Make a charcoal chimney
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Lighting charcoal briquets without lighter fluid is easy with this homemade Charcoal Chimney
Contents
Materials Needed
- 1 #10 tin can (coffee can)
- 1 can opener
- 1 church key
- 1 Wire coat hanger
- 1 drill with a 3/16" (4mm) drill bit
- 1 pair of diagonal cutters
- 1 pair of needle nose plyers
The Process
- Begin with a clean #10 tin can remove any labeling that may be on the can.
- Using the can opener remove both ends to form a basic chimney (Fig 1)
- Using the church key make a series of triangular holes on one side of the can seperated by about 2 inches (see illustration) (this side will be refered to as the bottom)
- drill two sets of eight holes about 3 inches from the bottom of the can
- open the coat hanger and straighten with the plyers
Images
Warnings
Be careful, I cut myself twice while building this be smarter than me, use gloves.
More to come
This tutorial is unfinished I will finish it shortly and add another tutorial about How to Light charcoal without lighter fluid using this chimney
Bibliography
- (ISBN 1563058669
- (ISBN 0761120149
- (ISBN 1558322973
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See Also
External Links
- Chimney Starter Wikipedia Article
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