When 58limited came over today to pick up the Weber kettle I sold him, he also helped me with assembling my new SNS kettle. When attaching the lid cradle assembly to the bowl, there is a vertical support bar which attaches to the cradle and then to the kettle bowl. The support bar has a hole drilled in it, but nothing is supposed to be attached to it, using that hole. The Weber kettle is the same way. Neither David or I could figure out what the hole is for. We were wondering why is there a hole drilled in this piece, if it’s not to be used for anything? Anyone know the reason for the hole?
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I just checked mine (22”) and the hole is there. Hhmmm…. Anything in the directions? Oh, y’all wouldn’t know since guys don’t need directions…. *snort*
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Guessing a manufacturing thing, maybe to hold those pieces in the machine that stamps or bends them. If only Mr Rogers were still on TV he would've taken us on a tour of the Weber & SnS factories then we'd know.
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Is it there as a joke to drive engineers and the mechanically inclined insane. "Why a hole, why?" 🤯
Some kid might get a finger stuck in it. I wonder if that has happened? 🤔
Last edited by Carolyn; January 2, 2024, 10:35 AM.
Reason: repair a previous choppy edit
If there is no other hole in the piece, that hole might be for plating purposes. I worked in a plating factory one summer as a youth and parts needed a hole to hang on the hooks that went into the plating tanks.
That hole was put there on purpose so a bunch of peeps could go at it on-line and wonder why & ask questions & drive each other nuts tryin to figger out what’s fer.
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