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Ok so before we paint it, I decided to take the end we cut off and had some flames drawn on it. I had a friend who worked w me here in the shop..he passed away far too soon. Dennis woulda been all over this thing building it w us, He always liked to draw flames...So I had a family member of his draw...

Thanks squiggle! Tested me for sure. Ive never built something that big before, My go to tools were my miller plasma cutter, Miller 252 MIG, and the old miluakee portable bandsaw...Don't leave home without it...Made cutting those mitered shelves a breeze....Note to self...If you need to use the saw ...

All went well today...Came up slowly to 350ish and held there for several hrs..Have to say it was a success. There are a few little issues we need to address, but no biggies. Thanks guys for helping out along the way, this is a pretty damn impressive piece of steel, if I may say so myself.. Thanks a...

So here she is.. I cant seem to get the pic flipped right, can mod plz turn it upright somehow? Shooting to use her this weekend at our fall festival...Wish us luck.. I'm going to put what ive learned right here to the test. Supposedly were getting a pro to come show us how to use it...Let you know ...

So we got the fb all finished but the containment I need to burn the wood in. Heres a pic of what I did for the sliders..Just a lil deflector to keep the crud out of it. Also replaced galv drainpipe..Took longer for me to find a bare steel pipe threaded on one end around this place, than it did to r...

Got a lot done today..Both box doors are cutout,gasketed,hinged ...FB door is crossbraced inside. made FB intake assemblies n cutout holes....made ashpan...welded out the inside of FB. My boss did an amazing job on the exhaust damper linkages they work bitchen......... Seeing the light! Peace So in ...

Yeah, we bought the plans online, so there wasn't any calculating on our part, nor did we even think of firebricks going into this. Afterthought...So I'm guessing were not going to be able to use em without messing w the calcs. Oh well. progress...

Peace.

So I have cut firebox door out/hinged and gasketed both inside and the door itself.. possibly overkill, but that sucker is sealed. Question...I seen a thread where the fb floor isn't firebricked. what is the layout most used? Were bout to lay firebrick, and I want to make sure we don't make a mistak...

Boy that food looked amazing.. Making me drool over here...Cant wait to fire ours up too...

Howdy guys...Made some progress the last couple days.. Stiffened up racks w 1" squaretube, I can stand on them now... I'm 245lbs.... Sealed CC Did a smoke test with the machine we have...No leakey......Made counterweight assy n welded out. Prolly has 125 lbs of scrap in it....Stays open, and moves e...

So I'm gonna give this thread a lil recusitation. Heres a fun lil charcoal bbq I made with two woks from the thrift store and some scrap things I had lying around my garage. Star wars themed.

Peace

Kinda like lil trusses spanning the bottom of racks?

Rodcrafter, good point. Those are some lengthy racks. Ill add additional tubes lengthwise to help hold the load. It did flex a lil more than I liked. Maybe even crown the middle ones slightly upward. I /we have a whole bunch of things to learn about operating this thing.. Or else its going to end up...

So I have a question. As per drawings I have my exhaust stack cut flush to top of CC. Someone suggested to have it midish way down the chamber to retain heat and smoke.....Whats the professional concensus?

Ok, so we had a lil change of plans today. Fabbed up the CC rack assemblies. Went smooth, made sure the racks were as square as possible. Golly gee is that expanded stuff razor sharp. Seems awful dangerous if your not careful. Be leaving DNA quick like. Anyhow, Just need to weld out the rack upright...

So Heres todays progress. Raincap roofs. Butterfly flappers and linkage/stoppers. Tomorrow finish linkage for short people. Start cutting out firebox and warming cabinet doors, air intakes etc.

Peace

So here is my 1st attempt to build a smoker... far from perfect, but I think this dawg'll hunt. Luckily for me we have a really nice overhead crane :BD: and some great drawings compliments of yous guys. A plasma cutter, and half a braincell left. Ive yet to cut the doors on the boxes, handles, shelv...

Hey folks. What a wealth of knowledge we have here. Its a pleasure. I'm currently a weldor at at ski center in ny. Recently my boss handed me a set of drawings for a Big Pappas 500 lb RF smoker. Ive never used a smoker let alone built one.....So here goes.. As of now I have the Firebox, CC, Baffle p...