The thick and durable steel of the disc is suitable for the most different products, but the best models are stove models. Stove from car rims, created with your own hands, is a source of pride for the master. The availability of this high-quality material also plays an important role - a heater or barbecue made from disks will cost very little and will last a long time. All that remains is to turn on your imagination and start interesting and useful work.
Rules for working with disks
The fact that the discs are suitable for ovens can be easily verified by simple experiment.. To do this, you need to heat a piece of one of them, for example, blowtorch. Hot metal does not emit any odors and can withstand temperatures up to 900 degrees.
It is important to know! Combustion furnaces can be constructed from car rims for use solid fuel. And no others!
When machine disks are stamped in factories, they do not expect that any additional details, therefore, when working, you must adhere to certain rules:
- When using welding, make sure the seam is of high quality! There should be no visible defects.
- At one time, you can weld only two parts, and not the entire structure.
- After each stage of welding, the metal must be given time during which the internal stress will subside - 3 minutes for every kilogram of mass of two welded parts. Simply put, you can continue welding if touching the seam does not burn you.
- The finished furnace is kept for a day and then tested at full power for 3 hours.
If, during the test run and firing, minor defects welding seam, they are removed after the furnace has completely cooled, and the run is repeated every other day.
Potbelly stove for a bath
This oven is suitable for use in small rooms, for example, in a bathhouse or garage. To make it you need discs from truck type KrAZ-255B. You can use wheels from UAZ or GAZelle.
A stove made from car disks performs its function perfectly sauna stove and will be portable. To make it you will need:
- a metal sheet;
- disks;
- pipes with a diameter from 100 to 150 mm;
- a short pipe with a diameter of 76 mm.
The hardest thing is to remove inner part. The metal of the disk is quite thick, so it is better to use a gas cutter. You can do this with an angle grinder, but the work will take longer.
The discs are hermetically joined and welded together with a strong seam. The back of the resulting body is closed sheet metal, the chimney pipe is welded to it. A damper is installed inside the pipe to regulate draft.
If the stove has air supply regulation, then a damper in the chimney is not necessary. Simply insert a pipe with a damper into the door. The damper axis is spring-loaded.
A plate is placed inside the firebox, which will divide the space into two parts. The secondary chamber with a welded chimney pipe will be located on top.
Such a furnace can be of any diameter and length. Orientation in space - vertical or horizontal. The Buleryan design is taken as a basis.
Design for a cauldron
Another product made from car wheels, easy to make. The bottom is made of a metal sheet or a cast iron insert for a conventional stove. If desired, you can weld the legs.
For the design, two disks are used, welded together. The firebox door is cut out of the body. The cauldron is placed on top. No unnecessary details and excellent functionality. Everything ingenious is simple!
The same oven can be used as a grill if a mesh or grate is installed on top.
Barbecue for the dacha
This product deserves attention Special attention. It’s simply impossible to imagine a dacha without a barbecue, and a barbecue made from car wheels is a strong, durable, functional, inexpensive and quite attractive design element.
The advantages of such a barbecue include:
In essence, an auto-disc grill is a universal hearth for cooking. The principle of its operation is very simple: coals or firewood are loaded into the firebox, and food is cooked on top.
Wood chips are used for smoking, and the top exit is closed. Meat and fish are hot smoked.
The design can be individual, but the principles of its manufacture are common to everyone.
Product models
In the manufacture of barbecues they use simple and complex shapes. You can make it in the form of such models:
- Simple grill. Coal container - wheel. A fire is lit inside and skewers or a grill are placed on top.
- Double model. Consists of two wheels. Higher than the first option, you can place a cauldron on top.
- Closed oven. It is distinguished by the presence of a door that is tightly closed when smoking products.
- Universal model. Combines all possible functions. Additionally, a chimney can be installed.
The grill can be with or without legs. A simple grill needs a stand, but in double and triple designs, this function is assigned to the lower disk.
The procedure for making a simple grill:
IN in capable hands It will turn out to be a useful and cute thing. If you have welding skills, you can make any stove model from old, useless disks. As they say, cheap and cheerful.
Ask anyone who dreams of owning a home outside the city what they associate with their idea of countryside holiday and comfort? You will say silence, fresh air, your home, flowers - yes, yes and yes again! But not only!!! Everyone, as one, dreams... of a home in which a fire would burn, around which relatives would gather in the evenings and on days of home celebrations, friends would come to the fire, and delicious food would be cooked in its belly...
Some people see this hearth as a fireplace, some as a Swedish stove, some as a gazebo with barbecue and barbecue, and others, like our forum member Scarlet, open fireplace in the garden. According to her, she really needed a place to relax, just like at a fire, burn wood with friends, sit in a unifying circle and chat about a variety of topics.
To create an original and safe hearth Scarlet inspired by reading the forum and our talented, quick-to-invent forum members, especially kir777, who invented and implemented cars (we’ll talk about him later).
Scarlet Having soberly assessed her physical capabilities, she realized that she couldn’t do it alone, and invited the worker Sergei to implement the idea. The Commonwealth has benefited, with Sergei Scarlet not only slightly modified the design of the disk hearth, but also came up with original semicircular benches around the fireplace with a comfortable backrest, so that friends could relax, sitting on a comfortable sofa, and enjoy a pleasant conversation. If with friends or Scarlet If there is a desire to roast meat on a spit or fish, or boil fish soup in a pot, then Sergei decided to weld a structure of supports with hooks on the disk to the at different levels, so that it is possible to attach a spit or steel rod to them, with a pot hanging on it.
Well, now let’s satisfy your curiosity and proceed to the actual story of how it was done.
So, a place was chosen and the car's disk was placed. Using a shovel, we marked the place for the foundation for the hearth, moving 20-30 cm around the circumference from the edge of the disk (the distance depends on the stone from which the hearth will be laid, taking into account the air gap between the disk and the stone). Then the turf was removed with a shovel, a small sand cushion was made, which was leveled, spilled and compacted. The center of the future hearth is marked with a stuck skewer. And the place where the disk will rest on the foundation is marked. That's it, preparations for making the foundation are complete.
Fireclay bricks were laid in 2 rows along the mark of the edge of the disk. After leveling the surface of the side walls inside the circle of fireclay bricks with a solution and further drying it, crushed stone was poured inside, and between the brick and the edge of the pit - a different-sized stone (broken stone from paving paths, stone found when digging trenches for the foundation of a house, crushed stone). Then the area under the hearth, except for the center with crushed stone, was filled with mortar and carefully leveled.
While the foundation was drying, Sergei made 2 semicircular benches to later install around the fireplace.
The foundation for the hearth has dried, it’s time to make the hearth itself. For this purpose, color was chosen facing brick. The disk was again placed in the center in order to maintain the distance between the brickwork and the disk during work. In the first row of masonry, a blower was made for air flow.
The top of the masonry is finished with flagstone adjusted and cut to the size of the hearth, which also covers the air gap between the masonry and the disk. To the rim car disk 10 cm sections were welded square profile so that in the future you can insert supports for the spit and pot into them. To protect the disk from corrosion, it was painted with heat-resistant black metal paint.
What do you need to stay warm and cook without gas or electricity? That's right - make a fire. This is what our ancestors did, and for modern man safety and convenience come first. To “secure” open fires, stoves, barbecues, and potbelly stoves are used.
Why car wheels?
Craftsmen always find non-standard solutions their tasks. Why invent something when you can buy something ready-made? Stationary ovens and barbecues will not be cheap, and the thickness of the metal is collapsible structures does not promise long service life. An alternative is homemade products from rims. Their advantages are cheap and fast production, availability of materials, practicality and original design.
The disks themselves have required thickness and fire resistance. The shape and size are convenient for further use of the product. Round form ideal for installing a cauldron.
From disks you can make not only a cooking device, but also a heating source for a garage or workshop.
General points and what will be needed?
Despite the ease of manufacture, to implement the idea you will need skills in working with a drill, grinder and welding machine.
The materials you will need are 1-5 discs, asbestos thread for insulation, metal scraps, a metal pipe for the chimney, metal corners or leg plates. Fasteners and hinges.
The diameter of the discs can be any. Only if you make a stove for a cauldron, you need to adjust it in such a way that the cauldron with a round bottom is lowered halfway into the fire.
Let's look at several options from the most basic to more complex designs.
Stove for a cauldron: simple and quick for temporary use. Manufacturing will take several hours. We take 2 disks, cut out the core from the top one. Next, we weld the two parts, mark the contours of the future door and cut out a “window”. We hang the cut-out metal door on hinges.
This option does not have a chimney and a tray for collecting ash. But if the fireplace is needed for a short period or season, then it may not be worth complicating it.
For convenience, the structure can be raised on high legs made of small-diameter metal pipes. The absence of an ash tray makes it necessary to arrange a fireproof place. It is enough to remove the turf and cover it with bricks.
If you weld comfortable handles and paint the finished product with heat-resistant paint, you will get a noble stove for frying meat. A cross made of metal rods is welded onto the hole in the bottom to prevent unburnt coals from spilling out.
You can even weld the bottom with a thick sheet of iron and close all the cracks. In this case, all the heat will remain in the firebox. In this example, the method of making a homemade loop is interesting. The door itself is made separately and then welded - this way there are no gaps for smoke to escape.
Such work will take more time and require the skill of a welder, but the finished stove will look presentable and the cooking process will be more comfortable.
Brazier and grill from one car wheel
One old disk can be used to create a stylish hearth with a removable grill grate. It is enough to weld the legs, paint and make a metal grille of the same diameter.The small diameter disc on three high legs is convenient to carry in Right place and put away for storage. Making a grille with handles will take the most time, although it is quite possible to choose a suitable purchased option and adapt it.
Before painting, you need to thoroughly clean the surface, and afterward, do not forget about calcination. Following the application technique will prevent the paint from peeling off during further use.
For more comfort instead of legs old disk fixed on a stand, which is screwed to wooden base on wheels. In this case, the wood is treated with Danish oil, which can be purchased at a specialized knife-making store.
An interesting, but more labor-intensive option made from a large-diameter disk welded to a stand with a hanging grate on chains, which, if necessary, can be replaced with a cauldron.
A fireplace for a cauldron according to all the rules: step-by-step production The manufacturing process includes the following main stages:
in the upper disk we cut a hole for the cauldron (it is better to try it on so as not to make a mistake with the diameter), removing the central part;
we connect two disks by welding;
We cut out a hole for the door with a grinder and weld the hinges (it’s more convenient to make them before the hole is completely cut);
We weld a latch to the door from a cut piece;
we clean and paint the finished device with heat-resistant spray paint in a can in two layers; We weld three pieces to the lower disk metal pipe as legs; We attach homemade handles.
You can also improve the hearth-stand for a cauldron by adding chimney and ash pit. This design can be placed anywhere.
Potbelly stove for a garage: a thorough approach In the example under consideration, the firebox consists of 3 old disks, plus one for the ash pan and another one for smoke removal, which increases heat transfer.
Stages of work:
We weld the disks together, having previously cut off the core in the first three, except for the top one;
We weld 4 legs from metal corners;
we cut a hole and make a door to size from pieces of metal;
to seal the firebox, we insert an asbestos thread along the contour;
cover the top of the 4th disk with metal;
add a 5th disk at the bottom and make a hole in it to collect ash and a blower, completely cover the bottom with a metal sheet;
make a hole on the side of the 4th disk and weld a pipe to remove smoke;
After polishing, it can be painted with heat-resistant paint.
In the example, the pipe has an angle of 90º, which, according to experts, will cause frequent clogging with soot. It is more practical to make an angle of 45 or 27º.
There is very little left before the summer season, and the owners land plots will spend a lot of time on them. Food cooked on fresh air much tastier. Therefore, in this article we will look at how you can make a barbecue structure from old car wheels with your own hands. Such a structure has great advantages, which can be used for a long time as a barbecue.
It should also be noted that such equipment will be safe and very convenient. Manufacturing should not cause complications, so anyone can handle the task. You can simply cook not only barbecue on it, but also set up a cauldron.
How to make a barbecue from car rims (Lada or ZIL)
To make a metal barbecue, it is recommended to use old wheel disks from a Zhiguli car. However, they must not be made from aluminum alloy, but made of solid steel. If you don’t have any wheels in your garage, you can contact any tire service center. If they are not given away for free, then you need to pay a symbolic amount.
To manufacture the structure, you need to prepare the following tools and materials:
- 1 m of wire with a diameter of 8 mm.
- 3 bolts with nuts.
- 4 nuts with a diameter of 10 mm.
- Profile metal pipe no less than 1 m long.
- Two car wheels of the same size.
- Welding machine.
- Bulgarian.
Cut out the partition on one of the disks. To do this, you can make notches using grinding machine, and then break it out with a heavy hammer. If you have a gas cutter, it is more convenient to use it.
Then the disks need to be welded to each other around the perimeter using a welding machine. Thus, the partition of the second disk will serve as the bottom of a metal container.
To use the grill for cooking in a cauldron, you need to make a small door. In this case, there is no need to remove the dish to add wood fuel. This manufacturing stage is the most difficult.
To do this, you need to mark a rectangle, the lower part of which should be at a height of several centimeters from the bottom. There will be a seam left by the welding machine in the middle of the door.
Cut out a rectangle with a grinder, then sand all the edges to get rid of burrs. Weld the bolt heads on this side. Weld nuts onto the cut out part. So we made homemade loops. On the other side of the cut fragment you need to make a hole and screw in a bolt. It will act as a handle.
At the next stage, you need to weld the bottom of the future grill with a metal sheet so that the coals do not fall. You just need to leave small holes to increase traction. Some experts recommend installing a thick wire mesh at the bottom.
After this, prepare 3 profile pipe, up to 80 cm high. However, this is all individual, since it all depends on the height of the person who will be doing the cooking. Weld metal pipes to the bottom of the structure at equal distances. As a result, the grill will stand securely on the surface.
For safety and comfortable use of the structure, you need to make handles. To do this, you need to visually divide the disk in half, and on opposite sides, a few centimeters from the top, you need to weld two nuts. Then thread the bent wire through them. 
To improve appearance, made barbecue, it needs to be calcined, and then covered with dark heat-resistant paint. The design is quite light and mobile, so you can take it with you not only to country cottage area, but also for outdoor recreation.
Drawing, photo and video of a barbecue made from disks for self-production
Since old rims have same sizes, then the development of a diagram or drawing is not required. Everything is quite simple, as one could understand from the instructions for manufacturing the structure described above. You just need to decide on the height of the legs to make cooking comfortable.
Below in the video you can learn how to make a metal grill from one car wheel. All work takes no more than one hour, subject to availability necessary materials and welding machine.
If you show your creative imagination, you can make a beautiful and functional barbecue. The photo shows the results of the masters.
Choosing best option For self-made barbecues are largely focused on the cost of materials. Old rims are suitable for such considerations the best way, since not only do they cost almost nothing, but they also require space for useless storage. In addition, their shape is very convenient for placing skewers.
Despite the simplicity of their design, barbecues made from car rims are multifunctional devices and can replace a number of devices for cooking:
- traditional grill for skewers or grates;
- smokehouse for hot smoking (with a sufficient barbecue height);
- hob for dishes with a rounded bottom;
- barbecue (if there is a lid).
In addition, a metal sheet laid on top of the grill turns the device into a classic hob.
Main advantages and disadvantages
A homemade grill has the following advantages:
- durable due to the large thickness of the metal;
- thick metal allows the grill to provide more uniform heating of the prepared dishes;
- Rigid disc design reduces welding skill requirements. In most cases, for making a barbecue welding work may not be required at all;
- variety of execution options.
- The extremely low cost due to the use of waste materials manufacturing.
However, there are also some disadvantages:
- it will be difficult to warm up such a grill if you place it on cold and damp ground;
- The lack of legs does not allow the device to be installed on a wooden floor.
Certain difficulties may arise when transporting a device that is not dismountable and cannot be folded.
Design options
For self-production, the most suitable schemes are those that require minimal processing of the disks.
Required materials and tools
Before starting assembly, you should provide a supply of materials and a set of tools for the job. The following tools will be needed:
- Bulgarian;
- cleaning discs or cord brushes;
- file and hand wire brush;
- metal cutting discs;
- drill;
- hammer.
If options are being considered, how to make a grill complex design, then you may also need a welding machine.
The materials you will need are:
- old rims;
- bolts;
- metal rod;
- profile metal pipe of small cross-section;
- fireproof paint.
For making flat hob a metal sheet with side lengths exceeding the diameter of the disk will be needed.
Manufacturing technology
All work on making a barbecue with your own hands is divided into a number of stages.
- The maximum possible amount of dirt and rust is removed from the disk with a cord brush. If necessary, use a grinder with a cord brush attachment.
- Using a grinder with a metal cutting disc, additional partitions are cut out from the open side of the disc (if any are present in the wheel design).
- If the holes in the disk bowl are too large and there is a possibility of coals spilling out of them, then they are welded metal plate. In this case, you should make sure that the plate does not completely cover the bottom of the resulting boiler. A certain number of holes must remain open to supply air inside the grill. If completely sealed, the wood will burn too slowly, not forming the charcoal that is important for grilling.
- WITH outside In the barbecue, three or four pieces of metal profiled pipe are welded. These pipes will act as legs.
IMPORTANT. When making legs, you should compare the cross-section of the profile pipe and the total weight of the barbecue. The legs must withstand both the weight of the barbecue itself and the weight of the fuel, as well as the dishes along with the dishes being prepared.
You can see the options for the legs by looking at the photos of completed projects.
If you plan to make a barbecue of a more complex design from two or more disks, the following points should be taken into account when working:
- if the discs are not developed ventilation holes, then their partitions should be cut out with a grinder. You need to leave a partition only at the lower disk;
- if the barbecue is of sufficient height, it makes sense to cut it from the side rectangular hole. This will allow you to add firewood when using the barbecue grill as a cooking surface. To prevent burning wood from falling out, the hole should be located no lower than 10-15 cm from the bottom of the grill.
It will be convenient if you provide the combustion hole with a door. A cut-out piece of disk is ideal as a door.
For loops you can use either door hinges, or made independently. In the latter case, two nuts are welded along the side edge of the door. The door is placed in place and places for welding the nuts - the mating part of the hinges - are marked on the grill body. Bolts corresponding to the diameter of the nuts are used as axes for the hinges.
IMPORTANT. If there is no plan to organize stationary barbecue, then handles should be welded on the sides of the body in advance. The easiest way to make them is from pieces of large diameter wire or profile pipe.
Step-by-step video instructions
In order for a barbecue made of stamped disks to be used as a cooking surface, its upper part should be prepared in advance to accommodate the utensils. To do this, two pieces of metal pipe are welded. The distance between the pipes is selected according to the diameter of the dish.
The finished grill should be painted only with fire-resistant paint. Using a regular one is not only pointless, but also dangerous to health. Burning particles paint and varnish materials will settle on the cooked food.
A grill made from wheel rims is a practical and inexpensive solution. However, it should be understood that cooking using an open fire is always a dangerous undertaking. The grill should be installed and used taking into account all fire safety measures.
