So Brian, ready to start on our weber barstool project?

[Troy]

pizza oven!

[zavod44]

If you did an ice chest you would have to insulate it somehow.  Otherwise it wouldn't have any thermal properties.  Not saying it can't be done, just needs to be worked out.   Just sayin..

[Duke]

How about building all of the things we mentioned, stools and all. Then take some pictures or a video of it all put together. You could even make an ottoman out of one and put yer feet up.

[Heyjude]

I bet you could make some speaker enclosures out of Smoley joes!
Hmmm, I may have to try that one myself.

[zavod44]

I think the Jumbo would make the best ottoman

[Golly]

bump

[Mark Schnell]

Got an idea for the ice chest. Take a 22.5 bowl, sit a 18.5 in it, shim it up so it sits even at the top, and then fill the gap in between them with the expandable foam. Instant ice chest. You could even do the same thing with the lid so you had insulation on both parts.

[mike.stavlund]

I shall be watching this thread with great interest. 

Another idea I had about the ice chest:  You could flip a 22" lid into a 22" bowl, seal up the joint with some silicone caulk, then fill in the space with expanding foam shot in through the bottom vents.  You'd need to make sure the lid vent was sealed up, though, so no ice water would run into the insulation space.  Then you could put another lid on top of that (I'm guessing Troy has a few extra lids, too). 

Or you could take Mark's idea and find some way to connect one of the sets of bottom vents with a piece of PVC so you would have a drain when the party was over. 

[mike.stavlund]

I first saw the kettle chair idea on Good Eats. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5tytP4Do-A

skip forward to about 2:00 for a couple of glimpses of his construction.  That's some pretty fancy upholstery on that thing!   I think I'd flip the wheels/feet around, though, to show off the whitewalls. 

[Troy]

that's where we saw it too

[mike.stavlund]

Cool.  Now I just need to figure out how that kettle chair idea came to be associated with the consumption of alcohol. ;-)  Maybe you could add a cupholder to the side!  A Weber chimney should be just about the right size...

[zavod44]

Troy we need to make a serious exchange so we can get some of these projects going...

Brian

[Troy]

i'm taking the fam shopping at woodfield on saturday. want me to bring a few bowls and my extra cajun bandit rotisserie ring along?

[Golly]

I first saw the kettle chair idea on Good Eats. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5tytP4Do-A

skip forward to about 2:00 for a couple of glimpses of his construction.  That's some pretty fancy upholstery on that thing!   I think I'd flip the wheels/feet around, though, to show off the whitewalls.

link not working for me
cant even seem to get it just putting good eats s14e1 etc etc
is video down?

[mike.stavlund]

I just tried it again, and the link is working fine for me.  Not sure what the problem would be.  Maybe you could try searching YouTube for 'Porterhouse Rules'.  It is clip 3 of 3.