Thread: Show us your.... Arken Flarken.

If any truck with the same stud pattern uses disc brakes, this would make a very convenient 'low profile' aarken flarken drum brake base. Might miss out on a bit of airflow though, unless you add some 'speed holes'.

Looks excellent Mitch, you've done a top job with it,, is going to be just for home, or is it you'll try to cart it around when camping too. (I suspect it will be a bit heavy for carting though).

Originally Posted by Chops

Looks excellent Mitch, you've done a top job with it,, is going to be just for home, or is it you'll try to cart it around when camping too. (I suspect it will be a bit heavy for carting though).

Thanks chops. It's just for home use at the moment, but in a bind, it could be carted around- it's only joined by 4x 7/8" bolts... so nothing crazy.
The base can be inverted and loosely stacked within the fire pit section (1 leg in, 2 legs out), but at 50ish kilo, it's a bit of an effort for space and weight in the 90. I guess we shall see how it travels if I ever feel the need.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Thought about a base yet Gav? long time heat soak,, if that makes sense

Yes, base will be one of the drums upended much like Mitch has done - not sure of much else apart from that, I’ll make it up as I go, but it will be more like a pot belly with chimney (so I can make sure the smoke goes over next doors fence near their clothes line...

Gav, have you seen the video of the yanks that hook up a flexy tube to a big cummins truck, then roll coal / gas the bloke out who is on the toilet?
I'm thinking you need to adapt this idea to make an aarken flarken powered coal roller for the neighbor's washing.
Needs some kind of forced induction.

Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

Any idea what paint / coatings people are using on their aarkens?
I'm going to buff the rust off with a wire cup brush, then was thinking of hitting it with an oil or something to keep the rust at bay.
Can these be seasoned like a cast iron skillet somehow? ie rub them down with vegetable oil, penetrol, sump oil or something to give it a black oxide like finish?

I'm not too chuffed with the engine enamel that I used on the rocket stove I made. It didn't really hold up as well as I'd hoped, and it was supposedly good for 500Celsius.

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Don.

No connection to the " arteest", but very cool

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I made another one.


Welded straight to the cast steel drum, on the rim mounting face. Hasn't cracked (yet). I hope it handles the differential heat thru the legs. If it does crack, I'll vee it out and run some nickel stick rods over it, which should be ductile enough to handle it.