Collapsable Brazier Design

I guess it will be here in NSW also at some stage.. Its like they dont want you to be there in places you own and pay for. Thats crazy, Even the no gathering of fallen timber here in some parks is stupid. I'm tired of hearing of the burning of small animals homes. What a load of crap. In all the parks i have been in, it is clean on the ground for a few hundred metres around the camp and beyond that its totally natural, thousands of acres of untouched national Park floor. So the cockroaches and spiders will have to move another 100 metres into the bush, so what!!! Michael

You will have to look in my Rig & Prifile to see what Iam going on about.

Noel,

I don't believe a brazier is a practical answer.

You can still burn "manufactured fuel" in a campfire surrounded by rocks.
In this way you can still cook & boil the billy on, or in it.

Manufactured Fuel doesn't have to mean heat beads. There is a product on the market colloquially called "fire logs" which provide an excellent and easily transportable alternative to timber.

The "fire logs" burn hot, with much less smoke and leave behind a coal like residue which lasts a considerable time.

After using these recently, I probably won't bother carting firewood any more, even if it's allowed, unless it is convenient to where I'm camping.

My swmbo has a collapsible brassiere.....oooops sorry- you talkin about braziers..

We made a totaly portable fire pit that takes up about the same space and weight as a 2 burner camping stove,,,made out of old fridge shelves cut in 1/2 widthwise to make 4 panels ,ea panel is 40cm long x 30cm high ,,join panel 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 top and bottom with small hose clamps ,do not join panel 4 to panel 1 ,this allows the panels to stand on edge in a square configuration yet still fold up into a single panel size 5cm thick ,,then covered panel 2 and 3 in very thin ally sheet to act as wind break ,, 1 more 1/2 panel hinged the same way with 2 small hose clamps on top edge of panel 1 or 4 so as not to interfere with the foldingup sequence ,,perfect for toast /small billy ect ,,, have used in nat parks where supposedly "no open fires" ,, never yet had a ranger tell me we are breaking the rules ,, ps ,make sure you burn all the plastic coating from the shelves prior to cooking on the unit,,,,,

Saw a great South African invention when I was hitching round Africa. The would get a piece of large down pipe about 200mm Dia and fit a mesh grate about 1/4 to 1/3 from the bottom. The pipe had a series of 25-30mm holes drilled into the bottom 1/2. a jug style handle was added to the out side of the pipe. It was used in a couple of ways if they wanted to get some heat beads up to speed quick, you would put some dry tinder in the bottom and throw you heat beads in on top. light the tinder and the whole thing acted like a chimney with a heap of draw this got an excellent flame going over the heat beads or other fuel to get them all going. You then tipped the lot in to the BBQ pit or brassier for the quickest cooking coals I've seen. If they just wanted a billy it would go straight on top of the pipe. It had a Afrikaans name but I cant remember it.
Jugs

AVVA squizz at this one.

I have just made one but with a few variations that make it an oven, a bbq plate, a hot water maker, a smoker, even boil s the billy..... A brilliant design by Barry. It works bloody good oh!

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Thanks to everyone for contributing to this thread. On with the project ...

Happy camping ....

I bumped into a guy who made collapsible braziers for all the reasons you spoke about. It was a couple of years ago but I could possibly get his details if you are serious and not just kicking ideas around.

We ran into a chap and his wife up near Ned's Corner on the Murray last Easter. This may have been this Barry. He showed us his 9kg gas bottle camp fire set-up. It looks like the link photos. When I get my hands on a spare bottle, I'll do a similar thing. One tip he said about cutting the bottle with an angle grinder was to take out the tap and fill it with water so there's no gas in there. Leave the water in while you cut it open, a bit will seep out as you get a cut through but won't hurt anything. Rus.

When ever I go to the wast exchange they have a spot for old out of date gas bottles next to the scrap fridges etc that they don't want in the compactor. I know its getting harder to get this stuff out of the wast exchanges but it may be a source.
Jugs