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Putting the Egg in the Table
Bclements
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I know this may sound silly, but does anyone have any suggestions for lowering the egg into the table. I am building my own table from steel and 1" square tubing and then will tile the top ( I will post pictures pretty soon.) but I am concerned with lifting my LBGE that high and then lowering it through the hole.
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Just use two strong men. That's how I did mine. We just put the bottom half in the hole, then attached the lid. It was a lot lighter that way.
Tim
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Make sure it isn't assembled. I had a friend help me. I reached inside the egg and placed my hand through the lower vent slot, and then had him support the egg from below after lowering it into the table. I wouldn't want to lift it fully assembled.
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Buy a pot lifter http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=pot+lifter&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1280&bih=601&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=3928362327276540968&sa=X&ei=qgsUUM-YFYvY8gT754D4Dw&ved=0CHgQ8wIwAw
Or rig up something like what I did (search this forum for forearm forklifts) - have a picture.
Two people can do a large fairly easily (if they can lift 90 pounds). You can separate the hemispheres and take out the firebox/ring. I didn't bother. It was pretty easy.
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I had the same concerns as you when i built my table.It's only me and my wife here so I made my table soi could slide it in and wouldn't have to life it so high. i now have a pot lifter as previously mentioned.
Here's apic
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj75/wings55_album/P1010100.jpg
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