minor door alteration

RRP

My large egg is 14 years old and I retrofitted it with the stainless door years ago. Then they added the screen so again I retrofitted that to include that screen. That meant I bent the tracks out to accept the slide by of the two pieces. It has always been a tight fit but I made do. Now that I have some arthritis in my hands it has become more difficult to grip and slide meaning I also burn my fingers. Today I solved that problem with this piece of 1" x 1.5" dowel. I contoured  the sides for easier grip and then to secure it I drilled a partial hole through and pinned it with a brass nail. Problem solved!

Wolfpack

Nice- make sure it doesn't get hot enough to catch fire

Great idea

RRP

It shouldn't since it is on the right side away from the vent opening. When I was getting burnt it was from the hot metal so I think this will be fine.

Fred19Flintstone

Nice piece of woodworking!

Wolfpack

Ron- sorry you are right I was thinking it was in the gap. I agree you should be fine.

bcsnave

Nice job Ron..

td66snrf

Good thinking. I always thought BGE could improve on grabbing sheet metal. I know they now have little plastic covers now but they could do better.

GATABITES

Take an installed pic. ingenuity at its best

tulocay

Nice job right there

RRP

GATABITES said:

Take an installed pic. 

Thanks!

GATABITES

@RRP‌ That's a great idea for swmbo, who is intimidated by the egg and getting burnt.

RRP

GATABITES said:

@RRP‌ That's a great idea for swmbo, who is intimidated by the egg and getting burnt.

just a little hint...if you bend the top and bottom tracks at the right end a little bit then your door will spring enough to clear the two bolt heads and slip right on out. That makes working on the alteration easier since that stainless steel door is pretty strong when you go to drill a hole through that metal tab. You need leverage!

Hunter1881

That's a good idea. Looks like a good execution as well.