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I then just took the "bottom" of the Big Lots Kettle Grill and made a lid out of it. Where there is a flange built into the bottom, I just took a pair of pliers, and bent that flange up and over in a way to create the lid. It is definitely not the prettiest bend in the world, but I tell you this, it's a great fit and should seal really well once I get it up and running. Brandon |
I just got 2 barrels and I was wondering how can you tell if there is a liner? The barrels I got contained either juice or flour and the inside looks like it's painted red. Does this need to be burned out?
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Man I burned my barrel twice and it still had some liner in it. So I did a red neck sand blast. Sand in a bucket with some orange citrus cleaner, then with a green scratch pad, I went to work scrubbing, It came off after lots of elbow grease. Good luck
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Are conduit fittings ok to use inside the drum..?? I needed to pick up a conduit nut and washer to install my tel-tru and they don't have anything noting whether there bare steel, zinc, etc...
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I did look over the fittings closely and I noticed some of the fittings did label zinc and a few labeled steel... Everything I got either said steel or no label at all. The washers look to be same finish as the steel conduit nuts... Maybe someone here has been down this road before... (Edited to add) After typing this I searched the part number on the bag for the conduit reducing washers (#26820) online and found a pdf catalog from Halex... They list it as just steel...!!! Thank goodness I didn't use the lock nuts from that company because even though HomeDepot had them listed as steel, the part number brings up a zinc coated lock nut in there catalog... |
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use a charcoal starter chiminy with 10 or so briqets in it, put in your parts and burn the zinc off of them. i have done this many times with nuts and bolts. |
Dude, you need some high temps to burn the zinc off. You really don't need to worry about it though. People make a big deal out of the zinc, and unless you are breathing the fumes while welding on it, it really poses no risk. If some zinc manages to get on your food, it's fine. You aren't going to get toxic levels of zinc, even if you just ground up and ate the conduit nuts themselves.
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The red liner will come out, you just have to get the drum hot enough. I drilled 3 3/4 inch holes in the bottom and hooked up a leaf blower to one of the holes to force air into the drum. Just throwing wood in the drum and lighting it wont get it to the temps to burn all the paint off let alone remove the liner. About an hour into the burn, the drum was glowing completely orange. Not one trace of paint or liner left. Looked like blued steel on the outside. You just have to use a lot of wood, and some forced induction, lol.
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Got things going and threw my first fattie on there. Its stuffed with cream cheese, onions, orange peppers, and garlic... I'm taking it over to my Moms house as a appetizer for dinner. Hope it comes out ok...
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Did you first flatten the edge of the webber lid and then weld the new wider flat piece to it?
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