Cool Campfire

[Buckshot]

Swedish Candles, these make a cool campfire. You cut you log from the top in a pie pattern (6 piece) within a few inches at the bottom. Give it a squirt of charcoal starter down the center and bingo.

Depending on log size it will burn for hours and burns in on itself. This log pictured was 15" diameter and a little over 3' tall.

[Oldragbaggers]

Very cool.

[Kevin & Sandy]

I gotta try the Swedish Candle.

Last summer I had a fire going and found a hollow piece of log. I stood it upright on my fire and pretty soon flames were going out the top!

A guy stopped by and said, "Hey look ! The fire is going clear thru that log!"

[jb]

today i tried to make a swedish candle. i used birch log for it. the log laid outside for about half a year. lighting it was/is a problem. i couldn't light it.

is it better to use different kind of wood?
did the log lay outside to long?
what is the best way to light it?

[eatatjoz]

pour charcoal fluid in it and let it sit for 10 minutes or so to soak in, before it all evaporates, give it a quick squirt and light it up.
The wood probably isn't the issue. Willow and Gum are hard to burn, but birch shouldn't be an issue after seasoning for a year.