I spent a few hours a couple of nights ago making this little grill. Jamie was there to lend a hand and together we overcame the difficult process of bending the wire in order to make it easier to progress stage by stage. The grill measures 4 x 9 inches or 10 x 23 cms, and stands 7 inches or 18 cms high. Weight is a mere 70 grammes!!
The grill is made from a piece of brazing rod, no flux inside so it will be safe to eat off of. The thinner wire is brass aswell, picture frame wire. The legs are made from a couple of crappy old wire coat hangers, painstakingly straightened using a vice and determination!
There isn't any glue or brazing involved at all, the wire that makes the main bed of the grill is one piece of wire and the join is held in place by a hole being drilled into the end of the rod, and the other end was pointed off. The point was put into the hole and then the wire holds the whole thing together. The strands of wire are wrapped around and twisted together, again no glue or brazing. Small notches were filed into the frame so that the wires won't slip along the frame.
There are only three wires on so far, I am sure they will be enough. If not, it will be simple to add more later. The legs press against the wire that runs along the full length, stopping the legs in the correct position so that there will be a maximum standoff from the embers in use. The legs, of course, can be pushed into the ground to give a lesser standoff, and also to increase stability. I have not yet tried, but I reckon it will hold a billy of water too, so if you are in a place where you can't make a proper pot hanger you will be able to use this.
This hasn't yet been field tested, but it is a simple design and I foresee very little in the way of problems. All of the parts can be sourced quite easily in a hardware store for minimum cost, but it is an effective design made more usable by the fact that it is lightweight and stores flat. It will get stowed on my LK 35 in the gap between my back and the frame, so it won't clutter the inside of my bag or get it dirty, it just needs a bag making so that it doesn't unfold and poke me in the back.
I am now gonna sit back and wait for a company to copy the idea and insist on a free, nicely made version of my little camp grill!!
The grill is made from a piece of brazing rod, no flux inside so it will be safe to eat off of. The thinner wire is brass aswell, picture frame wire. The legs are made from a couple of crappy old wire coat hangers, painstakingly straightened using a vice and determination!
There isn't any glue or brazing involved at all, the wire that makes the main bed of the grill is one piece of wire and the join is held in place by a hole being drilled into the end of the rod, and the other end was pointed off. The point was put into the hole and then the wire holds the whole thing together. The strands of wire are wrapped around and twisted together, again no glue or brazing. Small notches were filed into the frame so that the wires won't slip along the frame.
There are only three wires on so far, I am sure they will be enough. If not, it will be simple to add more later. The legs press against the wire that runs along the full length, stopping the legs in the correct position so that there will be a maximum standoff from the embers in use. The legs, of course, can be pushed into the ground to give a lesser standoff, and also to increase stability. I have not yet tried, but I reckon it will hold a billy of water too, so if you are in a place where you can't make a proper pot hanger you will be able to use this.
This hasn't yet been field tested, but it is a simple design and I foresee very little in the way of problems. All of the parts can be sourced quite easily in a hardware store for minimum cost, but it is an effective design made more usable by the fact that it is lightweight and stores flat. It will get stowed on my LK 35 in the gap between my back and the frame, so it won't clutter the inside of my bag or get it dirty, it just needs a bag making so that it doesn't unfold and poke me in the back.
I am now gonna sit back and wait for a company to copy the idea and insist on a free, nicely made version of my little camp grill!!
