# Making your own fire tube
**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048
**Category:** Fab Shop
**Tags:** tips-tricks
**Created:** [February 5, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048 "2014-02-05T23:21:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@wolf\_619208](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/wolf_619208)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048/1 "2014-02-05T23:21:29Z")
I could not find any 12" pipe around here and was not going to drive 100 miles to find some. So here is what I did. I found some scrap 1/4" plate (4 pieces) 9" X 20", laid it out and bent it on my 30 ton press. Staggered the top and bottom and welded it together. Just a thought for those that try to do the impossible with nothing.
“Living Life in North Idaho”
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### Author:  [@ray\_menke](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/ray_menke)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 12:50am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048/2 "2014-02-06T00:50:24Z")
Ron, that came out nice and round. Dave Bloom also welded up a cylinder. His photos are here: [http://driveonwood.com/user/572/photos](http://driveonwood.com/user/572/photos)
Speaking of N. Idaho, my son used to have a house near Sandpoint. I rode my Harley up there in late fall of 2005 to help him pour a concrete slab. Almost froze to death!
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### Author:  [@Wayne](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Wayne)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 1:15am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048/3 "2014-02-06T01:15:38Z")
Welcome to the DOW site Ron .
Very nice job !!
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### Author:  [@wolf\_619208](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/wolf_619208)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 1:20am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048/4 "2014-02-06T01:20:35Z")
Thanks Mr. Keith, it means a lot to me that you even noticed. I’m sure I well be asking you many Q in the future.
“Living Life in North Idaho”
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### Author:  [@wolf\_619208](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/wolf_619208)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 1:36am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048/5 "2014-02-06T01:36:31Z")
Thanks Ray. 10 hours of hard work swinging a 5 lb hammer, BUT it was better than the 100 mile drive one way to pay $11.00 an inch for 12" pipe. -10 F this morrning.
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### Author:  [@BrianHWA](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BrianHWA)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 8:16am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048/6 "2014-02-06T08:16:22Z")
Ron H. Welcome to DOW. Here is a link to the thread about building one’s own firetube, focused on increasing the heat recycling. [http://driveonwood.com/forum/966](http://driveonwood.com/forum/966)
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### Author:  [@Wayne](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Wayne)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048/7 "2014-02-06T12:47:00Z")
Good Morning Ron,
I enjoyed reading your bio , I try to read everyone’s and see what part of the county or state they are .
It seems our past has a lot in common . I tried a lot of occupation and did OK at most if there were no requirement for staying still or clean for long periods of time …
BBB
Wayne
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### Author:  [@Mrjameshamby](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Mrjameshamby)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/making-your-own-fire-tube/1048/8 "2014-11-25T14:54:09Z")
Ron Holmack are you using the Saw Blade as your Choke Plate?