Well Here Goes My 500 Project(FINISHED PICS)

maccas66 · Post by **maccas66** » April 16th, 2012, 1:23 am

Great looking weights!

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » April 16th, 2012, 6:44 am

Cool weights! - ... and that left one DOES clear the stack - right?
... that's the kind of oops I would do ... just sayin' ...

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » April 16th, 2012, 7:04 am

NIce....I like your South Park and Stewie figures in the back.... :LG:

.....

Grabber70Mach · Post by **Grabber70Mach** » April 16th, 2012, 10:03 am

Nice looking job on the weights. How do you go about figuring out the height, size & placement of the weights to get the correct balance?

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RDRASH · Post by **RDRASH** » April 16th, 2012, 11:01 am

Well my way was pretty scientific as someone said to cut tube at a 45, I took the extra piece of box tubing I had left over, cut it in half. Ended up being about 26 inches for each door. Tacked them in place, took some clamps and started clamping scrap metal to the top till the doors worked like I wanted. Then took all the pieces I had clamped on and weighed them. I knew how much a 5 inch piece of pipe weighed so did some math ended up with what ya see and the doors take very little effort to open and still close with enough force to seal.

Grabber70Mach · Post by **Grabber70Mach** » April 16th, 2012, 11:39 am

Gotcha Thanks for the explanation.

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Smokeone · Post by **Smokeone** » April 16th, 2012, 1:21 pm

Nice work RD! You should be smokin in no time! :LG:

RDRASH · Post by **RDRASH** » April 16th, 2012, 9:31 pm

Well got the damper on the stack today, started on the wood box and finished up a bunch of little stuff. Might give her a wash and some fire tomorrow.

RDRASH · Post by **RDRASH** » April 17th, 2012, 9:56 pm

Well did the first burn today, very impressed came up to temp quick saw over 500 degrees for awhile with just 3 logs and 2-3 lbs af charcoal. let her settle down, ended up holding 225-250 for 4 hours with only adding 5 small split pieces of wood. Have a 10% temp difference between ends.

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » April 18th, 2012, 5:45 am

NICE!
An angel just got his wings!

Smokeone · Post by **Smokeone** » April 18th, 2012, 6:14 am

Wont be long now!

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » April 18th, 2012, 7:06 am

Dang man that firebox is a hoss..... :LG:

......and you are flying with this!!!

RDRASH · Post by **RDRASH** » April 18th, 2012, 12:01 pm

Thanks guys, firebox is deffinetly big enough, but if my math was right its 30% of the cook tank. It dosen't have any problems holding temp thats for sure. It should work out good when cooking if it's cold out dosent have any problems holding temp. My goal was to try and get it done in 30 days, well that didn't happen but deffinetly makin progress.

Smokeone · Post by **Smokeone** » April 18th, 2012, 6:57 pm

Deadlines are for sissys!

If you stick to the timeline, what fun would it be?

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » April 18th, 2012, 7:56 pm

not only that.....but if you don't change the design at least five times then its wrong...

RDRASH · Post by **RDRASH** » April 18th, 2012, 9:10 pm

Design changes dosent everybody try 3 different kinds of door hinges? And dc that firebox is hoss it's huge When I started on it I thought it was too big but it's pretty close to the 30% rule. Quick question for you guys how would you season this monster, I mean It's not like acouple fatties are gonna do it.

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » April 19th, 2012, 7:11 am

spray the entire cook chamber with something like Pam....or you could crawl in with a bucket of paper towels and wipe the entire surface with oil....then cook some bacon....sausage.....pork butts....ribs....all at the same time!!!!

Smokeone · Post by **Smokeone** » April 19th, 2012, 8:15 am

I would run the temp up a bit to say 350 or so, and let it stay there for a couple of hours. Then back the temp down and cook something.

Just my .02. :bigfoot:

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » April 19th, 2012, 5:54 pm

DC only said that cause he wants you to share when it's all cooked...
just sayin'

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » April 19th, 2012, 7:16 pm

This is true......so true....

RDRASH · Post by **RDRASH** » May 2nd, 2012, 7:14 pm

Well did some cookin this weekend 6 slabs ribs, 10 chicken thighs, 2 pork butts, 2 briskets all turned out good. Hopefully get some paint this week.

Tried a bunch of different rubs, just to see what we liked the best.

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » May 2nd, 2012, 7:19 pm

STAY RIGHT THERE!!!!!!! I'M ON THE WAY OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TuscaloosaQ · Post by **TuscaloosaQ** » May 2nd, 2012, 8:09 pm

Good lord you mean to tell me I have to see all that fine cooking and I am stuck at the refinery looking at a can of potted meat. I can't take it I am OOH!!!! Out of here!!!!!!!

Smokeone · Post by **Smokeone** » May 2nd, 2012, 8:29 pm

WOW! Nice looking grub there! :LG:

Just send my sample with DC!

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » May 2nd, 2012, 9:06 pm

Tasty looking grub RD!

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