A bushcrafter question

[Bludall]

I am a budding bushcrafter, I have all the kit and have had a go at adapting the obligatory cutlery drainer into a hobo stove.
My attempt adapted a disposable bbq grill, to form a fuel platform . In the short term, it worked but metal fatigue is setting in, so I need a new slant on it. It has to be reusable, cheap and easy to make or source. What would you do, as metal workers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muxhiCX ... ata_player

[Hitch]

Cant you just use a bit of heavier gauge expamet?

[Bludall]

Hi Hitch,

What is that? Is it capable of being used as a burn platform, will it withstand heat over and over again? Bearing in mind I burn twigs, cat litter or charcoal?

[wine~o]

Bearing in mind I burn cat litter....

Do they have cat litter in the Bush???

[BillyGoat]

Bearing in mind I burn cat litter....

Do they have cat litter in the Bush???

should be more careful when you pour it!!!!

BG

(I'll get my coat....)

[Bludall]

A bit of dry wooden cat litter is good at getting the fire going and has great heat keeping potential.

[ayjay]

The one in the vid is from a disposable bbq by the look of it, these only have to last for one use - the most commonly available substance you will find which is most able to withstand the highest temperature is stainless steel - although I don't know how it will stand up to repeated use.

I use s/s rods (usually brick ties) in my pottery kiln sometimes, it can go up to about 1400°C before it melts, although it does bend with too much weight on it at 1200°C - if I had to buy something from a ceramic supply shop to do the same job it would be ni-chrome wire or possibly kanthal wire.

Kanthal wire (or sometimes ni-chrome) is what the elements in an electric kiln (and radiant electric fires) are made from - check out any skips for an old fire and strip out the elements and see what you can do with them - they may be brittle and of no use at all - but it has to be worth a looksee.

[Bludall]

Thanks ayjay, I had even wondered about a stainless steel tent peg assembly.

[Bikergirl]

oven or grill racks?

Or the mesh stuff that's in old fashioned gas grills?

[Bludall]

Bikergirl,

You mean the mesh on the front