200 L/45 Gallon steel drums,what to do with them.

[hot metal]

I find its not too easy to dispose of these,recycling company want £90 call out charge plus £10 per drum ,scrap man says we have to cut them in half length ways and the solvent supplier doesn`t want them back
Does nobody have a use for these?

[duff-man]

freecycle / local scout group?

[pacey_sot]

Cut in half, make barbeque

http://www.barrel-barbecue.co.uk/

Eating roadkill, marrying cousins, driving battered pickup, playing banjo are all optional

[Nobody You Know]

pacey_sot said:

Cut in half, make barbeque

http://www.barrel-barbecue.co.uk/

Eating roadkill, marrying cousins, driving battered pickup, playing banjo are all optional

I'm actually doing this as we speak!

I would have taken the barrel but have just soured one.

Just finished the motorised chain driven spit roast mechanism.

ETA How MUCH????????!!!!!!!! £250 for a cut in half barrel and some length of 'inch' box section!

I need to go into business making these!

Edited by Nobody You Know on Monday 16th March 21:47

[pacey_sot]

V8 powered motorised chain-driven spit-roast mechanism?

[BB-Q]

Here's one I made earlier:









You'll need three supermarket trollies too, but they don't really dent the budget- they're only £1 each!

Edited by BB-Q on Monday 16th March 21:53

[AndyAudi]

BB-Q said:

Here's one I made earlier:

Amazing! it looks like you did all that & didn't cut off the key to retrieve your £1

[ChrisRS]

BB-Q said:

Here's one I made earlier:

I want that one!

[benoli]

get all musical and annoy your neighbours

[Nobody You Know]

pacey_sot said:

V8 powered motorised chain-driven spit-roast mechanism?

Sadly not, the Motor and Gearbox came from an RC tank, then added my own made chain gear driving a bike chain and bottom bracket from a bike.

The barrel looks cool as it is a full liveried Texaco red and black barrel.

Here are the initial engineering sketches:



Any PH'er want one? £150 mates rates.....

Edited by Nobody You Know on Monday 16th March 21:58

[hot metal]

Nobody You Know said:

pacey_sot said:

Cut in half, make barbeque

http://www.barrel-barbecue.co.uk/

Eating roadkill, marrying cousins, driving battered pickup, playing banjo are all optional

I'm actually doing this as we speak!

I would have taken the barrel but have just soured one.

Just finished the motorised chain driven spit roast mechanism.

ETA How MUCH????????!!!!!!!! £250 for a cut in half barrel and some length of 'inch' box section!

I need to go into business making these!

Edited by Nobody You Know on Monday 16th March 21:47

Just to note I have 5 at the momment and that number increases every month

[OLDMOULD]

key industrial supplies sey a heavy duty can oppener type thing no sparking if cutting ex flam drums take both ens off then flatten drum weigh it in as scrap , or complain like hell at solvent supplier to take drums away as might be part of their standards for operations . the firm that i work for is duty bound to take empty drums back

[SunderJimmy]

That Somerfield special is a canny bit of engineering.


I would use the barrels to make some form of a raft myself.

[Swoxy]

Call a local shipping company that specialises in personal effects. They'll probably collect them for free.

[Dupont666]

hot metal said:

Nobody You Know said:

pacey_sot said:

Cut in half, make barbeque

http://www.barrel-barbecue.co.uk/

Eating roadkill, marrying cousins, driving battered pickup, playing banjo are all optional

I'm actually doing this as we speak!

I would have taken the barrel but have just soured one.

Just finished the motorised chain driven spit roast mechanism.

ETA How MUCH????????!!!!!!!! £250 for a cut in half barrel and some length of 'inch' box section!

I need to go into business making these!

Edited by Nobody You Know on Monday 16th March 21:47

Just to note I have 5 at the momment and that number increases every month

Hmmm.... making 5 BBQ a month would be nice pocket money.... now if i could only weld and have space to make them.... damn I see a problem arising.

[peterperkins]

One I made earlier

http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/FORUM1/forum_p...

[thehawk]

Form a Jamaican steel drum orchestra with the local yoof.

[Nevin]

duff-man said:

freecycle / local scout group?

Yup. I run a local scout group and we could use about 5 of these just now. Can't find them for love nor money in Edinburgh. See if you have a group with their own hall local to you who might want them.

[kiwifraser]

I just bought one from ebay to make a BBQ spit roast (£18 delivered). Still need to find some angle Iron...

[hot metal]

OLDMOULD said:

key industrial supplies sey a heavy duty can oppener type thing no sparking if cutting ex flam drums take both ens off then flatten drum weigh it in as scrap , or complain like hell at solvent supplier to take drums away as might be part of their standards for operations . the firm that i work for is duty bound to take empty drums back

Good point might get on to the supplier again.

Is nobody having a raft race?