Here in Englands damp and chilly north, summer evenings get cool very early. So some form of outdoor heater is nice to huddle around when enjoying a late evening barbeque or evening on the patio.
You could just buy one, but where's the fun in that?
So first, the gathering;
Just down the road from where I work is a place that repairs portable heating equipment. They have a mountain of these things at the back of the building, waiting for disposal.
The fellow who runs the place seemed quite dissapointed when I only asked for one. He has to pay to get rid, so would have liked it if I had taken a truck full off his hands.
A week later I won a nice pair of tongs on ebay. They were only a few miles away so I went to collect them. The seller was a charming lady who was selling off the contents of her late fathers workshop. There was not much else left but some pieces of scrap metal in the corner caught my eye.
"How much do you want for that stuff?"
"What that junk? Take it, I was going to throw it away."
Well, you don't need to be asked twice do you?
A piece of heavy steel mesh, some 4" steel pipe, three pieces of 20mm round bar, a piece of 12mm square bar, a turned steel ring, and a short piece of 6" x 3" RHS.