Step 1: Watch an Overview Video

Step 2: Ensure Safety During the Project

To get started, you’ll need welding equipment and safety items, a couple of different width sizes of rebar and a weatherproof bowl. To protect your eyes from harmful particles, wear safety glasses at all times when welding, even under a helmet and face shield.

Wear protective garments of wool, cotton, or leather: including shoes, gloves, long-sleeved shirt and long pants. Synthetic materials can catch on fire. Don't wear pants with cuffs, as flying sparks and hot metal can get caught in them.

Step 3: Cut the Rebar and Weld the top Triangle

Cut rebar with grinder to the desired size. Weld the top triangle together. Stand up base legs in tripod position, criss-crossing the rebar in the middle of each piece.

Step 4: Attach the Triangle to the Base

Use wire to tie the three pieces of the rebar together. This will hold the pieces together until it is time to weld them. Tack weld the three triangle corners to the tripod base.

Step 5: Weld the Tripod Together

Tack weld the three pieces of rebar together for the tripod. Remove wire tie from the tripod. Finish welding the top of the tripod base and finish welding the middle of the tripod – also known as a finish bead.

Step 6: Place the Bowl in the Frame

Lay the bowl in the triangular frame. With a wire brush, clean any rust off the rebar. Apply metal primer, then outdoor paint