The birth of my Vortex

With all the hype on the use of a vortex and Weber 22" grill, i used the original charcoal baskets for a few of my cooks. Read a lot of posts about them. Decided i will make my own.


Made a flat cone template out of some poster cardboard. Large dia. 12",small dia. 8" by 4 3/4 " high. Went to a local scrap yard for some 16 ga.
material large enough for my template. Removed a door from an arcade machine and paid the guy $10 bucks for it.


Weed burner did a good job removing the paint. Did the layout again on the metal and used my Saber saw to cut it out using a metal saw blade.


Not owning a roll forming machine i decided to use 2 pieces of aluminum bar stock and "C" clamps to make the make a brake every 10*. 4 3/16 steel pop rivets holding everything together. Cant wait to try it out.

dgaddis1 said:

Looks good, but you definitely did it the hard way. It's easier to just buy a metal mixing bowl and cut the bottom off.

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You are right about doing it the hard way. For me ,it was a challenge. There is nothing hard about cutting the bottom out of a mixing bowl. I know that my vortex will last for a long time.