Date:         Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:25:31 -0800
Reply-To:     Rob Campbell <mantid@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rob Campbell <mantid@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy Stove Grates
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I also recieved a pair of these, they are great.  I was expecting that they
somehow remained in place, but its not a big deal to stick them in the
drawer after use.  Mike, perhaps its time to offer these again if you have
any left?


On 1/13/06, Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca> wrote:
>
> Yes, but use some stainless rod, welding rod, 1/8" thick or so and try
> and copy the grate inserts Mike Ray found(I have a pair, he kindly set
> to me, they do work like a charm).
>
> You can see pics of them, and another insert design on one of my web
> pages, here:
>
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/bilbo/Mikevan.html
>
> Alistair
>
>
> '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
>
> On 13-Jan-06, at 7:56 AM, don spence wrote:
>
> Any reason you can't get a piece of piano wire and bend your own?  A
> simple block of wood with a couple of screws placed close together
> and clamped in a vice or a "workmate" would provide a "brake" to bend
> the wire. Think of a shape that would go around the points of an
> asterisk  or even an "X" and you'd have something that would do the
> trick.
> On 13-Jan-06, at 8:36 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
> > Westy Stove Grates
> >
> > I was going to ask the same question--I have one of those aluminum
> > Italian
> > percolators, and can't really use it. What's up with the design on
> > these grills?
> >
> > Simple fix, I think, would be placing a square of iron mesh over
> > the center
> > of the grill. Not elegant, perhaps, but it would probably work.
> > Doubtless
> > done many times before...is there a reason for the large gap in the
> > Westy
> > grills?
> >
>