I posted this over on proboards thought Id bring it back up here especially after I found this http://essay-group.com/products-page/online/ somebody had suggested making a bunch of torches and selling them at a local craft show or something then I see this on tv today dang someone beat me to it. Anyway heres mine it was a lot of fun real easy to make and lasted for several hours we did keep adding stuff to it though so I imagine that if you just let it burn by itself it would only last a couple hours.
Thanks for the post . Reminded me to make a few out of locust . Might even try it on an old Aspen stump that needs to be gone .
The innagural burn in my keyhole pit was a Swedish candle (torch). 'Twas an ash round, burned bright, but not all night...
When you start these what do you use to light it? Are you just putting paper in them? Or adding some lighter fluid to help it along?
I used some crumbled up Super Cedar and then a lil hand sanitizer, to help get it all going pretty quick. The hole in the center becomes pretty large because of the cutting. You can use a variety of methods.
Okay. And you just hold it in place somehow when you cut your pie sections into it? Never made one before. Need to. Thinks I will make a bunch for the camp and fam to enjoy.
I used a couple handfuls of noodles stuffed here and there in the cuts and half a super cedar Im sure anything will work though basically make a fire on top and once it gets going sit back and relax. As far as making the torch itself I just set a round on top of another round that was bigger and cut it down to about the bottom turned cut again and so on. Give it a shot youll see its pretty easy.
