I've been creative again!

[Squiggle]

So I've had this LPG tank sitting in the barn fully open & upside down for a while to air it out & make sure all the gas is out of it. While this was happening over the last few months, I've been thinking of what I can do with it, I was tossing up between an RF smoker & a grill, then I saw a guy had made I fire pit out of a smaller on by drilling holes around the bottom & cutting the top off about 2" below the handle ring & I thought I could do something similar with my tank, only I would take it up a notch.

Anyhoo, enough talk! Here is what I came up with.

First I drilled holes in the bottom to let the fire breathe.


Then I drilled some holes in what will be the back & cut a door.


I cut off the handle at the top, cut a hole in the top & welded a 4" stainless pipe I had lying around for the stack
(Sorry, no pic of this one. )

I stuck a stencil on the front & cut it out by hand with my plasma cutter (love that machine!)


I took the rest of the stencil off with a wire wheel.


This is a full view, all I have left to do is weld on some hinges, a handle for the door, a grate for the fire to sit on & give it a coat of HT matte black to match the smoker & it's ready for the veranda.

[BitBucket]

I Just...Dude! <stands up and applauds>

[ajfoxy]

Squiggle, that is sweet.
One of the better uses I've seen for the larger lpg tanks. Love the cutout. And yes, a plasma cutter is a wonderful machine.
Presumably it will be a log burner? How do you plan to get the ash out?
And presumably Origin will not want their tank back?

[Squiggle]

Thanks guys.

Hahaha, they won't know it's theirs once it's painted! It's out of date anyway, I scored it from the tip for $5.

Yeah it's going to be a stick burner, the fire grate will be removable & then just scoop out the ash.

[ajfoxy]

Come on Squiggle, where's your sense of adventure. Put a port on the bottom so you can plug the shopvac in and suck the ash out... once it is cool of course

[Squiggle]

Hahaha, it's a good idea but my "shop vac" is my air compressor, I just blow everything out of my work area, much quicker.

[Pete Mazz]

That's pretty cool!!!

Try not! Do.

[The Czar]

That epic


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[Gizmo]

Awesome!

[Squiggle]

So, there's a fire drum comp on this weekend & I thought I'd get a little creative & enter. Here's what I came up with.

[Squiggle]

Sorry about the pics, seems like Photobucket is getting too big for its boots, bye bye Photobucket. Anyone know any other pic hosting sites?

[Rodcrafter]

That sure is cool


Making memories!

[Big T]

Awesome work Squiggle!!

[ajfoxy]

Very nice Jay. That is very flash mate.

Don't suppose you have that pic lying around do you. I'm building a few firepits for my daughters wedding and that image would look good on one or two of the sides.

[Pete Mazz]

Wow! Pretty cool!

[Squiggle]

Very nice Jay. That is very flash mate.

Don't suppose you have that pic lying around do you. I'm building a few firepits for my daughters wedding and that image would look good on one or two of the sides.

No probs dude, I'll send it to you.

[Squiggle]

Here's another pic, I think I've found another pic hosting site.

[mp4]

Nice!

[Rodcrafter]

Squiggle that looks awesome cut out. I don't know how it will work as an UDS but you are the one who would be the right person to figure it out. I look forward to seeing what you do next. Thanks for being so adventurous.


Making memories!

[temurf]

Awesome work dude.

I'm not completely happy with Photo Bucket either. Will you post a link to that new site that you've found?

Thanks.

[Rodcrafter]

[The Czar]

That's awesome!!


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[Squiggle]

Awesome work dude.

I'm not completely happy with Photo Bucket either. Will you post a link to that new site that you've found?

Thanks.

www.imgur.com is the one I've started using, very similar to crapbucket except you use "BBcode" instead of "[IMG]code"