brewmaster15
10-25-2016, 04:23 PM
So I know we have a bunch of creative people here and I know that theres a bunch of things people do that are not fish related (gasp! Really?) I'm always building something or re-using something in a different way. I really enjoy making old things useful again. I thought it'd be cool to have a thread where you can express your creative side in things other than our fish hobby (we have a section for that if its fish related)
My latest DIY project revolves around my love of cooking outdoors. A few years ago I was given an old woodstove . It unfortunately didn't fit in my fireplace so I put it outside by my firepit. I used once in a while on windy days. But its largely been unused . I also really love cast iron cooking. I like to scavenger at old antique shops and fleamarkets for old rusty cast iron cookware. Take it home, sand it and re-season it. Its perfect for campfire cooking...but its hard to control the heat on a campfire so if you are doing a slow cook, you often have to let the fire die down. Well I got to thinking about using the woodstove in some way. ..I could cook on top of it, but its not very efficient....I needed to make an oven of sorts... and so I eyed a pile of bricks I had and decided to build a prototype and if it works maybe I'll use mortor or maybe I will not. Most of my projects involve working with what i have.. If I wanted to spend money, I'd just go an buy something.
So far so good...
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My latest DIY project revolves around my love of cooking outdoors. A few years ago I was given an old woodstove . It unfortunately didn't fit in my fireplace so I put it outside by my firepit. I used once in a while on windy days. But its largely been unused . I also really love cast iron cooking. I like to scavenger at old antique shops and fleamarkets for old rusty cast iron cookware. Take it home, sand it and re-season it. Its perfect for campfire cooking...but its hard to control the heat on a campfire so if you are doing a slow cook, you often have to let the fire die down. Well I got to thinking about using the woodstove in some way. ..I could cook on top of it, but its not very efficient....I needed to make an oven of sorts... and so I eyed a pile of bricks I had and decided to build a prototype and if it works maybe I'll use mortor or maybe I will not. Most of my projects involve working with what i have.. If I wanted to spend money, I'd just go an buy something.
So far so good...
103194
al