Mounting banjo burners

[Tomtanner]

Hello,

I saw the following mounting concept on this forum and I think I would like to emulate it based on simplicity and future flexibility. Does anyone see any potential flaws or difficulties with this design? It looks pretty straight forward and effective to me. Thoughts?

 

[Tomtanner]

Hello,

I saw the following mounting concept on this forum and I think I would like to emulate it based on simplicity and future flexibility. Does anyone see any potential flaws or difficulties with this design? It looks pretty straight forward and effective to me. Thoughts?

I think this guy did an awesome job with this.

 

[Tomtanner]

Any other opinions?

 

[jcaudill]

I think it makes a lot of sense as opposed to mounting it directly to something integrated into the frame. If you decide to change burners down the road this approach will make it a lot easier.

 

[Landshark67]

I use a span of UniStrut (available at Home Depot) as the structure below my burners. The span is anchored to the edges of the frame.

I attach a 90deg L-shaped bracket and thread that into the burner. Then I attach a 1/2in bolt through the bracket and thread into the Unistrut. There is a UniStrut nut that sits in the channel.

By adding a nut above and below the bracket, I've been able to move the burner up and down based on kettle position/clearance. This is also nice if you have different types of burners mounted on the same structure. In my case, the MLT burner is a 4in version. It needs to be adjusted up to get closer to the bottom of the MLT.

The burners are very stable with only two mounting points.

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[Landshark67]

Here's another couple of views of how I've mounted my banjo burners.

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Brew On!

 

[Tomtanner]

So I went to pick up the parts to mount like this and it occurred to me that I do not understand how this was mounted. The bolt does not go through the top of the stand. Is this anchored somehow ?

 

[Tomtanner]

I use a span of UniStrut (available at Home Depot) as the structure below my burners. The span is anchored to the edges of the frame.

I attach a 90deg L-shaped bracket and thread that into the burner. Then I attach a 1/2in bolt through the bracket and thread into the Unistrut. There is a UniStrut nut that sits in the channel.

By adding a nut above and below the bracket, I've been able to move the burner up and down based on kettle position/clearance. This is also nice if you have different types of burners mounted on the same structure. In my case, the MLT burner is a 4in version. It needs to be adjusted up to get closer to the bottom of the MLT.

The burners are very stable with only two mounting points.

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Can you show some pictures?

 

[Tomtanner]

One hoppy guy what are your thoughts? You are pretty much a genius with this stuff.

 

[Landshark67]

So I went to pick up the parts to mount like this and it occurred to me that I do not understand how this was mounted. The bolt does not go through the top of the stand. Is this anchored somehow ?

The 1/2in bolt is threaded into a nut that sits in the Unistrut channel. You slide the nut in sideways and then twist into position. I use two 1/2in bolts with two angle mount pieces. These are found in the same ara at Home Depot. The angle pieces are what you would thread a bolt through and into the burner threads.

They key is having an extra bolt under the angle iron piece. Essentially what you are doing is pulling the bolt down but limiting how far by adjusting the nut below the angle iron. That's your height adjuster.

Having two 1/2in x aprox 7in bolts gives you enough adjustability and stiffness to secure the burner. You won't need to thread the bolt very far into the nut sitting in the Unistrut channel. All your looking for is enough bite so you can use the other nut (below the angle iron piece) to pull up against.

To mount one burner you will need:

2- 1/2 inch x 7in hex bolts.
2- 1/2in hex nuts
2- Unitstrut nuts.....that sit in the channel of the uni strut
2- Angle iron 90deg "elbows"

The burner usually comes with the screws you need to thread through the angle iron.

I also used a couple of washers because the opening in the angle iron was bigger than the burner screw heads.

Hope this helps.

 

[OneHoppyGuy]

Personally, I like ours

 

[OneHoppyGuy]

oh... and by the way... we are going to start selling these next week

 

[Tomtanner]

Personally, I like ours

How would I mount these on my home built stand?

 

[OneHoppyGuy]

I would have to see the stand.

 

[blad3rR]

Do you guys have a retail location or just mail order? Thinking I will be in the Concord area next week and would love one of those for my burner

 

[Landshark67]

oh... and by the way... we are going to start selling these next week

I like the integrated design. Fancy!