How to make a mangal with your own hands made of metal

Without shish kebab or other meat, fish, vegetable dishes prepared on charcoal, , there is not a single holiday organized in the suburban area or when traveling to nature, therefore in the arsenal of any owner there is usually such a convenient device as a barbecue.there are many kinds of this useful "field" kitchen equipment, but the is quite possible to make it yourself. The main thing - correctly represent how to make a mangal with your own hands made of metal, have the necessary tools for the and materials, and have certain skills of locksmithing.

The first thing you need to decide on the most convenient model, since the brazier can be stationary, permanently standing on the site, or demountable and mobile.

Stationary brazier can be multifunctional, as in its manufacture, adding a few additional elements, you can get not only a brazier for shish kebab, but also a grill, a barbecue or even a smokehouse. In addition, such a brazier sometimes becomes a real decoration of the landscape design of the site.

Mobile brazier is good in its own way - it is compact and can fit in the trunk of the car. This option is ideal for lovers often to go not only to the dacha, but also to nature. A similar brazier can be dismountable or folding.

Tools and materials for the manufacture of brazier

Mangals mout be different, but the materials and tools to make them, in principle, no different from each other. The only thing that can vary - is the amount of material, since if it is planned to make a fixed brazier with a roof and additional decorative design, then different elements and metal will need much more.

So, for work you will need:

- welding machine;

- angle grinding machine is a "Bulgarian" with the necessary number of cutting and grinding wheels;

- electric drill with a set of drills of the required diameters;

- electric jigsaw with cutting elements for metal;

- measuring tape, gon;

- screwdriver ;

metalwork tools - hammer, pliers, core.

The materials will need to be purchased:

- metal fox t t with a thickness of 2 ÷ 3 mm, an old gas cylinder or a metal barrel;

- metal corner, size 25 × 25 or 20 × 20mm ;

- tube-square with sides 20 × 20 mm;

- fastening elements;

- for some braziers that have a lid, loops and a handle for opening will be needed;

- for mobile braziers, which are planned to move around the site, for convenience you will need wheels .Their number will depend on the selected model - two, three or four.

How to make brazier with your own hands made of metal - several variants of

There are a lot of types of braziers from metal, and they are made in different ways, so it is worth considering some of them so that you can choose the most suitable one.

Brazed barrel from metal drums

The barrel mangal model can be made in two versions - with lid and without it .The first of them is made of two halves of a barrel, and the second of one.

Whichever option is chosen, you first need to draw drawing of the future mangala.

The figure should clearly show and understand all the details and their dimensions. As an example, one version of the drawing is presented, but it is possible to make changes to it. The compiled plan is the most important helper in the manufacturing process.

The second point in the work on the brazier is preparing all the elements from which it will be assembled.

• You need to read this process, of course, with the main element - drums . Its should be cut, but you can do it in two ways:

- In half, in height of capacity - this method will suit for both the first and second versions of the brazier.

- Another way - is when only the top of the barrel is cut. Subsequently, the carved element nt st has a lid for the barbecue.

The edges of the cut off of the tank must be cleaned, releasing them from the metal burrs.

• Having prepared the barrel, it is possible to orient, what sizes of a corner will be necessary for framing aperture . Therefore , the next stage goes cutting corners and pipes, which will later become legs and stands under the brazier.
• Next, prepare all fastening elements - them is best to buy with a small margin.

Making brazier

1. Brazier from half the barrel is made easier than with fixed on the rear its wall cover. To make it easier to work on the top of the barrel, it's best to start working with the device legs with supports. They are made of a square or round tube.

• If it is not possible to bend the pipe in a semicircle, under the barrel size, then, having calculated correctly, it is possible to weld a corner of two pipes, and then weld two pipes welded into a T-shaped structure. There should be two legs with pedestals. They are welded together by one or two jumpers, and, if desired, can be sealed with a kind of basket or net on which you can store firewood.
• Next, half the barrel is placed in the stands and welded. All welding points and seams should be cleaned immediately, in order not to return to the lower parts of the brazier.
• Next you can safely work on a half barrel. First, on its edge is welded to the corner - , it immediately gives the product a neatness. On such " shelf, in addition, it will be convenient to lay skewers.

If it was planned to use the brazier as and as a grill, the racks for it can be fixed, as shown in the diagram, to the stand under capacity or to the sides of the half-mold and to the corners on its edges.

If it is decided to make the lid of the second part of the barrel, its also scalded with a corner. Then to the halves weld the hinges - and the lid is ready. To make it comfortable to use the lid, you need to fix the handle and the metal holder with the movable mount on it. It is installed on one or both sides of the brazier.

• To the brazier served more and to prepare a barbecue, you can put a grid on top of the half roll. For her in the edge of the barrel screw special elements-supports.

• For the providing the in the brazier of good draft, round holes are drilled in the walls of the lower half-shell.

2. In the second case, the barrel is not cut in half, and from it is cut out a pre-marked part that has a rectangular shape in plan.

In this model, products prepared on fire will be protected from the wind by the rear wall of the barrel. The photo clearly shows how grilles are installed for barbecue cooking.

• If this option is chosen, the edges of the barrel need not be scraped - they should only be very good cleaned and rounded.
• The rest of the work is carried out in the same sequence as in the first case, and the loops are screwed or welded to the top of the brazier and the lid. In this model, the holder for the cover is not needed - reclining, it will rest on the top of the brazier.

It should be noted that the smokehouse can be attached to this brazier. For this purpose, a chimney is fixed in the side part. In any top barrel there is always an neck with a stopper, which can be used for pipe installation. But you need to think about this beforehand, before proceeding to cutting the barrel, since the hole must be located in the upper part of the brazier.

. If necessary, , in the first or in the second variant, can be equipped with shelves for convenience. For this, metal brackets are welded to the barrel, which are then fixed with a wooden or metal coating.

Mangals are also made from gas or oxygen cylinders in the same way. But you need to consider that they will be narrower and designed for short skewers.

can also become the starting material for the brazier. As mentioned above, wheels can be fixed to any of the described braziers for the convenience of moving it around the site. But the described options have mobility only within the territory of the countryside site - to transport it for long distances is extremely inconvenient.

Barrel or cylinder - an excellent material for the manufacture of barbecue. There is always room for imagination here - for example, look at the options presented in the video:

Video: what can be made from a metal barrel or a gas cylinder

Demountable brazier

A demountable or folding brazier will not be superfluous in any house or even in an apartment. It is compact, so not will take a lot of space, since it is easy for to fit on a shelf in the pantry or mezzanine. Such a brazier can be used not only when the is outside , but also in the courtyard of a high-rise building, naturally, following all fire regulations.

When planning work proceed from the fact that when folded, the brazier was like a thin suitcase, which will accommodate all the accessories for frying meat. Thus, for example, marquee skewers have a length of no more than 600 mm, which means that the length of the brazier can be only 630 ÷ 650 mm, and its width in the expanded form is 400 ÷ 450 mm.

Presented on the photo of the brazier to make yourself is not so difficult. To produce it you will need:

- steel fox t t with a thickness of 2 ÷ 3 mm - it will be made of large walls of the brazier and installed triangular side elements;

- steel corners 10 × 10 mm - they will obvarivatsya the main plane. In addition, these corners are fixed in the inner part of the grill walls and serve as supports for the grate , made of steel wire;

- hinges for fastening and folding the two halves of the brazier;

- from the sides fixed folding legs, which when dismantling the brazier are laid exactly on the height of its walls;

- steel rod Ø 7 ÷ 8 mm - needed for the device of the handle on the halves of the brazier;

- finished steel mesh or wire for its manufacturing.

The process of manufacturing

• The best way to start is to make the drawing and put all dimensions on the so that you do not have to rework afterwards due to the slightest inaccuracy.
• Next, the must be laid out on the metal and then cut out of it all the necessary parts:

- The two main walls of the brazier, the with a size of 400 × 630 mm or 450 × 650 mm.

- Square size 400 × 400 mm or 450 × 450 mm. Then, it is cut diagonally and get two equilateral triangles, which will rigidly to keep the whole construction.

- Cut workpieces from the corner will need 4 pcs.630 ÷ 650 mm and 4pcs .400 ÷ 450 mm for framing the walls of the brazier and supports for the grille .

• Next it is necessary to make two elements on movable fastenings on the type of furniture - it will be folding legs of the barbecue. For this , four strips are cut, 10 mm wide of thick metal, or the uses corner pieces. Their length can be from 400 to 600 mm, but the higher the legs, the more unstable the design will be.

When all the elements are ready, you can start assembling the brazier. To make it impossible to distinguish it from a factory-made one, needs to work very carefully.

• The first thing to do - is to refine the front and rear walls of the barbecue, carefully peeling and baking them with three sides corner.
• Next, marking the location of the laying in the grill of the grid, weld or fasten the corners-stands under to it .
• The next stage of the requires to mark and weld the hinges to the walls, with their long, non-welded corner of the side.

• Then, on the sides of the assembled structure, the folding legs are fastened so that they can be spread out on the certain width and easily folded when assembling the brazier. The angle of the open brazier should be 45 degrees so that it is easy on its sidesinserted prepared metal triangles - side walls.
• Two holes are drilled in the upper part of the canvas by , and the handles bent from the steel rod are installed and welded into them. If desired, you can install a hook so that the assembled brazier is not opened.

At the end of , it is possible to assemble the entire structure completely, lay on the of its bottom a metal mesh and try to cook shish kebab.

In addition, , if desired, , make a nozzle that will help to prepare a barbecue. In this case, the brazier will become multifunctional. For this element, you need to cut and weld five elements together. These are the lateral parts-nozzles, having in the lower part an angle of 45 degrees -, they will be installed instead of side triangles, two long front panels and grille , installed from the top. You can make this part of the as a collapsible - cut into the lateral parts of the large canvas holes and weld to the lateral parts of the narrow special hooks that the should easily enter into them.

Another interesting version of the barbecue is presented in the video:

Video: version of the self-made collapsible brazier

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Stationary brazier from metal sheet

If you plan to use the brazier only in the country, without transporting it from place to place, then you can, without complicating the tasks of , stop at the simplest version, which can "wander" only through the site and be installed on a flat solid surface.

Before starting work, you need, of course, to make drawing - it's very easy to compile by yourself, because there are no complex elements in this option. Buy in the se necessary, cut the workpiece, drawing on the dimensions in the drawing.

As an example, you can consider the finished drawing , and on its base make your own by adding elements to it that will make it more comfortable to use.

• A metal fox t t is used with a thickness of 2 ÷ 3 mm, a steel corner of 10 × 10 or 15 × 15 mm, which will be necessary for making the legs and frame for the brazier. If it is planned to arrange shelves on one or two sides of the barbecue, then they will need a corner for their manufacture.

• On the metal sheet the details of the brazier are marked. If the metal has a small thickness( of the order of 2 mm), then it can be bent, relieving itself of unnecessary work on welding seams connecting the walls and the bottom of the brazier. In this case, after marking, four quadrangles - are cut from the sheet and a cross shape is obtained.
• The middle part of the - is the bottom of the brazier, and the four remaining - are the side walls. They need to be bent at right angles to the bottom part.

• The next step is to weld the walls together at vertical angles.

• Next, the at the bottom of the large sides of the resulting box drill round holes to enter the coals.
• In the upper part of the brazier grooves are cut out for convenient laying of the skewers.
• The frame is then brewed from the corner in which the brazier will be installed, as well as the base for the side shelves.
• On the frame of the corner, you can arrange a grid of thick steel wire. On such a basis it will be convenient to put a cutting board or put dishes.
• In addition, in the lower part of the structure from the corner to the legs is fixed a mesh or other device for storing firewood. In the upper part of the brazier, it is possible, for convenience, to fasten the handles for carrying it.
• If there is a desire, then from the wire on metal planes relief embellishments are made in the form of various drawings.
• Further, , all finished product is peeled off with metal brush , and then the structure is stained with heat-resistant paint that will keep its not only from burning out, but also from rust.
• After drying the paint, you can test and fry the first shish kebab.

Video: brazier from metal sheet with their own hands

With the necessary tools and experience working with them, one can safely one - two days make a brazier, thereby saving a considerable amount from the family budget. Having done the work accurately and accurately, you can be sure that the product will not differ from the factory models and will reliably serve for many years.