"Oh, bleep" moment last night

I was going through my normal routine last night of moving around the coals before loading up the stove for the night. For some reason I grabbed the shovel from my fireplace tool set instead of the poker. Started moving the coals around and suddenly the shovel was on fire and letting of nasty, nauseating fumes. "Oh, bleep!!" There was a moment of decision making and I almost (I said almost) ran through my house with a flaming shovel to throw it outside (probably would have ended badly). Instead I quickly unscrewed the handle which gave me just enough room to put the shovel entirely in my stove and close the door. Ran outside and grabbed the bucket of water I keep next to my outdoor fireplace, brought it inside, pulled the shovel out with my welders gloves and dumped it in the water. No major crisis but hair raising none the less.

Pretty quick thinking, I'd say. Glad there was no damage done to you or your home.

Maybe he used a wooden shovel :lol:

Good point. :red:

Never heard of a flamable shovel. Must be an ornamental set not intended for real use.

I often use the shovel along with the poker when I have some challenging rearranging to do. Also, before I made a coal rake/ash hoe, the shovel did the job.

I'm glad somebody brought it up cause I was wondering myself, one forum member had a cheap shovel and the paint started on fire and he had to throw it outside, it was a funny post.

No need for name calling.ASH/HOE.Just joking.

:lol:

;-)

I knew I shouldn't have used the plastic shovel from my summer sand castle set.

Been there - done that with a stove too small to stick the whole thing into

Just explain the nasty smell to the wife and move on - Nothing to see here folks

Well now that you've burned off the paint you should be good to go from here on in . . . did that with my shovel in the first season . . . caught it on fire I mean . . . I pretty much just let the paint burn off before pulling it out . . . it has bee fine since then.

Hum.... Never had a shovel catch on fire before. That must have been an eye opener!

"Also, before I made a coal rake/ash hoe, the shovel did the job."

{perking up; sitting on my hind legs}

Pix? Parts list? Assembly directions?

As someone once said, pix or it didn't happen...

Nancy

Here is version 1.0 with a short handle. 2.0 has a much longer handle.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T-MV75gpbRM/SwhknrNNM9I/AAAAAAAAAic/utOH9hQ-Yss/s640/100_0411.JPG

That avatar pic is hilarious by the way. Hasselhoff is an icon in Germany. Back to the thread. Yes, very quick thinking. My stove is on ceramic tile out to the door, so I could just run outside and have, but I'm still not sure how that paint caught fire and why they would sell that shovel if it was easily flammable.

Maybe they figure most folks will only be using the shovel to clean out cool ash . . . or maybe it is cheaply made? In any case I suspect you will find that you have no more issues with that shovel.

I bought a cheap set of tools and they are metal. Wood has no place near a hot stove except that which is fuel.