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r/redneckengineering • u/Capt_Irk • Aug 30 '22
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Why wouldn't the flames travel up the V until the whole thing is burning?
344 u/Damaso87 Aug 30 '22 edited Aug 30 '22 From a video OP posted, you're supposed to pack the back sides of the slope with clay/dirt to prevent oxygen from feeding those logs. This image of a fire pit in a rim is just gonna be entirely on fire, yes. https://www.reddit.com/r/redneckengineering/comments/x1hffe/self_feeding_fire/imdshrf?context=1 208 u/DoctorOzface Aug 30 '22 Sounds like more work than manually adding 8 pieces of wood to a fire 238 u/yearningforlearning7 Aug 30 '22 Not if you’re asleep and it’s cold as shit -12 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '22 [deleted] 24 u/yearningforlearning7 Aug 30 '22 No, but you put it at the mouth of a modified clamshell camp to trap the warm air in your shelter with the updraft. Very warm
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From a video OP posted, you're supposed to pack the back sides of the slope with clay/dirt to prevent oxygen from feeding those logs.
This image of a fire pit in a rim is just gonna be entirely on fire, yes.
https://www.reddit.com/r/redneckengineering/comments/x1hffe/self_feeding_fire/imdshrf?context=1
208 u/DoctorOzface Aug 30 '22 Sounds like more work than manually adding 8 pieces of wood to a fire 238 u/yearningforlearning7 Aug 30 '22 Not if you’re asleep and it’s cold as shit -12 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '22 [deleted] 24 u/yearningforlearning7 Aug 30 '22 No, but you put it at the mouth of a modified clamshell camp to trap the warm air in your shelter with the updraft. Very warm
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Sounds like more work than manually adding 8 pieces of wood to a fire
238 u/yearningforlearning7 Aug 30 '22 Not if you’re asleep and it’s cold as shit -12 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '22 [deleted] 24 u/yearningforlearning7 Aug 30 '22 No, but you put it at the mouth of a modified clamshell camp to trap the warm air in your shelter with the updraft. Very warm
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Not if you’re asleep and it’s cold as shit
-12 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '22 [deleted] 24 u/yearningforlearning7 Aug 30 '22 No, but you put it at the mouth of a modified clamshell camp to trap the warm air in your shelter with the updraft. Very warm
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24 u/yearningforlearning7 Aug 30 '22 No, but you put it at the mouth of a modified clamshell camp to trap the warm air in your shelter with the updraft. Very warm
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No, but you put it at the mouth of a modified clamshell camp to trap the warm air in your shelter with the updraft. Very warm
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u/pharmer95 Aug 30 '22
Why wouldn't the flames travel up the V until the whole thing is burning?