Repair burner grate?
Posted by:
Kelly (IP Logged)
Date: December 07, 2007 02:04AM
I'm working on building a Stanley burner, got all the holes drilled out and am ready to crimp on the inner pan. But it has a couple of cracks that are nagging at me. You can see them on the attached photo. They both start in the edge of the left-hand "nostril" as viewed from the mixing-tube side.
One is between 10 & 11 o'clock. It runs back into the adjacent valley, a little up from the bottom, curves a little to the left, and is about 7/8" long.
The other is at 3 o'clock, right in the crotch of the valley that receives the pilot. It goes straight back, about 9/16".
Do you think these cracks would promote fire at wrong places? Do you think they'll continue to lengthen, being in this part of the casting? Should they be dealt with now? And if so, how? If a fix is in order, I can think of a bunch of maybe good and not-so-good ones, but I have no experience with what kind of repairs have actually succeeded on a burner grate like this.
Every opinion is welcome. Thanks...
Kelly
Mount Joy, PA
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