I'd seen these for sale on various American websites and thought I'd have a go at making my own. Not really rocket-science, but i was pleased with the results and it really works.
I got three lengths of B&Q's finest steel tube and three steel eyes with fitted nuts. After a little time working at it with a hammer, I managed to get the nuts to fit snugly into the tubing, and then turned over the top of the tube so the nuts couldn't fall out.
I opened one of the steel eyes and treaded the other two onto it, closing it afterward. I threaded the eyelets into the nuts in the ends of the three tubes and, hey presto, a simple, sturdy, solid tripod that folds away and takes up little room - ideal for camping or canoeing.
I tried it out when I helped with a youth camp and managed to cook a huge pot of hare stew (though this is not it, this is onions cooking for burgers). We all tried the hare and agreed that it smelt and tasted like wet dog - an aquired taste perhaps.
I got three lengths of B&Q's finest steel tube and three steel eyes with fitted nuts. After a little time working at it with a hammer, I managed to get the nuts to fit snugly into the tubing, and then turned over the top of the tube so the nuts couldn't fall out.
I opened one of the steel eyes and treaded the other two onto it, closing it afterward. I threaded the eyelets into the nuts in the ends of the three tubes and, hey presto, a simple, sturdy, solid tripod that folds away and takes up little room - ideal for camping or canoeing.
I tried it out when I helped with a youth camp and managed to cook a huge pot of hare stew (though this is not it, this is onions cooking for burgers). We all tried the hare and agreed that it smelt and tasted like wet dog - an aquired taste perhaps.
