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Lump size reducer - my way!

RRP
RRP Posts: 26,451
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I know some here like to find big chunks of lump in their bags, but I don't. When one falls out I throw it in a bag until I have quite a few and then break them with a hammer. Today I just finished making this screen device which I will lay on my driveway and smack those chunks. The large end is 20" wide and the narrow is 11" which is perfect to fit inside a 10# bag so the pieces can tumble in easily. That's simple .5" hardware cloth. As for why I decided to use a 2x4 for construction? That's just me - build its to outlast me! LOL


Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    I was hoping to see some sort of Rube Goldberg guillotine-like device.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • JethroBodeen
    JethroBodeen Posts: 526
    Yeah, I was hoping for something far more dangerous. Looks like it should work great.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    HeavyG said:
    I was hoping to see some sort of Rube Goldberg guillotine-like device.
    You mean something kinda like a hard boiled egg slicer maybe? I'll have to think about that design. B)
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • JethroBodeen
    JethroBodeen Posts: 526
    RRP said:
    HeavyG said:
    I was hoping to see some sort of Rube Goldberg guillotine-like device.
    You mean something kinda like a hard boiled egg slicer maybe? I'll have to think about that design. B)
    but with multiple chainsaws instead of wires!

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,333
    I would straddle that over my garbage can, pour out my Kick-Ash Can onto it, and pour the small, unburned lump pieces left behind back into my Egg.
    But I'm miserly like that.   ;)
    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    I thinking somewhere I may have lost a person or two...I never, nor do I think I ever will have to whack a big piece more than once. The screen is merely to let any resulting lump dust or tiny pieces fall through onto my drive. I never meant I would be beating the lump into such tiny pieces as to fall through that .5" screen!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,668
    That’s a pretty cool hack Ron.  I’m just wondering what you should call it.  The Pratt LumpSmacker, maybe?  Or how about the Lumpinator?  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • RajunCajun
    RajunCajun Posts: 1,049
    Ain't much a BFH (big friggin hammer) can't solve.
    The problem with a problem is that you don't know it's a problem until it's a problem, and that is a big problem.
    Holding the company together with three spreadsheets and two cans connected by a long piece of string.
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  • fiber_induced_deuce
    fiber_induced_deuce Posts: 270
    Do you smack your lump or whack your lump?
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    JohnInCarolina said:
    That’s a pretty cool hack Ron.  I’m just wondering what you should call it.  The Pratt LumpSmacker, maybe?  Or how about the Lumpinator?  
    Ducolump - helps when you lump is too big and hard 

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    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,885
    I get mine at ace. It’s already pulverized 
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,317
    Botch said:
    I would straddle that over my garbage can, pour out my Kick-Ash Can onto it, and pour the small, unburned lump pieces left behind back into my Egg.
    But I'm miserly like that.   ;)
    Got to do something like that tomorrow. The new large doesn’t have a KAB yet and I need to deep clean the ash out . Need to readd the unburnt pieces and some fresh lump afterwards. 
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    edited August 2020
    Is there any way you could maybe post a short demonstration? 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,451
    GATraveller said:
    Is there any way you could maybe post a short demonstration? 
    Of hitting a large piece of lump charcoal with a hammer while it was placed on that screen area while on my driveway? I think you are pulling my leg, so the obvious answer is no.
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • xfire_ATX
    xfire_ATX Posts: 1,184
    Botch said:
    I would straddle that over my garbage can, pour out my Kick-Ash Can onto it, and pour the small, unburned lump pieces left behind back into my Egg.
    But I'm miserly like that.   ;)
    I think that every time I lift my KAB out.  But the reality is you only get those pieces on clean or shake they burn up otherwise... thats what I tell myself anyway.
    XLBGE, LBGE, Charbroil Gas Grill, Weber Q200, Old Weber Kettle, Rectec RT-B380, Yeti 65, Yeti Hopper 20, RTIC 20, RTIC 20 Soft Side - Too many drinkware vessels to mention.

    Not quite in Austin, TX City Limits
    Just Vote- What if you could choose "none of the above" on an election ballot? Millions of Americans do just that, in effect, by not voting.  The result in 2016: "Nobody" won more counties, more states, and more electoral votes than either candidate for president. 
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    GATraveller said:
    Is there any way you could maybe post a short demonstration? 
    A demo on the Friday Night Zoo(m) session would draw a crowd.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    This attachment for your cordless drill would make lump size reduction effortless...


    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,333
    HeavyG said:
    This attachment for your cordless drill would make lump size reduction effortless...


     :o   There's a few "B" horror movies, right there!  
    "Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
    The Christmas we get, we deserve"
         -RIP Greg Lake

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    This thread makes no sense to me.  I don't understand sorting lump.
    NOLA
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  • Spaightlabs
    Spaightlabs Posts: 2,349
    buzd504 said:
    This thread makes no sense to me.  I don't understand sorting lump.
    You aren't retired and living in southern Illinois. =)
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,355
    I agree a video would be most helpful!!
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,885
    Perhaps the confusion is in the description. The item pictured by the op could only be described as a “reduced lump sieve”.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,668
    HeavyG said:
    GATraveller said:
    Is there any way you could maybe post a short demonstration? 
    A demo on the Friday Night Zoo(m) session would draw a crowd.
    If Ron doesn’t want to do this for the forum, maybe we can have someone stage a re-enactment?
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    I think the really important thing here is we can all run out and order that murder hornet drill attachment and start taking heads off of things.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • LesMo
    LesMo Posts: 74
    I wish I had that problem.  When I can find lump it turns out to be more like it was run over with a steam roller. 
    Calhoun, GA - LBGE
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  • rekameohs
    rekameohs Posts: 264
    RRP said:
    I know some here like to find big chunks of lump in their bags, but I don't. When one falls out I throw it in a bag until I have quite a few and then break them with a hammer.
    I never realized this was an issue.  If I get a lump that seems too big, I just whack it with the pointed end of the ash tool.  Works great.
    Raleigh, NC
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    rekameohs said:
    RRP said:
    I know some here like to find big chunks of lump in their bags, but I don't. When one falls out I throw it in a bag until I have quite a few and then break them with a hammer.
    I never realized this was an issue.  If I get a lump that seems too big, I just whack it with the pointed end of the ash tool.  Works great.
    You and everyone else.  Almost.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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