Another quick update!
I finished the last couple of chores this morning, and am ready to call the fabrication of this grill complete!
One thing that I had forgotten about showing and explaining was the ash-catching setup. I designed the trap door in the bottom of the chamber to match the size of a hotel half-size steaming pan. I welded angle iron runners under the door opening, and the pan slides right in.
A view from the under side. You can just make out the angle runners on the sides, where the pan slides in/out.
As I mentioned in the last update, I cut out a piece of 1/4" plate to make an ash door cover. This plate will overlap the fire bricks by around a half-inch all the way around the trap door. I welded a little handle to the top of the plate, and some scrap pieces of angle iron underneath, to serve as guides to drop the cover in place nice and snug.
Next I cut a short piece of angle iron, cut 2 notches in it the right size, and welded it to the front of the work table on the right side. This will serve as a hanger for the coal rake and the coal shovel, to hang them out of the way when not in use.
Turned out pretty good!
Only thing left to do now is surface prep and get get it painted. This will be a tedious job...mostly because I don't really like painting. And I'm definitely not as good a painter as I am a welder lol! There's no real rush...I want to wait until there are no more cold nights before I paint, so it'll have a better chance of curing properly. Our temps are getting warmer, so it shouldn't be more than a week or 2 until I can go ahead with the paint.
Anyway, I expect that the next (and last) update will be after it's all painted and purty!
Thanks again for checking it out!
Red
