A Brazier I built , with dimensions.
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Its MIG welded, It seems pretty stable but i still need to try it out.
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I painted it with some exhaust manifold paint, but i doubt that will last very long
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Actually, if anyone knows of a fire proof paint or powder coating, let me know. Im not sure one exists, but here is a good place to ask.
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Hand bent tubes? Or tube roller? Or...?
I've got a pile of scrap pieces that I've been trying to think of a use for and may try something similar.
I've got a pile of scrap pieces that I've been trying to think of a use for and may try something similar.
I would also make a large metal pan to fit underneath. Seems naked without it.
Can't imagine that any paint would withstand naked fire like that. I would not bother.
I will say that it looks better than my washing machine drum firepits...
Can't imagine that any paint would withstand naked fire like that. I would not bother.
I will say that it looks better than my washing machine drum firepits...
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Best thing that I can think to use is one of the ceramic exhaust manifold coatings. Or make it from 347 Stainless......
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Its 1/2" solid round bar, which i rolled with a sheet metal roller that has grooves in one end for rolling round bar.
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I was thinking because i want this to be a portable brazier, rather than having a tray underneath it ill cut a whole lot of narrow steel wedges that ill roll and weld in between the rods. and only have them come up about a third of the way up the dome. This way it will have a solid bottom.
Before i do that ill see how much the big embers falling out annoy me
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Its only a brazier 304 stainless will do (Ive never heard of 347)
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I like ya thinking. im often drunk when im standing around a brazier so you cant trust I wont do something silly like that. But it is made from 4, 20' lengths of 1/2" solid round bar (Or 4, 6 meter lengths of 12mm), so its certainly not light. But if it turns out it is too unstable, and i have to make a bigger base ring for it, i will post an update (I also don't have a big block of wood to test it with) haha
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I made a hot plate for the brazier. Works mint.
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I see that I never answered this. 347 SS is what the really high end (think F1 & similar) exhaust headers are made from. If they aren't made from one of the even more exotic high heat alloys like are used in jet engine nozzles.
with the hot plate, the CoG is higher, meaning the thing is potentially more unstable. You like to live dangerously, maybe? Just put a couple of outriggers on the bottom ring and it'll be safer. Or a big disk/pan that will also catch the falling embers. But that's just me, of course.
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Good to know, a high temperature resistant stainless.
The hot plate is 12mm 316 stainless, which is a more corrosion resistant stainless, but definitely able to deal with the temperature of a camp fire.
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If you and I were standing around my brazier with the hot plate on it, I would be able to prove to you that its more than stable enough. even with heavy bits of timber getting thrown on. Even with the higher centre of gravity, it takes a lot of force to tip it over. And i figured it went without saying but i don't light it on a green lawn (that's where its stored) so I don't need a big tray to catch embers when i only light it on patches of dirt and gravel. Also interesting to see someone from the US so worried about health and safety issues. From what Ive heard OSHA is bugger all compared to the health and safety bulls*it we have to deal with in NZ. My take on it is, it might go wrong but it probably won't, just use your common sense.
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OSHA wants us to rely on them for safety guidance because we're not smart enough to figure it out on our own and we can't be trusted to be safe once we're outside of our rubber padded rooms. From observation common sense isn't all that common and Darwinism has been forced to fail by entities like OSHA. They don't seem to understand that we're not in danger of running out of people any time soon.....