Sorry for the shaky photo....
....I was only on my second coffee at the time
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A mate gave me a bunch of steel in return for me building him a firepit from this stuff.
Yeh, it's all gal but he's not too worried about that.
Mostly for burning scrap timber and cardboard boxes he reckons.
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Sorry for the shaky photo....
....I was only on my second coffee at the time
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What size does he want it?
You could weld the grill in a circle like a half barrel and make the bottom from the same only cut also in a circle. The galvo is a health hazard but you can burn it off with a fierce fire in the open and stay away from the fumes.
The sides of your barrel could be at an angle like a real barrel with gaps at the top and joint at the bottom and a ring joining them at the top end.
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Seneca
Damn it... thats my idea give it back... plan to have a fire pit with a metal framed thingo.. pictures of what you build are demanded..... if your just making a giant brazier that would be so cool.. how big....
will burn nice...plenty of oxygen there and hold the small stuff. not the sort of scale i was hoping for...good idea tho and portable....once it cools down.
why what did you have in mind?
bigger?
yeh I don't think it will b moved around much but will stick some handles on it anyway.good idea tho and portable....once it cools down.
If anything this is probably a bit bigger than he had in mind but at the same time he said "do whatever you can with these bits, so....this is what he'll get
All stuck together and sitting on that other stand at the moment which I won't be using as it weighs a tonne...
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Bigger fire = better fire.
having seen your FIRE barrel in action i suspect your of the same view!
Ah the weight issue... yes would be a bit on the heavy side!
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Just a few little sharp edges to tidy up.
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thats pretty cool... just the right size for a suckling piglet...
Great work again PG....although the handles would get awfully hot, was thinking spring steel insulated handles might be good? Similar to these and the bottom of this page....Barbecue Pit Accessories, Free Shipping*, Stainless Steel Springs ,Pit Temperature Gauge, Stainless Steel Spring Handle
Sucking Pig and some of his giant crabs.........better do the Qld BBQ run sometime soon!! LOL
Well you wouldn't pick it up while it's hot...
But if you REALLY need to move it while it's goin, you could slide a steel bar in I suppose, as long as you have someone to hold the other end.
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I think that should be Suckling pig
Oh, it can be both, according to this...
A suckling pig (or sucking pig[1]) is a piglet fed on its mother's milk (i.e., a piglet which is still a "suckling"). In culinary contexts, a suckling pig is slaughtered between the ages of two and six weeks. It is traditionally cooked whole, often roasted, in various cuisines. It is usually prepared for special occasions and gatherings.
The meat from suckling pig is pale and tender and the cooked skin is crisp and can be used for pork rinds. The texture of the meat can be somewhat gelatinous due to the amount of collagen in a young pig.
Good work PG. Handles are just fine. No insulation on the handles would make them usable whilst fire is on, unless you weld a bar on it that extends 80 cm out each way with asbestos handles.
Who says pig suck? I think they make a nice roast.![]()
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Seneca
Well, just delivered it to its new home.
Ol' mate was very plased with the result.
And equally shocked that I got it done so quick as I only got the bits off him a few days ago.
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Recycled jokes?
Really Metrix, you're better than that....
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Anyway if you need proof, here's a pic from one of our weekly toolbox meetings in the shed.
Unruly bunch, but once we all work out who's doing what, we get a lot done.
I'm the one wearing goggles.
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Haha that must be the 20th time someone has shown me that.
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Nice to see i'm not the only person to remove the guard on their grinder. Nice firepit!
Guard that can be turned by hand without tools is one solution. Milwaukee and DE Walt are like that. Another "solution" is to cut a section of the guard off so that instead of 180 degree you end up with 110 or so. Always better to have something there.
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Seneca
Hehe
thin blade again...
Only a light graze but in a very annoying spot....
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You better start an injury scrapbook PG. My GP takes care of mine. I normally call ahead and tell them where I require stitches![]()
That last one didn't even bleed.
very odd,
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Beats me.
I was waiting for it to start, but it never did.
Which is good.
Not a good spot to try and bandage and keep working.
That's the thing I hate most about hurting myself, especially when I'm in the shed.
Having to run inside, rinse and wash hands, then stomp around in the house dripping blood everywhere while looking for bandaids and tape to cover it up so I can keep working...
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Bandaids, pfffft.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TegrNn5YIsc
Yeh looks a bit like the Ozpig.
You'll love your Ozpig | Ozpig - Great Cooking Outdoors
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Come on PG that's dumb. You only have two hands ... if your guard can be moved with no tools, cut off a bit each side even if you get it down to 90 degree, and move it according to where you need to cut, you will be better off than keeping your hands in the way of the wheel.
A friend of mine thought he had found the reply to all his pruning needs by replacing the grinding wheel with a small Circular saw. and of course no guard.
He got into cutting a hedge down and all was going well until the saw got caught by small branches and flipped out of his hand (one hand) and straight into the other.
It was only thanks to the skills of a hand surgeon that he did not lose any fingers. Many thousands of dollars and 6 month off work plus the loss of sensation in half the had later, he can still show all his fingers ... just.
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Seneca
It would still have happened even with a full guard on.
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Ok, you are forgiven this time.
Don't do it again!
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I hurt myself more using screwdrivers and spanners than with powertools actually....
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yes PG you probably do hurt yourself with screwdrivers and spanners more but thats probably when your welding screwdrivers and spanners to the angle grinder...now there is an idea... angle grinder screwdriver/spanner....
Multi tool?
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