A couple shaft collars or garage door spools might have worked for keeping the cable inline, But the chain looks like a winner! Outstanding build!!!
What a fun read! Nice to see something go from concept to reality.
Yardbids!Yardbirds!
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We also got all the ss angle cut for the v-grate. The plan was for a 3/4 gap but it just seems too big so may add 2 more lines to tighten it up a bit....
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I just checked my V grooves and they are 1/2" spaced between them. I'm sure you know but yours are upside down. The V is supposed to catch the fat. I like those meat hooks you have hanging.
Back to your drawings, should you change the Stage 4 drawing to show fire opposite the grate and not under it?
I've run my offset CC that way.
FYI....You know the rule with fabricating steel right....you measure twice before you cut....with a third measure once clamped for the cut. Then you measure again before clamping for welding and measure twice more after clamping before tacking only to measure once more after tacking before full welding........ie the moral is you spend more time with your tape in the hand than the cutting tool or welding wand.
Sometime when it's up to temp it would be interesting to shoot it with an infrared camera to see where the outside hot spots are.
Ata boy lets see the first cook.
Warren
Sometime when it's up to temp it would be interesting to shoot it with an infrared camera to see where the outside hot spots are.