Recent content by Cale Allan

Hey Charlie, pallet wood would be awesome! that galvanied bucket has been a life saver, my dogs were always trying to lick the ash off of the ashpan, which off course caused a huge dusty mess on my deck. I saw the "bucket mod' on this sight and figured it's worth a shot for getting one step...

Thanks Joe, you can definitely do it, super easy! The exotic wood was just dumb luck--I only used glue because this wood was very hard and dry which caused the first piece I screwed to crack and split. After that I made sure to pre-drill everything and i used the glue to hold it together in...

Charlie, dive in and make one, it was really easy! I spend more time staring at my pile of scrap wood trying to figure out how to make this without going out and buying more wood. The build itself was pretty simple. Make sure to post pictures if you make one!

Thanks Bob! The wood turned out to perfect after it was sanded and oiled. It was a little dirty and weathered before hand.

nice work guys! great story, too!

....and I'm starting to regret not sanding and finishing the underside. crap. looks like another project for another day.

Thanks for the kind words. Here are a few pictures of how I attached it to the handle. I basically screwed my bottom support board in place against the kettle handle, then I took a sharpie to mark the handle contours. Then I cut to small pieces of scrap material, drilled pilots, added glue and...

Hinges: Folded for storage: I even had just enough scrap to build another one as a Father's Day gift for my Father-in-law:

After envying all of the really unique table setups, I knew that I had to build one. For the amount of space on my deck, I was drawn to the early 90's Weber side table concept. I was lucky enough to get my neighbors old gasser for free when he upgraded. Extremely lucky in fact, this grill was...

great idea, and good looking pork!