What can be done from a gas cylinder with your own hands. Unusual uses for empty aerosol cans Tools needed for the job

If you have gas-cylinder pneumatics, then there are probably a lot of empty cans. The author of the article suggests not to throw them away, but to make a durable case for a flash drive.

Attention!!! Before cutting the can, make sure that there is no gas left! Canister under high pressure and its dismantling can lead to explosion of the canister!

So in our hands empty a can (or better two) of imported carbon dioxide (CO?). You can also use domestic cylinders - their wall thickness is even slightly larger (although these are quite thick), but, unfortunately, they are shorter, so long flash drives run the risk of not getting into them.

Next, we need to cut the can into two parts, of which one will become the body, and the second - the lid. Although I personally did not like the option of a cap in the form of a standard neck, so the cap was made from the semicircular bottom of the second cylinder. I draw your attention to the need for a very precise cut perpendicular to the axis! Even minor errors can lead to the fact that when connecting the body and the cap, the wall will acquire a quite noticeable “kink”. Naturally, the ends of the sawn off parts must be evenly sanded with a “sandpaper” on a flat surface, for example, glass. In principle, this can be finished - the flash drive will turn out to be concise and brutal, but I decided to slightly embellish the case and made three oblique cuts on both sides using two hacksaw blades folded together. After that, he again aligned the cuts with a needle file and a “skin” (but not very fine - we will have micro-scratches on the walls of the slot) wrapped around a plastic card.

Naturally, it was impossible to leave holes in the case just like that, so I began to think about how to cover them. After sorting through several solutions, I came up with a rather tricky option. To do this, a ruler of the desired color is bought at the stationery store - I chose UV-active (fluorescent) orange, as it blends well with brushed metal. It is also necessary to check that the thickness of the plastic approximately coincides with the thickness of the slot, or rather slightly exceeds it.

A small piece of colored plastic is cut out of the ruler in such a way that it can be inserted into this slot with a margin in length and height. Just in case, I remind you that in thickness it should be a little more than a slot and not fit into it. The butt is ground to a semicircular profile - in order to fit snugly against the "bottom" of the slots.

We will need dichloroethane, which is widely known to plexiglass modders and commonly sold on radio markets. Using a brush or cotton swab, you need to quickly and abundantly moisten the side surfaces and the end of a piece of the ruler, wait a few seconds until the dichloroethane softens the surface of the plastic and insert it with force into the slot until it stops (you can help yourself with a hammer). Check that there are no gaps anywhere.

Now we put it aside and go to drink tea (not forgetting wash your hands well after dichloroethane). We need to wait until the dichloroethane has completely evaporated and the plastic has acquired its original hardness - do not touch it for at least a few hours, otherwise you risk loosening the tight fit. When everything is dry, you can cut off the excess plastic from the outside, being careful not to touch the metal, and sand it flush with the case.

It is also possible to grind the plastic flush with the metal case from the inside, although this is not necessary. It is possible that without this operation, the plastic will even be more secure in the groove, but most likely it will interfere with the installation of the flash drive board a little.

The plastic was surprisingly well fixed and was not going to fly out, despite the small thickness. Since the technology was successful, I did the same with all the other slots, naturally this time "wholesale". Of course, after that the body was finally polished.

Next, it was necessary to think over the technology for attaching the flash drive board in its new case. To do this, three washers were cut from the same line to fit the inner diameter of the case, after which slots were made in them for the flash drive connector. Two of them will be glued together and will firmly hold the board in the case, and the third will become a mating part in the cover.

After that, the question arose of organizing the backlight. It was a sin not to take advantage of the UV activity property of the plastic, and therefore a 3 mm ultraviolet LED was chosen as the backlight. When trying to directly connect it instead of the standard LED indicator on the board, it turned out that there is not enough power for it and it barely glows. The only power source is 5 volts from the USB connector, but in this case we will lose the read / write indication function.

Memories of the basics of electrical engineering suggested a solution in the form of a transistor. The first element that came across was found on the old board from the hard drive and soldered from there, I confess - I did not make any selection according to the parameters and did not even make out the marking, but surprisingly the circuit worked! In short, power is directly taken from those same 5 volts through a resistor, and the “ground” is connected to the transistor, and it appears exactly when the transistor fixes the voltage at the contacts of the LED indicator. A simple diagram is attached.

But really, what can be done from a gas cylinder with your own hands? It has been so customary since the times of the Soviet Union that many products can be fundamentally recycled and new designs can be obtained from them that will perform completely different functions. As it turned out, a lot can be done from a gas cylinder and, mind you, everything will be done with your own hands.

balloon stove

First of all, when you are looking for an answer to the question of what can be done from a gas cylinder with your own hands, a potbelly stove comes to mind. Such a unit has many advantages, as well as in the very principle of installation. Firstly, the thickness of the walls of the gas cylinder is 3 mm, and this is quite enough so that the potbelly stove from it does not burn out in the first season of operation. Secondly, it will take quite a bit to finalize the gas cylinder - the stove is made in one day with your own hands. The third advantage lies in the huge choice of designs: you can make a stove from one cylinder or two, a vertical design or a horizontal one. Your own fantasy or tips from the Internet - and you can make a product out of a gas cylinder that will help you out in a cold winter.

Disadvantages are also present. Or rather, these are not even shortcomings, but features that must be taken into account so that they do not turn into shortcomings. For example, it is necessary to remove the paint from the outside of the parts from the cylinder before the first firewood fire. Otherwise, the paint will begin to fade and fill the room with acrid smoke. It is also MANDATORY to take care of fire safety. The walls of the stove from a gas cylinder can heat up red-hot and this is fraught with many troubles. It may seem to you that such heating is only a plus, because it will be warm inside the room. But everything that can flare up from such strong heating will certainly flare up if it is too close to the potbelly stove. And the walls of the room itself need to be taken care of: in our workshop, the cinder block wall cracked vertically over its entire height after just a few evenings of use. What can be done to protect the wall: install the stove at a distance from it, protect it with a galvanized screen mounted on the wall at a short distance from it, or heat the potbelly stove in moderation. The latter, by the way, is not the best - it will be difficult to “guess” the optimal amount of firewood. And most importantly: a stove from a gas cylinder with your own hands (and even strangers too) will cool down very quickly. As long as the fire burns inside, while firewood is thrown up, it will be warm. But as soon as the firewood burns out, the stove instantly cools down. The insulated walls of the room where such a potbelly stove will be used, and the elimination of even minimal gaps in the area of \u200b\u200bwindows, doors or gates of the room, will help.

Feeders for animals and birds

This is another option for what you can do with your own hands from a gas cylinder and at the same time get excellent quality. Such feeders seem to be, if not eternal, then 100% durable. The gas cylinder is cut along its axis and you get two halves, each of which will be an excellent feeder for pigs, sheep or a bird drinker. It remains only to weld the stand, since the lower part of each of the halves will be semicircular and, of course, will not stand on the ground. You can also cut off the top and bottom of the cylinder along the line of the lining rings and get round small feeders. They are suitable for medium-sized animals and provided that we are talking about one or two individuals. Or maybe it will be drinkers for chickens - you decide.

Here you also need to take into account some features, so as not to be upset later. Since food will be poured inside such feeders, it should be especially carefully cleaned inner part from gasoline. If the cylinder has survived multiple refueling and has not been cleaned, then gasoline is collected inside, which has a very strong odor. A strong smell plus oiliness over the entire surface - this must be removed so as not to poison the bird and animals. How to do it yourself: a set of actions helps, including washing in boiling water using various cleaning agents, burning with a blowtorch and cleaning with a drill or angle grinder attachment.

Manual rammer roller

And also from a gas cylinder, and also with your own hands. The skating rink is a rarely used thing, but if you really need it, it is difficult to find it. tamp down asphalt pavement if you have to do it yourself and you don’t have to rely on the rink; ramming the base under paving slabs, soil compaction - there can be many situations. The main thing is that making a manual ice rink from a gas cylinder with your own hands is even easier than the previous crafts that we mentioned above. A U-shaped pipe with a diameter of about an inch, the ends of which will be attached to the center of the upper and lower parts of the cylinder by means of bearings and a handle of a shape and length convenient for your hands - that's the whole design. Water or sand is used as a filler. Water is lighter, sand is heavier, so the choice depends on the purpose of the rink.

The main thing is safety. Since parts will be welded to the gas cylinder, care should be taken to clean the gasoline to prevent trouble. We will talk about this in more detail at the end of the article.

Other balloon crafts

If you thought that a stove, a feeder and a skating rink are the whole list of what you can do with your own hands from a gas cylinder, then you are mistaken. There is no limit to ingenuity: various containers for storing something, a smokehouse, a brazier, a feed cutter, an autoclave, a compressor and even a boiler - this is a relatively complete list of crafts. Another thing is that some of these designs are not always justified and it will be easier to purchase (buy) a ready-made unit for safety reasons. If the master knows what he is doing with his own hands and it is so safe for operation, then the question is removed. But if the mind is not enough, then you can either ruin yourself or your relatives. We do not want to offend anyone, but cases are different.

How to disassemble a gas cylinder

We promised above that we will teach you how to disassemble the cylinder safely and we keep our word. First of all, do not think that everything is so simple and safe - if you act incorrectly, you can get burned in the literal and figurative sense of the word. Let's take our youth as an example. This is exactly the period when there is little experience, there was no Internet, but there was a burning desire to use the gas cylinder for other purposes. Logic dictated that even that small fraction of gasoline inside should be wary of, but I didn’t want to get too dirty. Therefore, knocking down the valve with a sledgehammer, we began to fill the cylinder with water, shake it off and drain the liquid. After repeating this five times, we decided that the threat was gone. The grinder began to cut the cylinder along the axis and already 90% completed the work. And only then (!) the remains of gasoline flared up and the master was enveloped in a cloud of flame. It's okay - just burned eyebrows and hair all over the open body - but it's unpleasant.

The instruction will help you disassemble the cylinder (cut) without consequences:

Even if you are sure that the cylinder is empty, you must open the valve. By venting even that small amount of gas, you once again insure yourself.
The valve must be removed. Here everyone tries by virtue of their capabilities and imagination. Some knock it down with a sledgehammer, others cut it off with a grinder or a hand saw for metal, and still others unscrew it. The last option is the safest, but difficult to do at home. Clamping the cylinder so that it does not scroll under the force of the key is difficult. If cutting the valve at the very base of the cylinder is used, then ONLY with a hand saw! No cutters and angle grinders!
The hole that formed after removing the valve is small in diameter, but this is enough to pour water inside. Why is it necessary? The water will displace the remaining gas and nothing will flare up when cutting. Here is a little difficulty, or rather, an inconvenience: you need to cut a bottle with water inside and water will surely flow out of the resulting cut. There's nothing you can do about it - this is such a feature that you need to be able to adapt to. For example, the place where you will work with your hands should be such that spilled water does not collect and you do not have to knead the dirt with your feet. Naturally, this operation must take place on outdoors and not indoors.
If an abundance of water cannot be avoided, then you can risk rinsing the cylinder several times, washing off the remaining gasoline. Just note: we specifically wrote the word “risk”, since we cannot give security guarantees. in our case, as you remember, there was almost no gasoline, but a flash of it followed already at the end of the cut.
Cutting with a grinder is the most fast way. Mark the line with a marker (pencil graphite will quickly fly off the surface from vibration) and start cutting. Since the gas cylinder is round, it is better to put something under it from the sides so that it does not roll during operation.
Cleaning the inside is necessary even if the balloon structure is not to be used for poultry or animal feed. The smell is strong and persistent, so you need to remove it. To begin with, you can wash it with boiling water using various kinds of cleaning products. This will help partially, so next comes the burning. Blowtorch or campfire - decide for yourself. Both options will help 100% and you just have to complete the cleaning with a metal brush. It is better to use the appropriate nozzle on a drill or grinder to make things go faster.

Instead of a conclusion

As you can see, the question “what can be done from a gas cylinder with your own hands” has many answers. The main thing is your safety, because you are going to work with your own hands, which means you are risking them. Any design that you make from a balloon will last you a long time. Cause: high quality steel, which is now rare. Only we advise you to think over everything thoroughly - is it worth doing the thing with your own hands, if the store version is more reliable. For example, we would not risk working homemade compressor from a cylinder or a boiler - life is more expensive.

You won’t surprise anyone with a grill or a potbelly stove from a gas cylinder, but the disadvantage of such structures can be considered the fact that their assembly requires welding, which not everyone has, and not everyone knows how to use it. In this tutorial, I will show you how to make a simple outdoor stove with your own hands without the use of welding. You will only need a tool for cutting metal (grinder or dremel), as well as a drill with drills and more.

This oven can be used all year round, it is especially pleasant to spend spring and autumn evenings campfire. Here you can cook or warm up a barbecue, fry marshmallows and other things, who has enough imagination for what. It is quite possible that you can bake potatoes here.
Since the stove is made of thin metal, it is quite warm near it.

Materials and tools for homemade:
- a gas cylinder (the author has an empty helium cylinder that fills the balloons);
- dremel;
- hacksaw;
- grinder (theoretically, the work can be done with it);
- heat-resistant paint;
- a grinder with a metal brush (if you do not want to conceive a balloon manually);
- a couple of bolts with nuts;
- spanners;
- metal brackets with nuts and washers for screed;
- file;
- marker;
- pliers and more.

Furnace manufacturing process:

Step one. We remove gas from the cylinder
Dangerous!
It all starts with cutting a gas cylinder, which is always a very dangerous undertaking. Even if the gas in the cylinder is not combustible, this does not mean that you can not get injured. Always use protective gloves, mask and long sleeves when handling such items.

First of all, you will need to remove all the gas from the cylinder. There are lots of ways how to do it. First of all, you will need to first unscrew the valve to its fullest and release the gas. Next, the valve will need to be completely removed. Now you can pour water into the balloon under the ovary and drain it, it is advisable to carry out this procedure several times. As a result, combustible gas should not remain there. If you are still afraid, you can take the balloon to a wasteland, set fire to a fire under it, thereby burning it all out. This procedure is good because the paint burns and is easier to clean off.

Step two. We cut the balloon
After making 100% sure that there is no gas in the cylinder, you can start cutting it. The complexity of this procedure will depend on the tool used. Probably the fastest way to work with a grinder, but a dremel or other tool will also work.

Of course, making such an oven will work only if you have such a cylinder as the author has. If the balloon is slightly different, then you will have to conjure a little. Armed with a cutting tool, cut off the bottom of the balloon. After that, you will need a file or coarse sandpaper. With it, you need to walk around the place of the cut, removing the burrs, which can injure your hand. At this step, the work is completed.

Step three. We fix the base
The previously cut off part acts as the base, and it is fastened with brackets with threads and nuts. To do this, appropriate holes are drilled in the base. Well, then you insert the brackets, tighten the nuts well and the installation of the base can be considered completed.

When tightening the nuts, the oven must be turned over and see if it is level. If the oven is skewed, the brackets can be loosened, the oven adjusted, and then finally tightened.

Step four. Grinding and drilling holes
For burning wood in the stove, air must be supplied. The author decided not to bother with the blower and just drilled holes in the balloon. The author tried to drill holes evenly throughout the furnace. They are arranged 4 pieces in each row. In order to drill holes evenly, it is recommended that you first mark everything with a felt-tip pen.

After that, you can proceed to grinding. It will be necessary to tear off all the factory paint from the cylinder, otherwise, when the furnace is kindled, it will begin to smoke and stink. It is better to do this work mechanically, using a grinder with a metal brush. If you strain, then, in principle, you can tear it off with coarse sandpaper.

Step five. The final stage. We paint the oven
If the stove is not painted, it will rust very quickly from heat and moisture, and eventually burn out completely. For painting you will need heat-resistant paint. If this is not the case, the metal must be coated with at least a primer.

The author paints his stove both outside and inside. It is convenient to do this if the oven will hang. The drying room should be warm. To make the coating thick and look good, you need to paint the stove several times. The author covered it with only two layers of paint, but recommends painting in three passes.

We bring to your attention new material, which smokers and collectors will especially like, since we will be making a lighter.

So what do we need:
- used CO2 cartridge
- file;
- sandpaper;
- a wheel from a lighter;
- flint;
- wick.

We take one can of CO2, which we will use as the base for our lighter. First, we need to make a thread on the top of the can to ensure maximum tightness and reduce the loss of gasoline in the lighter. For this, the author uses a machine, but if it is not there, you can use a threading tool.

We slightly correct the thread with a file and sandpaper.

The next step is to start making a cap for our lighter. To do this, simply cut off the bottom of the can.

It is also necessary to make a thread on the cap of the lighter so that the cap is screwed onto the base, and we have achieved the desired effect.

At this stage, it is advised not to rush and periodically check the correctness, as well as the compliance of the thread, so as not to do everything again and again. If the thread fits, but the lid is screwed on tightly and not completely, then you need to slightly deepen it. The reason may also be chips, which often do not immediately come out after cutting.

The next step is to make a mount for the lighter wheel, and install the wick.

We take the workpiece under the diameter of the neck of the can. A wheel and flint will be attached to this blank. In order for our lighter not to be disposable, and for us to be able to replace the old flint with a new one, the author advises also to make a thread on the workpiece, as well as to make through hole for flint.

The next step is to cut the thread on the can itself so that you can wind the structure with the wheel and flint there.

All blanks are ready, which means that you can start assembling our lighter. We insert the wheel into place and pin it. Between the wheel and the structure, the author puts two spacers so that the wheel turns smoothly and without the need to apply force.

Since a through hole is made on the structure, the flint can be installed from the bottom without the need to remove the wheel. We insert the flint and the spring and fix it with a plug.

Next, we install a gasket based on a lighter to provide even greater tightness.

Finally, we make another hole on the top of the base of the lighter to push the wick through it. We wind copper wire on the wick.

On the roof, you can install an eye for the chain, which will give the lighter a more beautiful look.

A good and reliable brazier can be made with your own hands even from the most unusual household items, and one of them is a simple gas cylinder. He can not only become indispensable assistant in your country house, but it will also save you a lot of money on purchasing an expensive brazier of the same parameters in the store. And if you try hard and turn on your imagination, then it will also become an adornment of the backyard.

Features of a brazier made on the basis of a gas cylinder: advantages and disadvantages

Today, braziers from gas cylinders and this is quite understandable. Such devices are quite large and roomy, so you can install a large number of skewers for a large company at once. Their legs are much higher than those of standard store products, and this allows a person to stand straight without bending while cooking kebabs. Also, if desired, from a cylinder using welding, fittings and metal, you can create various interesting shapes that suit the exterior of your home.

Advantages of a brazier from a cylinder:

Ease of manufacture. Even a non-professional can easily make such a design in a few hours if there is detailed instructions and visual image.
Cheap construction. If in the country there is a used or unsuitable gas cylinder, then the basis of the brazier will be free for you. The most you can spend money on is additional elements designs.
Due to the thick walls of the cylinder, such a brazier can withstand even the highest temperatures and high pressure, due to which its service life is significantly increased.
With a hinged cover, the brazier can be left outside without fear of precipitation. Also, a lid is needed in order to be able to use it as a home smokehouse.
Functionality. If necessary, with the help of additional elements, you can improve the design.
Mobility. The brazier can be transferred from one place to another or transported by car.
Ease of use. Since the bottom of such a brazier does not burn out due to the thick walls, after cooking kebabs or other dishes, the coals do not need to be filled with water. You can just close the lid and that's it.

Mangal Disadvantages:

Too large-sized design, which may not fit into the overall interior of the yard.
Such a brazier is quite heavy, so one person will not be able to move it without outside help.
Only coal can be used as a raw material, since there is very little space for logs in it, or you have to wait until the firewood is completely burned out, and then it will be possible to lay the skewers.

Preparing for production: drawings and optimal dimensions

Before starting work on the manufacture of the brazier, it is necessary to completely release all the gas that always remains in the cylinder even when it is completely “empty”.

Since there may be condensate inside the cylinder, you must first open the valve and release the gas to the end. This must be done only in the open air (on the street) away from potential sources of fire and other factors that can cause a spark and ignite gas residues. In order to make sure that the gas is escaping, you can use a soapy solution, which must be soaked in the outlet on the valve. If the soapy water bubbles strongly, then this means that the gas is escaping.

After you see that the cylinder is empty, it must be turned over and all condensate poured out, and then filled with water to the brim and left for two or three days to remove the smell of gas. To fill the water, a regular garden hose is connected to the cylinder, and water enters it under high pressure. Then it will be safe to work with the workpiece.

The first stage of work is to create a drawing of the future brazier, in which all dimensions, elements and design features will be indicated.

Balloon dimensions:

Height - 98 cm.
Diameter - 30 cm.
Wall thickness - 0.3 cm.
Weight - 22 kg.

Since the diameter of the balloon is 96 cm, it can be easily divided into 4 parts, starting from the longitudinal seam to ensure uniformity.
We mark the balloon with chalk
From the seam it is necessary to retreat 24 cm and mark two lines. Then put the balloon horizontally, and make marks for placing the skewers.
It is necessary to step back from the transverse circular seams (lower and upper) by about 3 cm and mark the cut line.
Marking the gas cylinder for the lid device
Then, from the first and second lines, it is necessary to mark 10 cm each in order to then be able to attach the legs exactly parallel to each other.
The borders of the lid will be our first two marked lines from the longitudinal seam (24 cm each).
Cutting lines for the cover of the future barbecue
If metal rings are welded inside the cylinder, then it is necessary to make a cut so that they are not damaged, since in the future they will serve as a support for the lid.
Inner rings of the cylinder for fixing the lid

Layout and dimensions of the future brazier in the drawing

Choice of gas bottle

In order for the brazier to turn out good, you need to find a suitable balloon. If at your dacha or in a country house there used to be gas stove, which worked from such a cylinder, then you probably have a few pieces left. You can look for a cylinder at scrap metal collection points, where they will sell it to you at the price of scrap, or dig around the world wide web.

Usually use a large cylinder, with a volume of 50 liters. The main thing is that it is not rusty and does not have large holes in the body.

Tools needed for the job

Before starting work, you need to prepare everything necessary tools and additional elements so as not to be distracted at the most crucial moment in search of, for example, a hammer, chisel or drill. To work, we need a set of such tools:

Welding machine;
Angle grinder (Bulgarian);
Protective glasses;
Gloves;
Metal door hinges (3 or 4 pieces);
Rivets (one set) and rivet gun;
Hammer;
Screwdriver;
Chisel;
adjustable wrench;
Drill and drill for metal with a diameter of 10-12 mm;
Metal pipe for the chimney;
Pipes or long iron corners for legs (you can use ready-made mechanisms from old foot sewing machines);
Four squares for platforms under the legs - approximately 10x10 cm.

DIY step-by-step instructions

Sawing. This is the most critical stage, since its quality depends appearance future brazier and its operational characteristics. With the help of a grinder, it is necessary to make cuts strictly along the marked lines. First, you should completely unscrew the valve with an adjustable wrench or cut it off with a grinder, pouring water over it to prevent accidental ignition of gas residues from a spark.
Welding of a cover and handles. The lid is best fastened with hinges, which are first fixed with rivets and then welded to the lid and the base of the brazier. If the loops are not welded, then in the future under the influence high temperatures they will just bounce off and the lid will fall off. On the sides, to move the product, handles can be welded from reinforcement, previously bent with a blowtorch or welding. If desired, metal ready-made handles can be purchased at the store and then simply bolted into specially drilled holes. Who will be comfortable.
Leg welding. We cut pipes or corners into four parts 50–70 cm long and weld them to the marked lines at the bottom of the cylinder at the same distance from each other so that they form a regular rectangle. We also recommend welding square metal plates to the ends of the legs, which will prevent the legs from sinking into soft ground under the own weight of a heavy brazier. You can simply use two metal profiles, which are also welded at the bottom parallel to two legs at once.
The second version of the legs. Two strips 0.2 cm wide and 0.4 cm long must be cut out of a sheet of metal. Then we bend these “ribbons” in the form of an arc along the diameter of the balloon and weld the legs to their ends. Below, to each pair of legs, we weld a transverse bar from the profile to create rigidity and strength of the structure.
We weld a corner between two racks (the length should be no more than a balloon).
If you use a design from sewing machine, then here you can even install two wheels on it so that the brazier can simply be rolled around the yard.
In order for the walls of the cylinder not to deform under the influence of high temperatures, it is necessary to weld two corners with walls of 30x30 mm inside it along the entire length. It will also give additional rigidity and reliability of the structure.
Since the combustion process requires a constant supply of oxygen, about ten or fifteen large holes up to 16 mm in diameter must be drilled in the back of the product. They can be done in one row or staggered. At the same time, we make cuts for installing skewers with a grinder.
At the end of the cylinder, where the valve used to be, there is a round hole in which we install the chimney pipe. To do this, you can use a regular drainpipe.
At the bottom of the brazier we lay several grates made of cast iron of a suitable size, which are usually used in stoves - potbelly stoves or boilers for air supply. This will help create additional ventilation system during the burning of coals, and red-hot grates will help the cooking process even without the addition of coals.

How to make with a smokehouse

If you try hard and make some effort, then your barbecue can turn into a home smokehouse. The main condition for any smokehouse is complete tightness.

It is made in the same way as a brazier, but only a firebox is added to it, which is made from an iron sheet or a small gas cylinder. To do this, part of the bottom of the brazier is cut down and a firebox is welded to it.

The chimney is the main element of the smokehouse. You can make it yourself or buy a special pipe in the store.

It will be possible to start the smoking process after you have completely ignited the brazier and the firebox with firewood so that the smell of methane gas completely disappears and does not soak the meat or fish during smoking.

How to make a brazier smokehouse from two gas cylinders: video

Coloring the resulting structure

Choosing the type of paint

To paint the barbecue from a cylinder, it is best to use heat-resistant paints, since the maximum temperature in it can reach more than 700 degrees. To do this, carefully read the instructions.

Paints should protect the metal from the manifestation of rust, as well as from temperature changes when water gets on its hot surface.

When heated, the paint should not emit substances harmful to the human body and should not enter into chemical reaction with other substances.

Painting stages

Before painting, the surface of the balloon should be cleaned of old paint using a drill and a special metal nozzle or sandpaper.
Then degrease the entire surface with alcohol, acetone or solvent.
The paint must be mixed well before application until a uniform consistency is obtained and possible precipitation and clots are removed. If the paint is too thick, then you can dilute it with a small amount of thinner.
The paint can be applied with a brush or roller in several layers until a beautiful and smooth surface is obtained. Each layer should dry from half an hour to two hours, depending on the type of paint.

When painting a brazier on the street, the air temperature should not be below 20 degrees and above 40, since at sub-zero temperatures the paint will begin to freeze, and at too high temperatures it will dry instantly.

Acrylic heat-resistant paints are the most popular today and they are produced in aerosol cans. Due to their unique composition, they are considered the safest, fastest-drying, effective and durable. They also have anti-corrosion properties.

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The nuances of using the received product

Even if the surface of the brazier is covered with anti-corrosion paints, we do not recommend subjecting it to additional tests and leaving it outside under the open sky. It is best to put it under a canopy in summer and spring, and put it in a garage or in an outbuilding in autumn and winter.
If after you have done all the necessary measures to eliminate the smell from the cylinder, it still remains, then you just need to fire the inside of the barbecue several times and the smell will disappear forever.
To prevent sparks from the frypot and a fire, operate the product at a safe distance from flammable objects. Also, after the end of the cooking process, you should not pour out the ashes, as it can smolder for about two more days and cause a fire.
If necessary, the brazier can be used as a barbecue if you install a regular metal grill from the refrigerator.
The brazier cover not only protects the inner surface of the product from atmospheric precipitation, but is also the main part when turning the brazier into a smokehouse.

The brazier, which is made of a gas cylinder, can also serve as a smokehouse and a barbecue. If meat is simply fried on a conventional standard roaster, then in this case it is also baked due to the special design of the product. Even when using a small amount of coal, the walls of the brazier will warm up well and the meat will be completely fried.

The brazier from a cylinder will serve you for many years, provided it is properly used and with proper care. This is a wonderful multifunctional design that allows you not only to fry kebabs, but also to make wonderful homemade smoked meats. And if you approached the manufacture of such a product seriously and thoroughly, then in the future the brazier will delight you and your family with “your” kebabs and smoked goodies.