So, the McMaster Car woven wire only goes up to 1 mesh (1 inch per opening) and 1/8" wire. I want to go heaver than that and am having a very hard time finding it.
Sounds like it might be time for a "plan B" or one more up from whatever you are at now.
I have a nice Argentine V grate on the Santa Maria I built. It's got about an inch drop from back to front so the grease drains into the drip pan. It works very well- and you can get angle iron in various sizes and maybe some nice stainless steel too.
My grill is nowhere near as involved as yours is-and my welding is a lot like Smitty's (if he were drunk at the time)- but there's nothing wrong with the way it cooks.
So, McNichols has 4x10 sheets, $668 for the sheet, $200 hundred to ship - that's more than I'm willing spend right now. I, I guess I'm going expanded metal lathe - unless I do angle iron as a V grate.
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FYI for anybody else trying to buy from McNichols, they have a "Cut item to size" button on the webpage, so you only pay for what you need, plus a small surcharge for the cut. And less freight.
I don't work for them, but I use them frequently.
