Timothy F. Lewis
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
Nephew came for dinner Sunday afternoon, made up some rudimentary drawings and a cutting schedule. Pulled end caps of the blue lid. Then we had some nice big ribeyes, asparagus and little potatoes. Sorry we were too hungry to get pictures.
Today I found a sandblaster not far from home and took the caps over, they quoted me their minimum which would include the firebox! So, I got home and had to dig in my feeble mind about how the thing all comes apart but, got that out only breaking one bolt(yes, the firebox bolt!) so, I’m happy. I’ll get the box over in the morning. There isn’t a big rush since the frame has not been built yet. Got a new igniter ordered the old one was getting pretty corroded and that cheap!
Nephew has a connection to a metal finisher that can anodize the endcaps and maybe the box so, that would be far more durable than rattle can painting. Won’t be very cheap but, should last many years. You have all seen a torn down frame hundreds of times so, the deconstruction doesn’t need to be shown but, when things start getting finished and reassembled.
Cross your fingers that it goes well, the blaster pointed me to someone who might be able to do the engraving. I’m not goi g to get too worked up about that yet, might be cost prohibitive but, we shall see…
More to follow.
Today I found a sandblaster not far from home and took the caps over, they quoted me their minimum which would include the firebox! So, I got home and had to dig in my feeble mind about how the thing all comes apart but, got that out only breaking one bolt(yes, the firebox bolt!) so, I’m happy. I’ll get the box over in the morning. There isn’t a big rush since the frame has not been built yet. Got a new igniter ordered the old one was getting pretty corroded and that cheap!
Nephew has a connection to a metal finisher that can anodize the endcaps and maybe the box so, that would be far more durable than rattle can painting. Won’t be very cheap but, should last many years. You have all seen a torn down frame hundreds of times so, the deconstruction doesn’t need to be shown but, when things start getting finished and reassembled.
Cross your fingers that it goes well, the blaster pointed me to someone who might be able to do the engraving. I’m not goi g to get too worked up about that yet, might be cost prohibitive but, we shall see…
More to follow.