show me your fire bowls/modded jerry cans please

[Man of Tanith]

Right just inherited an old petrol jerry can from the father in law
also borrowed an angle grinder from my godfather i see the two being combined into a homebade firebowl/fire pit type thing
i am in two minds as to whether i just slice it in half horizontally or get a bit creative so would like to see what the talented folk on here have done with theirs please
thanks in advance

 

[lou1661]

how old, is it dated at all?

 

[Man of Tanith]

pass, why? he was in forces 70's/80's so maybe around there?

 

[shaggystu]

pass, why? he was in forces 70's/80's so maybe around there?

'cos if it was dated WW2 then the re-enacters would've had your arm off.

re. the OP, steve (mesquite) has about the best jerry can set up that i've seen, i'm sure you know the one that i mean

cheers

stuart

 

[JohnC]

We use one of these two, the first is the bottom 6-8" of an oil drum with shelving rails attached. The only recent thing we've done is use 3cut down brackets and a circle of stainless steel from an old kitchen panel to make a shelf below for drying wood or keeping food hot.

The other is the bottom half of a gas canister, it's heavy and great for the odd small fire in the back garden. The boys use it a lot for "quick" fires to cook on..

We've got grills that fit over both of these, often use one of the fire logs on the oildrum one after cooking.

 

[Man of Tanith]

'cos if it was dated WW2 then the re-enacters would've had your arm off.

re. the OP, steve (mesquite) has about the best jerry can set up that i've seen, i'm sure you know the one that i mean

cheers


stuart

yeah i does indeed

 

[MartinK9]

Here's mine:

Cliff made mine

recently:

Launditch's work

 

[Man of Tanith]

Cheers martin
balanced on a couple of bricks is it?

 

[TinkyPete]

I have cut a square in the top of mine but left a lip so I can put a mug or small pot on it, for a stand I use a wilkinsons plate stand (folds flat and a lot lighter than bricks). I drilled a few holes in the bottom to allow air in, but I need more, I also keep the spout open to help with air flow as well, but I know some people cut it off (i was lazy and didn't)

 

[MartinK9]

Cheers martin
balanced on a couple of bricks is it?

Indeed it is in that picture. I did find bricks at all 3 of the main Meets I attend; so that's cut down the weight some.

 

[Twodogs]

Heres some early shots of K9s note loads of air flow but no holes in the base,

and in use,