Making a bbq

[Fraserb]

Well the wheels aren't sinking, so a round 100kg?

3kg closer than @bigegg

 

[slim_boy_fat]

92kg

 

[James1979]

95kg

 

[bigegg]

94kgs

 

[Bravheart]

94kgs

This
Whees for decoration guess the forklift for moving it is just out of shot
Good job btw.

 

[Fraserb]

94kgs

That's it, may be slightly over engineered but it won't blow away.

I can move it on hard ground with the wheels, soft going requires some more horsepower.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

That's it, may be slightly over engineered but it won't blow away.

I can move it on hard ground with the wheels, soft going requires some more horsepower.

And @bigegg's prize is.....?

 

[Fraserb]

And @bigegg's prize is.....?

He can come to the first bbq on it.

 

[bigegg]

He can come to the first bbq on it.

Omw

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Omw

Best wait for details of the time/date - what if they're out? It's a looooong way.

 

[Fraserb]

Best wait for details of the time/date - what if they're out? It's a looooong way.

I was just going to say, the beef for the first big event is still eating grass at the moment.

 

[MCKDAVID]

I was just going to say, the beef for the first big event is still eating grass at the moment.

doesn't get a lot fresher than that then........

 

[slim_boy_fat]

doesn't get a lot fresher than that then........

It'll need to be hung for a bit first, too.

 

[bigegg]

Best wait for details of the time/date - what if they're out? It's a looooong way.

Any excuse to go North of the border.


I'll just hang about in the Cairngorms until I get the details.

 

[More Amps]

Last time I looked, the Cairngorms aren't quite next door...whereas I'm only about 15 mins away and standing by to claim my second prize

P.S. That's a seriously good looking bbq by the way - any idea of rough cost of materials?

 

[Fraserb]

Last time I looked, the Cairngorms aren't quite next door...whereas I'm only about 15 mins away and standing by to claim my second prize

P.S. That's a seriously good looking bbq by the way - any idea of rough cost of materials?

Kind of, the grills cost £60, handles £5, paint £19 and hinges £15, I got the front and back cut out of one half sheet of 3mm, the rest of the bits were small enough to fit round other jobs so not a direct cost however I did draw all the pieces out to see how much room they'd take and it was just over 1 full sheet. If I'd used all new steel at the price I was paying at the time im sure it was just over the £200 for all the bits. Expensive compared to what you can buy online but I know which one will be around longer.

What direction are you 15 min away from me?

 

[More Amps]

Well its clearly good value as its your design, rather than that of a cost-cutting accountant - and if you look at the prices of some the American all-singing-and dancing BBQs, then its exceptionally good value! I'm West-ish from you if I remember right, near St Boswells.

 

[Fraserb]

Well its clearly good value as its your design, rather than that of a cost-cutting accountant - and if you look at the prices of some the American all-singing-and dancing BBQs, then its exceptionally good value! I'm West-ish from you if I remember right, near St Boswells.

Yeah St Boswells is west of us.

That's the thing when I first priced it up then I thought it was a lot of money for a bbq, then I saw what some of those big ones were selling for and decided it wasn't so expensive after all.

 

[bigegg]

Kind of, the grills cost £60, handles £5, paint £19 and hinges £15, I got the front and back cut out of one half sheet of 3mm, the rest of the bits were small enough to fit round other jobs so not a direct cost however I did draw all the pieces out to see how much room they'd take and it was just over 1 full sheet. If I'd used all new steel at the price I was paying at the time im sure it was just over the £200 for all the bits. Expensive compared to what you can buy online but I know which one will be around longer.

What direction are you 15 min away from me?

having just been looking at some in the local garden centre, you'd be looking at 2K+ for something similar (tong garden centre, bradford - not sure if they have them online)

 

[bigegg]

Last time I looked, the Cairngorms aren't quite next door...whereas I'm only about 15 mins away and standing by to claim my second prize

P.S. That's a seriously good looking bbq by the way - any idea of rough cost of materials?

yerbut, I like the cairngorms!
Well. I like all of Scotland: except certain concrete parts of glasgow. And a golf course owned by a certain syphilitic tangerine cockwomble.