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  1. 24th April 2014, 11:13 AM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2dave View Post
    I am going the lazy way and purchasing one of these.

    » Medium | Pack and Carry Firepit Kit $345 » Drifta Camping Kitchens & Drawer Systems

    Mainly because of its compactness as space is at a premium in the Disco.

    As for the OP, Gav, there is no pic showing on my screen.
    That's a nice unit and doesn't take up much room.

    Bit more expensive than a free out of date gas bottle and an hours work though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    The inside of a washing machine makes a good firepit. It has holes and is stable. Don't have a pic (sorry), but I'm sure you can imagine. Then you just whack a plate or grille on top.
    As was pointed out to me, make sure you don't use one with a plastic tub.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    The inside of a washing machine makes a good firepit. It has holes and is stable. Don't have a pic (sorry), but I'm sure you can imagine. Then you just whack a plate or grille on top.
    I have one of these for home use mounted on legs. As has been pointed out though, it is a bit big to transport.
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    Ok, home now and mulling over what improvements to make. Just a quick comment before that though - it is now my new favourite camping item (next to the 101) . Didn't need to go and hunt for wood all day - just a few dead branches broken up keeps it going all night - along with a few briquettes we took along.

    So, I will be doing the following to it :-

    - Make up a grill for it. We found a couple of bits of steel at the camp ground and cooked on it almost every meal - just balanced the fry pan or pot on it, and always had a billy on it.
    - Put some legs on it to stabilise it somewhat.
    - Put a length of chain on it so it can be moved while hot.
    - put a couple of hangers on it so I can hang some tongues and a flappy thingy from it while using it.
    - Maybe make some brackets to hold my little spit...
    - Drill a few more holes in it.
    - Make a box for it so everything else in the back of the trailer doesn't get dirty.

    That should keep me out of trouble for a couple of hours this weekend.
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    If I could add one more suggestion.....Make up mesh base to keep the fire from off the bottom of the bottle and make sure there are one or two air drawing holes beneath that mesh. That should improve the drawing of the whole thing.
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    This is our Morning Tea down at our shed

    Was super yummy, cheese and bacon scones with Hot chocolate and coffee

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  7. 5th May 2014, 01:24 PM #37
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    Looks great - I'm envious
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    Looks great - I'm envious
    Well get an old gas bottle chop the BOTTOM off and wholla, you have an arken

    Make sure you turn it upside down for some time to make sure all the gas is out before you starting cutting into it though

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    Quote Originally Posted by The ho har's View Post
    This is our Morning Tea down at our shed

    Was super yummy, cheese and bacon scones with Hot chocolate and coffee

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    Quote Originally Posted by The ho har's View Post
    Well get an old gas bottle chop the BOTTOM off and wholla, you have an arken

    Make sure you turn it upside down for some time to make sure all the gas is out before you starting cutting into it though

    Mrs hh
    Yep, an easy job - the hardest thing I found was getting the valve out. I ended up taking the green tap off the top, smashing an impact socket over the valve and backing it out with a 1/2 " rattle gun.

    I then filled the bottle to the very top with water, left it 5 minutes drained it then stuck the grinder in it - I'm happy to report I lost no limbs or eye lashes doing this, so I must have got something right.

    The worst thing I found was the smell - the odourant they use in the gas collects in the bottle and bloody stinks. The smell ended up in my clothes and on my skin. SWMBO made many comments on it, but loves the end result.
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