[TheForge] A-frame cooking iron

[Justin Fellenz]

Hey folks,

Reading this thread I wondered if it wouldn't work to have the bipod,
an inverted V shape, split (viewed from the side so you can see the
length of the crossbar) into two such that each bipod went over the
crossbar toward the center and under it toward the end, with the bipod
leaning in toward the fire. So the bipod would be an inverted V doubled
from halfway up to the bend when viewed along the axis of the crossbar
and a verted Y if viewed from the side...the V toward the fire would
come to a rounded peak and the one away from the fire would be indented
for the crossbar to sit on it. I can see it in my head but I'm not sure
I'm explaining it well. Seems to me though that if you set it up this
way the weight on the crossbar would pull the bipods in toward the
center, locking them in place on the crossbar. It would be especially
stable with divots in the crossbar to locate each side of the bipod.
And the whole thing would come apart with no tools or ancillary bits to
lose. 

Just a thought.

While we're on the topic, there's the stand in the center of the hall
of Theoden's hall in the lord of the rings movies to contemplate.
Fabulous work, like so much of the "craft" in those movies. 

Justin.




--- Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:
> Daniel:
> 
> An "A" frame on each end of a spit wouldn't be stable. They need to
> be 
> either single legs driven into the ground or tripods.
> 
> Making a series of hooks or pegs to adjust the height of the spit
> could be 
> done a number of ways. Riveting or collaring would be easier than
> welding 
> them on but punching and drifting a leg on each end for movable pegs
> would 
> keep it lighter and look cool.
> 
> Frosty
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> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daniel Kretchmar" <irontree at visi.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:58 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] A-frame cooking iron
> 
> 
> > Hey all,
> >     I need a picture or plans for an A-frame contraption used for
> cooking 
> > over
> > a fire. It looks like 2 angled legs at both ends with hooks going
> up the 
> > legs
> > and bar stock hung between the hooks used as spits and as places to
> hang 
> > pots
> > from S-hooks.  Someone is asking me to make one and I would like to
> see 
> > how
> > they were actually made before I try.  Do they have a name?
> >
> > Daniel Kretchmar
> > www.irontreeworks.com
> >
> > Isn't sanity really just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean, all you
> get is 
> > one
> > trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy.ooh hoo
> hoo 
> > hoo.the
> > sky's the limit!
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