Thread: Barrel "Bum" fire prop

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I finished my barrel fire prop tonight. It was very easy to make. I got a 55 gallon steel drum for free off craiglist and cut it down about to about 2/3rds size with an angle grinder and cutting wheel. I also smoothed out the cut edge and drilled a hole for the wires. I got three basic plastic lamp holders from Home Depot (about $1.25 each), wired them up and attached them to a wood base. The constant light is an orange fluorescent "Party bulb" and the flicker effect comes from orange and red incandescent bulbs. The flickering is driven of a Christmas Tree F/X box which is connected to an MP3 player. I found a bunch of good fire sound effects on the web. A pair of cheap amplified computer speakers tops it off.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Vl7A0-La4]YouTube - Barrel "Bum Fire" Halloween prop[/ame]

It looks and sounds quite good. Visually, it's almost indistinguishable from a real fire (sans sparks). The sound isn't perfect but it's very close. This will be the center of my monster bum fire scene... two stuffed dummies and a person in costume who will jump up and scare people. They'll all be roasting body parts on sticks.

I like it...put that inside a haunt and, if realistic enough, would make me worry about the place catching on fire...if not that, at least fire is always a nice touch seeming to add an ambiance of trouble to come...LOL

Nicely done! Great idea!!!!

Great job. I'm gonna have to do this one next year.

Great idea and looks awesome!

Very impressive!

The fire now has two of it's three creeps ready to go...



The third will be an actor so I don't think I can get him to sit on a crate in the corner of my family room for the next two weeks!

i borrow this during the summer to sit by near the pool at night? everyone things that a fire after a night swim party would be great, but normally the extra heat is not needed here in SoCalif! this would be perfect....

good job!