Here's a project I've had in mind since I rescued this 1990 (date code M on the top vent) 22-inch Weber kettle. I wanted to set up a short version, to be at a convenient height for people sitting in chairs. I'll keep the original legs.
First, since the front leg had no tip on it, I got a 1-inch crutch tip for it. I wanted this because my previous kettle (code C) had a failing weld on the front leg socket, because the leg would bang on the pavement when I moved it.
So I assumed that 1-inch steel "EMT" conduit would fit the kettle leg sockets. It was too big, so that conduit went to a clothes hanging rod project for the basement.
Then I got some 3/4-inch conduit, and cut off three 11-inch sections. For some reason, I just love to play with tube cutters. It's similar to a C clamp, with a set of rollers facing a sharp cutting wheel.
round and round we go
I polished/washed the conduit with soapy steel wool, then painted the legs with dark gray gloss enamel. I used the Weber and the Masterbuilt as hanging points for beaded chain to hold the legs.
Then I got some aluminum foil tape, as is used on furnaces and duct work, to bring the conduit up to a diameter that would easily slip in and out of the sockets, but be snug enough that I could carry the kettle without the legs falling out. Back to the medical supply place to get some 3/4-inch crutch tips.
I have almost the entire roll of that tape left, so maybe I'll toy around with trying to seal the offset with it.
And here we are. The rim comes to 21 inches off the ground. (Stock height is 29 inches.) It happens to be almost exactly the same height as this patio fire table. When I sit in a chair, the kettle is the same height as an end table would be to a sofa.
Twelve hours after this pic was taken, we got an inch of snow.
First, since the front leg had no tip on it, I got a 1-inch crutch tip for it. I wanted this because my previous kettle (code C) had a failing weld on the front leg socket, because the leg would bang on the pavement when I moved it.
So I assumed that 1-inch steel "EMT" conduit would fit the kettle leg sockets. It was too big, so that conduit went to a clothes hanging rod project for the basement.
Then I got some 3/4-inch conduit, and cut off three 11-inch sections. For some reason, I just love to play with tube cutters. It's similar to a C clamp, with a set of rollers facing a sharp cutting wheel.
round and round we go
I polished/washed the conduit with soapy steel wool, then painted the legs with dark gray gloss enamel. I used the Weber and the Masterbuilt as hanging points for beaded chain to hold the legs.
Then I got some aluminum foil tape, as is used on furnaces and duct work, to bring the conduit up to a diameter that would easily slip in and out of the sockets, but be snug enough that I could carry the kettle without the legs falling out. Back to the medical supply place to get some 3/4-inch crutch tips.
I have almost the entire roll of that tape left, so maybe I'll toy around with trying to seal the offset with it.
And here we are. The rim comes to 21 inches off the ground. (Stock height is 29 inches.) It happens to be almost exactly the same height as this patio fire table. When I sit in a chair, the kettle is the same height as an end table would be to a sofa.
Twelve hours after this pic was taken, we got an inch of snow.
