Thumbscrews

[dazzo]

Wow!

Less than a dozen   

[SixZeroFour]

Unreal! those all look amazing.

[AnakiMana]

Ok, what is a thumbscrew model? It's not in the glossary... I can't be the only one who doesn't know!

Sent via smoke signals from my Weber kettle

[1buckie]

Ok, what is a thumbscrew model? It's not in the glossary... I can't be the only one who doesn't know!

Here's a good pic of 1911 Ron's:

http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/18'-thumbscrew-bar-b-kettle/msg10646/?topicseen#msg10646

Kind of closeups from Harris:

http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/early-1960's-red-thumbscrew/msg104970/?topicseen#msg104970


            Couple of pieces of info:

Prior to the late 60s, Weber used thumbscrews to hold the legs in the bowl sockets.

The PAT PENDING and PAT number 3538906 that eventually got stamped on kettles refers to the Weber innovation of using  the grooved friction system to hold th legs in place.

These details help folks to date kettles.  Golly's cado is pre 68 ish!

This picture of the recent Imperial shows a pretty good shot of the thumb screws:

The real old grills had them, but Im not sure what year they started....others on here will chime in about that.

Thumbscrews in the leg sockets should date back to the 1956 redesign through about 1967-68 as Brian pointed out.