[TheForge] Straightening heavy Grill

[Grover Richardson]

Lay it on concrete road (or thick parking pad) and run over it with a large
truck. 

~>-----Original Message-----
~>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
~>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Polaski
~>Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:01 PM
~>To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
~>Subject: [TheForge] Straightening heavy Grill
~>
~>I volunteered to straighten a heavy BBQ grill at a park I 
~>visit for SCA events. It's a big grill, about two feet deep 
~>by three or four feet long, and all wavy, like someone piled 
~>in a bunch of hard wood and tried to have a bonfire under it.
~>
~>I have an O/A welding set, but I'd rather not haul it to the 
~>park if I don't have to, because it would be a total pain to 
~>get into my van, and I don't want to transport it inside my car. 
~>
~>So, this is what I was thinking:
~>	1.) Suspend it from a tree via chain fall so I can 
~>      raise/lower it
~>
~>	2.) Use a burner, with a 12"x12" patch of ceramic wool to 
~>      heat up an area	
~>
~>	3.) Then use a wooden mallet and/or a bending wrench to 
~>      straighten it out.
~>
~>Has anyone on the list done something similar? How'd it work 
~>out? Any other ideas?
~>
~>
~>Jeff Polaski
~>
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