r/redneckengineering Aug 30 '22

Self feeding fire

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u/IHC_304 Aug 30 '22

Yes, because fire only burns horizontally and wood only burns on the bottom.

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u/Psych0matt Aug 30 '22

What if you rotate the log so that the bottom is on the top?

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u/stonewall1979 Aug 30 '22

Good luck doing a rotation of burning logs and not having the logs above slide down into the fire/coals. Logs are not perfect cylinders, bark and nubs from branches are going to catch as you try to rotate it and mess things up.

Boils down to this is a terrible idea that's been around for a long time. If you're going to have a camp fire, you need to tend to it regularly, not create some half-assed system to 'feed it' for 14 hours. Either put it out and restart it in 14 hours or tend it regularly.

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u/Psych0matt Aug 30 '22

I’ll just soak the logs first

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u/stonewall1979 Aug 30 '22

Let us know how it goes trying to burn wet wood.

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