[TheForge] Input wanted (more)

Chris Kilpatrick crimsonkil at lycos.com
Mon Oct 10 14:55:20 EDT 2005


My fire pit has a hinge running down the center of the sheet metal pan, so it folds flate, but makes a shallow V, the two free standing tripods make it easy to set up.

-Chris K.

p.s.:  Phlip, my wife is Anna Serre, you may have seen her post on one of your cooking groups.

----- Original Message -----
From: Phlip <phlip at 99main.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Input wanted (more)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:48:47 -0400

> 
> 
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> 
> > Well, yeah, Phlip, I think you're right. Did you look at the second
> > drawing I uploaded, with the hook and saddle to the bottom left of the
> > pic? A 3 dimensional s-hook would work too...much simpler, but not as
> > simple at the pair of rods with eyes at the top. That's the best
> > answer, I think.
> >
> > My design specs were to have everything fold into a nice cylindrical
> > bundle. I am thinking of a setup that's maybe 5' tall at the top and 6'
> > or better across, able to support an iron pot that would feed a whole
> > camp.
> >
> > FWIW.
> > J
> 
> Well, we're thinking along the same lines, but I still think the saddle is
> too complicated- when I got there, I could only find the saddle picture.
> What I'm thinking is a set up that would fit easily into a simple canvas
> bag. I've noticed that when I'm loading and unloading for an event, I tend
> to have several, long, thin bundles anyway- chairs, tents, tarps, etc, and
> having one more the throw into the pile wouldn't be a problem. Suspect the
> same is true for most SCAdians who camp.
> 
> I'm also working on a cooking set up that keeps the fire completely off the
> ground, but still looks period, for a friend who recently got her cooking
> Laurel. Probably ought to draw that up so we can discuss it too.
> 
> And, Johan came up with a really neat, light cooking tripod that I think
> might be good for our people over here who hafta get to events on public
> transport. I swiped it from him when the people who asked him to make it at
> Pennsic didn't come back, with intentions of marketing it for him. Need to
> finish setting it up, and get it out at events.
> 
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD
> 
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>   Blacksmith's credo.
> 
>   If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
> 
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> 
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