G111 Fire Ring

Just a little FYI up-date. Got a reply from Trevor, saying the grate made it safely, and he's working on them as we ....type.
Will let us know when they're ready for shipment.

joeq wrote:Just a little FYI up-date. Got a reply from Trevor, saying the grate made it safely, and he's working on them as we ....type.
Will let us know when they're ready for shipment.

"Grate" news !

Paul

And once again, the "check is in the mail". Trevor has shipped our grates, and should be here any day.
"Anticipation" is making me wait...(Carly Simon)

joeq wrote:And once again, the "check is in the mail". Trevor has shipped our grates, and should be here any day.
"Anticipation" is making me wait...(Carly Simon)

That's good news.

One step closer to fruition!

Randy

joeq wrote:And once again, the "check is in the mail". Trevor has shipped our grates, and should be here any day.
"Anticipation" is making me wait...(Carly Simon)

Are you saying that having to wait is grate-ing on your nerves ?

Hang in there, Joe. I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results.

Paul

Joe.... Grate can't wait !!!!

Hey Larry, just curious if Tomahawk sent yours yet? There will be "8" coming here to Ct, and I'm curious about the packaging or container/s.

So today, Santa came. Bringing tidings of joy. Here's some pics for you viewing pleasure. See if you can spot the "abnormality". The broken one is my "original" It's not a surprise cause Trevor informed me of it when they were done casting, and did his best to make it right. I'm not sure if it was a casualty of the process, or just carelessness, and some-one dropped it. But what's done is done, and we move on. I guess it must be a tough job to duplicate the original, with all the louvers or slots, there's some slag or flashing that'll need to be ground out, but all in all, I guess they came out OK. I don't have much experience in comparisons, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Now it's time to do some delivering.

Nice, Joe.

Too bad about the cracked original, but it can be repaired/glued to use as a pattern in future, if the need arises.

And, there's always going to be some grinding needed on finished castings.

If you look at the video of the tour of the Lodge cast iron cookware factory (page 99), that I posted yesterday in the Cookin' With Coal thread, you'll see that even with the most up-to-date , expensive casting equipment there's still grinding of excess material needing to be done on every piece.

Paul

It looks like the narrow end has been reversed.

Not sure what you're seeing franco, but it hasn't. Maybe the way it's laid out in the middle photo?

joeq wrote:Not sure what you're seeing franco, but it hasn't. Maybe the way it's laid out in the middle photo?

I think what franco is saying is they look like mirror images. If you look in a mirror and raise your right hand, the mirror image in reality is the left hand...should not effect the operation of the stove.

Oh, I think I see what you're seeing. In the photo above, it looks like there's a tail on one end. In reality, the ends are symmetrical. It's just in the positioning. If you look further back at the photos in this thread, you should see it.

Was out of town for some days and seen the package here when I returned this evening.
Will look at it tomorrow.