Recent content by JKalchik

Story time.... When I was living in the Chicago area, I needed the aforementioned 1/8" NPT internal tap. I walked into the local ACE, and went into the tools aisles. "Can I help you find something?" from a very young gent in a blue vest. "1/8" NPT internal tap." I could hear his eyeballs...

Small businesses of all sorts, not just hardware stores, have been closing everywhere. They're having a very hard time competing with the big box stores and online outlets. I do try to buy locally as much as possible (I have 2 hardware stores within 2 miles, used to have 3,) the closest box...

Aren't ACE hardware outlets individually owned? Don't think it's quite a franchise operation, but a co-op (based in La Crosse, WI, I think.) The local ACE here in town is pretty reasonably stocked, and this summer, the owner has made a decision to carry a larger selection of charcoal. I...

https://maps.app.goo.gl/acRSHMPjEEzkM2Ue6 Big Guy's BBQ Roadhouse 1237 WI-35 Hudson, WI 54016 https://bigguysbbqroadhouse.com/ A buddy of mine suggest Big Guy's for lunch today, in spite of him having eaten more than a little of my own barbecue and knowing my standards. Worth a shot. He...

Oh, that's just wrong, wrongity wrong.......

Moving some of this conversation to a more appropriate thread. https://tvwbb.com/threads/home-built-stainless-grates.99883/

Open ended question time. First, a few caveats. I can only get SAE/Imperial sized stock, i.e. 1/4", 3/8", etc., and in 304 grade. That'd be 6.35mm and 9.525mm. I am very much a self-taught welder, always improving. I'm set up for MIG and TIG process, far better with a MIG gun than a TIG torch...

Here's a set of 3 grates I put together for a friend of mine: !/4" SS304 round stock w/ 1/2" gaps.

I just built a set of grates out of 1/4" SS304, about 18"x31", for less than $50 in steel. 1/2" spacing, which might be more than people want. 3/8".....off the cuff, less than $10 more, and 1/4" gaps, $15-20 more. These grates are going into use in 10 days. I'll post up pics after I get back...

Actually, with the steel supplier I found this spring, I think I'm back under Qulimetal's pricing.

I am contemplating a pre-emptive strike, and asking a local [retired] machinist to make me up some jigs for 1/4" and 3/8" round stock with 3/8" spacing. I've already got jigs for both bar sizes with 1/2" spacing. I've grilled asparagus on my 3/8" x 1/2" grates with no issue at all. I don't...

I'm with @Bruce on this one. My grill grates are 3/8" (just a bit over 9mm) round stock on 1/2" spacing and I figure that's nearly perfect. A 1/8" gap IMO would be awfully close.

Oh, YUM. I love Scottish ales.

<scratches head> I don't get the attraction of the triangular cross section, nor the sand blasted finish. I made SS304 3/8" round stock grates (about 9.5 mm) and love the death out of them. I have a set of 1/4" (6.3 mm) grates ready to go down to Chicago for a friends grill. I don't think...

I can always put more clothes on, there's a limit to what I can take off. Then people just laugh and point a lot. It's 88 degrees F and 65% relative humidity here right now. I haven't looked at the grass since I got up, but this would be a good day in Dad's opinion to make hay. Me, it's just...