021 20:07 |
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:My dog has been stealing the lava rocks out of my little fire pit. Can you link to the skulls?
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# ? Sep 9, 2021 00:02 |
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Slugworth posted:Is he afraid of skeletons? Not particularly, but I think it's way better to find little round skulls lying around instead of pointy rocks.
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# ? May 5, 2024 04:14 |
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:Not particularly, but I think it's way better to find little round skulls lying around instead of pointy rocks. hahaha
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