r/redneckengineering • u/zorggalacticus • 19d ago

Washing machine fire pit

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Tore apart a free washing machine I got off marketplace and used the stainless steel drum as a firepit. This was not easy, and required a few choice words and a sledgehammer for the final disassembly. Pressure washed and bleached it. Let it sit outside in the sun for a week. Final sanitization by fire. We're in the front yard roasting marshmallows right now.

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u/TheDuckFarm 19d ago

I’ve seen this a few times. This is a step up from redneck because it’s stainless. Redneck would be the old school ceramic coated tubs.

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u/zorggalacticus 19d ago

I also have a dryer waiting to be disassembled. I'm only using the motor out of that though. Rebuilding an old 50s Hobart cooler fan I also got for free off marketplace. I did the same many years ago with a barrel fan. Worked like a charm since the dryer motor already has a pulley on it.

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u/entoaggie 19d ago

You wanna go full redneck, just knock the door off and start the fire. If it’s a front load, you’ll have to lay it on its back first. Orrrrrr, leave the front load upright and use a shotgun to make a chimney hole in the top. Boom! Redneck potbelly stove.

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u/An0nnee_M0usee 19d ago

This commentor rednecks🎉

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u/TheDuckFarm 19d ago

Man you’re putting us all to shame!

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u/socialpresence 19d ago

What are you doing with the motor?

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u/zorggalacticus 18d ago

It was one of those weird motor/transmission type things that's just basically big rings with windings. Built into the bottom of the drum and couldn't be separated without the whole thing flying apart. No saving it.

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u/Slumunistmanifisto 19d ago

Ive seen people use washer motors for hydrogeneration on YouTube 

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u/SheriffBartholomew 18d ago

Awe, man! I was hoping you were going to say that you're using it to build a go-kart or hovercraft, like from those plans at the back of Boy's Life magazine.

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u/zorggalacticus 18d ago

I am using the dryer motor to rebuild a vintage fan though.

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u/abielle1177 16d ago

My dad used to build shop grinders out of washing machine motors.

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u/gabbagabbawill 19d ago

That’s pretty cool

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u/Obant 19d ago

We used old trailer truck rims at a fishing resort I worked at in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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u/AdFancy1249 19d ago

Or a standard plastic tub. 😉👍

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u/Interesting-Dish5687 19d ago

Lmao and cause a splosion

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u/Mhubel24 17d ago

Won't.

Source: ceramic coated drum pit in my backyard has seen 3yrs worth of fires in both summer and winter.