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Built in base problem

HendersonTRKing
HendersonTRKing Posts: 1,803
edited June 2019 in EggHead Forum
Asking for a friend. Awesome new built in set up. 

Ever see this set up?  It wobbles. Yes, he’s shifted it around. No bueno. 

Thoughts?

It's a 302 thing . . .
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,463
    edited June 2019
    Not exactly that, but close to it many times. My advice is to pinpoint the high point of the wobble and depending on the height of the offset then just use metal shIms. Remember a "plane" is defined with 3 points only and never 4. HTH
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    Put sand between the base and the egg 

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • HendersonTRKing
    HendersonTRKing Posts: 1,803
    Mattman3969 said:
    Put sand between the base and the egg 
    Will the sand transfer heat to the base?  He’s got some granite down there, so maybe not a problem. 
    It's a 302 thing . . .
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  • milesvdustin
    milesvdustin Posts: 2,882
    It would transfer heat to the stand, and then diffuse in the air like it would normally. I bet that stand is cattywampas 

    2 LBGE, Blackstone 36, Jumbo Joe

    Egging in Southern Illinois (Marion)

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  • HendersonTRKing
    HendersonTRKing Posts: 1,803
    milesvdustin said:
    It would transfer heat to the stand, and then diffuse in the air like it would normally. I bet that stand is cattywampas 
    He says stand is from BGE. Kinda skeptical here. 
    It's a 302 thing . . .
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  • mEGG_My_Day
    mEGG_My_Day Posts: 1,661
    I’d replace that base with a table nest and be done with it. 
    Memphis, TN 

    LBGE, 2 SBGE, Hasty-Bake Gourmet
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,344
    HendersonTRKing said:
    milesvdustin said:
    It would transfer heat to the stand, and then diffuse in the air like it would normally. I bet that stand is cattywampas 
    He says stand is from BGE. Kinda skeptical here. 
    Try putting a carpenters level on the top. If the table was built or placed on an outdoors slab, most patio slabs have a slight tilt to one side in order to drain water. He might be able to shim the entire table but I can't see the base of the table.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Personal opinion only...granite cracks.
    Two types of granite out there...1) cracked granite and 2) granite thats going to crack.

    Put something between that BGE and the granite base to isolate the heat.

    I would be glad to do a dissertation on the properties of granite to anyone that give a shist, but the bottom line is to seal the heat as best you can from the granite surface.

    Take care of that first. Then shim as needed.

    Best of luck.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • womaus
    womaus Posts: 256
    "anyone that give a shist"

    I saw what you did there...
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    It should have been schist, the metamorpic rock....which also cracks...lol.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • HendersonTRKing
    HendersonTRKing Posts: 1,803
    Thanks for the thoughts and suggestions!

    He likes the granite — not changing it out. 
    He says the nest he bought was rated better than the bge table nest and doesn’t want to go that route. Also concerned about dropping the height in a different nest. 
    Pretty sure he will try sand to even out the base-granite connection and the wobble. Maybe metal shims. 

    He ought to join this forum!  Way to bring out the ideas, Gents. 

    It's a 302 thing . . .
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