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Dirtytires wrote:Nice progress...good, simple rack stop/tip.

I know you already thought of this but that long smokestack will roll thru the door, right? I am famous for not taking overall size onto account.

Haha! That’s something I would do! It’ll fit though. Through the man door and my overhead is 8’.

Getting closer!

ajfoxy wrote:Hydrant said:

If I could go it all again i’d Definitely do it like you have, with all new materials.

Well you don't have to stop there... you can build another one down the road.

Ya I can! It shure would be easier the second time around!

So I’ve been working away here and there but haven’t really got much to show! I’ve spent some time straightening and reinforcing both the CC door and the Fb door that both warped when I welded them. The warping issue has got me worried about the whole contraption keeping its shape during use. I’m no...

Nice work....great progress. Just a safety note, another post on here just yesterday said he rolled his smoker off a set of jack stands and crashed it to the ground. Luckily, nobody got hurt. Yup,that was me! I’ve found that it was a blessing in disguise though because getting the stand done has su...

ajfoxy wrote: Amazing how pain sharpens one's focus...

Looking good and coming along nicely. Getting closer to q-view and enjoying the unit.

Trying to decide what i’ll Smoke first! Most likely something cheap like ribs in case there’s a learning period!

Big T wrote: I was kinda worried when I first saw those free standing legs.

When I told my wife it fell she said sarcastically “who saw that coming”!

She’s got legs! Plans changed when the damn thing fell! So I got to work on the stand.

Dirtytires wrote:Looking like its taking shape nicely. Keep it up.

Thanks

Faught with the CC door for a lot of the day. Finally got it shaped correctly to match the profile if the tank and when I wrapped the flat bar over the curve of the tank it pulled the door out of whack again! I ended up using 2 come-a-longs and voila, the thing fits nice again. I should have some mo...

That looks like it will be one heck of a smoker! Pics of the build please!

Here is some more of the firebox. The door, hinges and basket are done, I just have the intakes and latch left.

Back at ‘er!
Got some time today to get some more done. And ya the darn CC door sprung.

Thanks for the replies. I got a little more done today. I shopped for some material, amd castors. Got everything I needed except the center finder.
Finished welding out the basket, cut the door and started the door seal.

Your tank cleaned up nice! Your lucky your compressor was a horizontal unit, you can use the original feet on the tank for the beginning of your smoker stands.

I picked this up for the FB door today too. Hitting the metal supermarket tomorrow and getting the angle I ran out of, and hopefully a more productive day.

We all have days like that at some point during a build. You'll need more than an inch of clearance between the fire basket and floor of the FB or the ash build up will choke out the fire. Also an ash pan is a great feature, it makes cleaning a breeze. I'm not sure how big your fire basket is going...

So I decided I may add the warming cabinet as it just kinda seems to make sense. But that’ll come last if I want it when the smoker section is complete. Got a little work done on the firebox basket today. Pretty discouraging work day on the smoker today actually. I couldn’t find my center finder, so...

Thanks for the replies of encouragement. It was a late night with beers amd friends amd my son had hockey at 0630 this morning so taday is a research day! I went back and looked at a bunch of the builds posted (thanks to all involved as I’m still learning and poaching ideas!) I noticed ppl are build...

Got a little more done today.

Cole wrote:Looks good

Thanks, I’m having fun!

Big T wrote:I do make the BP gap the same as the throat, it can be up to 25% smaller but not any larger. The BP is a solid plate with no holes just the BP gap.

Love it. Thanks a ton!

It looks like you're off to a great start and your numbers are right on the money. The intake is almost twice the recommended size which is fine but I would make 2 of them about half of your current size, one on each side of the FB so that you'll have options if the wind starts blowing in the intak...

Finally getting to a reverse smoker build that’s been waiting for time to complete. I’d like to thank all the ppl on this forum forum for the valuable information. The calculator has taken care of my functional concerns, and any questions I’ve had for the most part have been answered with just click...

Thanks! Got it.