VinceGU05
one day when i grow up...
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my mate is bit of a crafty fella. i have been doing some milling for him, and he turns those slabs into tables and the like.
now he had an idea to make an outdoor fireplace of some description and sort, cut , ground and welded this baby up.
its 2 truck steel rims, which had the guts cut out, sitting on a car rim. oxy cut some breathing holes and made up a lid and flue and here it is.. it had a few mods along the way to make it work as it should be this is the final product. the steel rims are quite thick, i would say 1/4" thick. the lid is 3/8" and the flue a bit under 1/4".
the big saucer is the top of an old patio heater turned upside down, to catch any ash and embers as well as reflect some heat back up.
as you can see it did have a flue in the middle of the lid at one stage which was a crap idea and it was too small in dia as well.
it needed a way to control the fire within and we came up with a simple butterfly operation.
and as you can see she burns bloody hot! enough to get nearly the whole thing glowing a nice orange/red glow.
to say my mate is wrapped with the finally out come would be an understatement
now he had an idea to make an outdoor fireplace of some description and sort, cut , ground and welded this baby up.
its 2 truck steel rims, which had the guts cut out, sitting on a car rim. oxy cut some breathing holes and made up a lid and flue and here it is.. it had a few mods along the way to make it work as it should be this is the final product. the steel rims are quite thick, i would say 1/4" thick. the lid is 3/8" and the flue a bit under 1/4".
the big saucer is the top of an old patio heater turned upside down, to catch any ash and embers as well as reflect some heat back up.
as you can see it did have a flue in the middle of the lid at one stage which was a crap idea and it was too small in dia as well.
it needed a way to control the fire within and we came up with a simple butterfly operation.
and as you can see she burns bloody hot! enough to get nearly the whole thing glowing a nice orange/red glow.
to say my mate is wrapped with the finally out come would be an understatement
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