Steve Hoch
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Nice, it's like Christmas morning when you're a kid.
Genesis XXI (Jr) Restoration
- Thread starter Josh Dekubber
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Josh Dekubber
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Absolutely
Steve Hoch
TVWBB Olympian
That stinks, clothes aren't presents!
Josh Dekubber
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Dave Santana's custom 3/8" bar 304 SS grates he made for this Jr. turned out perfect. I really appreciate his craftsmanship and attention to detail. Big thanks to him once again for all his custom SS fab parts.
Steve Hoch
TVWBB Olympian
Those are really nice, money well spent.
Josh Dekubber
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Thanks Steve! I'm happy Dave was willing to make them. He wasn't sure at first because he didn't have a template/jig for Jr. Size grates but he was able to make it work. He wasn't able to make them one piece on either set but I'm thankful for what he came up with.
Josh Dekubber
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Thanks Larry!
Josh Dekubber
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I'm truly thankful to be able to source from Dave. After contacting a very high level fabricator friend of mine and finding out that he was retired which wasn't a surprise considering I haven't talked to him for decades and then not being able to get a hold of Dave right away made me worried that I may not be able to source quality SS Fab parts much longer. Hard to say for sure when or if that will happen but I know that there will probably be no warning.
Josh Dekubber
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Well after about 2 and 1/2 days I'm finally done sanding this batch of slats. It took a while but it's enough for three grills.
Also finished enough slats for the junior plus a couple extra with Watco ebony Oil+Stain. I'm loving the character that this brought out of the wood. It really highlighted everything in a three-dimensional way.
The wood tables is my favorite part of the restoration. I haven't been keeping perfect track of my time but it's significantly more time than the entire rest of the grill restoration combined.
Next up I'll start putting my tables together with my SS z-metal brackets and flip table brackets.
For anyone that hasn't been following along this wood is Ipe Ironwood (Brazilian Walnut)
Also finished enough slats for the junior plus a couple extra with Watco ebony Oil+Stain. I'm loving the character that this brought out of the wood. It really highlighted everything in a three-dimensional way.
The wood tables is my favorite part of the restoration. I haven't been keeping perfect track of my time but it's significantly more time than the entire rest of the grill restoration combined.
Next up I'll start putting my tables together with my SS z-metal brackets and flip table brackets.
For anyone that hasn't been following along this wood is Ipe Ironwood (Brazilian Walnut)
Josh Dekubber
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Thanks Bruce. I really enjoy the woodworking part a lot.
Josh Dekubber
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It's definitely extremely time consuming to do a quality job. I have two and a half days just into the sanding so it definitely should be something that you enjoy if you're going to do it. From start to finish if I had to guess the tables probably take about a full week. of course everyone knows I'm in no rush and the highest quality is what I'm trying to achieve. So technically someone could do them in a shorter amount of time.
Josh Dekubber
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Thanks Larry I'll get these tables put together on Dave's SS z metal brackets and flip table brackets and then I'll be about finished. The handle is already finished and on the grill.