BBQBarnes
MemberGot rid of the matchlight.
Hey everyone, I'm a brand new member and only started getting into BBQ a couple years ago when I bought my first pellet smoker. I've since graduated to a Weber Smokey Mountain and just picked up my first stick burner, an old Brinkmann Cimarron.
I also decided to pick up a rusty New Braunfels Bandera on Marketplace that I would like to restore for a friend.
It appears that a lot of it is surface rust and chipping paint so I'm planning on looking into getting it sand blasted to take it down to bare metal. The real issue is that when I went to lift it up to load it into my vehicle I saw that the bottom of the stand is rusted out badly. Seeing as I'm not a welder and I'm trying to keep costs relatively reasonable (keep in mind I only spent $50 on this thing), has anybody ever built a replacement base for a smoker out of steel pipe and fittings? I'm wondering if it would be up to the task of supporting the weight and heat of the fire box and smoking chamber. While pipe isn't cheap, I'm guessing it's going to be less expensive than contacting a metal fabricator to build a new base out of steel tube right?
I also decided to pick up a rusty New Braunfels Bandera on Marketplace that I would like to restore for a friend.
It appears that a lot of it is surface rust and chipping paint so I'm planning on looking into getting it sand blasted to take it down to bare metal. The real issue is that when I went to lift it up to load it into my vehicle I saw that the bottom of the stand is rusted out badly. Seeing as I'm not a welder and I'm trying to keep costs relatively reasonable (keep in mind I only spent $50 on this thing), has anybody ever built a replacement base for a smoker out of steel pipe and fittings? I'm wondering if it would be up to the task of supporting the weight and heat of the fire box and smoking chamber. While pipe isn't cheap, I'm guessing it's going to be less expensive than contacting a metal fabricator to build a new base out of steel tube right?