For those of you with multifuel stoves (who probably already know this, but hey):
Walked round the corner on Saturday to chap in a big shed who does light metal fabrication to get a frame made for a sign for a local charity. While talking to him I remembered to ask him if he could make a plate for the bottom of our multifuel stove to stop all the embers from our log fire falling through the slatted bed into the ashpan.
Hmmm... he said Do you want holes in it? I ummed and ahhed and he produced a sheet of stock 3mm steel sheet pre-perforated with 3mm holes. Pop back at three he said. Went back expecting him just to have cut it to size and found he'd folded and welded it into a shallow tray. 12 quid. Tried it out over the last two nights and the fire is fantastic. The tray has warped a little bit as he said it would, but so what?
I had been told that he can make pretty much anything and have seen some of his other stuff. I now have to avoid thinking of a large range of steel items I would like making...
David