My uds is too ugly

[Cliff H.]

My uds is so ugly flies don't even come around. Not really. Nothing can keep the flies away.

I have decided to decommission my first build after a few years of service.


In loving memory.

Enough of that lets get on with the new build.

 

[Alan in Ga]

Beauty and the beast I like them both mine are too pretty but gettin uglier by the cook.

 

[Bubblehead]

Day and night! Bet the ugly one worked great though. :wink:

 

[lunchbox]

The top on the old one still looks good. You gonna keep it? I would.

 

[Cliff H.]

The top on the old one still looks good. You gonna keep it? I would.

I plan to put the weber lid back on the grill.

 

[BRBBQ]

Thats well seasoned UDS

 

[Phubar]

Nooooooooo!!!:drama:
I love the Ugly one!

 

[Derek]

Beauty and the beast I like them both mine are too pretty but gettin uglier by the cook.

Ditto!

 

[nolaman]

Cliff,I like your new drum. I have a couple of questions. Are those magnets on top of the intakes, if so how well do they work? Also, the grill bottom you cut the rim off of. How was that used? thanks!

 

[Yleekyoti]

the old one just needs a paint job!!! It will then look like that nice new one.

 

[Rich Parker]

Nice drum!

 

[MoGreen]

It's not old, or ugly... just "distinguished". My first UDS started out as an old barrel collecting rain in my backyard. I found 3 dead squirrels in there when I went to re-purpose it after finding this site. I've never painted it. I call her "Rusty".

 

[bigabyte]

If you were closer, I'd offer to take the old one off your hands!

 

[devious]

i just finished my second UDS tonight. kinda sad to give my old one away

 

[pinghacker]

Is the new lid one of the Walmart jobs? And how did you remove the lower lip from the kettle?

 

[deez butts]

Why do UDS always remind me of Dr. Who? Nice build man :thumb:

 

[Cliff H.]

Cliff,I like your new drum. I have a couple of questions. Are those magnets on top of the intakes, if so how well do they work? Also, the grill bottom you cut the rim off of. How was that used? thanks!

Those magnets are from Lowe's and they have worked perfectly.

How to deal with the lid on a closed head drum has had me perplexed for some time. The dome lid would just almost fit but.....not quite. I tried banging the lid flat and re shaping it but I wanted to try something else.

I cut the lip off of a Big Lots $30 grill with an angle grinder. It sets on the raised lip that I formed from a pc of 1/8" x 1-1/4 flat steel. It works but it is not perfect. I may just set the lid on the raised flat steel and achive just a good of a result.

 

[sdb25]

I like the old one. It's like my drum's ugly twin sister!

 

[texman02]

Looks like the old one is just gettin broke in good! :thumb: