15mm copper pipe

[sandbag47]

hi all i've seen guys using a thin piece of hollow metal tube to blow at a base of a fire.
my question is can i use a 15mm piece of pumping pipe to do the same thing or is it big ?
i've tried it on my fire at home and it seems to work ok..
let me know thanks

sandbag47

 

[calibanzwei]

I would think that anything (that doesn't burn or melt) that allows air to be directed at the base of the fire can be used. A moistened reed stem would work, for a time

 

[hiraeth]

I use a piece of 8mm copper pipe, dont think i have the lungs for 15mm.

 

[g4ghb]

it will work fine SB!

- my advice is to add some tape as a 'handle' the end you are going to hold and blow into as copper is a good conductor!

 

[clcuckow]

you can also use 15mm copper tube to make charcloth as per spamel's post http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=299642&postcount=12

I always carry a couple as I like the idea of fire making fire.

 

[spamel]

15 mm pipe may be a bit wide but if you created a reduction in the pipe you'd get a good jet of air. Chris Claycombe showed me a neat trick where you blow through the lanyard hole on your knife onto the fire. It may only be a small length of tubing, but the lanyard tube is enough to turn your breath into a powerful enough jet to noticeably make a difference to your fire from quite a distance!

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

I went on a meet and a guy bought along some copper sulphate to see if we could melt it.

we used a bit of 15 mm copper pipe about a foot long and it worked fine, it took a lot of time and a swapping breathing rota but at the end we couldn't find the copper sulphate.

we used a bit of garden hose to extend the pipe which somehow didn't burn!

we did however find that the end of the copper pipe had melted!
(It was hard work though!)

 

[Toddy]

I think my blow pokers are 6 or 7mm internal diam. They work very well, but I suspect that so long as you don't sook your's will work, if with a lot of puff.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[scrogger]

You dont see many now but a telescopic car aerial works well!! also has the advantage of been easily packable and is not to heavy!!!

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

You dont see many now but a telescopic car aerial works well!! also has the advantage of been easily packable and is not to heavy!!!

Genius!!:
I'm gona be looking for one!

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

You can buy 50cm branches with the pith removed and one smaller branch left, for fire blowers, in the Alps. It's normally found in toruist tat shops/kiosks.

I gave my parents one, once the kindling lights it really does work and gets coals going sharpish.

Nick

 

[warthog1981]

I think my blow pokers are 6 or 7mm internal diam. They work very well, but I suspect that so long as you don't sook your's will work, if with a lot of puff.

cheers,
Toddy

Yours is an 8mm section of ally tube

Cheers Russ

 

[alpha_centaur]

I use the remain's of an aluminium arrow that had an argument with a wall.

When I removed the arrow from the wall I had a blow poker with flights

 

[John Fenna]

I use a length of Elder with the pith removed - a long one at home and a short one when out and about.....cheaper than metal and usable as firewood if I run out.....

 

[sandbag47]

thanks all...i like the car ariel idea !

 

[Wild Thing]

I bought a telescopic pen sized thing with a magnet on the end designed for picking up tools etc. that have fallen into awkward places.

I cut off the magnet and the pocket clip unscrews off the top... hey presto, telescopic blow poker for a pound, and the advantage is there is a plastic end to stop the heat transfering to your lips.

Not sure how much heat it will stand or for how long, but I will have to get a fire going and find out.

Phill