Cutting and welding a BBQ lid to make it narrower

welding

I have a fairly heavy-gauge park style BBQ made by Pilot Rock.

If you needed to reduce the width of this BBQ lid by a couple inches (facing the grill), how and where would you make the cuts and then weld the pieces back together?

BBQ lid

Best Answer

I would try to cut as close to one end as i could so you effectively have just the curved end.

Then cut out the "couple of inches" off the end that you removed the end piece from and weld your curved end plate back on.

This would be the most aesthetically pleasing but you could remove a section of the middle, you would have a weld bead in the middle of course.