[TheForge] Tripods for outdoor cooking.

[Chris Kilpatrick]

Tod,
     I make a fire pit that has 3 8"x48" 20ga sheets
hinged together to make a firepit that is supported by
two tripods (one at each end).  My tripod legs are 48"
long.

-Chris K. (Crimson in the SCA)

--- Tod Estes <testes at medicine.nodak.edu> wrote:

> Thanks for the replies everyone. Mine was the two
> hooks and a ring version that
> could be used for a spit or as a tripod. I went
> short with the legs cause I
> didnt want to drive the spit frame ends down that
> much. I think that this will
> be my "Packable" set and I will go much longer with
> the next one!
> Thanks, Tod.
> Quoting Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com>:
> 
> > Mine are made similarly, but instead of a flat
> spot on a ring, I made
> > mine with two rings and a hook. They also work
> perfectly well with two
> > hooks and a ring, and they can seperate for a spit
> or for packing,
> > without needing tools.
> >
> > Just put the first coat of stain on my uprights,
> guys- I'm getting there ;-)
> >
> > On 6/17/07, Bob Willman <blcksmth at wcnet.org>
> wrote:
> > >        It would depend on how big your cooking
> fire is. Mine are probably
> > > about 40" long and made so they can be separated
> from each other by
> > > hammering a flat spot in one of the rings. They
> store easier apart and you
> > > can use one horizontally through the other two
> if you want.
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob Willman
> > > Bowling Green, Ohio
> > > The Eagle's Anvil
> > > WB8NQW
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > > [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Tod Estes
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 11:41 AM
> > > To: Sponsored by ABANA
> > > Subject: [TheForge] Tripods for outdoor cooking.
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > > I need an opinion. I made a tripod with the legs
> a yard long. It seems a
> > bit
> > > squatty. From those of you who make and use
> tripods what length do you use?
> > >
> > > Tod Estes
> > >
> > > People do not care about how much you know until
> they know about how much
> > > you care.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Saint Phlip
> >
> > Heat it up
> > Hit it hard
> > Repent as necessary.
> >
> > Priorities:
> >
> > It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools
> which make the smith.
> >
> > Blessed be the self-righteous, for they shall
> inherit themselves.
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> 
> Tod Estes
> 
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