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CatskillSmoker

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My first thumbscrew
« on: September 03, 2019, 04:34:08 PM »
So a little over 20 months ago, at the beginning of my collecting MBH, I found a kettle at an estate sale in San Diego. I reached out to @Jason who I give a BIG THANKS to for making this happen. @Rub was looking into it as well so after he declined, I went for it. Jason was awesome with securing, packing, and shipping her across country. Now fast forward to now. I cleaned the lid when I got it but was intimidated, I guess, to tackle the rest. I was still a little green. Well I pulled it out of the box and got to working on her. She was coated with layers of ash and BBQ sauce. After a pretty good cleaning and going over, she's standing tall. One wheel was wiped when I got her. These were restored . Very happy with her in the end.
Pictures from Jason



Wiped out wheel.

















 
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Zrschaef

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2019, 04:37:16 PM »
Awesome job man, grate!

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MagnoliaTom

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2019, 04:43:26 PM »
Awesome!


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MBH redhead 22”, Smokey joe AU, Q 100, SSP EE code, new 26”
Looking for MBH 26

michaelmilitello

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2019, 05:17:57 PM »
Beautiful!   Now fire that baby up. 


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ReanimatedRobot

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2019, 07:20:15 PM »
Very nice! I hope to find one as pretty someday.  Bringing something back to its better days is very rewarding. 
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ISO: 18" & 22" Lime, 22" Cado, Plum SSP, Clean & Colored 18" for Midget Mod, and the usual Grails.

Bertl

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2019, 09:25:26 AM »
Ver very cool 68 Thumbscrew Cado and great work in restore!

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Grillagin

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2019, 01:24:30 PM »
Nice!  My first RRR was my 72 cado.  Looked pretty much the same inside. Quite a first project, but a great learning experience at the time.  Congrats!
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Firemunkee

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2019, 07:24:21 PM »
Congrats! That thing looks real nice!

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DaveG74

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2019, 07:28:23 PM »
Nice!
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I swear, when I score a great deal on a 26" I'll stop buying grills... So often.

Artizan_Dj

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2019, 02:26:46 AM »
Damn nice fella[emoji108]

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Jason

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2019, 08:09:38 PM »
Nice job on the restore, Colin! Glad I was able to help you get that one.
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ReanimatedRobot

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2019, 12:40:09 PM »
Did you restore the steel wheels or swap them out?  One of them was rusted out pretty badly so I was curious as to how you did the repair if it was the same ones it came with.

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ISO: 18" & 22" Lime, 22" Cado, Plum SSP, Clean & Colored 18" for Midget Mod, and the usual Grails.

jcnaz

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Re: My first thumbscrew
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2019, 05:35:55 PM »
That's a beauty!
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