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Way to Go Mon !! Looks like a nice property and no neighbors breathing on you !! Good luck !!

anu wrote:Way to Go Mon !! Looks like a nice property and no neighbors breathing on you !! Good luck !!

Hey there anu!!!

Great to see you, my old friend!

I hope time is treating you well!

Yeah, great place to be. I like it out here. Nearest living noises I hear are of the bovine type...awesome. And, yeah, maybe I am anti-social!

And, IF things go to hell, I'll be eating protein straight from the volunteer long after others are dead fighting over the last of the smashed potatoes lying under foot!!! (just kidding, I wouldn't want to see society to get that way...not here anyway)

I do hope you and yours are well and fine!

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WHAB

Well, that was a fail.

I knew the bracket was a bit on the flimsy side. It had to be for me to create that form, the twist in it. I also knew that any stress on the wire could move the igniter. While I was putting things back together, I had that rolled cap piece back on (the overlapping piece that traps the griddle in place) to the point of having a screws that hold it in place back in place, the wire end with the button end on it connected to the face panel got away from me and obviously tugged on the wire. I tried it, it wouldn't light. I took it back apart, made the adjustments to get it working again, and put it back together again, and you can see the blue tape on it (I had learned my lesson!) and it got away from me again and pulled on the wire again. Each time removing the griddle out of the way completely While it did provide a better working environment, it''s quite a hunk of steel and bending over the stove and reaching out to put to remove it and put it back is not movement my back enjoys! There's like two height adjustment bolts way in the back. There is a lip on the underside that catches on them in both directions that I have to raise it over each time - in and out!

Introducing Piezo Igniter Retrofit 2.0

My brain is insisting this was a brake anti squeal shim, but I don't find it anywhere. It is a part that comes in a kit of some sort and it's there if you need it. I have seen them before but my brain can't get past brake anti squeal shim. Anyway, it's another thing I didn't throw away, of course! It's more rigid (thicker material) and it has the grounded igniter insulator hole pre-drilled! I saw it yesterday and pushed it aside thinking it was too thick for the twist and I could better use it somewhere else - maybe in 30 more years!!!

I made a cardboard template this time (I saved that Ritz box for that very reason...not necessarily this template but any template! ) and worked out a few aspects of it including breaking it (bending it) (in my shop made metal break ) close to the hole that will now hold that backside jam-nut, capturing it in place, meaning I'll only have to work one wrench when tightening it down instead of in that tight space.

I put it in place and tried it in a few places before I hit on where it is now. It is only in there temporarily, c-clamped in place. I'll give it a few days and see if it holds up and in the interim I'm going to see if I can find a stronger piezo igniter. Sometimes it takes several strikes for the propane to fire up. Not sure why.

I'm hungry (still), I'm exhausted and damn if my thumb isn't aching like sumbitch!

*btw, I uploaded the images in reverse order and did not "Place inline". While it does not lay them out in order with the text they are associated with it is a sure time saver.*

Time for a .

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WHAB

Dang! I forgot. I haven't seasoned the grill yet

I did just give it the brick treatment (I'm not really sure what it is. They call if pumice. but then I see it's fiberglass. I don't like the idea of dragging fiberglass across my cooking surface! ) and I will season it as soon as I can.

But, this is 'sort of' my first actual real-time woodworking post - sort of

I don't own a house vacuum. I had to resort to this. I should be beat for the sacrilege!

It is the first burgers cooked on the range. New cast iron pan, too. I have never own one of them, either.

I like the concept of cast iron and flat griddle cooking. We'll see how it works out after some time!

I am going to get some of my gear in the AM so I'm signing off.

Good night, friends and foes!



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WHAB

Love it.

.Time for a .

Am I right? Are you enjoying a volcano? I love my volcano.

WhiteHotAfterburner wrote:My brain is insisting this was a brake anti squeal shim...

It's a starter shim.

Butcher Bob wrote:

WhiteHotAfterburner wrote:My brain is insisting this was a brake anti squeal shim...

It's a starter shim.

That's IT!!! Dang. That's it! Good call, my friend!

IF you ever need to upgrade your commercial propane range to a piezo igniter system grab for the bag of starter shims I'm sure everyone saves for decades! They're great at that task AND come pre-drilled!



Thank you, sir!

Good night, brother!



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WHAB

ripper5 wrote:Love it.

.Time for a .

Am I right? Are you enjoying a volcano? I love my volcano.

Hey rip !

I do like Volcano's. I have used them many times. They're the best in their field.

However, I don't currently own one. I didn't have the cash when I bought mine.

I bought an Arizer Extreme Q. It has held its own since I've had it. It's 7 or 8 years old. It's been trouble free the entire time.

Maybe in the future I will get a Volcano. I really do like them. IF I ever do get a Volcano, I'll give this one away to someone who needs it.

I think we ought to test yours though, friend....never know when a problem will pop up. I'll certify yours for use! I'd even bring the organic material

Good night, my friend!

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WHAB

ripper5 wrote:Love it.

.Time for a .

Am I right? Are you enjoying a volcano? I love my volcano.

I do hope you did join me regardless a brand.

"I'll show you mine if you show me yours" (j/k about showing)
I did spring for a Space Case grinder

Good night!

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WHAB

Going for gear put on hold. My thumb is hurting more than I thought it would be at this point. I just pressed more blood out of a still swelling wound. No heavy lifting today. I'm going to try again tomorrow. Limited bending of that joint on that thumb.

Will get some other things done and re-season that griddle.

*Side note: I'm finding few real pumice griddle bricks. Fiberglass is all over the place They're advertised all over the place as Pumice Griddle Bricks but are actually fiberglass*

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WHAB