Kookaburra barbecue

A few posts ago, I showed a simple diagram that hinted at a new barbecue design.
This was a long standing reaction to a repeated request for a ringryll barbecue for the smaller 65cm firepits. Well after looking at geometry and design, I gave up on simply shrinking the 80cm Ringryll to a 65cm size.

So I decided on a complete redesign of the concept and this is what I came up with

Kookaburra Barbeuce - looking a bit line pacman!

This design overcomes the largest problem of simply shrinking down the Ringryll, cooking space. Now there is enough plate space for a good barbecue.

Kookaburra barbecue with m Yabbi firepit

Kookaburra barbecue with m Yabbi firepit

Yagoona Kookaburra barbecue

Kookaburra barbecue with m Yabbi firepit - detail

Noah's Bed

A couple of months ago, I posted about the first Gardenqub to go up.
Well this project also included a few minor extras, such as the rebuilding of a large outdoor decking area and garden shed renovation. We took it all in our stride and had fun doing it.

What this post is about is the nice kickback I got from this project in the form of some weathered decking timbers. and heaps of them! Various lengths, but all 37mm x 60mm.

As soon as I saw them I already imagined some cool projects using them. I just can't help it.
It must be something about old timber that gets my creative juices flowing.

Now I'm am no famous carpententer of any repute what so ever, but I do love to meddle in sharp high velocity power tools,.. some fire and explosions too,..  ...  .  but not out of control,..  ...    . you know?.

So I set to work the last week or so to build a new bed for my son Noah.
The biggest task, especially if you take into account the cleaning up afterwards, is the sanding of the boards.
This was the trigger for me to purchase my first ever belt sander.
This really gave me the feeling of scraping back the years of age off each piece allowing me to get the effect I wanted out of every piece.

My first design I abandoned before long, when I realised it just didn't look right.
Back to the computer to make some quick changes and this what resulted.

Noah's bed

I'm into simple modern designs. Often they are the easiest to build as well, provided you have the right tools. For some years now I have been working most of my designs in laser cut steel, especially barbecues and outdoor fire features such as firepits. The medium is amazingly versatile and I have a lot of fun designing with it, but timber is somehow everything that steel is not. It had life - and retains the life force of nature, long gone from the earth and circulating now within humanity. This wood has been reincarnated again as a unique piece of art from a father to a son.

Bed end

Here is a close up of the bed end. Modern design is all about attention to detail I believe, and it is just these seemingly over-simple designs that capture this style the best.
But the reclaimed timber refuses to totaly submit to the tight geometry of the fashion. A warp creeps in here, a knot comes loose there. Ah, that is part of the pleasure working with this material.

Here is a shot under construction in my studio.

Yagoona Studio

A smaller Ringryll...

Ringryll mini...

Ever since I released the Ringryll (80cm) there has been a rush to get one.
It is the most popular barbecue I make. I released a Ringryll 100cm but found that everyone wants the 80!
There have been many who have asked for the Ringryll to be adapted for the 65cm Firepit, but I was distracted by other things until now.

This is the hint...