Red's Santa Maria Build - A Custom Grill for JIMSMOKES!

[schlotz]

Another enjoyable read Red. Still amazed at all the facts you've thoroughly thought thru.

 

[seenred]

Another enjoyable read Red. Still amazed at all the facts you've thoroughly thought thru.

Thanks Matt! Being an old retired guy, I have plenty of time for thinkin things through lol! In fact, I'd say it's my main pastime!

Red

 

[seenred]

Quick update - I've gotten a bit more done this week on Jim's grill.


It was time to mount the cooking grate truss. So far, I just have this tacked in place. Don't want to weld any of this stuff solid until I get the grate fabricated and see how everything fits and works...just in case I have to make adjustments.

I also wanted to see the fly wheel and the ratchet/paw setup in place. Again, none of this is welded in yet.

A little closer look at the wheel, ratchet and paw, and the axel.

Then I started work on the cooking grate. Got the frame put together and a couple tracks (or channels, maybe) for the grate to slide up and down on the truss.

And a couple shots of the cooking grate frame in place. It's just sitting on a couple of clamps here until I get some fine-tuning done...but this kinda lets you see how the grate will ride.

I'm not sure when I'll get back in the shop to work on it again. Apparently Winter has decided to set in. We have a major winter storm blasting in here tomorrow that the weather nerds are saying will last 4-5 days. And I may have mentioned once or twice...I'm a fair-weather fabricator!

But overall, this project is progressing nicely! I'm starting to think I'm not too far away from having it ready to paint. Since I'm well ahead of Jim's schedule, I have plenty of time to finish the fab work at my leisure. Even if it were finished in a week (which it won't be), I'd still wait for warmer spring temps before I paint it.

Anyway, that's all for now...thanks for following along!

More to come...
Red

 

[seenred]

Quick update - I've gotten a bit more done this week on Jim's grill.


It was time to mount the cooking grate truss. So far, I just have this tacked in place. Don't want to weld any of this stuff solid until I get the grate fabricated and see how everything fits and works...just in case I have to make adjustments.

I also wanted to see the fly wheel and the ratchet/paw setup in place. Again, none of this is welded in yet.

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A little closer look at the wheel, ratchet and paw, and the axel.

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Then I started work on the cooking grate. Got the frame put together and a couple tracks (or channels, maybe) for the grate to slide up and down on the truss.

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And a couple shots of the cooking grate frame in place. It's just sitting on a couple of clamps here until I get some fine-tuning done...but this kinda lets you see how the grate will ride.

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I'm not sure when I'll get back in the shop to work on it again. Apparently Winter has decided to set in. We have a major winter storm blasting in here tomorrow that the weather nerds are saying will last 4-5 days. And I may have mentioned once or twice...I'm a fair-weather fabricator!

But overall, this project is progressing nicely! I'm starting to think I'm not too far away from having it ready to paint. Since I'm well ahead of Jim's schedule, I have plenty of time to finish the fab work at my leisure. Even if it were finished in a week (which it won't be), I'd still wait for warmer spring temps before I paint it.

Anyway, that's all for now...thanks for following along!

More to come...
Red