Well - not so much progress at the moment. Had to move a car project during the weekend. But, plan is to complete two things within the next week or so.
1. A grinder for "saw dust"....
An explanation is probably in place. Weber have only one type of cold smoke dust - and it's actually great dust, but, it's just ONE flavour. I got hold of "less granular" dust than Weber's (other flavours
) but, those won't burn in the Weber cold smoke "spiral"...so, I had to grind them down to "dust". For this, I used an ancient nut/almond grinder I had lying around. (Not figured out any better yet.) however, handgrinding is a tedious task so, I figured I would make it "engine-operated" just like I did with our "ice grinder"....remove the handle, put two nuts on the axle and use the torque between them to lock them in place. Then, use a regular handheld, electrical screwdriver to turn the grinder...
Unfortunately I could not find matching nuts to turn on (and I would like to be able to return the grinder to hand operated once I come up with a better solution to grind the "less granular" dust I found....
I got the steel pin, I have drilled the hole for the lock pin, I have the nuts and made the threads for them - but, go figure - the steel pin is too think for one of the components so I have to bother my friend again, to use his machining tool to get the steel pin a tad bit narrower...
it's an annoying 0.3 mm, on the radius, too big to fit.
Anyone's got an idea how to make a "real" grinder for the dust - give me a shout...
real = one which does not involve having to potentially ruin a perfectly fine, antique, piece of kitchen equipment.
2. The sink - well - I need to drill a hole in the bottom - the waste water outlet or what it's called. I want that to be a stock solution, in case I can make the outlet more permanent as such, in the future. Won't do that from start though - I think...
so, next job is to find a hole cutter which can handle steel and is about 95 mm in diameter... that should be interesting...
next issue - how to get the hole really centered...
Once that's settled, I will turn it in for sand blasting and powder coating.
Ahh well, challenges, challenges..
designed to be overcome.
Cheers,
WeberSwede