Uniflame 22.5 donor for UDS?

[RyanMC375]

Local WalMart has Uniflame 22.5 Weber clones for $35.

Would this make an acceptable donor for grates and/or dome top lid for a UDS build?

[Salt Creek Bar-B-Que]

I've built half a dozen using these grills. Bend a thin strip of metal to go around the inside of the drum and put the lid on top. The ones I bought even had hinges that I used with a little modification. Get it done, and post some food pics!!
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[BriGreentea]

I used that for my uds but it was the one with the handle in front. I wanted to make a hinged dome lid from the existing brackets and I did though had to improvise with the nuts and bolts.
For the fit go to home depot and around the hardware section I found thin strip of metal around 6 feet or so I think and believe was 1 1/2 inches wide. From there measure it around the inside of the drum and cut it off. Use 1/2 inch bolts. Looked something like this. I just wish I had it raised up a bit and would have been more flush then could have place a rope around it like one guy here did and won't leak at all...


By greentea74 at 2011-07-20


By greentea74 at 2011-07-20
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[RyanMC375]

I'm not much of a fabricator, so I'm sure this will be a very slow process for me with tons of questions.
BriGreentea, it looks like you added the metal band slightly higher than the lip of the drum on the inside? Purpose?

[1buckie]

Inside of the lip of the lid is just a bit too small for the original drum.......
Strip of metal inside creates a NEW smaller diameter, so the lid will fit snug......
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