I hope the 10 gallon buckets I got will hold up okay. They’re a little bigger than a 5 gallon metal bucket in diameter, about 14".
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Everything now is make as thin and cheap as you can. Metal buckets use it through it away any more.
I hope it is better then what I have found used.
Bob
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What kind of lighter do you have @Norman89, mine doesn’t work well when I turn them upside down (the flame turns yellow)
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Hello Jan .
These lighters are kinda expensive but are very good.
No problem in about 13-15 years .
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Thanks Wayne, are you using propane?
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Yes Jan I am using propane in the small hand held torch.
It has been filled several times from my shop cutting torch tank of propane .
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Hi Jan, try one of the small propane torches with a “hose” between nozzle and gas bottle, these was available cheap at Biltema some years ago.
I’ve tried many different burners available in Sweden, (Rimac, Primus, blue-gaz) everyone makes an enormous flamethrower-fireball when turned upside down, i should recomend Primus small handle/nozzle with igniter, and some hose to a small “gasol” bottle, or a homemade adapter for disposable gas bottles.
And: for lighting your gasifier, have you tried those weed-burners? Looks like a walking stick, made for burning downwards.
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You’re right, I think I have one from the biltema in a box.
I have such a weed burner, had to extend it when I put on the extension, to reach down to the charcoal.
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Wayne showed the one I use and I run mine on map gas since my work buys it in bulk for shop use
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The propane can, which is used for soft soldering, contains a sponge throughout its volume. The liquid gas is absorbed into the sponge and this prevents the liquid from coming out, thus enabling the use of the burner in all positions, certainly the cans used by Wayne and Marcus are like that, well, I also installed a filling valve on the bottom of the can, so I can fill it at home .
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tone,can you explain how you fill it?
propan tank upside down?
i tried it once to fill a smaller tank, but not worked…
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Upside down is important, you want liquid gas to run into the empty bottle.
Refilling also needs removing original connection, often a “one-way” valve inside.
And never fill “all the way up” it’s dangerous when liquid gas “expands”.
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how escapes the air in the empty tank? is there another valve needed?
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Giorgio, the filling valve is similar to the one for filling tires, but it is used in refrigeration technology to fill freon. I heat the cylinder with liquid propane a little and turn it upside down, then I open the valve and the liquid flows into the can, then I put the cylinder upright and wait until the filling tube empties the liquid into the can, so the loss of gas is minimal.
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There is need of some kind of “bleeding” valve, if filling pipe is too thin, can be mounted near filling port.
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Hi Tone, old type tire valves (made off brass) often found on trucks or tractors, works well too, for filling with a tire valve “adapter”. Just a tip. 
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I have one of these. It saves me a lot of money. It’s not difficult. I just follow the instructions.
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I don’t use any venting valve, because propane in a gaseous state liquefies again when the pressure increases in the cylinder, well, in order to be able to fill with high pressure, it is enough to heat the cylinder (preferably with warm water), that way you won’t be too much filled the cans.
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I use the same adapter that Rindert uses. I have refilled a lot of those little bottles. There are a thousand Youtubes of people doing it. I used to put the little bottle in the freezer first to get more propane in but quit doing that a long time ago. Doesn’t make that much difference.
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