[TheForge] Straightening heavy Grill

[Ron Childers]

Jeff,

 Wouldn't it be quicker, easier, better and less expensive to buy a new
piece of expanded metal?

Ron C

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[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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