NB Bandera baffles project

KotaChuk678 · 02-15-2013, 08:41 PM

OK, Got this far with it, how much more do I need to finish it? What tools do I need to best cut it out and make the appropiate bends?

BBQchef33 · 02-15-2013, 08:52 PM

u need a good tin snips, roto tool or dremel to cut it out.

You can bend it with a couple of sections of 2x4 about 12-14 inches long, and a rubber mallot. Use them as you would use a brake. Score the bends with the rotozip wheel, a chisel or whatever. It will help get clean bends.

a drill to drill out the 2 holes.

KotaChuk678 · 02-23-2013, 11:43 AM

worked out alright with the tin snips, I guess!

KotaChuk678 · 02-23-2013, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by KotaChuk678

OK, Got this far with it, how much more do I need to finish it? What tools do I need to best cut it out and make the appropriate bends?

More better!

BBQchef33 · 02-23-2013, 11:53 AM

Not that it would matter much, But I think the tabs go inside the firebox. When I did mine, i put them in the chamber like you did and the designer corrected me.

i left it and it worked fine.

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Originally Posted by KotaChuk678

worked out alright with the tin snips, I guess!

BBQchef33 · 02-23-2013, 11:55 AM

n3ext mod should be a new firegrate and then the door gasket.

fire grate is a must! If youy only have the stock one that sits on the firebox floor, you'll get frustrated. It doesnt allow for enough airflow under the fire. You have to raise it up onto one of the rails.

KotaChuk678 · 02-23-2013, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BBQchef33

Not that it would matter much, But I think the tabs go inside the firebox. When I did mine, i put them in the chamber like you did and the designer corrected me.

i left it and it worked fine.

Yeah well I wasn't sure of that but I did know that the upper lip was supposed to be tucked in between the the smoke box and firebox but I had trouble with the left side (rear of box) couldn't clear a clean path up there so I mounted the way it would fit clean:

cholloway · 02-23-2013, 12:21 PM

Close counts! That oughta work just fine.

KotaChuk678 · 02-23-2013, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BBQchef33

n3ext mod should be a new firegrate and then the door gasket.

fire grate is a must! If youy only have the stock one that sits on the firebox floor, you'll get frustrated. It doesnt allow for enough airflow under the fire. You have to raise it up onto one of the rails.

Oh that was my very 1st mod here a couple weeks ago:

Bigdog · 02-23-2013, 08:58 PM

Man, this thread takes me back a few years. Back to 2003 when we were new born and called ourselves the Bandera Brethren.

BOT: Nice job on the mods.

KotaChuk678 · 02-23-2013, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigdog

Man, this thread takes me back a few years. Back to 2003 when we were new born and called ourselves the Bandera Brethren.

BOT: Nice job on the mods.

Yes I guess it took me a while to find you guys and the great idea's here. I wasn't sure of how many of these models were around and always had temp problems with mine.

I was actually looking for more or the round offset model and this one happened to turn up at the Home Depot one day and I grabbed it!

The recent Sandy hurricane up north here nearly destroyed it, not really but turned it on end and broke the wheels off and I found your site that way and have since marveled at the all the old threads on this model.

02-15-2013, 08:41 PM	#1
KotaChuk678 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 01-28-13 Location: White Plains, N.Y. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	NB Bandera baffles project OK, Got this far with it, how much more do I need to finish it? What tools do I need to best cut it out and make the appropiate bends? __________________ bandera owner

02-15-2013, 08:52 PM	#2
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 10 Uploads: 4	u need a good tin snips, roto tool or dremel to cut it out. You can bend it with a couple of sections of 2x4 about 12-14 inches long, and a rubber mallot. Use them as you would use a brake. Score the bends with the rotozip wheel, a chisel or whatever. It will help get clean bends. a drill to drill out the 2 holes. __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Klose built MoAB (Mother of All Banderas) passed on to Big Dog, 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 1 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Pit Barrel Cooker, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

02-23-2013, 11:43 AM	#3
KotaChuk678 On the road to being a farker Join Date: 01-28-13 Location: White Plains, N.Y. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	worked out alright with the tin snips, I guess! __________________ bandera owner

02-23-2013, 11:55 AM	#6
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Downloads: 10 Uploads: 4	n3ext mod should be a new firegrate and then the door gasket. fire grate is a must! If youy only have the stock one that sits on the firebox floor, you'll get frustrated. It doesnt allow for enough airflow under the fire. You have to raise it up onto one of the rails. __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Klose built MoAB (Mother of All Banderas) passed on to Big Dog, 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 1 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Pit Barrel Cooker, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

02-23-2013, 12:21 PM	#8
cholloway is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-10-11 Location: Atlanta, GA. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Close counts! That oughta work just fine. __________________ Colin New Braunfels Hondo Offset New Braunfels Bandera (Refurbished, Modified & Improved) 32 year old Char-Broil 450 1996 Blue Weber SS Performer 2003 Black Weber SS Performer Weber 22.5 OTS converted to OTG with rotisserie & Smokenator Weber SJS & modified stock pot Mini-WSM STOK Island gasser

02-23-2013, 08:58 PM	#10
Bigdog somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 09-17-03 Location: Wichita, Kansas Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Man, this thread takes me back a few years. Back to 2003 when we were new born and called ourselves the Bandera Brethren. BOT: Nice job on the mods. __________________ Bigdog Weber Platinum Kettle, Weber OTS, Meco square grill, ECB, a WSM, a cool fold up camping grill, a Blackstone flat top camping stove, The MOAB, and now the proud owner of a YS640, MOINK. Smoke on Brother KC Father of the Fatty (the name) 4/20/04 on the BBQ Brethren with inspiration from Brother parrothead.