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Okay, by popular demand, here are some close ups of my wok.
Disc is a JD 24". These are the #'s on the bottom if you're looking for the same one. Like I explained earlier - you get what you pay for with these. Cheap, high carbon discs will crack when you start welding on them.
It is much easier to build these upside down. Simply use a string to evenly triangulate where your legs need to be. I attached my legs with couplers so that they could be removed for break down and transport. Couplers are inset from the lip of wok 4.5" to the edge of the coupler. I tacked the coupler, screwed in the leg, than made the angle match so that the end of the leg did not stick out past the edge of the disk as I didn't want to be tripping over it.
I welded handles on mine, but they do heat up. When I built my brother's, I used two horse shoes welded at the toe, with the heels clamped over the lip that just wedge on and off. The cowboys in the bunch will understand this speak
Burner Leg - I attached my burner to be removable, again for transport. Just used a smaller pipe as a nipple, with a hole and a pin.
Your burner will be the key to your operation. I used an old restaurant stove burner, but have used hot water heater burners to trailer house heater burners. Probably something like what is on a smaller turkey fryer would be ideal. Then I simply built a cradle that the burner would set in to.
Accessories! I have built two accessories for the wok which I would highly recommend. The third will be a wind shield, but I just haven't come up with what I'm happy with yet..so no pictures of that.
Boiler - used for coffee or anything else that needs direct burner heat. With the leg on the coupler, it simply swings out and under the boiler bracket. I just used pipe as the frame with separated iron on the top. Bird mouthed the pipe so that it fits the lip of the wok exactly.
Fry Tray - Got fed up with where to put stuff during a fry, so built this Fry Tray that just sits on the edge of the wok, and allows excess grease to drip off.
As you can see, with the weight of this particular disc, the 1" legs, and by swinging the leg out, the Boiler will easily accomodate a full pot of what ever. This is a full propane tank.
More miscellaneous pictures
Depth is right at 3" which I think is perfect. Deep enough to allow plenty of room to fry using just a quart of oil, sloped gently enough so that food can be pushed up on the side during cooking, out and away from heat/oil.
And there you go - my MAN SKILLET!
Hope this helps you guys and gives you and idea of how I went about it.
COOK ON!
Disc is a JD 24". These are the #'s on the bottom if you're looking for the same one. Like I explained earlier - you get what you pay for with these. Cheap, high carbon discs will crack when you start welding on them.
It is much easier to build these upside down. Simply use a string to evenly triangulate where your legs need to be. I attached my legs with couplers so that they could be removed for break down and transport. Couplers are inset from the lip of wok 4.5" to the edge of the coupler. I tacked the coupler, screwed in the leg, than made the angle match so that the end of the leg did not stick out past the edge of the disk as I didn't want to be tripping over it.
I welded handles on mine, but they do heat up. When I built my brother's, I used two horse shoes welded at the toe, with the heels clamped over the lip that just wedge on and off. The cowboys in the bunch will understand this speak
Burner Leg - I attached my burner to be removable, again for transport. Just used a smaller pipe as a nipple, with a hole and a pin.
Your burner will be the key to your operation. I used an old restaurant stove burner, but have used hot water heater burners to trailer house heater burners. Probably something like what is on a smaller turkey fryer would be ideal. Then I simply built a cradle that the burner would set in to.
Accessories! I have built two accessories for the wok which I would highly recommend. The third will be a wind shield, but I just haven't come up with what I'm happy with yet..so no pictures of that.
Boiler - used for coffee or anything else that needs direct burner heat. With the leg on the coupler, it simply swings out and under the boiler bracket. I just used pipe as the frame with separated iron on the top. Bird mouthed the pipe so that it fits the lip of the wok exactly.
Fry Tray - Got fed up with where to put stuff during a fry, so built this Fry Tray that just sits on the edge of the wok, and allows excess grease to drip off.
As you can see, with the weight of this particular disc, the 1" legs, and by swinging the leg out, the Boiler will easily accomodate a full pot of what ever. This is a full propane tank.
More miscellaneous pictures
Depth is right at 3" which I think is perfect. Deep enough to allow plenty of room to fry using just a quart of oil, sloped gently enough so that food can be pushed up on the side during cooking, out and away from heat/oil.
And there you go - my MAN SKILLET!
Hope this helps you guys and gives you and idea of how I went about it.
COOK ON!
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