Made a Fattie Piston

[adiochiro3]

Thanks to inspiration from Cowgirl, I picked up the parts for a fatty piston at the hardware store today. Items included: a 12" long piece of ABS 2" pipe (apparently, ABS is OK for food contact), a 12" long threaded 3/4" PVC nipple, a 3/4" slip cap, a 3/4" male pipe threaded plug, and a 1 1/4" to 3/4" bushing.



I threaded the nipple onto the bushing; this took a bit of effort as the threads were tight inside the bushing. I ended up using a hair dryer to expand the plastic a bit in order to start the threads. I threaded it about 3/4 into the bushing threads to leave room to thread the plug into the other side. Then I screwed the plug into the other end of the bushing.



I cut the unnecessary portion of the plug off with a hack saw and sanded the plunger/piston surface smooth on my belt sander.



I then glued the cap onto the other end of the nipple to make compressing fatties easier on my hand. I then cut the 2" ABS pipe to a 9" length. Here is the finished product. Total cost: $4.40. Total time: 15 min. including pix.



I figured I would wrap the plunger end with a sandwich bag to make clean up easier -- may or may not be necessary.



I'll be making fatties later this week; I'll let y'all know how it works out. Thanks for looking! And thanks Cowgirl!

James

 

[etcher1]

Your going to like the fatty piston. I made one out of a caulking gun.
And always thanks to Cowgirl.

 

[mballi3011]

It always goes to show you that necessity is the mother on invention. Now I haven't seen one like yours but if it works run with it my friend. Now this is fine and dandy we want the Fattie Now.

 

[cowgirl]

James that looks great! Nice job.

Thanks!!

Thank you too Etcher....

 

[thestealth]

I've been hiding out for the winter so maybe I missed it, but what does the fatty piston do exactly?

(I couldn't log on here this winter, people in nice climates smoking meat made me too jealous)

 

[cowgirl]

lol Glad to have you back.

The piston just makes rolling a fatty a bit neater (for me at least). The fillings can be chilled before stuffing. I can use fillings I wouldn't normally use.

Here are a couple....
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ad.php?t=89427

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ad.php?t=82930

They are not necessary...just fun. :)

 

[treegje]

Excellent job

 

[thestealth]

Ah, very nice. It would make rolling a fatty a lot easier. Great idea!