Making a Captain America Shield out of a BBQ Grill

I found a tabletop BBQ grill at ACE Hardware and immediately thought of Captain America rest in peace. This requires nothing more than sanding, epoxy, and paint!

Step 1 Find BBQ Grill!

At ACE Hardware, I found a Marsh Allan Tabletop BBQ Charcoal Grill for ~$10. After buying this, I unwrapped it and laid out the pieces

Comments

[DetGamble]

Awesome work, I'm going to have to try this out.

[superdober]

used same steps u did for my shield. except i used an aluminum trash can lid and used one of the handles for the grap and the one for the arm was a cut up leather belt

[hoobs55]

awh, shame that Cap wields his shield on his left arm, but great ible [:

[b0bman]

maybe it's 'bizarro' cap? lol

[Hoaxinmi]

nice. I was thinking about making one out of those circular snow sleds. Think this would work?

[BAKEMASTER33]

It would defenitly work I did the same thing except made a spartan shield (school project) out of a plastic sled turned out great.

[alex-sharetskiy]

Isn't that a Wok? Chinese food is prepared in those! Great Instructable though!

[sivion44]

Steven Colbert has a Captain America sheild on his show.

[smithn]

Hay this is pretty damn cool, screw what others say I would never of thought of this. I'm going to have to make this now.

[snipeyouout]

sorry let me rewrite that, theres some things you don't have to tell people how to do, this is one of them

[Sittingduck14]

your kinda repetative

[AdrenalineSpeed]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[snipeyouout]

theres son thing you just have to tell people how to do,this is one of them, no hard feelings

[AdrenalineSpeed]

what?

[snipeyouout]

some things* and don't have tohow to do sorry

[craig1st]

Allow me to say, great shield. Actually, it's nifty! I was thinking that a large spun wok cover with the handle reversed would also work well. Or, an actual steel wok for a full function version!

[AdrenalineSpeed]

they make woks that big?

[craig1st]

Big woks are ubiquitous over in Asia. I've seen commercial ones at least four feet in diameter. Here's one you'd not have to look far to find in any South East Asian marketplace:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43334420@N00/332375843/

Here in northern Cal, a trip to the SF or Oakland China Town would probably yield some likely candidates. Just look for a restaurant supply shop.

[DonTron]

Hi, its me, Don Hersey, with a photo of the paint I was discussing, in action. McMaster's commentary on the paint: "Rust-Stopper Water-Based Paint— Stop rust from starting and prevent existing rust from spreading with this high-quality, low-odor paint. It also offers resistance to mild chemicals. Use it on steel, galvanized steel, aluminum, wood, concrete, and masonry. USDA accepted. This paint can be applied directly to metal surfaces, except for abrasive-blasted steel and aluminum, which require a primer. Note: Not VOC compliant in all areas. VOC content is 250 grams/liter for paint and primer." The substrates illustrated here are perf bar from the big-box vendor Menard's, and a length of blackened structural steel tubing from Metal Supermarket. Both were soaked in a solution of TSP substitute and scrubbed with stainless-steel-wool and dried before application of the paint. This is in the context of the quotidian application of a homemade shelving unit, not as nifty as a Captain America Shield, but adequately illustrative, I hope.

[AdrenalineSpeed]

Hey Don, I'm only 20 years old, haven't had much workbench time playing with different paints yet, but i've been looking for one that resembles a powder coat. If you do try the shield, please keep us posted.

[Marinus84]

Maybe a nice idea to put the 'grip' bars on the shield before painting, so you can overpaint the screws, or other material that was used to attach the handles.

[AdrenalineSpeed]

ah, 6 minute epoxy was used, so there is no sign of attachment on the front. If you did want to bolt it on, I would attach the handles before paint.

[Marinus84]

Hehe, excuse me, i was thinking in my own box :-) You're right, Epoxy would do it also. I was thinking about using a pin that is pushed through another pin that extrudes to make is lock tight. (Push pin? I don't know since i'm Dutch, it's called 'popnagel' literraly translated to 'popnail')

[AdrenalineSpeed]

Ah I believe you're talking about a rivet. A rivet would do nicely, and would be barely noticeable too.

[Marinus84]

You're right, i mean this type:<br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Blindnieten.JPG">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Blindnieten.JPG</a><br/><br/>It would maybe give it a more 'mechanical' look (if not painted)<br/>

[AdrenalineSpeed]

Good call. I'm eager to see how your shield turns out with the rivets, keep me posted.

[DonTron]

I got this paint from McMaster-Carr, its water-based anti-rust paint from Rust-Oleam that comes in the 'safety colors.' Mine was blue, and worked great! I don't think it is good for Al, but works nicely on Fe and pretty well on Zn, I'm sure it would work great on this project. I recall it ran for about $20/gal. If you stir it well and apply it in two thin coats, it appears almost like powder-coat!

[AdrenalineSpeed]

sounds great, give it a shot and post pics!

[howboutitbru]

he died? when how what

[AdrenalineSpeed]

From Wikipedia: "Captain America is indicted on multiple criminal charges. As he is brought to a federal courthouse, a sniper shoots him in the back. In the crowd chaos that ensues, he is wounded an additional three times by gunshots to the stomach and chest. Rogers is taken to a hospital, where he dies." The assassination, orchestrated by the Red Skull, involves Crossbones deployed as the sniper. In addition, Dr. Faustus, posing as a S.H.I.E.L.D. psychiatrist, gave Sharon Carter a hypnotic suggestion she believes caused her to shoot Rogers at a crucial moment."

[Thornburg]

Wasnt there something about him coming back. I thought I heard something on TV.

[howboutitbru]

what a beast

[howboutitbru]

im tlaking about the capt. here

[Devin Jax]

very creative on a way of creating caps sheild.I'm also a great fan of CAPTAIN AMERICA!!!!

[MidiaN_76]

Sweet shield!

[CementTruck]

Great job. A snow disk/saucer would have had the curvature for this shield too. I wonder how they're going to resurect poor Cap? You know he isn't staying down!? My guess, nanobots, or nanotech. Are you gearing up for Halloween, or ........ Never mind, I don't want to know. What you do on your own time, behind closed doors....... ;)

[AdrenalineSpeed]

oooh a snow disk! Damn why didn't I think of that. That would be perfect for the Caps shield. I usually mod computers, not BBQ grills...

[mrmath]

A moment of silence for the passing of this great Nazi/Commi fighting hero.

[mikesty]

Might I be the first to say: OMGWTFBBQ! Cool find :)

[Tool Using Animal]

MAN!!!! I Loved Captain America, sweet.