Mini-Egg Questions

TomCPA

I was putting my Mini-Egg together today and I had a couple of quick questions.

First: How far do I tighten the bands? On my other Eggs, I notice the bolts are tightened to the point that the ends of the bands meet. I don't want to over-tighten the bands obviously. What is everyone else's experience with these bands?

Second: The Mini wobbles a bit in the chiminea stand. Any suggestions on how to fix that?

Thanks,

Tom

Dr. Strangelove

Just tighten them until you can't turn anymore with a regular wrench (no pipe handle extensions, etc.) You really can't over tighten by hand.

Jon

AZRP

I just assembled a mini last week, and one thing I found was that the rivet on the lower band was about 1/8" longer than the dimple was deep. It left a gap between the band and the Egg and I felt it was putting a lot of pressure on the end of the rivet against the ceramic. I ground off the inside of the rivet so that it wouldn't bottom out in the dimple. -RP

Fidel

My mini wobbles in the stand too...it's just one of those things I've learned to deal with.

I will probably find or build a stand for it in the near future - i really don't care for the stand. I'll get a chiminea to go in it!

civil eggineer

Good call on grinding the protruding rivet. No doubt that would have caused the egg to crack with too much pressure.