[TheForge] Tripods for outdoor cooking.

[Tod Estes]

Thanks excellent info and Thanks to everyone that replied. Very helpful and have
looks like I have to go metal shopping soon :)
Quoting Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu:

> I make my "Size 1" 4' long out of 3/8" square for camping.
> I make my "Size 2" out of 5' long 1/2" square for larger stuff.
> I make my "Size 3" out of 6' 8" (a third of a 20' long piece of stock)
> 1/2" square for largest stuff.
>
> The Size 2 is most useful.  Remember that you can always move one leg
> out and lower the height of the center of the tripod (i.e. the food),
> but you can't effectively put the legs of a short tripod up on concrete
> blocks to raise the food up.<G>
>
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> Tripod errors
>
> The size 2 or 3 will support me.  I regularly hold on and hang from the
> size 3 at events to show how strong they are.  I will confess to 265
> plus.
>
> Anything longer than the size 3 is spindly in the legs.  I made a 10'
> long out of 1/2" square.  It bends in the middle of the legs when loaded
> up.  However it makes a great display piece and is useful for displaying
> the wife's textiles up where they may be seen better.  I would suggest
> 5/8 or better 3/4 if a person really wants a 10' tripod.  Don't know why
> a body would want one, and it would be heavy.  I consider 1/2" square to
> be the largest that I would normally hammer by hand.
>
> Most people want a S hook that is too long.  I make my S hooks out of
> 3/8" square (I always use square so that I can put decorative twists in
> things, including the tripods).  Ask them the diameter of their pot.
> Then figure that the depth of the pot will be the same length as the
> diameter of the bail.  Then add 5-8" of fire under the pot.  Then add a
> few inches of space so that there won't be hot spots and the food burn.
> Quickly that 18" S hook that they wished becomes a 6-8" S hook when they
> look at the real dimensions.
>
> So the lengths add up as below
> 6-8" fire space
> 2-4" space above the fire for tending the fire
> Bail diameter (pot diameter) from the bottom of the pot (assuming a
> cauldron type pot) to the top of the pot.
> 1/2 bail diameter (pot diameter) from the top of the pot to one end of
> the s hook.
> Subtract all that from the height of a set up tripod with the legs
> splayed out so that they are not in the fire.
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> ~>-----Original Message-----
> ~>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> ~>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Daniel
> ~>Kretchmar
> ~>Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 1:44 AM
> ~>To: Sponsored by ABANA
> ~>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Tripods for outdoor cooking.
> ~>
> ~>mine are 4 ft
> ~>----- Original Message -----
> ~>From: "Tod Estes" <testes at medicine.nodak.edu>
> ~>To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> ~>Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:41 AM
> ~>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
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Tod Estes

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