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I made this point before, but it might be worth repeating. I'm an RC plane guy with a huge box of servos. Surely, I thought, one of my servos would fit the damper components I printed. As it turns out, the housing is designed to seal and operate properly only if the servo dimensions match the...

WHAT? You gotta' get one. There are lots of options if money is no object, but if you want value for money, this one is hard to beat. You can cook in the lid when you need/want a low sided pan.

For me, camping means escaping the luxury of modern life and going a little more primative. Not completely cave-man style, but somewhat back to nature. So I leave my refrigerator, TV, washer, dryer, vacuum, stove, and microwave at home. I leave my grill(s) at home too and just bring a cooking...

Here is where I get my country hams: http://www.countryhams.com/index.htm I've been to the processing plant and I can tell you that the folks in Brownsville, TN do it the Old School way. Back in the day, you butchered hogs in the fall, salted them in cold weather and then smoked them in early...

Buying bolts and nuts in very small quantities is expensive. Sometimes a hobbyist has no choice, but do yourself a favor and look on Amazon for a stainless screw assortment. You can expect to spend between 10 and 30 bucks, depending on quantity and size. Many of the kits are metric, but...

Why not do two cooks? One off site on your friends large cooker. Do it ahead of time and follow the previous advice on how to hold and/or reheat it. Then, drag your smaller, easier-to-transport cooker to the site and cook some additional pork to provide the ambiance they're looking for...

If I had a Kamado style charcoal cooker, my second grill would be a gasser ............. for sure. I would do a lot less grilling and outdoor cooking if my only grills were charcoal.

No, it was built by the previous owner of the villa my wife and I bought. On the right (with the fire) was a great pizza oven and there was a grill on the left side (filled with wood in the picture). The oven took a lot of wood and a good deal of time to heat it up enough for pizza. Most...

When I lived in Italy, I regularly cooked outside in snow storms. This isn't technically "grilling". I'm cooking a pan of peppers, onions, and sausages in my wood fired pizza oven.

Hiroaki Aoki, the famous (and very rich) founder of the Benihana Japanese restaurant chain got his seed money from selling ice cream after hours to hookers in the Harlem district of New York City. Have you considered peddling your rig through the De Walletjes district of Amsterdam and...

Don't overthink this. If you have a gasser, you already have an oven. No need for anything else except a cooking surface. Why not use what Italians use? Hint: They do NOT cook on a piece of thick steel. Get yourself a pizza stone. Put it right on top of your grill grates and light all the...

If you like ribs and you also like pork sandwiches, do what I do. My wife and I can't finish a rack of meaty ribs, so on the first evening we eat ribs. The next day we strip the remaining meat off the bones, chop it up, and make Memphis Style BBQ pork sandwiches on a large bun with a big...

What you say about size and limited toppings on real Italian pizza is indeed true. However, I lived in Italy for many years and NEVER saw anyone cook a pizza on any kind of a grill or grid. While some ovens are gas fired, the best pizza is cooked in a wood fired oven with a stone floor. Pizza...

Very nice, both the original design and your addition. However, I'm predicting you'll be printing version 2 before long incorporating a radial fan, and perhaps a rather large one at that. You're going to have some flow losses in the long inlet tube as well as back pressure, something axial...

I've used a wok on the top of a charcoal chimney before. Just light the charcoal, get it going, and use the top of the chimney it as a stand for the wok without dumping the charcoal out. It keeps the heat under the center of the wok and away from the wok handle. It's probably safer inside a...

I've done a lot of grinding and wire brushing. I have never had a wheel fly apart; however, EVERY time I use a grinder, cut-off wheel, or wire brush, pieces of metal of various sizes fly off at high velocity. I don't want one of them to hit me in the eye; therefore, I consider a face shield...

Most grinders have a sliding power switch which can be put in the "locked on" position. That can come in handy, but also a bit dangerous. If the tool is unplugged and you're putting it away, for example, you might bump the switch to on. That means the next time you plug it in, the motor...

Well, anything is cheaper than a divorce.

Here are some snapshots from last night.