[TheForge] Straightening heavy Grill

[Jeffrey Polaski]

Sorry again, I think this is another case of it being clear in my mind,
but not when I explain it... 

The grill itself is still square along the sides and rectangular, just
the bars inside are all catywompus. There are a few cross bars, maybe
one every foot or two. 

I kinda' goes like this:

|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|

Except now, instead of straight, some of the bars are cork-screw or
wave-shaped. 


Jeff Polaski
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-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ben Barrett
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:56 AM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Straightening heavy Grill

If you go the route of heating it up in-place, I was thinking it'd
prolly be easier to clamp it between two pieces of I-beam or channel,
across the diagonal -- you can do easier work with leverage across the
grill and with the screw-down (or jack-powered) clamps.  Is the grill
a lattice, or just parallel members?  If it is a lattice, I think
you'll have a hard time heating up enough of it, hot enough to beat it
into submission...
Can you flip the grill over, in-place, and do pretty much the same
thing they did before??  :)

ben


On 5/14/07, Jeffrey Polaski <jeff.polaski at rgs.uci.edu> wrote:
> Sorry I wasn't clear. It's made from round stock, about 1/2" or maybe
a
> little more.
>
>
>
> Jeff Polaski
> Webmaster
> Office of Research
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> University of California, Irvine
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ron Childers
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:22 AM
> To: 'Sponsored by ABANA'
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Straightening heavy Grill
>
> Jeff,
>
>  Wouldn't it be quicker, easier, better and less expensive to buy a
new
> piece of expanded metal?
>
> Ron C
>
> -----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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