Re: Homade grill insert question

From: George T. Geissinger (ustow@ptd.net)
Date: Sat Mar 17 2001 - 17:04:23 EST


My shops neighbor is a metal perforater. If anyone has a peticuolar thing in
mind I can see what they have.
GEORGE!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Harris" <jetcity@swbell.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Homade grill insert question

> Look around town and find someplace that carries expanded metal and/or
> perforated metal. The expanded is fairly common and easy to find, you'll
> recognize it when you see it, it has kind of a diamond pattern to it. If
you
> like that stuff, look for the rolled kind that has eliminated the sharp
> edges on the cuts.
>
> Perforated metal is much cooler IMHO, it's sheet metal with holes punched
in
> it. The most common are round holes of varying sizes and spacing, but it's
> also available in some pretty cool patterns. If you're near a large
> metropolitan area you might be fortunate enough to have a perforater near
> you, and you can go in and ask for some scrap for cheap or free!
>
> For some examples, here's the perf company I used to do business with:
>
> http://www.diamondperf.com/
>
> Of course, you can do a web search and see what else you can come up with!
>
> Good luck!
>
> - Alex
>
> > From: Puddlestompa@aol.com
> > Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:18:00 -0500 (EST)
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: DML: Homade grill insert question
> >
> > I am looking at making my own grill insert and want to use some kind of
metal
> > mesh, honeycomb or just holes all throught the metal. I looked at
> > HomeDepository but could not find anything. Anybody have any
suggestions,
> > even if you have seen store bought ones like this that would help,
thanks.
> >
> > Aaron "The Man"
> > 98 2WD 2.5L 4cyl RC
> > http://www.hometown.aol.com/puddlestompa/mydak.html
>
>



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