FC Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 No mortar, Australian brick layout. Cost about $750. I need to figure a way to divert the weights from the brick when opening the lids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted August 12, 2023 Report Share Posted August 12, 2023 If you tie a piece of wire around either the bottom or the top of the weights and pull it back away from the bricks, when you open it, the weights will go down and backwards, missing the bricks. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted August 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2023 I'll look at that idea, but I don't see how to tie them back in the lid down position. I thought about metal slopes attached to the vertical angle iron. Hopefully the brick survives fires. That's why I lined the firebox with antique brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted August 12, 2023 Report Share Posted August 12, 2023 Try lifting the lid until the weights just start touching, then tie off a lead on them and pull it so they don't touch, but make it long and anchor it as far back as practical so there is plenty of arc to the swing. Otherwise, yeah, some plate or something to guide them away from the edge, or add an extension to the vertical part, moving the pulley back a few inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted August 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2023 Thank you for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 Great pit. Wonder how many know what the weights were made for? Years ago most rural communities had community centers that had pits like yours, and some churches too. Most didn’t have lids though. Orta be some good groceries coming off that smoker. Come on fall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 What about bolting a piece of angle iron like a cross at top where the pulley is and bolt on garage door pulley where pulley is now and another on back of cross piece to hold weights further back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 Lowes has garage door cable pulleys for 8.00 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted August 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 I got those window weights from my church building windows. When I was a boy in S. Dakota, a BBQ was anything that dad put on the charcoal grill. Now my favorite, and specialty, is TX brisket, 11+ hours at the low 200s temp. I cooked ribs since I couldn't find brisket, and they came out fine. The lid of the fire box gets so hot I could just put hamburgers on top and cook them. I think the easiest, cheapest way to get the weights back is to buy a sheet of galvanized roofing and use that as a wall, and put the weights outside of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted August 22, 2023 Report Share Posted August 22, 2023 I thought of weights behind a piece of metal but couldn’t figure out what I’d use. Roofing tin is perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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