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An Easy Garden Brazier

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Stephen Taylor
(IC: homeowner)
Tonights project :- with the fire season fast approaching I thought I would make a brazier to burn garden rubbish:
I used the stainless drum from a washing machine (a tumble drier would be better but this was free and available), 3 x threaded gas pipe legs from bunnings (about $10 each) and caps to fasten inside ($2:50 ea)
Bopped a few air holes (wouldn't be necessary with tumble drier drum) and half an hour it was done.
I was fairly disappointed as I didn't hurt myself and no DIY is any good without a bit of blood, then fortunately managed to cut my thumb while assembling ---- so successful job!!!
I used the stainless drum from a washing machine (a tumble drier would be better but this was free and available), 3 x threaded gas pipe legs from bunnings (about $10 each) and caps to fasten inside ($2:50 ea)
Bopped a few air holes (wouldn't be necessary with tumble drier drum) and half an hour it was done.
I was fairly disappointed as I didn't hurt myself and no DIY is any good without a bit of blood, then fortunately managed to cut my thumb while assembling ---- so successful job!!!
Tools and stuff
So I bopped 3 holes in the bottom with the hole saw a wee bit smaller than the gas pipe and screwed them in
Like That^
I put the end caps (on the inside end) to tighten up the legs, I may buy 3 more end caps for the bottom of the legs to finish off
Then I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom 1/3 to promote air flof for a decent burn, (if I had a tumble drier drum then this would be unecessary as they already have plenty of holes)
And there she is , 1/2 an hour and a tiny amount of blood, I'll let you know how she goes next week when the fire restrictions are lifted!!
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Published March 29th, 2016 2:13 AM
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Emma Vincent on Mar 29, 2016
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