I have been after a tripod for my fire for a while and, working in the environment that I do (tool and plant hire), I hate to pay for something if I can make it. So I set about thinking of what we might have in the scrap pile that I could use.
The scrap pile didn't turn up anything of interest for this project but on the shop floor I came across these....
If you're not familiar, they are pigtail pins used on building sites and around shows for temporary fencing. They weren't free but only cost me something like 60p each. I bought 3 and had a faff with them to see if they would lock together and keep stable but no joy. So after pondering for a wee while I remembered something that I did see in the scrap pile.
If you're having a new door or a window put in, these are what holds your house up but sometimes the chain breaks and they need replacing. The big loop was ideal though.
Now, the game was afoot!
I took a saw and a drill and with them cut off two of the three hooks and made a hole wide enough to feed the loop through. I sanded the burrs then passed it on to a friend who can weld. As I had to cut the loop to get it through the pins, it wasn't as stable as I would have liked so he put a bit of weld on it again to make it solid again.
Ta daa! With the legs set up the last hook makes an excellent... uh... hook for hanging a chain and a s hook over the fire. All for a measly few quid!
...Blinkin photos have gone batty again! Grr, rant etc...
The scrap pile didn't turn up anything of interest for this project but on the shop floor I came across these....
If you're not familiar, they are pigtail pins used on building sites and around shows for temporary fencing. They weren't free but only cost me something like 60p each. I bought 3 and had a faff with them to see if they would lock together and keep stable but no joy. So after pondering for a wee while I remembered something that I did see in the scrap pile.
If you're having a new door or a window put in, these are what holds your house up but sometimes the chain breaks and they need replacing. The big loop was ideal though.
Now, the game was afoot!
I took a saw and a drill and with them cut off two of the three hooks and made a hole wide enough to feed the loop through. I sanded the burrs then passed it on to a friend who can weld. As I had to cut the loop to get it through the pins, it wasn't as stable as I would have liked so he put a bit of weld on it again to make it solid again.
Ta daa! With the legs set up the last hook makes an excellent... uh... hook for hanging a chain and a s hook over the fire. All for a measly few quid!
...Blinkin photos have gone batty again! Grr, rant etc...
