The shelf is great, but… The installation, which should have been simple was complicated by two screws on the left of the firebox that had become frozen in their barrel nuts. This was further complicated by the barrel nuts slipping in their holes. It required a Dremel tool and some grinding to cut out the two screws and barrel nuts. I then installed the shelf using two bolts, lock washers, and nuts (the way it should have been done in the first place.)
The other thing I noticed is that the shelf makes it more difficult to get to the handy ash removal cup (which makes the cup not so handy.)
I realize that these are first world problems but, there it is.
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