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Vince Site Admin
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cbsweeney Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:07 am Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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Vince,
Great to hear the pig works so well.
My old gas grill finally went belly- up, so I'm cooking with charcoal for a while, but at least I now have a spare LP tank. I'll have to start roundin' up the necessary supplies to give it a try. If it turns out half as good as yours, I'll be well pleased.
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okiephil Rookie Member
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:08 am Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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Those steaks look to be 2 inches thick!! Can't find meat around here like that, at the local grocery, lol. Looks great!
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:46 am Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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Vince wrote: |
OK Slim...just for you mate...I fired up the PIG again this evening and threw a few pieces of filet steak onto the plate. |
Vince, now that is mouth-watering!!!!! I can just hear the sizzle and smell the juices boiling! Think I'm going to have to change my plans from cereal to beef sausage for breakfast this morning!
You should start making this as a side business and using that picture to sell them. You could make your second million in no time!!!
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:46 am Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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Geez, now he's got ME drooling...
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Aloysius Super Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:42 am Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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Vince, (because I love pigs?) your invention always finds a way to return in my mind... I already got me a few gassbotles, even cleaned one and now I have a practical question: how did you cut these round holes? Just want to make sure that I'm not looking for the most difficult way of doing this...
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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:09 am Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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Aloysius wrote: |
Vince, (because I love pigs?) your invention always finds a way to return in my mind... I already got me a few gassbotles, even cleaned one and now I have a practical question: how did you cut these round holes? Just want to make sure that I'm not looking for the most difficult way of doing this... |
The best way to cut the hole in the front for the door, and the top for the grill plate opening, is with a plasma cutter if you have one, or have a friend who has one. I don't, so I did it the old fashioned way...the hard way.
To cut the round holes Aloys...the first thing I did, after cutting the guard off the top, was mark them onto the gas bottle with a texta/sharpie marker. Once I had done that I drilled a three or four SMALL holes where the hinge will go and using that as the start point carefully cut around the marked line with a 100mm angle grinder using a 1mm thick cutting blade. The secret to getting a nice neat and even cut is to "make haste slowly"...take your time and do not rush it.
Remember, the piece you cut out of what used to be the top of the bottle is going to be the door to the firebox, so you want that nice and neat and a gap all round of no more than 2mm. This allows for a bit of air to get around the door (helps keep the fire going) as well as air going in through the opening where the gas valve used to be. Once I had cut out the "door" I cleaned up the edges with the angle grinder so that there was no sharp area and they were nice and smooth.
Cutting the hole in the top was done exactly the same way, although marking the hole out to be cut was very difficult. The hole in the top of mine is not perfectly round, it is slightly oval, but that is not an issue...it still works a treat. When I had marked out the hole, I went around the marked line with an electric drill and drilled a series of holes, each separated by maybe 1mm, all the way around, then cut it out with the angle grinder. The reason I did it this way is because the metal is thicker in places, and I didn't need the piece of metal being cut out...unless you want to use it for scrap...so it is easy to clean up the edge of the hole with the angle grinder.
The opening for the chimney or flue was done the same way, although first up I shaped the end of the flue to fit the profile of the end of the bottle. Cut out carefully with the angle grinder, checked the fit of the flue (I made the hole as close to the same size and shape of the flue as I could), cleaned it up with the angle grinder and welded the short section of flue into place.
If you want some pics of the process...I can hand draw some, scan them and email them to you mate.
Cheers, Vince
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Aloysius Super Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:54 am Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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I can picture the proces, but I'm still thinking on how to do it myself. I have an acethylene-torch, but that gives a nasty cut. I now was thinking on how to fix such a bottle on the milling-machine, but even then the gap would be more than 2 mm. It could work for the 2 other holes, but for the door it will be a problem. Maybe I should make a square door...
1 improvement I allready got from my daughter: "When you name it 'pig', it should have a curled tail at the back"
Well, here we have a saying: "I should not be to easy because then everybody would do it"
so when I cross your pig with an 18-shooter and use blackpowder for fuel, maybe I can make bigmacs in a second, but where am I going to put the french fried? Using the exhaust as a potato-canon? With a little luck (an good aiming/timing) it could also make some mighty good dove-soup at the same time...
but how about licenses? It used to be that everything bigger than 20 mm came without permits, till they discovered someone shooting wooden poles... scottish people still like to throw poles while showing arround in their kilts, why didn't we wear skirts when shooting poles? It might have drawn attention to other things...
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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:09 am Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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_________________ Cheers, Vince
Illegitimi non carborundum
(Never let the bastards grind you down)
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
"Nulla Si Fa Senza Volonta."
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Elvis Super Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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ok guys heres a thought try a bigger bottle eg the ones they use on forklifts they are about 1mtr long 3ft ish. and just cut the end off square and poke your hindge on one side and a latch on the other.you could weld some scrap just back from the door to stop embers falling on ya jandles when you open the door...
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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: The PIG |
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Good idea for multi hotplates along the top Elvis...wouldn't really be portable though.
As for the embers mate...that's the beauty of the 9kg bottle...it has that curved end that contains the ashes until you want to tip them out.
Cheers, Vince
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