The salvaged truck brake drums have now been assembled into a wood burner. Following a few successful tests, I decided it was worth making a lid and flue to suit as well.
Rather than fix everything together into one 100kg+ monster, I have left it as a number of pieces which can be dis-assembled for moving or transporting. Everything is still heavy enough to just stay in place however.
The lid has a fixed portion for the flue, and a pivoting piece for cooking, closing the fire down, and opening to allow wood to be added to the fire. There’s room for a large camp oven too.
To help with air flow, spacers have been made to give either a 6mm or 12 mm slot between the two drums. A heavy grate sits at the bottom of the middle drum to hold the fire.
The flue extension is held with a slit collar of the same material, while the top is a happy fit from a scrounged piece.
We’ll test fire tomorrow, and burn off the paint on the flue, which I may paint black? I’ll leave the rest rusty, ’cause it looks good, and will get that way in any case!
Brian.