Like the one Toreno posted up, will be different, but same purpose.
I have been sitting on the idea for a while, getting bits together to make one for my daughter to use in her garden.
Based on an Idea I had a long time ago, which then also appeared on FB.
Last year I needed to pee desperately in the middle of winter coming home from Essex, after getting stuck in traffic for over an hour. So I found a small side lane and sneaked up there. Well, my eyes are always open for treasures. So I noticed four of these Ford Transit wheels laying covered in overgrowth in the ditch next to the road. Did nothing about it, but made a mental note for future reference.
Fast forward 5 months, and I popped up the lane last week on the way home and collected two of them as I could not find a pair of car rims at my local scrap recyclers.
So Sunday afternoon late, I after removing the wheels off the Teardrop trailer, I grabbed a grinder and five 1mm discs later both tyres were off.
Some flat bar to temporarily keep the rims in place on top of an old cast iron umbrella stand I have had for years, and you get the picture?
I will design a hinge and hook in for the door, weld it all up and then cut the door loose.
So tonight on the way home from London I popped into the yard to buy some steel to make a decent base for it to stand on, the stand will be a slip on with some pipe and the bottom holes all closed up so the fire stays contained.
The guys there know how mad my head is most of the time, and would not take any money today for the steel, but did sell me a pair of kiddy Kettler karts for £5.00 which will go straight onto EBay as they always sell well, generating cash for welding wire or CO2 gas.
I had a silly grin as I watched Glen pick out a sheet of steel with his massive crane and bring it down to the ground for a piece to be cut off for me.
Next up, over the weekend will be cutting a plug, welding it in and shortening the base support post so that another pipe can slide over it.
Cash waiting to be made, once I service and clean them up. The last two I sold made £25.00 each and the first one cost £2.00 and made £37.00
I have been sitting on the idea for a while, getting bits together to make one for my daughter to use in her garden.
Based on an Idea I had a long time ago, which then also appeared on FB.
Last year I needed to pee desperately in the middle of winter coming home from Essex, after getting stuck in traffic for over an hour. So I found a small side lane and sneaked up there. Well, my eyes are always open for treasures. So I noticed four of these Ford Transit wheels laying covered in overgrowth in the ditch next to the road. Did nothing about it, but made a mental note for future reference.
Fast forward 5 months, and I popped up the lane last week on the way home and collected two of them as I could not find a pair of car rims at my local scrap recyclers.
So Sunday afternoon late, I after removing the wheels off the Teardrop trailer, I grabbed a grinder and five 1mm discs later both tyres were off.
Some flat bar to temporarily keep the rims in place on top of an old cast iron umbrella stand I have had for years, and you get the picture?
I will design a hinge and hook in for the door, weld it all up and then cut the door loose.
So tonight on the way home from London I popped into the yard to buy some steel to make a decent base for it to stand on, the stand will be a slip on with some pipe and the bottom holes all closed up so the fire stays contained.
The guys there know how mad my head is most of the time, and would not take any money today for the steel, but did sell me a pair of kiddy Kettler karts for £5.00 which will go straight onto EBay as they always sell well, generating cash for welding wire or CO2 gas.
I had a silly grin as I watched Glen pick out a sheet of steel with his massive crane and bring it down to the ground for a piece to be cut off for me.
Next up, over the weekend will be cutting a plug, welding it in and shortening the base support post so that another pipe can slide over it.
Cash waiting to be made, once I service and clean them up. The last two I sold made £25.00 each and the first one cost £2.00 and made £37.00
