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Try and see if you can get hold of some 97.5/2.5 gas as well if you want to continue trying to weld Stainless.

Worst comes to worse youve got a cr*p load of shinny metal for decrotive trimming pieces once you polish it up

Every cloud has a stainless lining ??

I completely missed the stainless part !! Thus lies youre problem. Stainless is a B*tch to weld from what i remember. i havent welded anything stainless since my days as an apprentice but if memory serves because its not pure Steel and its got Chromium and Nickle in their it has a much higher coeffi...

What welder are you using by the way ??

what wire ? and what have you got it set on ??

Rod, Definetly some good points im already going to take on board some and make some tweaks. With the smoker box beign too big what effect is that going to have on my cooking chamber ? is it going to burn to hot or is more a case of being inefficent ?? i admit that on my CAd design the 2 chambers ar...

have you tried stitch welding it ??
not as neat as a consitant bead but welding that thin a guage heat is never goign to be your friend.

also using 1/8" over 19 guage you're going to triple your weight per square foot nearly.

Thanks for the advice grabber !!!

Thanks for your response Rod, ive had a look and the recommended fire box size and mine is about 10 cubic inches too big, im assuming however that's for a directly connected firebox like on a traditional RF smoker. Would a larger firebox not equal out for any loss in heat in transition between chamb...

Hi Rod, No I haven't... and after looking i cant find it :( could you post a link for me ?? im probably going to place a fire bricks in the bottom of the firebox and place a charcoal box on top of that. contain and direct the heat more efficiently. why do you think the connecting duct would cause fo...

Thanks Doc, Any help you could give would be really great. if you need any additional specs or information please just give me a shout and im more than happy to try and give you as much as i can. Im currently in the process of finishing another project (no point having an amazing smoker if you haven...

Hi Guys, Another Brit coming over to invade, dont worry we're not going to enforce the monarchy on you !! hope to gain Loads of advice from you guys as im looking to up my game and taking a plunge into the world of smoking. Ive already made my first post so please any advice you can give will be Sma...

Hi Guys, Im brand new and hoping you can all help me out a bit !! British born and raised and a fairly established and confident griller ive decided to up my game and build a proper smoker. I never do things by half so im throwing my self in at the deep end and am currently in the planning stages of...