expanded metal for charcoal basket

[smoking gents]

I see where most baskets measurements are 12"X48". Tractor Supply has 12"X24", 13ga metal. What is your preferred gauge on metal? Has anyone ever just used two pieces bolted together? thanks

[Pony Express]

standard is 3/4 9 gauge expanded. Metal at tractor supply is very expensive.

[Boots]

Google charcoal basket images and you'll see a ton of examples including some bolt together ones

[Big Ed]

Norton steel in Ft. Worth has 3/4 #9 flat about $50 for a 4x8 sheet


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[smoking gents]

It is 18 ga and it was 16.99 per 12"X24".

standard is 3/4 9 gauge expanded. Metal at tractor supply is very expensive.

[Boots]

Would definitely go the lower gauge, as 18 is like tin foil. Won't last a year if you ride it much at all. Firebox on my stainless Klose was 10 gauge and the chamber was 12, because only NASA can afford stainless below that.

[jerodpb]

Stuff from tractor supply will bend and warp to no end...trust me

I ordered mine from here... 3/4 x 9

http://www.metalsdepot.com/products/hrs ... 20&aident=

[Grillatarian]

Norton steel in Ft. Worth has 3/4 #9 flat about $50 for a 4x8 sheet


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Same at Fulton's steel in Denton. I can easily get 4 out of a sheet, plus one bonus from cutoffs, so not too bad. But I use a 16" grate for the bottom, so that adds some cost. I use the expansion for the sidewall, rolled by hand/foot and mallet massage. The #9 holds up quite well.

[smoking gents]

Thanks fellas. I will do some more shopping around. $50 for a sheet sounds like a heck of a deal. Too bad I live by the coast.

[txluke]

I got some expanded metal from a welder friend. I had an old metal bed frame that I cut up and used for angle iron to make the frame.

[jrachal]

I got mine at a metals market here in Atlanta. They have off cuts in an area that you can pick through. Paid $17.00 for 3/4 9 gauge expanded metal. It was 17" x 64" piece.