Need some advice

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98_tj

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They ash tray on my father's charcoal grill is completely rusted out, but he loves the grill. The rest of the grill is in ok shape so there is no point in throwing it away. For fathers day I am making him a new ash tray for it out of some sheet metal. The sheet metal i have is just 16gauge, so it is not the most ridged and I know in the next 5 years or so it will also rust out.

Is it worth it to instead of bending up the sides of the sheet metal to make a tray but make a frame out of 1.5" x 1/8" angle iron and just weld the sheet into the bottom of that. So theoretically when the bottom starts to rust out I could just replace the sheet metal in the bottom of the tray.

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you can buy those grease trays on Amazon
 
Also put a small X bend in the middle of the flat if you can.
 
Spend a few bucks on some light gauge stainless, bend the sides to make a pan, and it will likely outlast the grill. Aluminum will likely work too, but might corrode through with mixed ash/water over time.
 
My old grill had a powder coated tray, but what I did was take tinfoil line it and put play sand in the bottom, it was more of a drippings tray but the sand soaked up the drippings and the foil protected it pretty good. Not sure if that would work on your grill. Just dump it and re line it.

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I was gunna see if @jeepinmatt had told you to set it on fire yet, but I think that's the majority of the problem to begin with :D

Also, I'd just bend the sides up. You could always double it up and toss a few rivets in there to hold it together.
 
No fries said:
My old grill had a powder coated tray, but what I did was take tinfoil line it and put play sand in the bottom, it was more of a drippings tray but the sand soaked up the drippings and the foil protected it pretty good. Not sure if that would work on your grill. Just dump it and re line it.

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Not to be that guy....
But I’d skip the sand for 2 major reasons.
1) it will trap moisture and actually promote rust
2) slightly less likely but more serious potentially. At a high enough temperature sand can potentially offgas silicate oxides which are linked to everything from carcinogen to respiratory problems
 
K.I.S.S. remove, repeat as needed.

Its not like it's a gourmet appliance or a spaceship microwave.
 
Well, after making the ash drawer, the angle iron on the right side of the grill that holds the tray broke off. So I guess I have started down the rabbit hole of rebuilding the grill...

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