A recent conversation reminded me of an old trick to make your outdoor fire interesting and pretty.
Use a short piece of copper water pipe (6-12 inches length) and large enough diameter to slide a good rubber garden hose into the pipe. Drill a series of holes throughout the length of the copper tube and shove the garden hose into the copper pipe (cut the garden hose to the same length). Toss a few of these pipes into your outdoor firepit and watch the show!
It is very pretty!
You can also try this...
Acquire several large panels of safety glass. Break them into small pieces by striking the glass panel with a center punch.
Gather the broken fragments (the fragments will all be about or less than 1/4" in size). Put these glass fragments in a glass vessel, like a broken, clear, glass carboy or a semi-transluscent glass planter pot.
Use some stainless steel 1/4 inch tubing and pipe fittings and a small BBQ grill burner and connect this to your LP gas grill bottle or natural gas outlet from your house.
Place the BBQ grill burner at the bottom of the glass pot and cover it with the broken safety glass fragments. Add some copper filings near the top layer of the broken glass, open the valve slightly and light the flame.
We call it "Fire and Ice", but we didn't coin that phrase, they just sell 'em under that name now.
And yes, before anyone says anything about it, I know all about the safety concerns involved. However, I am a redneck from Nebraska and we have done a lot worse than this! Trust me, if you are wise and careful, there is very little danger here. If you trust yourself lighting and cooking on a standard propane grill, you will be just as safe with this. Just make sure that the kids aren't running about it and don't leave it unattended.
It is doggone pretty!
Gordy
Use a short piece of copper water pipe (6-12 inches length) and large enough diameter to slide a good rubber garden hose into the pipe. Drill a series of holes throughout the length of the copper tube and shove the garden hose into the copper pipe (cut the garden hose to the same length). Toss a few of these pipes into your outdoor firepit and watch the show!
It is very pretty!
You can also try this...
Acquire several large panels of safety glass. Break them into small pieces by striking the glass panel with a center punch.
Gather the broken fragments (the fragments will all be about or less than 1/4" in size). Put these glass fragments in a glass vessel, like a broken, clear, glass carboy or a semi-transluscent glass planter pot.
Use some stainless steel 1/4 inch tubing and pipe fittings and a small BBQ grill burner and connect this to your LP gas grill bottle or natural gas outlet from your house.
Place the BBQ grill burner at the bottom of the glass pot and cover it with the broken safety glass fragments. Add some copper filings near the top layer of the broken glass, open the valve slightly and light the flame.
We call it "Fire and Ice", but we didn't coin that phrase, they just sell 'em under that name now.
And yes, before anyone says anything about it, I know all about the safety concerns involved. However, I am a redneck from Nebraska and we have done a lot worse than this! Trust me, if you are wise and careful, there is very little danger here. If you trust yourself lighting and cooking on a standard propane grill, you will be just as safe with this. Just make sure that the kids aren't running about it and don't leave it unattended.
It is doggone pretty!
Gordy
