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shovelhead · July 2018

Fairly proud of my hillbilly fix for free. If I used my noggin in the first place my almost new plate wouldn't have got cracked in half. I usually listen to my little voice and saving a quick minute resulted in a dog / plate interference lol.

Found my old fire pit cooking grill, submerged the broken pieces & drilled them out for 1/4-20 hardware. Bolted it up with the grill as the brace and then took the torch to burn off any possible machine oil on the hardware.

Was a little concerned about different expansion rate but it four cooks in now and is beautifully stable. Just thought to offer up an easy fix for life's little whoops moments.

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nolaegghead · July 2018

Right on, MacGruber

TEXASBGE2018 · July 2018

Nice Job saving it but seems like an awful lot of work.

nolaegghead · July 2018

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Nice Job saving it but seems like an awful lot of work.

Probably not much worse than assembling some flat-packed Ikea desk where they forgot to drill the holes in one panel.

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EggbertGreenII · July 2018

Pretty ingenious..good job.

SemolinaPilchard · July 2018

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Nice Job saving it but seems like an awful lot of work.

shovelhead may be like me, something like that is seen as a challenge.

@shovelhead as long as the holes were drilled a little larger than the bolts you should be fine, expansion wise. If you had to push them through, there may be a problem.

Botch · July 2018

Excellent idea, and with the fender washers you have plenty of expansion/contraction room.
You've also got yourself a built-in spacer for pizza stones and drip pans!

shovelhead · July 2018

Thanks All,

The dang things are $125+ up here in Canuckaistan. I grew up on a farm and my dad went thru WWII in a very savaged section of Europe so its been beat into me to make things work.... I was all buttoned up and tools put away in under 1/2hr. Good to be on the board!

I have everything cook wise pretty well mastered except for brisket, that is where I will be snooping next...

Cheers

RRP · July 2018

shovelhead said:

Thanks All,

The dang things are $125+ up here in Canuckaistan.

For that much I assume they kiss you first and whisper in your ear...

SeanP · July 2018

Looks like zinc hardware.

Canugghead · July 2018

SeanP said:

Looks like zinc hardware.

if you search the forum, the subject of galvanised vs. stainless has been debated many times, many of us are not worried about zinc. here's one such thread ...
https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/2042954#Comment_2042954

Canugghead · July 2018

Great idea, welcome aboard! Where in Canuckistan are you? You got me thinking if an angle iron can be used to fix a platesetter broken at the leg, not that I have the need.

mEGG_My_Day · July 2018

Botch said:

You've also got yourself a built-in spacer for pizza stones and drip pans!

I was thinking the same thing.

@shovelhead - nice save and welcome!!

SeanP · July 2018

Canugghead said:

SeanP said:

Looks like zinc hardware.

if you search the forum, the subject of galvanised vs. stainless has been debated many times, many of us are not worried about zinc. here's one such thread ...
https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/2042954#Comment_2042954

I'm glad YOU'RE not worried, maybe the OP could be?

nolaegghead · July 2018

SeanP said:

Canugghead said:

SeanP said:

Looks like zinc hardware.

if you search the forum, the subject of galvanised vs. stainless has been debated many times, many of us are not worried about zinc. here's one such thread ...
https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/2042954#Comment_2042954

I'm glad YOU'RE not worried, maybe the OP could be?

if the zinc doesn't touch the food or the fire, you are fine.

shovelhead · July 2018

Canugghead said:

Great idea, welcome aboard! Where in Canuckistan are you? You got me thinking if an angle iron can be used to fix a platesetter broken at the leg, not that I have the need.

Kelowna B.C., Canukistan's only semi arid desert. Born and raised here but the uber mild climate is driving prices stupid....

The Egg pricing is also silly here but it is my favourite by far and I will not waver from the platform.

I work in the oil and gas industry so all the hardware that the boys donate to me is S.S. Bins of it......

kaybee · July 2018

Awesome fix. As a fellow Canadian I understand the sensitivity to prices. There's also the attitude of 'there's got to be some way to fix this' that maybe comes from a more remote setting where replacements aren't just overnight shipping away...

GoooDawgs · July 2018

I think @pgprescott just recommends telling the dealer it was a mistake and then getting the warrantied version...

johnnyp · July 2018

That'll do

Fred19Flintstone · July 2018

You gotta love redneck engineering. Congrats and great job!

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