How to make a brazier from a gas cylinder: examples and step-by-step instructions. Do-it-yourself brazier from an old gas cylinder Do-it-yourself brazier from a household gas cylinder

My name is Rostislav, I am 37 years old and I am a builder with twelve years of experience. Today we will talk with you about outdoor recreation. And nature, as you know, is friends, family and barbecue. To cook meat in nature, you can use all sorts of improvised means - bricks or sticks, or you can make a beautiful brazier from a barbecue gas cylinder with your own hands and surprise everyone. If such a brazier will stand in the yard, then it will immediately attract the attention of your guests and neighbors. Also, such a brazier is compact enough to take it with you in the trunk of a car.

Making a brazier with your own hands will not take much time and labor, you just need to be able to use a grinder and a welding machine or ask a specialist. All photos and drawings of such a brazier from a gas cylinder are attached.

So what do we need for this:

Materials:

1. Gas bottle.
2. Pipe, diameter 90mm. Length - 0.7m
3. Handles, 3 pcs.
4. Profile pipe, 30x30mm. Length - 4m
5. Corner, 40mm shelf. Length - 1m
6. Sheet metal, 2mm thick, 1m2
7. Fungus on the pipe.
8. Sheds.
9. Priming. Enamel paint for metal.
10. The paint is heat-resistant, the temperature of use is up to 600 degrees.
11. Chain, length no more than 0.7m

Instruments:

1. Welding machine, electrodes.
2. Bulgarian, cutting discs and cleaning disc.
3. Roulette
4. Pencil.
5. Hacksaw for metal.
6. Drill, drill bit 4,8,10,12mm.
7. Gloves, goggles, welding mask.
8. Piece of chalk.
9. Clamp clamp.
10. Square.

So: Let's get to work.

To start the robots, we need an empty gas cylinder with a capacity of 50 liters. Such cylinders were previously used on the farm in the private sector. It consists of three parts: a valve, a reservoir tank and a cylindrical stand.

Marking the gas cylinder for barbecue

A gas cylinder, even if it is empty, is VERY DANGEROUS, therefore it is strictly forbidden to use open fire near the cylinder, as well as to cause mechanical damage. It could cost your LIFE!!!

The fact is that the so-called gasoline is used in the admixture of natural gas, which is designed to distinguish the smell of gas. Gasoline, in itself, is the same combustible gas that is absorbed into the metal, and even if the cylinder is empty during the test, gasoline vapors are still present in it. Therefore, I repeat once again, you need to work with a gas cylinder very carefully, without neglecting the safety rules.

Let's get back to our markup. If you look at the cylinder, you can see that a welding seam runs along its entire height. We take this seam as the first line of the beginning of our markup. If you take a tape measure and measure the circumference of the balloon ( circumference - this is the extension of the outer or inner line of the circle.) it will be equal to 96 cm. From this line - the seam, with the help of a tape measure we mark 24 cm in each direction. We put marks at the top and bottom of the balloon and draw a line with chalk. Then we retreat from this seam line in each direction by 10 cm. and also draw a line with chalk - this is our line for the air supply holes.

Next stage: we determine where we will have the front side of the brazier and add to the back line that we marked, retreating 24 cm another 10 cm. This will be our cut line. There are also welded seams on the bottom and top of the cylinder, which go around the circle of the cylinder. The distance between them is standard 61 cm. We retreat from these seams 3 cm, put two points each and draw a line. The fact is that in the middle of the cylinder along the circumferential seams there is a seam reinforcement tape and we need not to damage it.

Thus, we have drawn a cover for the future barbecue, the width of which will be 38 cm (96-24-24-10), and the length - 55 cm (61-3-3) as indicated in the drawing.

Preparing for cutting a balloon for barbecue

Before making the first cut, you need to protect yourself. To do this, you need to fill the bottle with water. How it's done? Before you start the robot, you need to make sure that the tank is empty. To do this, open the shut-off valve, which is located at the top of the cylinder and by ear determine if there is a hiss of gas. Then, in the same way, with the tap open, turn it down with the tap so that all the available liquid flows out from the inside.

The stopcock is made of bronze alloy, and bronze is a very soft metal to work with. Therefore we take hand saw for metal and at the bottom of the faucet - where it is twisted into a cylinder, we cut off the faucet completely. We have formed an inlet into which we can insert a watering can or hose to fill with water. You need to understand that the water that will fill the balloon will displace the air saturated with gasoline, so it is forbidden to smoke or use open or hidden fire during this operation !!!

The bottle must be completely filled with water. After that, we make a cork. This is where a cork stopper from a bottle of wine or something like that can help us. Having slightly tucked it, we hammer it tightly with a hammer into the hole. Then we lay the balloon in a horizontal position and make a cut.

Making a mangal cover

When starting to cut the cylinder, it must be taken into account that water will flow during the through cut. Therefore, we remove as much as possible electric wires and it is better to cut on an inclined base by controlling the flow of water. Yes, I agree that the event is "wet", but this is the safest method of cutting a gas bottle.

We make a cut with a grinder along our marked lines. They are marked in red on my diagram. The disk for the grinder must be chosen thicker, at least 1.6 mm. The width of the cut is compensated by the expansion of the metal when heated. It must be remembered that the metal on the cylinder “tenses” during welding and, when cutting, can wedge the disc a little, so we use wedges. At the same time we cut threaded connection for stopcock cover. It is located on top of the balloon.

So, when the brazier cover is cut out of sheet metal, we cut out strips 3 cm wide, one meter long - three pieces, and weld along the perimeter of the cover so that the edge of the strip protrudes 1.5 cm beyond the edges of the cover. With the help of clamps, periodically pressing the strip to the lid. This will prevent the lid from falling into the middle of the grill. We also weld the handle. We clean the welding places with the help of a grinder and a cleaning disk. After installing the cover on the cylinder, you need to center it and weld the curtains, having previously retreated the same dimensions from the edges of the cylinder.

From the side of the top of the gas cylinder, where we cut off the threaded connection, you can make a valve that will regulate the smoke output, that is, the degree of smoked meat. We cut out three strips of 10 cm each from sheet metal and bend the edge with pliers or in a vice so that we roughly get a corner and scald around the perimeter of the hole, observing even dimensions. And from the same sheet metal we cut out the valve itself, making an allowance of no more than 1 cm so that there is free play.

From the bottom of the gas cylinder there is a cylindrical stand, which we also cut off with a grinder. It is welded with a burst seam around the circumference of the cylinder.

Leg welding

The legs or stand can be welded from improvised material, can be made collapsible or stationary, with or without tables. You can even use the stand from the old sewing machine, but I managed the most economical option.

We take a corner and cut off two blanks of 14 cm each, we find a longitudinal welding seam on the cylinder, which we took as a reference line. We expose the cylinder on a horizontal platform or on a table, so that the seam is at the bottom and, placing a corner parallel to the platform, weld it at a conventional distance from the edge of the cylinder so that the center of the corner shelf coincides with the welding seam of the cylinder. We do the same on the other side. So we got the base for attaching the legs. And now we look if we need to make the legs not separate from the brazier, then we simply cut a 30x30 pipe or a corner in length, which will be convenient for us for the height of the brazier - about 50 to 70 centimeters. Next, weld it to the corner, which is on the cylinder.

And if we plan to make a collapsible structure, then we also cut the blanks into legs, but do not weld them to the corner, but drill holes of about 8 millimeters in the upper part of the leg and in the corner welded to the cylinder. Thus, we get a collapsible design: the cylinder is separated from the legs and can easily fit in the trunk of a car for going to a barbecue in nature. It should be noted that the legs must also be mounted observing the identity of the dimensions and diagonal of the structure. In the lower part of the legs, it is desirable to weld the support patches, after cutting them out of sheet metal and placing the brazier on the legs on a flat area. This is necessary so that the brazier does not fall into the ground under its own weight and has good resistance to tipping over. For more convenient transportability, you can mount small wheels on two legs.

Installation of a chimney for a barbecue

A chimney is not an essential element of our homemade barbecue, but it gives a more aesthetic look and works as a regulator of the degree of smokedness of the cooked product.

For the manufacture of this element, a pipe with an outer diameter of 90m is quite suitable. and 70 cm long. Since the factory corners have a very smooth turn, you can weld the sharp corner yourself by first cutting out a pipe segment, which is marked from the turning point with a square in two directions at 45 degrees around the circumference of the pipe. Having cut a segment with a grinder, we bend the smaller part to the larger one, with the help of a corner we check the angle of 90 degrees and weld them in place. After that, we expose the pipe to the place of welding, where we installed the damper, and weld the pipe well in a circle. It should be noted that each seam must be cleaned with a cleaning disk. So it acquires a more aesthetic appearance and the quality of the weld is clearly visible.

When the pipe is welded, install a protective cap. It is fixed with a clamping bolt.

Places for skewers and grill nets for barbecue

For a comfortable arrangement of skewers on the back wall of our barbecue, we drill holes. The skewer has a pointed part in front, which clearly enters these holes and holds steady there. As we see in the photo above, six skewers are conveniently placed on the grill. To do this, we make a markup, stepping back from the top edge of our cutout of the brazier cover, 10 cm. down on both sides, put marks and draw a line with chalk. This is the hole level. Then retreating from the edge of the radius cut 4 cm. and mark the drill. And then every 10 cm we put the same marks. Using a drill and a drill, we drill holes according to the marks. To do this, we first use a thin drill, for example, 4mm, and then we drill it with a 10mm drill, and at the end we chamfer the hole with a 12mm drill. or round file. On the front side of the brazier, we also make markings on the upper edge of the brazier and cut out the grooves for the skewers with a grinder. When this operation is completed, cover the brazier with a lid and transfer the marks of the places where the cut was made to the brazier cover. We do the same cutting. This must be done so that when the skewers are installed, the brazier lid closes more tightly.

You can also make seats for the grill - a grid. To do this, we just need to weld metal shelves between the holes for the skewer. We cut blanks 3 cm long from the corner, and weld them to the walls of the brazier, having previously marked the places of welding so that the grid has six points of support along the perimeter of the brazier. We clean the places of welding and cut off sharp corners.

To cook meat on a grill grid, you can use a stainless steel grid, with a cell of 10x10, or 15x15mm, after cutting out the size of the perimeter of the seats as in the photo below.

Air holes

In section "markup", we marked out the line for the air supply. This line is at a distance of 10 cm from the longitudinal weld on both sides. Then we take a drill with a diameter of 8mm. and drill those holes. I believe that the hole diameter of 8mm is enough for air supply, since a larger diameter can affect the spillage of burning coals during the burning of heat in the grill. These holes can be drilled both at the beginning of our barbecue assembly and at the end of the work.

You can also add handles on the sides of the barbecue - for ease of movement around the territory.

Barbecue painting

Barbecues are operated outdoors. Therefore, after installing the device, we immediately determine what paint to paint the barbecue.

The coating will protect it from atmospheric precipitation, high humidity and temperature fluctuations. Of course, the brazier should be painted only on the outside. Inside it, when used, the temperature is too high for any type of paint.

The choice of coverage must be approached very carefully.

It must meet the following requirements

1. The paint must contain modifiers that protect the metal from rust. The finish should not melt, i.e., have a high fire resistance. The instruction on the paint label must indicate its heat resistance of at least +500°. Even better, if this figure is + 800 °.
2. It should be borne in mind that the barbecues are used for cooking. Based on this, the coating should be environmentally friendly and safe. It should not react with any substances.

Paints are commercially available in two types: aerosol and just liquid paint.

Aerosol paint is sold in a can, in which there is air pressure, and when painting, we simply direct the jet of the can onto the surface to be painted at a distance of 20–30 cm. And liquid paint in a can is applied with an ordinary paint brush.

First you need to clean our brazier from dirt and dust, check the cleaning of all welds, and most importantly: clean the brazier and the brazier cover from old paint. The fact is that gas cylinders are not painted with heat-resistant paint, but applying heat-resistant paint to non-heat-resistant paint threatens with subsequent melting and burning out of the lower layer of paint, which will entail unpleasant consequences.

It should also be borne in mind that only the brazier itself can be painted with heat-resistant paint, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bwhich is not more than 1.5 m 2. Therefore, one bottle will be enough for us. And the legs and available additional elements can be painted with ordinary paint for metal. This will slightly reduce costs, since heat-resistant paint is much higher in price than ordinary metal enamel.

During and after painting, dust should not get on the painted surface and work should be carried out at a temperature of at least 10 degrees Celsius in calm weather.

On this, our work on making a brazier from a gas cylinder can be considered finished, but on my own behalf I want to add that there are a lot of schemes and examples on the Internet for the manufacture of this type of brazier. However, a brazier from a gas cylinder can be unique in its kind when you make it yourself and show imagination for the implementation of projects for additional structural elements. This is how I got a brazier from a gas cylinder with my own hands:

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The brazier is often used on dacha territory, representing a rather popular design. Often, craftsmen make real works of art with their own hands instead of a simple metal box. As a material, as a rule, old waste car receivers, fireproof safes, industrial pipes, etc. are used. Of the considerable variety of various solutions, it is considered the simplest and most affordable to make a brazier from a gas cylinder with your own hands. The initial blank can be found both at the scrap metal collection point and in your barn or garage. So how and in what sequence can you implement such a design yourself, and are there any drawbacks to such a popular solution?

Advantages and disadvantages of using an old cylinder

It is not difficult to make a choice of material for the barbecue: a 50-liter cylinder will be the best solution, because the length and width of the container will be 85 and 30 centimeters, respectively, which will be just perfect for cooking. Of course, 40-liter containers can also be used, but in this case, the coverage will be much less, therefore, it will not be so comfortable to cook!

The main advantage of the gas cylinder body is high quality metal used. Needless to say, in the production of cylinders for the subsequent storage of gas under pressure, manufacturers make serious demands on the material, which translates into a considerable 3 mm thickness of the body walls. Thanks to this, when using a gas cylinder, you can count on an inexpensive, but high-quality capacity for barbecue.

Key Benefits:

• Ease of use . After cooking, there is no need to sweep the ashes from the summer cottage and fill the fire with water - just turn off the draft and you can proceed to the meal;

• Durability . Steel grade 30 HGSA, D and 45, in addition to the large thickness and reliability of the structure as a whole, will offer excellent resistance to negative factors, so that the brazier can last more than 10-15 years without corroding or burning out;
• Versatility . Under a closed or open lid, you can bake, smoke and fry any food and product;

• Mobility . Even if the brazier from a gas cylinder is not equipped with wheels, the dimensions of the structure allow you to safely move it to any convenient place or simply change direction from the wind.

But, like any product, the use of a gas cylinder to create a brazier with your own hands has some disadvantages, namely:

• High-quality heat-resistant coloring compositions cost a lot of money, and therefore, most likely, over time, the finished design will not take on the most successful look, resembling a faded photo. Remember that on the outside, the brazier from the cylinder burns quickly enough, so it’s attractive appearance can not count;

• In a cylindrical container, it is problematic to achieve uniform heating, as a result of which, for example, when cooking barbecue, the meat will remain raw for a long time around the edges, while in the middle it will start to burn;
• If you want to cook meat in the cold season, you will have to prepare a lot of coals, firewood and patience in advance - the low heat capacity of the metal affects the rapid cooling of the cylinder capacity, which makes the brazier much more voracious;

• And the most important drawback: even a very old and not used gas cylinder for a long time can store the remaining explosive substances, so it is worth using it as a barbecue for cooking with extreme caution, having taken the necessary precautions!

How to cut a balloon?

Almost always, some part of the liquid hydrocarbons, called gasoline, remains inside the metal container. The danger lies in the fact that with the remainder of this substance, the liquid can instantly evaporate, increasing the risk of rupture of the cylinder. Therefore, before cutting metal, it is necessary to remove gasoline and other gases from the internal container, and also prevent oxygen from penetrating from the inside to the cut!

All of the following is done:

1. With shock loading and open end wrench unscrew the valve, thereby allowing the remaining propane to vent out.
2. Fill the gas cylinder with water, leaving it in this position for a couple of days. Water during this time will dissolve liquid hydrocarbons. Soapy water can be used if desired.
3. Pour out the water, then refill the container. Firmly cover the hole with some kind of sealant, and then start cutting the metal according to the pattern.

An opened cylinder should only be left outside, away from sources of fire and children, or in a well-ventilated area!

According to the experience of many masters, it can be said that not everyone can unscrew the valve the first time, because for many years it “sticks” firmly. Of course, you can use a sledgehammer, but it, as a rule, does not always help. There is a simpler, albeit more patient, method to fill the tank with water: unscrew only the bushing, below which there is an 8 mm hole. Through it, calmly fill the container with water using a dropper, and then cut the balloon.

While cutting, water will flow out - continue sawing the metal as usual. Since the smell of gasoline can hardly be called pleasant, it is recommended to do the work yourself away from residential buildings in open areas. For an identical reason, it is worth taking care of the presence of a respirator with gas protection! The resulting parts cannot be immediately used to assemble the barbecue, you must first ignite the components on a fire in order to get rid of the dirt accumulated inside.

We assemble the brazier with our own hands: a complex and simple design

The simplest model is considered to be a brazier from a half of a gas cylinder, which will be placed on any support assembled from improvised materials, whether it be stones, bricks or just a mound of earth. Time costs will be minimal, but working with such a barbecue afterwards will not be very convenient! In addition, you will not want to brag to your friends or neighbors either. With at least a little welding skills, you can create an interesting and unique brazier with your own hands.

Container with lid or barbecue grill

It will be possible to bring more functionality to the design of the brazier due to the second half of the cylinder, which can be used as a cover. The air supply system will also be useful, because natural traction in the form of wind often, in addition to uneven traction, creates a lot of additional trouble for the grill man.

Work order:

• Mark the balloon half in such a way that side parts remained more- in the future, this will not allow the wind to inflate the coals.
• Make a horizontal cut with electric jigsaw or Bulgarian. Don't forget about safety which we wrote about above !
• Immediately weld a couple of loops, then you can cut the lid to the end.

• Burn the surface, filling it first with a wooden chip. You can use it if you wish.
• To avoid a situation where the metal "takes away", weld a corner measuring 32 by 32 along the perimeter of the cut. Subsequently, it will serve as a support for the skewers.
• Weld one metal strip in the center or two on the sides to secure the cover.

• Make a support for the barbecue: for this you can use a steel strip 1 meter long, a corner and a 4-meter profile pipe 15 millimeters in diameter.

• For greater convenience when cooking, it makes sense to weld a small limiter between the hinges, which will allow you to hold the lid in the open position. A simple steel strip, slightly curved towards the opposite grill, will do.
• On one side, make cuts to place the skewers, on the opposite side, drill small holes for them. An 11 mm drill will suffice, cuts and holes should be done on the same level!

• Make holes in the bottom of the container for traction. An 8mm drill will suffice.
• For a convenient side from you, weld the handle to the lid, also do not forget about the side handles for the possible transfer of the barbecue.
• Place the structure on the bed, treat the surfaces with a primer and a heat-resistant coloring compound.

If necessary, a brazier from a gas cylinder can always be supplemented with a canopy, shelves and other elements. In addition, ideal traction will be ensured if an exhaust pipe is welded in addition to the structure.

Barbecue smokehouse from a pair of cylinders

Having stuffed your hand in the manufacture of one brazier, you can make a two-in-one brazier with your own hands, which will allow you not only to conveniently fry any food, but also smoke them for your pleasure.

Of the tools and materials you will need the following:

• A piece of pipe with a height of about one meter and a diameter of about 100-150 millimeters;
• A pair of gas cylinders with a volume of 27 and 50 liters;
• pipe elbow;
• Electrodes and welding machine(we also recommend getting a chameleon mask);
• Rods for a frame made of reinforcement or corners made of metal (legs from some old equipment, for example, a sewing machine, will also fit);

Similar to the previously described technology remove the remaining gasoline and propane from the cylinder! Even before starting work on assembling the barbecue from the gas tank, thoroughly clean all surfaces from accumulated dirt and rust. Cut and shape each balloon the way you want your barbecue grill to look.

The main difference between the first option and the second one is that in the second, a smaller container that acts as a gas generator will have a small hole in the upper part of the body for fixing a 50-liter cylinder - a hot smoking chamber.

In addition to the above, a corner with small holes should be placed at the bottom of the working chamber, which will play the role of a smoke divider. You can change the draft in the barbecue-smokehouse due to the exhaust pipe with dampers and the blower in the gas generator. To avoid burning in the lower part of the cylinder of a smaller capacity should be placed grate.

This must be done in the following sequence:

1. At the bottom of the gas generator tank, cut a square-shaped hole for the blower.
2. On the opposite side, place a screen with a sliding shutter, as in the photo below.
3. Weld corners for the grate on the sides, and a smoke-cutting corner below.
4. Based on the dimensions of the exhaust pipe, cut a hole at the top of the larger container.
5. All gas cylinders need to cut out the side sections, while the smaller one is at the top, and the bottom one is at the bottom. The holes must be equal in both cases - this is very important!
6. Connect the containers at the cutouts, and then hermetically weld them together.
7. Make the hood by aligning it with the damper.

At the end, it remains to place the brazier-smokehouse on the frame, having previously leveled the position according to the level, and fix the structure with a welded seam.

Video instruction

Having assembled a brazier from a gas cylinder with their own hands and having tested the design in work, the masters often begin to share their experience, tips and recommendations on what changes can be made for greater comfort and effect. Below is a selection of proven advice from experts who have verified each statement in practice:

• Temperature is one of the key factors during smoking and cooking, so it makes sense to equip the working compartments of the smokehouse thermometer;

• To avoid heat leaks, having achieved a uniform distribution of heat, it will turn out if an additional steel plate is welded to the joints of the body and cover;
• The bottom of a smokehouse or barbecue can be easily strengthened with reinforcing bars by welding them to the structure. It is important to note that the distance between the food and the coals in this case was at least 14-18 centimeters;

• Of course, a barbecue grill can always be purchased at the store, but it is much more pleasant to complete the job to the end and make it yourself. As a material, for example, a two-shelf from a non-working refrigerator, welded crosswise, will fit;
• Do not forget to regularly clean the chambers with a metal club, dragging coals from the far chamber into the near compartment, pouring them into a bucket through a blower;
• Fat, when it gets on the coals, causes an unpleasant aftertaste of bitterness, which becomes noticeable already when eating the products. To avoid this, it is worth placing a tray under the food during cooking;

• Practice shows that a brazier from a gas cylinder usually turns out to be quite heavy, especially when we are talking about the double design. In this regard, it makes sense to pre-install a pair of wheels for ease of movement.

And the last piece of advice: many craftsmen recommend immediately installing another additional chamber during work - for cold smoking. To do this, you will also need a gas cylinder with a capacity of 50 liters. The container will be placed vertically, and not horizontally as in the first case! The installation procedure is identical to the method described above, while the installation of the chimney is much easier.

Most likely, making a brazier from a gas cylinder with your own hands, as in the photo, will not be as easy as it seems initially. Nevertheless, the invested efforts and costs will easily pay off, allowing the whole family to spend time outdoors every weekend. In addition, buying a ready-made brazier will not be cheap: the cost of a model with identical capabilities starts today from 15 thousand rubles, and, as a rule, purchased devices offer thin-walled metal as a material. Thus, you should not immediately discount the choice in favor of assembling with your own hands.

Summer is the time for picnics in the fresh air, outside the city, in the country or in the yard of your house. And what is a picnic without barbecue, meat and vegetables on the grill or barbecue? There are many cooking methods, but for each of them you need a barbecue. Of course, you can buy it ready-made in the store or order it in the workshop. We offer you a great opportunity to improve your own skills home master by making a universal brazier with your own hands from an empty gas cylinder.

Materials and tools

The first thing to prepare is, of course, the gas cylinder itself. The main condition is that the capacity of the device should be 50 liters, and the height should be 120 cm. This is the most suitable size for a barbecue, on which you can cook a lot of food at the same time.

From an old, worn-out gas cylinder 120 cm high, you can make an excellent brazier

Note! The selected cylinder must be carefully inspected for damage. There should be no pronounced corrosion, as the places affected by it will quickly burn through when you use the barbecue for cooking.

In addition to the balloon, you will need:

The brazier will need to be installed on the legs. You can make them from metal corners or pipes, or design and use, for example, racks from an old sewing machine.

Legs from the Singer sewing machine will be a very original barbecue stand

From simple to complex: outdoor grill, barbecue, smokehouse, smoker

There are several of the most common types of barbecues, and all of them can be built from an old, failed gas cylinder:

• ordinary brazier without a lid;
• B-B-Q;
• smokehouse;
• smoker.

The last three types have a number of significant differences, which we will consider in detail.

1. Barbecue is a fairly simple design both in appearance and in manufacture. A part of the side is cut off from the cylinder, which is then attached to the hinges and serves as a door. Inside - a place for coals and a grid on which you will put food for frying.

   Barbecue brazier - a simple design with a lid without a smoke pipe

2. The smokehouse differs from the usual brazier in the presence of a firebox and tightness. For its manufacture, a strip of metal is cut off in the bottom of the cylinder and a part of the bottom is sawn off, usually half. A firebox made from sheet iron or from another cylinder must be welded and equipped with an additional smoke exhaust pipe. When the smokehouse is ready, it needs to be ignited several times with firewood, after which you can do the actual smoking.

   Brazier-smokehouse assumes the presence of a firebox and a chimney

3. Brazier-smoker, or as it is also called - a steam locomotive. A much more complex design, but multifunctional - it combines everything you could want from such a device: barbecue, grill, smokehouse, barbecue. In order to build such a super-unit, you will need several cylinder pipes, and each will have its own option. As a result, this device really becomes outwardly similar to a steam locomotive.

   Smoker brazier is the most complex, but also the most versatile design of several gas cylinders

Photo gallery: how to arrange a brazier

It is quite possible to decorate a brazier barbecue under a steam locomotive or an antique car Brazier-smoker, in the common people - a steam locomotive, practically does not need additions and looks decorative in itself The hinged lid is often attached to the chain so that it is convenient to open it when it is hot. Brazier smokehouse can also be with comfortable shelves Next to the barbecue and under it you can make shelves A woodpile is often placed below Perhaps the easiest option: a brazier with a removable lid on a pipe leg Turn the brazier into a submarine

Preparatory work

How to properly open and flush a propane tank

Never forget about safety rules. You will have to cut open the cylinder that contained the gas, which means that you cannot allow a spark to occur and ignite the remaining propane.

1. To avoid trouble, first of all open the cylinder valve and wait for the gas to completely evaporate.

   Fully unscrew the cylinder valve to release any remaining gas

2. After that, put it upside down and drain the condensate. To control the release of gas, apply a little soap suds to the opening of the valve. When it stops bubbling, you can continue to work. Lay the balloon on its side and saw off the valve, constantly watering the saw cut cold water. Attach a hose to the cut and fill the container to the top with water, constantly shaking it so that the inner surface is washed from the smell of gas.

   Be sure to flush the bottle

3. Leave it for a few days, then empty it somewhere away from residential buildings. After that, you can start cutting.

Do you need a drawing

As for working with a balloon, no drawings are needed to make an open barbecue. Barbecue is easy too. There is no single correct scheme, it all depends on your taste and favorite way of cooking. If you plan to use only ready-made coals and a grate, then perhaps the distance between them may be less, cutting the balloon along exactly in the middle. If you make coals yourself and use skewers, and not a grate, then let the lid be smaller in height than the base.

visual instructions

So, the balloon is completely ready and washed. Now you need to cut it into 2 pieces. The easiest option - just cut the balloon into two halves along and get two classic open barbecues.

The easiest way is to cut the balloon in half and use it like a regular open grill

If you are making a brazier barbecue, then you need to “cut out” and cut off a rectangle that will be the lid of the brazier, and the second part remains as a base. Draw a rectangle on the surface of the cut lines, the horizontal lines will run approximately in the middle of the balloon or 5 cm above it, and the vertical (transverse) at a distance of about 20 cm from its edges.

Cylinder cutting

To cut the balloon, use a gas cutter or grinder. Mark the borders of the lid: from the welds connecting the base and the bottom of the container, step back 5 cm and mark the line along which the cut will be made. Saw from the middle towards the edge, while holding the grinder disk perpendicular to the balloon.

From the intensity of work and because of the thickness of the walls of the cylinder, the grinder disc can burn out by the end of the cut. To avoid this, in some places cut sections not completely; then you can easily bite these small pieces with a chisel.

It looks like a cut balloon - blank for barbecue

Barbecue legs

Think about how high your brazier should be, and then start attaching the legs. You need to firmly install the brazier on the ground so that it is convenient to weld the lid.

The easiest way is to attach legs from an old sewing machine or a metal underframe from a small desk to the barbecue

You can build pipe legs by bolting them to the bottom. Make 4 holes in the bottom of the base, insert the bolts into them with the threads out. Secure them with nuts or weld them to secure. Attach the nuts for the bolts to the tops of the legs and screw them to the base of your brazier.

Installing the lid and handle

To attach the cover, make holes for the hinges, fix them with rivets and weld. If this is not done, the cover may come off due to high temperatures. You can install a removable cover without hinges, then inside the transverse edges of the brazier you need to attach metal strips so that the cover does not fall inward.

Attach the lid to the grill with welded door hinges

Bolts can be used to attach the handle to the lid. You just need to drill holes for them and fix them. Choose simple handles that are resistant to heat so that they do not burn later. Very comfortable handles can be made from a metal rod by welding it to the base.

Choose comfortable heat-resistant handles for the barbecue

Now you need to install a limiter on the cover. Make it from a corner or part of a pipe. And the cover itself can be fixed on one or both sides with the help of chains, thereby determining the maximum possible value of its “tilting”.

It is better to pre-connect the parts when working with clamps, which will tightly press all parts of the structure, leaving no gaps.

Assembly

1. You may experience deformation of the fryer when you cook on the grill. To avoid this, weld the corners to the inner longitudinal edges of the base. On the resulting ledge from the corner, you can put a barbecue grill or skewer. For the high legs of the brazier, additional fixation is also needed, which you can easily provide if you weld a corner along the outer perimeter of the structure, which will increase its rigidity.

   The body of the brazier needs to be strengthened so that later the brazier does not deform

2. Make holes in the bottom of the brazier with a drill. They are needed in order to conveniently pour out the coals or drain the water accumulated after the rain. In addition, the firewood in the brazier will burn better if air is drawn from below.

   Make holes in the bottom of the brazier

3. In the hole where the valve was, install a smoke outlet pipe and weld it. Not everyone does this, someone leaves the grill without a chimney, especially if you plan to cook mainly with the lid open.

   Make grinder slots in the walls of the container for skewers

   How to paint

   You may want to paint the brazier from a balloon. This is not necessary at all, but it is quite acceptable from an aesthetic point of view. Choose heat-resistant paints that won't decompose when exposed to heat, giving your food an unhealthy flavor and aroma.

   Now there are many domestic and imported paints on sale, designed to work at 600–800 ° C.. They are applied to a layer of a special primer (it is advisable to pick it up in the store immediately along with the paint). These paints are usually environmentally friendly, so they are suitable for painting the brazier both outside and inside. In color, they are most often black or red, there are also silver.

   Before buying, be sure to read the instructions and choose a coating with a resistance of at least 600 degrees.

   Video: do-it-yourself brazier smokehouse from a cylinder

   Video: how to make a barbecue from a gas cylinder in three hours

   As you can see, there are no complex manipulations in the manufacture of a brazier from a cylinder, however, the work will require care and patience. But such a device will serve you for many years, delighting family and friends not only with delicious kebabs, but also with other meat and fish dishes. And notice how cheap this brazier cost you. Tell us in the comments about your experience self-manufacturing braziers from cylinders. Good luck and easy work!

An old gas cylinder is an ideal example of how many different useful products that are used in the country can be made from it. In this article we will talk about a very necessary device - a brazier from a gas cylinder. We will tell you how to cut it, what precautions must be observed, how to install all the required elements. And show on photo and video various options design of such a grill.

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Dismantling the cylinder

It is impossible to cut a gas cylinder to the required sizes and shapes immediately without checking its contents. First of all, it is necessary to empty the cylinder, suddenly there is gas left in it. Therefore, the valve should simply be opened, releasing the remaining contents.

Then you need to turn off the tap. Do it gas key. Usually it is easily unscrewed, but sometimes it becomes a problem for those who first encounter a similar situation. It's just that in some models of cylinders, the valve is blocked by two pins. They must be removed with pliers. After that, the valve is easily unscrewed.

The next step is washing. The cylinder is half filled with water, shaken or pumped over, then the water is drained. The gas itself has a specific smell, which is given to it by a special additive - an odorant. To get rid of this odor, add detergent or chlorine.

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Cover cutting

The dimensions of the barbecue from the gas cylinder are determined by the size of the latter. But as for the parameters of the cut-out cover, there may be different variants. It can be short or full length of the cylindrical part. As for the latter option, it must be understood that the gas cylinder is a seam pipe, on both sides of which spherical covers are welded. In one, a through hole for a tap is made, the second is a blank bottom of the product. So the lid of the brazier, and, accordingly, the part to be cut out, can be made from one weld to the opposite.

So, the gas cylinder is ready. It is marked for cutting. In principle, these are two longitudinal lines dividing the balloon in the longitudinal direction in half. Marking is very easy.

Circumference balloon, that is, its "perimeter", is 96 cm.

This indicator divided by "4", it turns out 24 cm.

Take as a measuring point longitudinal seam cylindrical part, that is, 24 cm are laid in two directions from it.

By label spend longitudinal lines, the ends of which should not reach the transverse seams within 2-3 cm.

The ends of the longitudinal lines connected around the perimeter cylindrical part. The markup is applied with chalk.

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The hemispherical chalk-marked rectangle is not a lid. The size of the latter in width by 10 cm will be less. This parameter is plotted from one of the plotted longitudinal lines. After that, a lid is formed with chalk, which will need to be cut off.

Cutting is carried out with a grinder and a diamond-coated cutting disc. Many craftsmen recommend filling the bottle with water before cutting. In this way, the issue of stability of a cylindrical product and cooling of the cutting tool is solved.

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Start cutting along one longitudinal line. It is cut from end to end of the markup. After that, it is necessary to weld the loops to the cut off section. They can be used any: door, furniture. The required number of loops with smaller sizes is four, large ones will need only two. They are simply applied to the balloon so that the cut is in the middle of the two parts of the loops. The latter are welded to the cylinder by electric welding. This step is done specifically now, because it is easier to fit the cap to the balloon and hinges before it is completely cut off.

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It remains only to cut the remaining three lines: one longitudinal, two transverse. A handle must be welded immediately to the lid on the opposite side of the hinges, so that it is convenient to open the barbecue from the gas cylinder.

And one more thing that will make the manufactured structure more convenient to use. In place of the welded loops on the cylinder, two stops must be welded, which will hold the lid open. That is, so that it does not fall behind the apparatus. To do this, you can use a corner of 40x40 mm. Pieces 2-3 cm long are cut out of it. They will be the limiters.

So that when the lid is closed, there are no gaps between it and the cylindrical part, it is necessary to create shelves around the entire perimeter of the cut off part. This will require a steel strip 2-3 cm wide and 2-3 mm thick. The strips are simply welded from the inside of the cylinder with a release to the outside in half their width. In addition, these welded strips will hold the lid so that it does not fall into the brazier.

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Other design changes

In principle, the brazier from the gas cylinder is almost ready. It remains only to weld the legs and make holes in the cylinder itself for installing skewers and supplying air to the coal combustion zone. Start with holes for skewers.

One of the applied longitudinal lines remained unused. It is necessary to apply additional marks along it, dividing the lines evenly into several segments. The length of the last 8 cm. At their ends, through holes with a diameter of 10 mm are made using a drill and a drill.

On the opposite side of the opening made on the welded steel strip, it is necessary to make grooves for skewers. They should be located exactly opposite the holes made. The grooves are made with a grinder and a cutting disc.

Now you need to make holes for air supply inside the barbecue. To do this, 10 and 20 cm must be set aside from the weld of the cylindrical part of the cylinder in two directions. Longitudinal lines are drawn along them, in general there will be four of them, two on each side of the seam. They also share marks with a distance of 5 cm. After that, the marks on two paired lines are connected to each other. Through them, a grinder and a cutting disc make through slots.

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It remains to plug the hole into which the faucet was screwed. Here they simply take a plate 2-3 mm thick, which is welded to the hole, scalded with a continuous seam from all sides.

Video description

The video shows the sequence of operations for making a brazier from a gas cylinder:

As for the legs, there are a huge number of options. The simplest - legs from a steel corner. The main thing is to accurately choose the height of the installation of the gas grill. It is optimally considered from 60 to 80 cm, that is, convenient for the growth of an adult. Although there are low modifications.

You can show your imagination and make the legs of the original shape, decorated with patterns. You can attach legs to them, make the device mobile, mobile, as shown in the photo below.

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On our website you can find contacts of construction companies that offer services for the construction of small architectural forms. You can directly communicate with representatives by visiting the exhibition of houses "Low-Rise Country".

How to make a barbecue

In principle, a barbecue from a gas cylinder is made in exactly the same way as a brazier, with only minor additions. First, a grill is installed inside. It is removable, but for it it is necessary to install support shelves inside the cylinder. They are made from a steel corner 25x25 or 32x32 mm. The length of each shelf is 10 cm, they are welded on two opposite sides of the opening, three pieces at the same distance from each other. Location in height - under the holes for the skewer. Accordingly, and from the opposite side at this height.

Secondly, you need to install a chimney. There are quite a few options here:

on the lid;

side, with a tie-in hole for a tap;

next to the lid in the cylindrical part.

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How to improve the grill

There are many additional little things that will make the process of cooking meat, poultry or fish on a barbecue grill a convenient and easy process. Here are a few of those little things:

A nut is welded to the cover of the device or to its cylindrical part, into which thermometer. Now you can monitor at what temperature the meat dish is cooked.

Can be installed on the chimney tank. Lattices are installed on top of each other. This accessory is an excellent smokehouse design.

Can be inside the grill install grate, for its entire length. This will be the grate. Its task is to hold the coals, but let the ash pass through itself so that it does not interfere with the burning of firewood.

As for the decorative design, there is also a huge field of activity. What the masters just do not invent. For example, here is such an option in the form of a steam locomotive, as in the photo below. Definitely, such a design will decorate the territory of the cottage.

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From the video you can learn how to create a brazier from a gas cylinder:

Conclusion on the topic

Today, finding barbecue grills from a gas cylinder with drawings and exact dimensions on the Internet is not a problem. Various options offered simple designs and with additional convenient options. But the main thing, as practice has shown, is the exact observance of the height of the skewers above the coals. The distance is small - the meat will burn, the distance is increased - the dish will be cooked for a long time.

What is a mangal? This is a barbecue tool, and in our case, a universal combine for barbecue, barbecue, smoking and barbecue.

End-of-life cylindrical gas cylinders can be found at scrap metal collection points and in the secondary HBO market.

The cost of such an acquisition usually does not exceed 1000 rubles (we are talking about a 50l gas cylinder), which makes the purchase extremely profitable.

Perhaps the most popular form of use is converting a balloon into an oven, or other device for eating. We will consider the conversion to a barbecue or barbecue.

Do-it-yourself brazier from a gas cylinder - step by step instructions

There is a lot of information on the net about how to make a brazier from a gas cylinder, but there are practically no details on how to make it correctly in compliance with fire and industrial safety measures. Also, there are no exact measurements.

In this example, you will find all sizes of the brazier and detailed instructions for manufacturing. We can do without drawings, just draw the dimensions on the balloon.

First step

It consists in preparing the cylinder for cutting with a grinder.

To do this, do the following:

Second phase

To squeeze out the remaining gas and condensate of the cylinder, it must be filled with water and rinsed. For reliability, so as not to burst when cutting, pour 3-4 liters again and evaporate on a fire, placing the bottle vertically. After washing, you can start marking for cutting.

Gas cylinder marking

locksmith work

It remains to cut out what is marked. Many people manage to unscrew the valve with a skirt, but I made it easier. Carefully cut it out with a grinder. Got a hole
with a diameter of 100 mm for a pipe.

Barbecue cover

The lid of the brazier is cut out according to the intended contour, but there are several nuances: