This video shows home (garage) made burner that was welded out of half inch steel conduit pipe that can be “dezinced” in murriatic acid prior to use. The whole project started as a removal of the old burner that basically was a rusty powder…as such a sucessefull atempt was made to bring old BBQ grill back to life.
Tools used:
1) 0.035″ wire welder: Lincoln WELDPAK 100
2) Makita cutoff saw (if pipehas this walls – pipe cutter would work well too)
3) Cordless drill (it takes some steady hand to drill 300+ holes with orfice diameter similar to the holes in the old burner)
4) 4 1/2″ angle grinder
5) One gal of swimming pool grade murriatic acid
Order of operations:
1) Take measurements
2) Mark and Cut pipe
3) Drill holls
4) Use grinder to grind pipes to make if better fit atound the “T” connection.
5) Place all pipes/burner parts into murriatic acid bath for a few hours, rinse with cold water and use metal brush if needed to remove salt buildup from the surface.
6) Weld all pipes together.
7) Weld supporting feet- end caps to both ends of the burner to make sure burner stays firmly on the bottom of the grill and also provides good gas seal to the end of the burner pipe.
8) Attach burner to L shape pipe- you can use steel wire or you can weld small brackets to your burner and use screws/bolts to attach the burner.
9) Test if burner works
10) If it works well- delivering good uniform blue flame- you can make second burner for the other side using same dimensions.

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