So this was something I had on my mind for a while, adding handles to the bottom section to make it easy to carry and dump the ash. Instead of carrying it by the legs etc.
So I finally got around to putting some handles there. I clean the creosote about a week ago and I've been doing some odds and ends to it since like putting on gasket etc.
I screwed up and put them too high where the nuts would interfere with the inside lip from the midsection. So I had to grind the nuts to about half of their original thickness, but then it clears it.
I've got clamps that I never installed. I really did not want to drill all the holes required for three clamps or so. That would be 18 more holes.or such
Anyhow, got the bright idea to use some turnbuckles I had laying around from a project I never used, and add some little links and use this to hold it together while rolling or transporting. Works like a charm. Only takes the lightest finger pressure to snug it up enough. I can roll it across my rough deck with and it won't come apart now. I can pick it up all in one piece by the top handles as well and move it. .
I previously toyed with the idea of bungees from the handles on the midsection to the legs and that did not seem to work there was too much give with bungees.
So I finally got around to putting some handles there. I clean the creosote about a week ago and I've been doing some odds and ends to it since like putting on gasket etc.
I screwed up and put them too high where the nuts would interfere with the inside lip from the midsection. So I had to grind the nuts to about half of their original thickness, but then it clears it.
I've got clamps that I never installed. I really did not want to drill all the holes required for three clamps or so. That would be 18 more holes.or such
Anyhow, got the bright idea to use some turnbuckles I had laying around from a project I never used, and add some little links and use this to hold it together while rolling or transporting. Works like a charm. Only takes the lightest finger pressure to snug it up enough. I can roll it across my rough deck with and it won't come apart now. I can pick it up all in one piece by the top handles as well and move it. .
I previously toyed with the idea of bungees from the handles on the midsection to the legs and that did not seem to work there was too much give with bungees.
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