I’m going to bust out a couple pairs of door pins on the manual lathe tomorrow after work. Just wondering how many people would be interested? I’d figure around $10 shipped for the pair would probably be where it lands price wise. Just enough to cover shipping and my time/materials.
These are the screw and nut I made a couple months back. Basically just makes it so you just flex the door slightly to install and remove.
They look like this.
I'm in. I have a set of pins from Amazon that BBQ_Bill was experimenting with. I bought his great door handles but lost the door tube. The pins was my next project. BBQ_Bill , how are those door pins working?
It's a bit cold here, but in a few weeks, I will be working on getting my KBQ ready for early spring smoking. The door has been my next project.
The pins are fine. Gotta keep track of them, and wash them just like the originals and the tube idea I came up with. This to me is an upgrade from mine and better because it stays in the frame. The door with a bit of maneuvering comes off, and no spare parts to lose.
Sorry for the long wait (ish?). Life and stuff happens.
I managed to get 3 pairs made the other day after work. I haven’t test fit them yet, but they’re pretty much identical to the ones that I made previously and am currently using.
I should have some time tomorrow (Feb 20) to make up a couple more pairs so I could cover all 4 of you, and I’ll see about shipping them before the weekend. Shoot me a PM with your address and we’ll work things out.
Included will be the pins themselves as well as nuts. All stainless. Let me know in the PM if you want me to put a drop of Loctite 472 on the threads for you. It won’t cure until you actually assemble the pin. I found that putting the nuts on just finger tight works well.
OK, in the interest of erasing yet another area where I am totally ignorant, I'll ask: How are these different from an ordinary bolts/nuts and what is the purpose of putting them through the metal as shown?
I'm ready to be embarrassed by my ignorance. Don't spare me.
There really isn’t a huge difference. The only difference, is that the end is cut to fit into the outside frame of the door to act as a pivot so you can open and close the door.
The KBQ comes standard with a solid rod going from side to side, making it not possible to remove the door for cleaning purposes. By cutting the rod off and installing these the door becomes easily removable.
To me, the sweet difference is that this is very quick.
These stay in the frame, with the door "popping" off nicely as needed for cleaning or assembling racks and pans for a smoke.
Another plus, is that they stay put, and don't get misplaced.
I have sent out a few of pairs already. I’m waiting for them to let me know how they work on other people’s KBQs before I would make more and send them out. Seeing as the KBQ is just bent sheet metal, I’m not sure how they fit versus in mine.
Hopefully some of the guys get them installed shortly. Ill keep you in mind though!
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