Another custom cut for some diehard Mizzou Tiger fans who needed a fire kettle to support there team. I made a pair, one for her and one for her Dad. What a nice gift. Might be a little heavy to take tailgating though.
Well 2013 was a slow year for fire kettles. I broke my arm in July when I fell off my rock wall which kept me from working in the shop. We also had an addition to the family – Holly was born Sept 1st. Kids really slow you down 🙂 I did manage to get some time out in the shop before X-Mas and made a few. The Mizzou ones came out nice.
Many steps are involved in making a fire kettle. Finding tanks is the hardest. No wait dealing with the stink of them is the hardest 🙂 Here’s some shots of slicing things up.
I saw this heading home from work last week. I really wished it was coming home to my place. No matter as my little tractor can’t handle the 1000 gallon tanks.
One of my clients wanted a smaller kettle bowl , but also wanted a guard to keep the kids back a bit. This “bowl” is a 2:1 hemisphere tank end and 30″ in diameter. This makes for a shallower kettle but it’s still 1/4″ thick 🙂 I rolled the guard from 1″ pipe with an 1/8″ wall thickness. It was all I could do with my manual roller. Overall diameter is 40″ and a height of 16″.
Here’s a custom sized Kettle for a client. 34″ across, shallower, lighter weight, and with wheels. She wanted it to fit an existing vintage table top she had and wheels to make it easier to roll around on their patio.