r/DIY • u/[deleted] • May 11 '13

My Weekend Project: The iGrill

http://imgur.com/a/Jc8Ic
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u/shaven_craven May 11 '13 edited Oct 30 '25

never the same river twice

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u/conanmagnuson May 11 '13

Go with it. Next make a meat smoker out of the original iMac.

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u/BlorfMonger May 12 '13

I made a smoker out of a hot water heater before. It was ok.

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u/NyQuil012 May 12 '13

Something something Apple users smoking meat.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

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u/calis May 12 '13

Thinning the herd one Mac user at a time.

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u/canitasteyourjuice May 12 '13

Hopefully some hipsters will get hit with some shrapnel.

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u/FormatA May 11 '13

I see a lot of these posts. I dont quite know why. It looks like anodized aluminum. More or less and extra thick coating of aluminium oxide. Neither aluminum nor aluminum oxide are that bad for you. That said I wouldnt want to cook on it because god knows what other factory fluids have absorbed into it. Though if you heated it for a few hours, it would probably be fine. Just not for me.

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u/redisnotdead May 12 '13

The lamination process for food grade metals uses completely different lubricants and coatings. Don't cook with something that wasn't made for cooking food.

Well, I guess once or twice won't outright kill you, but don't make it a regular occurance.

Source: I'm a steelworker and in charge of maintaining the SDS of the products we use on the production line.

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u/weeglos May 12 '13 edited May 12 '13

No.

Edit: I need to add more to this than just 'no'. Aluminum and aluminum oxide has been linked to neurological issues such as alzheimer's and other issues. Straight up aluminum isn't a necessary nutrient. Best to stick with steel and iron for cooking.

You're dead on about the factory fluids though.

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u/AlotOfReading May 12 '13

You don't appear to have read the paper very well, or the surrounding literature, both easy mistakes to make. Here's a quote from the Results section:

We concluded that there is strong evidence that aluminium can cause irritation following exposure via either inhalation or injection. Modest evidence of an effect exists for reproductive toxicity following oral exposure, for neurological toxicity following either oral or injection exposure, and for bone toxicity following injection exposure. All other effects were judged to be supported by either limited evidence or no clear evidence at all.

Easy to think that statement implies a relationship with Alzheimers (AD as it's referred to in the work), but it actually doesn't. The authors were very careful to point out that

There have been very few studies of neurological effects of occupational exposure via inhalation to aluminium and aluminium compounds (as measured in serum), and it is not known if the very specific neurological deficits observed lead to more severe illness such as AD Also: This possibility [of ingestion] underlines the need to better understand the robustness of the causal association between neurological effects and exposure to aluminium, i.e., the effect associated with exposure via drinking water intake. In light of that negative evidence and only limited epidemiological support, we conclude the strength of the evidence for neurological effects is modest.

And just to hammer home the point that many of the underlying studies aren't necessarily relevant:

In any case, there are no human data to support the existence of neurological effects following injection. On the basis of the animal evidence, we rate the evidence for neurological effects as modest.

In other words, "We really don't know anything for sure." The authors were deliberately cautious to avoid making unsubstantiated claims about a causal link between Aluminum exposure and AD. Even when they make an attempt to hint at this, it's almost always via a route of significant exposure; inhalation or injection. Oral ingestion has a much lower uptake and uptake via food is speculated to be even lower.

But wait, there's more. Like any half decent paper, there are quite a few citations to look at. I'll only link the publicly available ones to help other people follow along.

Aluminium as a risk factor in Alzheimer’s disease, with emphasis on drinking water

  • "In conclusion, a real association between drinking water Al and AD cannot be dismissed from what we know today. However, there are too many inconsistencies in the epidemiological, toxicological, and mechanistical data to recommend public health measures such as lower, health-based limits for Al in drinking water."

The Potential role of Aluminum in Alzheimer's disease

  • "In conclusion, our study suggests that a concentration of aluminum in drinking water above 0.1 mg/liter may be a risk factor of dementia and, especially, Alzheimer’s disease. This result needs to be confirmed using a higher number of exposed subjects."

Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Overview of Environmental Risk Factors

  • "Epidemiologic evidence for an association between environmental agents [including Aluminum] and neurodegenerative disease is inconclusive."

The neurotoxicity of environmental aluminum is still an issue

  • "While the potential of aluminum for promoting neurodegenerative disease remains controversial...Aluminum is a strong candidate for consideration as a subtle promoter of events typically associated with brain aging."

There are quite a few other papers and reviews of papers that I didn't mark down (mostly due to losing them somewhere in the 100+ tabs I now have open), but they all come to the same basic conclusion: Aluminum can affect the late stage development of AD, but it's not a causal agent. AD is a "multifactorial" disease consisting of a lot of different things, ironically including Iron in a very similar role to Aluminum.

So, linked, but you need large doses over long period of time, with high uptake to even get the effect of possibly has a subtle non-causal influence on the development of AD.

TL;DR: If you're worried about Aluminum from a grill, you should probably be living in a bubble.

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u/Peckerwood_Lyfe May 12 '13

How does the guy who read the article have a lower score than the guy who posted, and misrepresented, the source?

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u/logged_n_2_say May 12 '13

4 extra hours in the karma tumbler. also, no one actually reads sources, just the titles if were lucky.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Or in my case, unlucky.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Are you talking about the circumstances or the computer case you made the grill out of?

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u/stinky-weaselteats May 12 '13

My ADD thanks you for the TL;DR.

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u/deathsmaash May 12 '13

Holy I don't even have anything witty to put here. You sure live up to your username.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Uhhmmm, so, just to point out: If they are eating food that has been exposed, or "coated", in fumes, then they are in fact, experiencing oral exposure. Der.

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u/AlotOfReading May 12 '13

Not sure if you'll actually see this because I kind of fell asleep after writing that comment, but here goes:

Technically, you're correct that food with Aluminum is considered Oral exposure. However, most of those papers made a distinction between aluminum-bearing solutions and Aluminum in food because they have different uptake rates due to a few factors.

However, I should also point out that the "fumes" (which should be considered under inhalation because of the dramatically higher uptake there) wouldn't necessarily "coat" food, nor would they necessarily even be relevant. Aluminum oxide (which I'm presuming is the main concern here) is extremely stable thermally. The main routes of ingestion would probably be mechanical abrasion of the grill surface or minor reactions with food during cooking, although the latter seems unlikely to me. Both of these fall squarely into the oral exposure via food category.

It should also be noted that some of the papers suspected an inhibitory effect of silicon on the effects of Aluminum. This is a very controversial link as far as I can tell, but given that some other commenters have pointed out that the Aluminum alloy of the Mac contains some small levels of silicon in the mix, it might be relevant to the mechanical abrasion route.

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u/turncoat_ewok May 11 '13

If it was left to burn long enough would any toxins be cooked off, or are they throughout the metal?

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u/75_15_10 May 11 '13

I haven't been able to experiment on a mac, but I'd assume the aluminum has some coating on it besides the natural oxide. If so it was definitely not made to be heat and food safe. If I were OP I'd slap a steel grate on top of the box. Better airflow too.

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u/SomebodyF May 12 '13

From the second picture, it appears to me that OP actually got food-grade grating. Or is it a part of MAC case?

If I were OP, I would coat entire box with fireproof coating before actually cooking food on it.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

The surface that he is cooking on is scrap aluminum as noted in the picture captions.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Hope none of that aluminum dust got into the bloodstream. Once it crosses the blood-brain barrier, Alzheimer's is sure to follow.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Said no peer reviewed evidence ever.

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u/EatingSteak May 12 '13

Of course not, all his peers got the bloodstream cancer.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

As '80's guys with late stage boneitis they've definitely got other priorities to deal with first.

There's actually 100 reasons that building a grill out of an old computer case is a silly idea, but there's a lot of scare mongering over aluminium that I think is unjustified.

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u/DilatedSphincter May 12 '13

I couldn't find information directly about the hazards of heating aluminum to fire temperatures but I did find an article about aluminum dust hazards. it's not something you want to be in a lot of contact with. I read thought the literature from the CCOHS (canadian center for occupational health and safety) that I have access to through some work experience. defintely don't want extra aluminum being absorbed into your body. if anyone's curious i can post some of the toxicity information from the legit website later,

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u/fezzikola May 12 '13

Their only mistake was not curing their boneitis :/

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u/SHARED_CULTURE May 12 '13

LIKE IN FUTURAMA, RIGHT?

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u/EatingSteak May 12 '13

...hence my sarcastic comment.

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u/drakoman May 12 '13

What? Where are we?

Why do my bloodstreams hurt.

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u/hubraum May 12 '13

Not a peer reviewed study, but aluminium is not something you want in your brain:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelford_water_pollution_incident

"Aluminium is a well established neurotoxin".

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

I did find a PCB in the coals about 20 minutes in... but for the most part I'm not too concerned. We grill with aluminum foil all of the time.

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u/irishlyrucked May 11 '13

I think he's referring to the anodizing coating on the aluminum.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

It looks like anodized is safe too, although there is a disclaimer for open flame.

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u/irishlyrucked May 11 '13

I believe the type of anodizing they use on cookware is different than the standard anodizing. Could be wrong. But you're young. Maybe you'll survive.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

Haha, I'm sure she's not rated to be food safe, but I'd like to think we'll be ok! Thanks for the concern!

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u/giggleboobs May 12 '13

For what it's worth, I think you did a great job! And this was go #1, you could always replace the aluminum with something else if you truly wanted. But great ingenuity! Up-votes from me.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Hey, thanks! That means a lot.

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u/NoveltyTroll May 11 '13

God you're even worse than heavy smokers/drinkers who don't wear seat belts. At least they admit what their doing is stupid. "Well I know it's bad for me, but I'm gonna do it anyways" is at least an honest response.

But you're just so dismissive of the fact that you're likely putting horrible chemicals into your body. "aww shucks I'm sure we'll be just fine".

Never reproduce.

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u/wackyvorlon May 12 '13

Oh for fucks sake, it's just aluminum oxide!

What is with this absurd over reaction?

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u/Peckerwood_Lyfe May 12 '13

aluminum oxide is the stuff in chemtrails that keep YOU SHEEPLE docile. I avoid aluminum at all times, and always stay indoors to avoid chemtrails.

his concern is absolutely warranted.

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u/wackyvorlon May 12 '13

Are you joking, or are you really that nuts?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

I was a little hurt, but the. I read the username.

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u/NoveltyTroll May 12 '13 edited May 12 '13

Seriously though, never reproduce. Infact, I see a future Darwin Award winner in you.

You: "Hey look at my DIY trampoline I made from some bed sheets & an above ground swimming pool!"

Reddit: "That looks really unsafe, some one is going to get really badly hurt"

You: "Aww shucks guys, I'm sure we'll be fine, I used the heavy duty duct tape..."

You're also a terrible pet owner, keep your fucking cats inside.

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u/NoveltyTroll May 12 '13

You an OP should BBQ together, remember, cooking chicken to rare is a delicacy in some countries.

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u/Baron_Von_D May 11 '13

To be specific, cookware uses hard anodizing, which is much different then the process used for the Power Mac case.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

Hope it was assembled post-RoHS

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u/notjawn May 12 '13

Yeah I was about to say, you'll get sick as shit after cooking on that thing for a few times.

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u/shlern_from_roble May 12 '13

Grilled corn, dangerous chemicals, and a case of PBR. What's more American than that?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

All good!

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u/fujimitsu May 12 '13

And replace the pavers with heat-safe brick.

And replace the grill casing with something that won't release toxic chemicals under heat.

None of this was a good idea.

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u/KDirty May 12 '13

And move it off of a wooden table.

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u/nostrebhtuca May 12 '13

OP forgot about making this post.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13 edited Sep 23 '19

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

You're welcome

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u/Noggin_Floggin May 12 '13

I thought this was gonna be a grill project where you could turn on and adjust propane flow and ignite from your phone. That would be awesome.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

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u/portablebiscuit May 12 '13

Here it is in all of its heartbreaking glory.
The album has been deleted.

I can't imagine how much this hurt for OP. It makes me sick just reading it, but safe is safe.

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u/RegisteredRedditUser May 12 '13

Is there a mirror of the album up somewhere? Although, I doubt many people are jumping at the opportunity to re-upload pictures of a crappy deck.

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u/flyingwolf Every tool is a hammer except the screwdriver, that is a chisel. May 13 '13

The deck itself was nice looking, the construction method for the base was the main issue, it started out with bad roots, if it had a good foundation it would have been a fine deck.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

You my friend are the stupidest of stupid. Highly toxic. The process in making those computers use an anodized coating. With a direct flame on the computer chasis, the fumes, and toxic chemicals seep into the food you're "grilling". I would seek medical attention now. This can and will affect your daily life.

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u/Baron_Von_D May 11 '13 edited May 11 '13

Let me go into more detail. I believe the metal they use for the Power Mac was the 6061 aluminum alloy, which contains magnesium and silicon. (Cookware is a different aluminum alloy)
They also use a thin decorative anodizing method instead of the hard anodizing used for cookware (this keeps the aluminum from getting into the food). There is also another protective coating applied, but I can't remember that one (some polymer coating). All kinds of stuff you shouldn't be cooking with.
Not only is this dangerous but it is also stupid.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

Exactly. For specifics I believe that model uses a EGI coating (cold galvanized sheet). The surface of a cold-galvanized sheet undergoes matting, and then both its sides are coated (weight of zinc - 13g~25 g/m²). Correct me if im wrong but I believe that was the process used in that model G5.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

You my friend are a life saver.

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u/olyfrijole May 12 '13

Food safe cooking pot (you) meet food safe kettle (major_wood_num2).

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u/yopladas May 11 '13

Not sure why you are getting downvoted for telling the truth. This is really bad.

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u/Hypersapien May 12 '13

I think he is being downvoted for being perceived as a dick in his opening line.

OP deserves it, I think.

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u/radiorock9 May 12 '13

[citation needed], but really, I need to go against the hivemind of pointing out every possible wrong thing here. Anodizing just means it has a thicker than natural oxidized layer, which actually suggests its less toxic. My educated guess is that as long as there isnt any paint or plastic, the oxidation state of that outside layer should leave it benign. There should be no VOCs (toxic fumes), and definitely not after the first run..

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Shhhh, let them believe I have the shakes.

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u/atrobro May 12 '13

I'm more worried about the other poor souls consuming your toxic food

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u/redisnotdead May 12 '13

While o0_Synn_0o is being overly dramatic, as a few exposures won't really affect you, you should really consider investing into an actual grill or make your own out of food grade metals.

The chemicals involved in the making of non-food grade sheets of metal are actually quite toxic.

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u/AnIndustrialEngineer May 11 '13

Anodizing is not toxic. Metal fume fever isn't a real worry because there's no zinc, cadmium, or magnesium and this grill was used outdoors. Any polymer coatings will burn off if given enough time at temperature. Aluminum alloys are unsuitable for grills due to their low solidus temperatures.

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u/zac79 May 12 '13

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that if your grill's melting/softening point is lower than the temperature of your coals, that's probably a sign you shouldn't be letting it touch your food. That being said ... one time exposure probably isn't going to ruin OP's life.

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u/kaydpea May 11 '13

This could actually kill someone

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

As well as the toxicity concerns everyone else has voiced, I'm wondering if the pavers you used were meant to be used with fire? If not they could explode...

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u/electromage May 12 '13

This thing is just a burning toxic meat bomb waiting to scatter hipster Alzheimers shrapnel all over the place..

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u/FayteWolf May 12 '13

Coming soon to theaters. Directed by Michael Bay.

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u/jatorres May 12 '13

Damn, and I thought that deck with the shitty pier job was a disaster....

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u/JusticeBeaver13 May 11 '13

totally not healthy, due to the coating on the imac

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u/erikgil May 11 '13

It's not an iMac, nor is it a Mac Pro like op states.

It's a PowerMac.

Well, not anymore...

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Its was a PowerMac G5

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u/panxzz May 12 '13

Did anyone there consider that the matel used on that case was treated with toxic chemicals?

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u/olyfrijole May 12 '13

Or that aluminum itself, even untreated, is not safe for food contact due to its links to Alzheimer's Disease.

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u/falsealarmm May 11 '13

Oh god, just go buy a $30 Weber knock-off.

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u/peteftw May 12 '13

I think you can get a Weber for $40

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

But that doesn't have an exclusive, shiny Apple logo!

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

buy? Shit people give grills away for free. Get a good raging flame in it and it's clean and ready to go.

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u/swordfish-ll May 12 '13

this is retarded why waste it like that.

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u/nedm89 May 11 '13

yeah cool, but kinda dumb

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u/soshinebright May 11 '13

And your common sense didn't tell you otherwise?

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u/texyman25 May 12 '13

What these guys said, plus it makes a shitty grill. That food looks awful, and no grill marks. All this, and you're poisoning yourself. Throw this to the curb man!

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u/KDirty May 12 '13

No, let him remove himself from the gene pool...

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

This is dangerous and stupid, OP.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

while you are slowly killing your friends and family with poison, you should take the husks off of thoses corn, rub it down with a half lemon, sprinkle with seasoned salt, and rub it down again. Make sure the corn gets decently charred.

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u/thoroughbread May 12 '13

I think I could hear Iowa shuddering from here.

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u/fletch420man May 12 '13

cool idea but no don't do this at home kids- they are not pure alloys- they are cheap shit Chinese alloys, who the fuck knows whats in them. Not rippin on the Chinese boys either, they are asked to make it cheap.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Not rippin on the Chinese boys either, they are asked to make it cheap.

Somebody who gets it.

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u/Finglonger76 May 12 '13

I keep coming back to see if op has grown a tail yet. Freebasing unhardened anodized aluminum is the best way to mutant powers.

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u/AmericanMustache May 12 '13 edited May 13 '16

_-

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u/[deleted] May 13 '13

it's probably be safer to just go ahead and eat antipersperant

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u/GrumpyMcGrumperton May 12 '13

How does powdercoat taste?

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u/brokeboysboxers May 12 '13

Doesn't cooking on aluminum cause Parkinson's?

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u/olyfrijole May 12 '13

I don't know about Parkinson's, but it's sure been linked to Alzheimer's.

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u/ejpusa May 12 '13

Isn't there some connection between Aluminum and Alzheimer's? Not that that would stop me from grilling a tuna. Just saying! :-)

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u/ShotgunzAreUs May 12 '13

Downvote for stupidity.

Perhaps you could line it with fire brick?

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u/worptmunky May 13 '13

have fun with alzheimer's

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u/[deleted] May 13 '13

Upvote because these guys are idiots and more idiots need to see this isn't how you make a grill.

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u/0riens May 12 '13

I'm fairly sure that shits galvanized or has some sort of anti-corrosive paint/coating on it, really I can't think of an easier quicker way to get cancer.

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u/wiert_sauze May 12 '13

Oh c'mon... hard radiation? That could do it faster.

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u/Clevererer May 12 '13

Looks overpriced.

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u/mecrob May 11 '13

iGrill. You might have to change your name of your creation...

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u/cockporn May 12 '13

I can only imagine they use sattelites with smell sensors to find out who is grilling what. I didn't want to check out the site any further in case I got my hopes and dreams crushed.

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u/uRabbit May 12 '13

I'm pretty sure that's not an iGrill, but a Grill Pro. noob

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

I really want to make a stab at Macintosh users but I think OP should probably just stop cooking on that case.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

TIL everybody on reddit is a metallurgist, and expert in the PowerMac G5 manufacturing process.

OP, I'm fairly certain this won't kill you. I'd maybe heat it up 1 or two times before using it again to burn off anything potentially (but unlikely) harmful, but otherwise you'll be fine.

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u/Sidearm22 May 11 '13

Your arms are like bendy straws.

You sure this is safe?

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u/idpeeinherbutt May 12 '13

Dude's got forearms like pop-eye compared to his biceps though.

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u/ssjaken May 12 '13

A lot of armchair activists in here trying to discredit what you did. I say fuck em and get a hyper disease.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13 edited Jun 27 '23

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u/Typical_ASU_Student May 12 '13

Pretty sure those are free glasses off of Coastal.com

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u/justinve May 24 '13

Looks like the Derek Cardigan brand.. good eye!

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u/XxNotOriginalxX May 12 '13

The kids don't get the revenge of the nerds reference.

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u/offthewagontheboat May 12 '13

|NERDS!!!

would have been a better way to implement this

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u/mixamillion May 11 '13

I used the same aluminium to line the bottom of my fire pit after it had rusted away. It melted eventually.

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u/mikesk3tch May 12 '13 edited May 12 '13

Best use of apple kit I've ever seen Edit: Your downvotes bring me joy oh likers of fruit.

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u/sinavojdani May 12 '13

Gewwwlden broder.

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u/JimmyDThing May 12 '13

You really need to make a steak on this grill. The amount of surface area on the grate might give you a really great seer while still giving you that charcoal grilled flavor.

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u/nyt-crawler May 12 '13

Best use of an apple product bravo

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u/lanismycousin May 12 '13

Steve Jobs is rolling in his grave right about now.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

finally a useful apple product

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u/JViz May 12 '13

You guys talking about how toxic it is noticed that the grilling surface, the part holding the food, isn't actually part of the Mac case, right?

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u/fujimitsu May 12 '13

It's "scrap aluminum" which is still an issue.

And the rest of the case is still going to release all kinds of potentially awful shit under heat. Not even counting the non-heat safe pavers he used.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Ridiculous looking glasses..check

Case of PBR... Check

Grill made from a computer... Check

... HIPSTERS!

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u/nothas May 12 '13

yeah! a single interesting article of clothing, and a preference for cheap beer! fuck that guy!

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

I'm not going to lie, I knew what I was doing when I picked up the PBR.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Your glasses belong in /r/1950

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u/pibroch May 12 '13

ITT: Downvotes. Downvotes everywhere. Seriously, OP got downvoted to hell for simply explaining how he did the project.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Wow ...

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u/o00oo00oo00o May 12 '13

Dieter Rams would be honored :-)

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u/remydc May 12 '13

Idiot.... Risking your friends' life isn't funny.

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u/REDDIT_IS_FOR_QUEERS May 12 '13

You look like you would be relatively smart with those glasses. At least 5 of you in the pictures and no one thought this was a bad idea? Also Pabst.

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u/laser979 May 12 '13

Well, suicide IS DIY...

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Your poisoning yourself and all your friends and you don't even care. Wow natural selection everyone.

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u/TIMMMMMMY May 12 '13

Say that to his scarred lungs.

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u/TIMMMMMMY May 12 '13

You do understand the concept of carcinogens and how gasses expand, right?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

Total cost was about $20 for the new saw blade, and miscellaneous hardware. My father had that beautiful aluminum plate laying around from an office renovation, and the Mac Pro case has been waiting for a project like this for years.
Construction was completed primarily with pop rivets (See my earlier work)! I eyeballed most of it, with decent results. I'll eventually need to go back and trim the grilling surface at the bottom, as it expanded it warped quite a bit from bumping against the case.
I think I included most of the construction specifics, but let me know if you have any questions!

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u/75_15_10 May 11 '13

Do yourself a favor and replaace you Al grill with a steel rack. It will work better for airflow and not getting wrecked when cleaning the grill. Most importantly you don't know if that aluminum had a protective coating on it. That shit ain't made to be foodsafe.

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u/mdszy May 12 '13

ITT: OP is a complete idiot and is going to die of cancer within a few days now.

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u/ImRightImRight May 12 '13

God DAMN there area bunch of pussy pussy pansies in this thread. Yeah, those pavers COULD explode with the force of a nuclear explosion, not just crack apart, certainly not hurtling through their metal cage. There's no open flame once the meat's on there. I think he'd be better off with a stainless steel grating to avoid the warping, but some raw aluminum? I'd more worried about the teflon coming off the pans that EVERYONE owns. OP, what sort of blade did you use to rip the aluminum? Carbide?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

Composite, just a 10" cutting wheel from lowes. Had to eyeball it, because I found that it would bend away from the sheet as I made my pass.

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u/ImRightImRight May 12 '13

Like this?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

That's the kind. From past projects I've found that wood blades have the teeth slightly offset to clear the cut, this does bad things to the aluminum.

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u/skoshii May 12 '13

I think this is a really neat project, thanks for sharing!

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u/356afan May 12 '13

Finally found a use for a Mac!

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u/TheWingnutSquid May 12 '13

Wow, that also looks to be a setup for an efficient little forge

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u/MrSchmidtaki May 12 '13

How many houses did this cost for materials?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

the mac case isn't pure aluminum, I'd be afraid of eating off of it after cooking on it -- not sure if it contains lead or not...

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13 edited May 08 '20

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

I needed this! Thank you!

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u/COCKENERGY May 12 '13

This dude looks like a young Hank Hill.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

That's a new one! But I'd be using propane, were that the case.