How to make a foldable portable brand
Subsidies to the picnic, they are usually perceived by the city as a trip "on kebabs". And so that it is necessary to prepare kebabs or barbecue, a good brand is required. Dilute the fire on the grass, in general, then gives a barbaric attitude towards nature, the fires then do not overgrow years. And it is not safe, in fire. And the kebab also requires strong even heat, which is difficult to get from the fire coals constantly blown by the wind. To drag with you the whole brass "In the collection" - no one will be, even if it is a trip by car. Exit - folding or collapsible mangal.
Folding mangals are available on sale. Rather, the teams, because they will not be disassembled after assembly and use. They are made of several steel plates, which are inserted into the legs of the curved corner. The brand itself is not bad and cheap, but it is very harbing him from heat, the plates on the mustache strongly jars in the legs and disassemble such a brand is a big problem. And if you wonder - it will not be able to raise it. But repacking soot - from the soul.
But it is possible to make a truly folding brand alone, from the same sheet metal. It is only necessary to change the juggle design slightly and then it will be collected, or rather laid out and develop in a matter of seconds. And it will also not be a stack of hands, since all the internal wiggles of the mangala will be closed.
In the folded state, the brand is a diplomat, 40 mm thick, equipped with a comfortable handle for transfer. Inside the manga is removed and grilled grill and skewers for kebabs.
The bottom will experience the greatest temperature overload, as it will be burning coals. Therefore, if you want the bottom of the bottom for a long time, it should be made of metal thickening 2-3 mm., Or stainless steel. (By the way, if at all make the whole folding brand from stainless steel, it will simply "eternal").
The dimensions of the mangal depend on the shampoo used 60 and 80 cm. For hiking conditions, the shampoo is more suitable for 60 cm., Based on this, the width of the future manga will be 40 cm, and length is 65 cm.
First of all, it is necessary to make the bottom of the mangaal pos.1. The side walls of the base must be beaten along the dotted line bar, the holes d = 10mm are pre-drilled in them. For access of oxygen to coals.
The side walls of the mangaal pos.2 have a size of 650x205 mm. So that the large walls have the opportunity to develop, two furniture canopy pose 4 small sizes are attached between the base and walls. Attach the canopies to the Mangalu using screws or with electric welding.
Small walls pos.3 are removable and installed on the bottom with the help of the clips. To do this, it is necessary to make slots along the edges (as shown in the figure) and bend the edges of the specified barcode of the dotted line.
From the bottom side of the bottom we weld at the corners of the Naika M8, where the legs will in turn will be screwed. 5. As the legs used rounder d = 8mm. and 600 mm long. On the one hand, the thread M8 is cut to a distance of 10 mm. And on the other hand, it is necessary to sharpen the legs and welcome the segments of the rod d = 8mm, L = 30mm. as it shown on the picture.
The pointed part of the legs serves for the tougher fixation of the mantal with the ground, and the segments welded on the edge are simultaneously focusing (so that under the influence of the MANGAL loads did not deepen into the ground), and after using the mangal "Pen-emphasis" will allow you to unscrew the legs without much difficulty.
For the convenience of the muggle transfer in the folded state, the handle is attached to the lateral part of the base (this can be both self-made and purchased handle from the metal).
So that the brazier does not lays out spontaneously with carrying, one of the walls is equipped with a retainer or crochet pos. 7.
Lastly, it remains only to paint the brazier by the heat-resistant paint in black. For these purposes, heat-resistant spray paint is suitable in the canopy, which are used to paint the exhaust pipes in cars. Paint data is able to withstand the temperature of 600 degrees, while the paint will not burn.
By the way, kebabs and grill begin to fry when the coals begin to "sit", i.e. covered with a thin layer of ash. It slightly "shields" the excessive heat of the coal.
It is useful to such a folding brazier not only when traveling to a picnic and kebabs. It will be useful and tourists and fishermen as a focus - stoves. Heating on a fire or in such a stone brand, it will be possible to make it in the tent (naturally extinct). And such an improvised stove will give heat for many hours.
The author is Andrei Koval.
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