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You said you have a machinist friend that helped you out. Do you have a fabricating friend that can build you a pan to sit on top of it now?? Great job. I always wanted to find a small professional grinder from a grocery store or something. Now I see I don't need to. I too have a hand crank...
Standard grade all thread is rather soft. It might give problems if it is that heavy, However if you can put a hole into the ends of the tubing that runs from leg to leg(i first thought it was angle, was looking at it on my phone) then you could place a piece of round through that and use a...
The square tube will give better support for the bolt idea. However because the square is on am angle the tires would be harder to mount that way. A piece of dowel welded to the bottom of the angle that runs between the legs would be best.
I completely understand. I have a friend that is good at such things, so I will ask him. Need to call him anyway, gives me another excuse. If I remember right the bolts on mine are either 1/2" or 5/8" not sure which. If you go with 1" like you mentioned...... I will ask.
The way I did mine was to use a grade 8 bolt long enough to go through the hubs and angle iron. I put the wheel on the bolt so that it was on the smooth shoulder right under the head. I then ran a nut up and put enough pressure on it to keep the wheel from wobbling any. I then ran the threads...
I use lump charcoal, and part of the reason I do is because after the cook is over, you just close all vents and smother out the fire. Next you cook you can use what is left sitting in the grill. So I would go ahead and put in a full load of charcoal just to keep from having to try an fire tend...
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