Introduction: Copper Fire Log Heater: Burns Clean With Alcohol!
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About: Travelling since 2013. I'm currently in Australia for some reason. --- I’m Calvin Drews, and I love to learn, experiment, invent, create, repair, and generally just do things myself. A sort of modern jack of …
Step 1: Materials
Step 2: Marking Dots
Step 3: Filing Grooves
Step 4: Punching Holes
Step 5: Prepare the Pipe
Step 6: Soldering the Pipe
Step 7: Clean the Solder Joint
Step 8: Corking the End
Step 9: Cutting and Fitting the Cork
Step 10: Nearly Finished...
Step 11: Making a Simple Stand- Finished!
Step 12: WHY IT WORKS
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260 Comments
8 years ago on Introduction
Like to see how he made this, but cant find images
9 years ago on Introduction
found the instructibile on the web archive with images
http://web.archive.org/web/20100828162104/https://www.instructables.com/id/Copper-Fire-Log-Heater-Burns-clean-with-alcohol/
10 years ago on Step 1
There are no steps anymore. What happened? Just header, table of contents and comments. Where is the content?
Reply 10 years ago on Step 1
I am very sorry, but the content of the instructable is gone. It's a long story, entirely my fault. It was not able to be restored by instructables staff. I might eventually make a replacement.
Reply 9 years ago on Introduction
Please do!
This is one of my favourite ideas!
9 years ago on Introduction
If anyone still has this instructable
it would be great to see it re-posted!
10 years ago on Introduction
cant see the picts...
11 years ago on Step 1
Sounds like a great project. Why am I getting nothing but blanks for pages? Everything but the actual photo's. Anyone have an answer or cure? Have I been banned? My payments are auto deduct, what gives?
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Reply 11 years ago on Step 1
i getting the same, starts you wondering about the intrisical values of the website.
11 years ago on Introduction
it's still not working? should fix it.
11 years ago on Introduction
Couldn't you use pearlite as the other 50% of the mix in the chamber to help evarorate the alcohol. I use that method for all my homemade burners and it lights up first time, no preheat required :)
11 years ago on Introduction
I tried to make this, but didnt use copper end caps, just crimped the ends down... I failed horribly and almost burned my house down. I filled the log with acetone and lit it, but it turned out the crimped ends didnt seal, so acetone leaked everywhere, then the cap I used to fill it spilled, catching the plywood workbench I was working on on fire. So at this point I was scared out of my mind, so I took a spare rag, hoping I could snuff out the fire, but the rag soaked up the fuel and caught fire. I now had a flaming workbench, log and rag that I was swinging around, which incidentally caught the bottle of acetone on fire. I managed to blow everything out before it caught on the surrounding flammable objects, but it was rather close.
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
let that be a lesson to everyone... DON'T crimp the ends down!!!!
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Even better, right next to my bench was a entire cabinet of chemicals, flammable ones.
12 years ago on Introduction
were is this thing
13 years ago on Introduction
i wouldn't worry about explosions, if the pressure got to hot then the cork would blow out (much like a spud gun) and leak flaming alcohol on the surface below =)
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
lol
12 years ago on Introduction
you can find here
http://www.sustainlane.com/reviews/how-to-make-a-copper-fire-log-heater/A4PWASUPRVANIR1HKQKU9DIQ2C9O
12 years ago on Introduction
Your Instructable is broken
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
It's should be back online in a week or two. Sorry!