Kilo Charlie's Creations and BS

Thank you for the input @Bigdaddy4760 !

Finally making some headway on removing the old paint/primer!!

 

Well the middle section is never gonna look like the outside of it.. at some point the previous owner must have has a large fire inside and the metal super heated...oh well.. progress is being made . Slowly.. but it's gonna get there one of these days haha!

 

Some good high temp paint will fix all those issues.

 

Looking better. Any sand or coke blasters around you.

 

I have a small sandblaster unit .. nothing I have tried so far has touched the old paint/primer which is why i resorted to using a grinder with some flap disc wheels.. once I get all the paint off I will hit it again with the sand blaster and remove the surface rust.

It's making is a slow and tedious process especially in this heat/humidity so I've only been working on it an hour or two at a time. Currently in a heat index of 101F

 

Switched from a flap wheel to a pumice type stripping wheel on the grinder and made some great progress today before the heat/humidity got too bad.

 

Looking better

 

Still have a long ways to go.. but it'll get there eventually!

 

No progress today... Light rain this morning with storms forecast this afternoon. Surprisingly, the stacks unscrewed quite easily.



Saw this hog roaster online...some website where you can rent this for your party or whatever.. two things from this photo have got me thinking...

First thing.. I like the idea of the wooden shelves.. the ones in the pictures are removable/moveable.


Secondarily... From this photo and many others in my research.. it could make sense for me to just build the grate for the top and abandon the rotisserie all together?
I would still be able to roast a whole hog and use it to smoke/grill a large amount of other things.

Decisions decisions....

 

Motor mount there



Motor mount removed.

You can see the way it was mounted was just trapping moisture and dirt.

PRO TIP: A spray bottle with soapy water keeps the sawzall blade lubricated and cooler.



Cleaned up with the stripping wheel



The rest of it about 95% complete as far as stripping the old paint and primer and rust.

 

You figured out drive yet

 

Nope... I'm honestly considering ditching the rotisserie and just having a grate. I can always figure out a drive system later.

I'm at a point where I need to buy a welder and learn how to weld so I can make some changes before putting this thing to the test.

 

Yes sir these kinda projects a welder an plasma torch is your friend

 

I'm guessing isn't gonna cut it! Haha

 

Junk welder

 

Yeah.. I know... Was just trying to be funny!

 

Hook a battery charger to wiper motor

 

Haha looks like it worked for them! That's great!

 

Mostly just a test to see how this 1200F rated paint is going to lay down.

I know 95% of painting is prep work but I'm not exactly building a show piece... It's definitely not perfect but it does allow me to see what will and will not be hidden with the paint.

Primer isn't recommend and clearly a lot of things show through... I wasn't expecting miracles or anything.. hopefully a couple layers of paint will help









Not ideal conditions for painting as the wind was blowing but I was impatient! Haha oh well!