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Anybody ever heard of brown durawood?


 
Thank you.
Long lost the original slats for reference. Did some composite decking slats which got replaced with the red oak a decade later.
Thanks to this group I am trying to make this final restore closer to the original.
 
Flip up table done. This one was fairly easy. I cleaned all the durawood really well and replaced the brackets that were on there with better ones.
 

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I realize you did a bunch of cleaning on those slats, but that durawood held up well over time.
The cedar/mahogany or whatever they used on my 97, not so much.
 
When I changed the support setup on the drop table from the clip and hook to the slider design I had to move the bracket hinge too so the table would sit flat. About an inch as shown:
It might be good to test and measure before drilling.
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Mark-Anaheim said:
I realize you did a bunch of cleaning on those slats, but that durawood held up well over time.
The cedar/mahogany or whatever they used on my 97, not so much.
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I'm generally not a huge fan of durawood, but it does hold up pretty well. I believe by '97 they were mostly using a soft species of maple for the slats and handles. This is info that I got from my buddy that gave me this grill.
 
Stripped of all its useful parts, this is what I'm putting out for the scrappers. It's a shame, I've never had to throw away this much of a grill before.IMG_20240607_155110977.jpg
 
I just have grill crap all over my garage at the moment. I've been going through everything I have looking for the best parts for this grill.
 

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Alrighty then, the donor frame has a tab that broke off at the weld. Awesome!
 

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Ironically it's the only piece of the frame I did not have a back up for. It's the top section of frame that has the cross member for the cook box to bolt to. I'll bet it broke when I was wrestling it in or out of the car.
 
HankBates said:
When I changed the support setup on the drop table from the clip and hook to the slider design I had to move the bracket hinge too so the table would sit flat. About an inch as shown:
It might be good to test and measure before drilling.
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HankBates said:
When I changed the support setup on the drop table from the clip and hook to the slider design I had to move the bracket hinge too so the table would sit flat. About an inch as shown:
It might be good to test and measure before drilling.
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Yeah, I think your right, as least I know I had bracket upside down last time and will correct on new wood. I will hang the table and adjust the support bracket with C-clamps until level before drilling my final holes.
 
Steve Hoch said:
Ironically it's the only piece of the frame I did not have a back up for. It's the top section of frame that has the cross member for the cook box to bolt to. I'll bet it broke when I was wrestling it in or out of the car.
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I have some frame pieces for a 1000 but that part of the frame has a rusted out crossbar (where the cookbox bolts)
 
DannyGarcia said:
Heres a 1000 for 35 bucks in St Charles


Redhead with a broken bottom frame for 25 in Bartlett

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Thanks, I'm going to try and find someone to weld it back on first. I get worse and worse about driving too far for these junks and St.Charles is definitely out of the question. Bartlett is borderline. Meanwhile I still have some other things to work on that don't involve the frame.
 
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