ATX_LeGrand
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- Nov 16, 2014
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Good Evening Brethren,
Anyone have experience with reshaping steel with regular household tools? I'm having problems with the cooking chamber door on my Brinkmann vertical trailmaster. The door curves at an angle tighter than the cooking chamber angle. So when I shut it 1) the handle latch doesn't quite reach the piece inside so it latches all the way, and 2) when I finally get a couple mm to catch and it stays shut, the edge of the door is still a few mm short of the edge of cooking chamber opening...even with a gasket.
I tried heating it to about 275 and taking it off, laying down, outside side door facing down, and putting about 250 lbs on top to bow it out more. I left it sit until it cooled to about 50 degrees (outside temp). But now its actually more bowed inward than it was before??
Anyone have any experience with this or any advice? Need to work this out before ThanksGiving! Thanks!
Anyone have experience with reshaping steel with regular household tools? I'm having problems with the cooking chamber door on my Brinkmann vertical trailmaster. The door curves at an angle tighter than the cooking chamber angle. So when I shut it 1) the handle latch doesn't quite reach the piece inside so it latches all the way, and 2) when I finally get a couple mm to catch and it stays shut, the edge of the door is still a few mm short of the edge of cooking chamber opening...even with a gasket.
I tried heating it to about 275 and taking it off, laying down, outside side door facing down, and putting about 250 lbs on top to bow it out more. I left it sit until it cooled to about 50 degrees (outside temp). But now its actually more bowed inward than it was before??
Anyone have any experience with this or any advice? Need to work this out before ThanksGiving! Thanks!
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