Post by LG on May 27th, 2012 at 10:58pm
After feeding the Chief a bit of pork crackling, I finally got my camp kitchen spruced up!
An old cupboard was rescued from a council hardwaste area. 1" steel frame with an old plywood top.
After replacing the plywood with mesh, I have used this stand for quite a while for heatbead cooking but found myself pining for a solid surface and some new duco :)
We used a grinder to cut back the old paint and tidied up some rough welds, then applied 1 spraycan of Killrust in 'Wilderness' colour to the frame.
We used a spray adhesive to bond some 3mm melemime to 0.5mm aluminium sheet and used this for shelves top and bottom.
The shelves are held in place with 20x20mm aluminium angle and a few dome head screws.
1" Steel Frame $0 (hardwaste)
Paint $15,
900x900 melamime $10,
900x900 Aluminium sheet $35,
3m Aluminium angle $15,
530x530mm stainless steel plate $5 (from a salvage yard)
An old electric frypan $0 (hardwaste)
Spray adhesive $0 (friends left over can)
Total Cost - $80
The reno came up so bloomin nice I think I will feed the man another roast mid-week, just to say
THANKS DARLING :-*
Explaining the photo details...
SS Plate lets me use the JCOM and gas ring burner on the top shelf.
Frypan lets me use heatbeads on the top shelf [thanks for the tip Derek]
The lower legs slide up and down inside the outer legs so I can get it level no matter how uneven the ground is.
Replacing the mesh with a solid aluminium top gives me more options when it comes to preparing food prior to cooking. It is also much easier to wipe clean than steel mesh.
sm_Stove_stand_1.jpg (146 KB | )
sm_Stove_stand_2.jpg (163 KB | )
sm_Stove_Stand_7_-_top_shelf.jpg (108 KB | )
sm_Stove_Stand_8_-_nearly_final.jpg (140 KB | )
An old cupboard was rescued from a council hardwaste area. 1" steel frame with an old plywood top.
After replacing the plywood with mesh, I have used this stand for quite a while for heatbead cooking but found myself pining for a solid surface and some new duco :)
We used a grinder to cut back the old paint and tidied up some rough welds, then applied 1 spraycan of Killrust in 'Wilderness' colour to the frame.
We used a spray adhesive to bond some 3mm melemime to 0.5mm aluminium sheet and used this for shelves top and bottom.
The shelves are held in place with 20x20mm aluminium angle and a few dome head screws.
1" Steel Frame $0 (hardwaste)
Paint $15,
900x900 melamime $10,
900x900 Aluminium sheet $35,
3m Aluminium angle $15,
530x530mm stainless steel plate $5 (from a salvage yard)
An old electric frypan $0 (hardwaste)
Spray adhesive $0 (friends left over can)
Total Cost - $80
The reno came up so bloomin nice I think I will feed the man another roast mid-week, just to say
THANKS DARLING :-*
Explaining the photo details...
SS Plate lets me use the JCOM and gas ring burner on the top shelf.
Frypan lets me use heatbeads on the top shelf [thanks for the tip Derek]
The lower legs slide up and down inside the outer legs so I can get it level no matter how uneven the ground is.
Replacing the mesh with a solid aluminium top gives me more options when it comes to preparing food prior to cooking. It is also much easier to wipe clean than steel mesh.
sm_Stove_stand_1.jpg (146 KB | )
sm_Stove_stand_2.jpg (163 KB | )
sm_Stove_Stand_7_-_top_shelf.jpg (108 KB | )
sm_Stove_Stand_8_-_nearly_final.jpg (140 KB | )