New 14.5

[M Andreyka]

Picked up a new 14.5” on eBay for a good price , it was a Coca Cola makeup of some sort.

After heavily modifying my 22, I decided this doesn’t really need much.

So all I did to this little guy was double up the charcoal grate and wire the ring to it, and make an adapter for my bellows fan.

I felt the adapter was necessary because the daisy wheel is so small and it didn’t sit well on it without it, I used an aluminum measuring cup from a restaurant supply ($3) that fit perfectly as a “dog bowl”

 

[ChristopherC]

What kind of wiring is best to attach the charcoal grates to the charcoal ring?

 

[M Andreyka]

What kind of wiring is best to attach the charcoal grates to the charcoal ring?

I just used steel rebar tying wire doubled up. Thick solid copper wire would probably work the best

 

[Allen Bales]

I used stainless wire I picked up at Ace.

 

[Lew Newby]

Good job.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I used a coat hanger.

 

[Karl Quist]

I used some copper wire I 'rescued' from some Romex.

 

[M Andreyka]

I used some copper wire I 'rescued' from from Romex.

That’s a lot of work stripping wire , but will last a long long time if not forever.

 

[DHart]

To double up the charcoal grate did you just buy a second Weber charcoal replacement grate?

 

[M Andreyka]

To double up the charcoal grate did you just buy a second Weber charcoal replacement grate?

You can do that, but I had a sheet of expanded metal