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There’s an old saying: Don’t fix it, if it ain’t broke.

I’m a dinosaur too, but this forum just works better.

The new site is pretty dead, this sucks. I tried it, it don’t work good.

That other forum is a ghost town, you should rethink this. It’s clunky, too.

SheffSmoker wrote: ↑

November 23rd, 2022, 6:45 am

Good work, Boomer. Do you have some sort of ratchet and pawl system to stop the grate falling under it's own weight, or just friction?

Friction. There's a spring on the outer end of the winding pipe that holds it in place.

wooT!!!

That’s weird, the video shows up on my laptop, but not my phone.

Looking pretty good for a first build, my first one was pretty homely!

Love this! I have 2 24” bell ends lying around. May have to try this. Is that the inner ring of the bell end that you used for the grate ring? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That's a piece of end cap that I had left over from the re-model of Big Tex, the monstrosity that's in my avatar pic. I c...

Using up some leftovers

You might try some of these hold down toggle clamps. They work pretty good at pushing the door.

36 inches is a good height. You can go a bit higher or lower, depending on your height, it's not really all that critical. Just whatever you think you'll be comfortable with. I haven't built a RF, I'll defer on that to others. If it was me, I would probably build it level, the smoke will still go th...

Smoked meatloaf is awesome, I need to do another one! I can't do chicken in the offset, the skin comes out too rubbery.

I think he wants somebody to run the numbers for him.

Plug your numbers into this:

http://bbqpitcalculator.com/

I finished building this one for my neighbor back in February. I forgot to get pics after it was painted. Wouldn't want to try pushing it up any ramps.

It's showing a lock on it, but people are still posting.

Look for a recycling yard, some of them will sell pipe. These guys look promising. https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/locat ... cago-niles

There are others listed on google under 'Chicago surplus steel'. You need to call them and ask if they sell to the public. Not all do.

That's called a Santa Maria grill.

Sure, here you go.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QolQsRcS0WM

You can use a wrap around, or a contour marker. They show both in this video:

That's a great fitup, firebox to cook chamber!!! How did you do that? Impressive work!

Brewmaster wrote: ↑

April 7th, 2022, 6:17 pm

hogaboomer wrote: ↑

April 7th, 2022, 1:34 pm

Nice job, Brewy!

Thanks Hoga!! This is a real lightweight compared to your builds. Whatcha working on these days?

Working on vacation, and my brother's piece of junk outboard motor.

Nice job, Brewy!

You guys need to put your locations in your profile. It doesn't do much good to say 'around here' when nobody can see where you're at.