The Great Bowl of Fire
Category: Outdoor
Posted by: Anthony on 5/31/2005 4:11:00 PM | Digg | Stumble It! | del.icio.us
Not your dad's firepit
Ever wonder what happens to old decommissioned propane tanks? We always did (well, not really, but we wish we could say we did). On that note, John T. Unger did and he did something we could only dream of doing: He cuts them up and makes one very cool fire pit out of them. With flames no less. Flames, so hot right now. We're diggin' it John!
"The Great Bowl of Fire is cut from quarter inch thick steel— you could hit it with a car and it wouldn't notice. Your car would though, so I don't really recommend such extreme product testing. A better idea might be to chuck it off the roof, but please be careful getting it up there, it's very heavy."
Link: Artbuzz [Thanks, John!]





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does it glow?
Posted by Doug on 5/31/2005 4:35:00 PM

Hmm. It is nice lookinng, but I think I prefer a firepit that's not such an effective conductor of heat.

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earthberming it
Posted by johntunger on 5/31/2005 6:27:00 PM

Doug,

You must live somewhere warmer than I do, eh? If you wanted less radiant heat, you could partially bury the bowl so that only the flame design and maybe some of the bowl were visible. Just a thought. Actually, I'm glad you brought it up.
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I hate blisters
Posted by Doug on 5/31/2005 9:28:00 PM

Yeah, I live in San Diego. 72 and sunny, baby.

It would look gorgeous if it were partially buried.
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Oh, glow... no it doesn't
Posted by johntunger on 5/31/2005 10:39:00 PM

Actually I tried feeding it a ton of dry kindling the other night to see if I could get it cherry red. Nope. It does kick out a decent amount of heat, but the steel is too thick to actually glow.

Maybe with an airblower connected...
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nice
Posted by swish on 6/9/2005 1:05:00 PM

I'm digging it.
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simple design?
Posted by Rick Paine on 6/4/2006 11:18:00 PM

John,
Can you make one of simple design? No flames? How much would that be?
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simple design is possible
Posted by john t unger on 6/13/2006 11:45:00 AM

Rick,

email me from my website to discuss this. Yes, I can do one without the flame design...
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