George Curtis
TVWBB Olympian
maybe go slowly and carefully ?
The legs themselves, while thin, are not the problem. They are straight.
The bowl itself is not the problem. I don't think the bowl itself has deformed much.
The problem is/are the "tabs" on the leg flanges that are spot welded to the bowl. These bend. When mine bet, I pounded them back straight with a rubber mallet. That worked about twice. On the third time, the spot welds failed and the whole flange delaminated from the bowl.
I would love to mount the kettle in another fashion. I just can't figure out a way that seems right to me. I don't weld. I love the guy who welded his own 26.75" OTP frame, but I cannot do that. I don't want to drill into the bowl.
I think perhaps it makes more economic sense to them to keep giving away components than to retool.
I think perhaps it makes more economic sense to them to keep giving away components than to retool.