Fire Pits
Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 09, 2017 at 13:37
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Shany
so trawling through the shopping sites came across gas cylinder fire pits, now never have welded, cut, grinded or drilled before thought "i could do this" so was a quick phone call to dad, "come and teach me how to weld" cut a long story short i am learning how to weld, have bought myself a plasama cutter (best invention ever), now for the past month i havent come out of hubbys shed every weekend, im sure he is just wanting his space back, which wont be happening any time soon, now that im starting to get this fire pit down pat and have quite a stock pile building up with the practice practice practice, i plan on selling them down the track, what would people pay for this

Gas cylinder fire pits

Gas cylinder fire pit
Reply By: Les - PK Ranger - Wednesday, Aug 09, 2017 at 14:54
Wednesday, Aug 09, 2017 at 14:54
Shany, good on you for having a go and making it happen.
I would look at design and make something more functional.
Yours is good for pretty much heating only, mostly the open side as the enclosed part will not radiate heat that much until really hot.
For 4WDn, something like a simple open top tub part, breather slots around the bottom, 3 legs like that which can be unscrewed, and up top some holes (2 each side) that rods can be put through (or grille top) to place a billy or
camp oven etc on top.
Maybe look for old small washing machine tubs and recycle these into such firepits, they breathe and radiate heat very
well.
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Reply By: GarryR - Wednesday, Aug 09, 2017 at 16:52
Wednesday, Aug 09, 2017 at 16:52
Good on ya shany for trying something different. I do pity your husband as I am in the same boat. The
cook has now conned me into buying her a new 250amp mig welder instead of using the old stick welder. You girls are non stoppable. haha. I must admit she is having fun and that is what counts. Finding enough scrap steel from work is the problem, as her ideas are many. As for the fire pit, the old washing machine tub works a treat at
home, whilst an old 9kg gas bottle with the top cut out, and a piece of expanded steel mesh to put the billy on works a treat when camping.
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Reply By: The Bantam - Saturday, Aug 12, 2017 at 18:17
Saturday, Aug 12, 2017 at 18:17
Good to hear you are getting your share of the tools & shed time, shandy.
One thing to investigate is rocket stoves .... it will give you a point of diference.
Yeh and there are good safe ways to purge LPG bottles.
Unlike petrol, filling with water even for a short period will remove all flamables pretty much immediately.
The smell has nothing to do with flamability .... it is a very persistent putrifying agent.
cheers
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