Today, a wide selection of kitchen utensils is presented to the attention of lovers of cooking various dishes. Judging by the numerous reviews of tourists and supporters of picnics, one of these products is a camping pan made from a cultivator's harrow. Its cost varies from 50 to 100 US dollars. Many home craftsmen prefer not to spend money and use handicrafts. You will find information on how to make a frying pan from a harrow disk with your own hands in this article.
Introduction
Who is the author of the frying pan from the disc is not known. Nevertheless, the idea of using a cultivator disk was picked up by many craftsmen. The demand for these products is quite large. Judging by the reviews of the owners, in a frying pan from a disk you can cook many different delicious dishes from meat, potatoes,fish, mushrooms and other products.
It is also convenient to stew vegetables on it. Meals are prepared outdoors with a gas burner. How to make a frying pan from a disc with your own hands, read on.
What do you need for work?
Before you start making a frying pan from a harrow disc, you need to get the following:
- Disk.
- A piece of metal.
- Gas welding machine.
- Angle grinder (grinder) with cutting and grinding discs for it.
- Gas burner and bottle.
- Vegetable oil.
About Disc
The product will be based directly on a 50 cm cultivator disc with a thickness of 6 mm in the center and 4 mm along the edges. Visually, it resembles a frying pan. However, this device will weigh more than 10 kg. To get hold of a disk, a home craftsman will have to go to farmers or to a point where they accept metal. You can also buy a disc from the owners of agricultural machinery.
Because the discs are made of high-alloy steel with nickel, copper and nitrogen additives, they have enhanced performance. In this regard, the owner may not worry that his homemade frying pan will burn out. It is difficult to judge how unhe althy such a pan is, since stainless steel, especially from Chinese manufacturers, can contain various impurities.
Where to start?
To those whoI was going to make a frying pan from a disk, but I don’t know what to do first of all, experts recommend first making a patch from a piece of metal. Next, the diameter of the hole in the center of the disk is measured, along which it will be machined. At this stage, the work is done by a grinder with a cutting wheel. It is important that it has an internal thread for the handle. To do this, you need a lathe. If there is no such equipment at home, then you will have to order it from a professional turner. After the core is ready, it must be welded to the center of the product using gas welding. The main thing is that the hole in the disk is completely filled with metal.
Second step
A frying pan from a disk can be fixed in different ways. Judging by the reviews, most craftsmen do this with a pin, which is connected to the core with a thread. Next, the pin is stuck into the ground. In addition, you can use the supporting removable legs. For this purpose, several nuts or turned blanks containing an internal thread are welded along the edges of the disk. The pan will stand on metal legs with external threads. It will be much more convenient to use the product in nature if there are handles in the design. They are bent from rods and then welded to the product.
Grinding product
At this stage, you should do the weld. To do this, you need a grinder with a grinding wheel installed on it. The weld seam should be cleaned as evenly as possible. Since the disc from the harrow will be used aspans for cooking, it is important that it is clean. Therefore, after the seam, the masters usually begin to remove rust on the entire product.
Final stage
According to experienced craftsmen, the operation of the product is possible after its preliminary calcination on fire. This procedure is performed as follows. First, s alt is poured into the pan. One pack will be enough. Next, you need to make a fire and place the product over it. Keep it over an open fire until the s alt turns black. This will take approximately half an hour. After that, the frying pan from the harrow is thoroughly cleaned from s alt residues. Now you can ignite with oil.
For the procedure you will need pork fat. Judging by the numerous reviews of home craftsmen, sunflower oil is also suitable for this purpose. It must be poured into a frying pan, which is placed back over an open fire. With the help of a clean cloth dipped in fat, all hard-to-reach places are thoroughly wiped in the product. You also need to keep the pan for half an hour. Then the rest of the oil is poured out. Only after completing these steps, the frying pan from the cultivator's harrow is considered ready for use.
