Trev Aus
Looks good keep going, ... the pallets are a good idea.

Muzz

backyardcook wrote on Dec 14^th, 2007 at 6:25am:

Im still not sure giprock is cheap but to get it out there without damaging it could be a problem, & i want something a bit tougher & water resistant, plus i have to keep the freebe theme goin
My old mans mate knocks houses down for a living, he told me a few months ago to give him a list of things i need, i havent given him a list as yet, but did tell him at the time to get me a heap of electric cable, some power points light fittings etc.
I was going to ask him how hard is it to get old floor boards up, i was thinking if i cut around the edges of a room then smash one board out, would the others then come up, or would they just split, trying to get them out of old hardwood bearers. It would look good on the walls, & easy to transport, & install.
Maybe i should cut & flatten out a heap of 44 gallon drums
I have started to concrete the floor, I dig gravel out of the creek, & just mix cement with it, comes out good, another mate got me about 200 old carpet squares.
I've started bricking up the fireplace, & have made a potbelly out of truck brake drums, but some say they are the greatest fire, others say don't use it as they can expode, i don't know i have been using one in the back yard for a couple of years & i'm still here.
Trev
Aus

backyardcook wrote on Dec 15^th, 2007 at 5:36am:


Thats a good idea, where do i start, who makes those boards, did you just walk in off the street & ask for covers or seconds, the thickness doesn't matter just do each wall in the same thickness.
Trev
Aus

poddy dodger wrote on Dec 15^th, 2007 at 7:13am:

My old man used to recondition industrial refrigiration compressors, a few times when he went out on site they were building cool rooms out of that polystyrene paneling you mentioned, but he noticed big peices in the scrap bin when he asked they build the room then cut out huge double doors & dump it, he asked if they would put some away for him, as he has a van on my place to, when he explained what he wanted it for, one of the blokes said thats a great idea, & kept it for himself

It gets to -5 in winter at our place.



This is the fire at home when i first light it up, there are plenty of flame, but once it's going, it needs stuff all wood & no smoke & you cant get within 2m of it, it glows with coal in it so i only use wood now


This is the new one for the shed, i hadn't finished it when i took this photo, it know has a 10mm solid top, with a piece of old hydrolic ram with a butterfly in it for the start of the chimny. The top plate is plenty big enough for cooking or heating up water.
You open the bottom door to empty the ash try & use it to regulate the amount of air, with the butterfly & the bottom door fully open it draws that hard that it raws & the bottom couple of feet of the stainless chimny glows.
Trev
Aus

Trev
Aus

Trev, that brazier made from truck brake drums is a beauty. I went to the camp oven cooking contest at Millmerran last year and noticed several groups had camp ovens made from truck rims, A plough disc or piece of plate welded in for the base, another for the lid, handles welded on in the appropiate places and you're in business, a 20" or 24" camp oven ! To lift them on or off the fire you need a crow bar thru the handles and two strong blokes, feed an army.

pd