Oil Drum?

[LeperousDust]

Oooooh that looks good, how much did that cost if you don't mind me asking? My dad might like something like that for his home-built BBQ!

[Glaucus]

so far
Oil drum ~£10
Angle Iron £45.10 (25mm x 25mm x 3mm x 2000m x 7 pk) not enough Need another 2 maybe 3 meters.
rotisserie £65
Wood £12
Wood stove Paint £6 probably need another can
Stain ~£5
Varnish ~£5
Screw bolts £6
Fencing mesh £5.20

[Glaucus]

can't find a place that sells all the metal I need to finish it off.
can find most of what I need on ebay, but not from same supplier and postage is expensive on metal.

Which we had that metal supermarket down here.

Also anyone know what the smallest angle iron available is?

Mild Steel Round Tube 76.2mm x 3mm - 1meter
Angel Iron 25mm x 25 mm x 3mm - 2meters
Box section 20mm x 10mm x 1.5mm - 2meters

And then some of the smallest angle iron you can get.,. but no one seems to have any 1-2mm thick.

[LeperousDust]

Just saw this at Argos! http://tiny.cc/6amsz

[Glaucus]

where's the fun in that.

Anyway finally started work on it again
Welded the lid on, not a very neat job. As the cutting the barrel in half was not very straight. something to rectify when I make version 2.

Has anyone got a rotisserie bbq?
Was wondering how far the spline was from teh nearest side?
I assume it needs to go as far away from the charcoal as possible, but obviously you need a good gap between the meat and the lid. Any idea what the largest diameter part of a suckling pig will be.

I also burnt both inside slats while burning teh hydraulic oil out of the lid . Everything got a bit hot.

However my welding is improving so much and I'm getting very good penetration and it's a lot neater.

[Jonny69]

When does the first meal commence?

[Jingo]

Are you planning on painting it at all or do you wish to keep the rustic look/memories of it's origins?

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Jonny69

When does the first meal commence?

Already bbq on it a few times. Hopefully more or less finish it this weekend, but of to Spain next sat. So probably a few weeks until the first rotteseri.

Planning on painting it, have some bbq paint. not sure if it will work with direct heat though.

[Glaucus]

Well been lazy since I got back from Spain.

but started up again, which hasn't gone well.
Grinding disc shattered and hit my arm. Then set myself on fire, several cuts to the hand as well. Had to make several trips to get more grinding discs and mig wire.

But it's coming along now.

It was all a bit flopy and as my cuts weren't straight was a bit messy. So welded some support rails in.



can see how much teh bar has pulled the drum out straight


Bar on the lid, needs grinding down flush, can really see how un straight my cut was


Other side


And eventually one side of teh rotteseri fitted



Still a fair bit to do. Doesn't help the scrap metal I have is covered in plastic paint like stuff which needs to be ground off and many lengths are to short so need welding together.

Still need to make a big box for the rack and the side mounts for it. Then a lot of wire brush and a paint.