Date:         Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:33:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Spillmeister burner grill thingies
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On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Maggie Dew <wildebus@gmail.com> wrote:

> Don Hanson wrote:  "I'd still like to find some cheap-o ready-made
> solution to those diabolical 'Spillmeister' burner grill thingies.."
>
> The VW emblem burner grill thingies work great.  Does Frank Condelli
> still have some of those?
>

I have the grill inserts from Frank, they work great.  I can't find them on
his site right now, they have been available off an on over the years.

Another solution I've seen suggested is this.  Get a length of brass tubing
just a little bigger ID than the parts of the grill that currently end and
create the 'spill hole'.  Cut sections of the tubing a couple of inches
longer than the gap.  Slide onto the open end of the grill piece until it
clears the other side then slide back so it fits over both pieces.  Do the
same for the other part.  This will require a little careful bending/shaping
of one of the pieces so that it passes under the other.  If I were trying
this I'd head for the local hobby shop, they usually have an assortment of
thin wall brass tubing.