I’ve gotten bored of trying to balance bits of old disposable BBQ on rocks when camping so I decided to make a folding grill.

The parts list is pretty simple -

• 2m of 25x25x3mm Angle Iron
• 2m of 25x15x3mm Angle Iron
• 5m of 3mm steel rod
• 300x300mm steel plate
• 4 x nuts and bolts

This is also a good excuse for me to buy some new tools like a welder!

I did try to scrounge the parts for this but the scrap men have done a pretty thorough job of taking anything not bolted down so I had to buy most of it new.

Step 1

Cut 45 degree  mitre’s in the Angle Iron

Step 2

Heat the bend points and slowly bend the metal.

Step 3

Weld the two corners of the Angle Iron together and weld the steel plate at one end. As you can tell by the picture this is the first time I have ever welded! I would have made the welder myself from microwave transformers but when you can buy them from eBay for £20 it’s not really worth it.

Step 4

Cut the rods to length and weld them on.

Step 5

Grind down all of the nastyness and spray on some high tempreture BBQ paint.

Step 6

Cut the legs to length and cut a notch in to one end so that they can hinge then drill the legs and frame and bolt it all together. I also added some cross bracing to the legs to stableize the whole thing.

And your all done!

UPDATE!

Here it is in action

A friend of mine wanted to be able to set off some fireworks from a safe distance. After a little research it was decideced that off the shelf products were too expensive,  so I came up with this.

At it’s heart all this does is create a short circuit accross a 10 ohm resistor. 12v will do a pretty good job of melting the resistor which would be simply taped to the firework fuse. As you can see in the following pictures it is simply powered by a 12volt cordless drill battery and even comes with it’s own carry case.