Archuleta family reunion smoker

Cole · Post by **Cole** » April 3rd, 2018, 7:44 am

Man, looking nice, will be watching the progress!

bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 5th, 2018, 1:39 pm

Got a little done today

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YouTube · Post by **Frank_Cox** » April 5th, 2018, 1:59 pm

Looking good bro!!!
No Pressure... Everybody's watching hahaha!
:LG:

bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 5th, 2018, 2:59 pm

Oh hell...who needs a fork lift FRANK??[emoji33][emoji51]

I guess my welds will hold.

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So far this is the only large gap I have had because my plate was not square before they were cut. I figured it would be better to fill the gap and leave it where it won’t be seen and keep the doors square.

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 5th, 2018, 3:06 pm

Frank_Cox wrote:Looking good bro!!!
No Pressure... Everybody's watching hahaha!

Thanks.
I do have a little pressure. I am having to have a shoulder replacement June 6th. I don’t have to, but I would like to have it finished by then because there is no telling when I would be able to finish it after that.

And no, I am not old, just 37. But I wrestled 18 years from 5 through most of college. Not that there is anything wrong with being old though lol

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ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » April 5th, 2018, 5:01 pm

Not that there is anything wrong with being old though lol

Hahaha... nice catch. But as one gets older you find you are able to achieve less in a given time frame than you used to be able to achieve. So yes, there is something wrong about being/getting old if you want to continue to fabricate/weld/do manual things.

Good luck with the shoulder reconstruction... while you can learn to use the other hand and arm. It's amazing how hard it is to do stuff with the "wrong" hand/arm when you can't use the right one. I recently fell over and injured my shoulder, just a sprain and bruised muscle, but everything was a p.i.t.a. Like trying to brush you teeth with the other hand. I did not realise how unco I was

bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 5th, 2018, 7:25 pm

ajfoxy wrote:
Not that there is anything wrong with being old though lol
Hahaha... nice catch. But as one gets older you find you are able to achieve less in a given time frame than you used to be able to achieve. So yes, there is something wrong about being/getting old if you want to continue to fabricate/weld/do manual things.

Good luck with the shoulder reconstruction... while you can learn to use the other hand and arm. It's amazing how hard it is to do stuff with the "wrong" hand/arm when you can't use the right one. I recently fell over and injured my shoulder, just a sprain and bruised muscle, but everything was a p.i.t.a. Like trying to brush you teeth with the other hand. I did not realise how unco I was

Yeah this will be my 3rd shoulder surgery...it is the worst thing ever. And you think brushing you teeth with the opposite hand is hard. I put my finger through the paper if you know what I mean lol. [emoji90] it will get your attention real QUICK

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Post by **Big T** » April 5th, 2018, 7:29 pm

Elmacho · Post by **Elmacho** » April 5th, 2018, 7:35 pm

Looks fantastic!

bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 5th, 2018, 8:35 pm

Thanks guys. It is coming together great. Only problem was one sheet was not square so my buddy that cut them had 3 pieces a little off. So I have one gap that I will have to fill but it will not be seen. I will never build another smoker without CNC plans. I only have about 5hr hours of labor in this so far. Pretty easy

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ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » April 5th, 2018, 11:26 pm

How many sheets in total do you estimate you'll need? I've got the plans for one and it's in the wings but I'm running around trying to find the best price on 6mm plate. I'm sure the bastards see me coming from miles away and adjust their prices upwards.

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 6th, 2018, 8:32 am

I used every bit of 3 sheets of 48”x120”
Only thing I was missing was the CBB13 which is the inner side of FB. I had the grate slides cut out of the plate, but it actually calls for 12g. But my buddy has a huge press break that will bend it at 90 for me.

There is a ton of different sizes of angle you will need.

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 6th, 2018, 8:37 am

ajfoxy wrote:How many sheets in total do you estimate you'll need? I've got the plans for one and it's in the wings but I'm running around trying to find the best price on 6mm plate. I'm sure the bastards see me coming from miles away and adjust their prices upwards.

Also if you need insulation pm me. I had to buy a case for one piece. So I have extra

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ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » April 6th, 2018, 4:20 pm

Also if you need insulation pm me. I had to buy a case for one piece. So I have extra

bstory, I am in Australia, so that's not going to be an option

And insulation is one of the cheapest things on my shopping list so far. Apart from consumables etc.

Looking at the plans I was leaning towards 4 sheets of 1200mm x 2400 mm x 6 mm, so that is about right. I might get five sheets just in case. It never goes to waste.
I do have a 1200 x 2400 cnc plasma table (home built) that will make some of the build easier. Although a lot of the parts look mainly square so I might just use a hand held plasma and straight edge on those parts.

YouTube · Post by **Frank_Cox** » April 6th, 2018, 5:52 pm

Hold on, stop everything.....
The metric version should be ready to go next week.....
In theory....

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 6th, 2018, 6:37 pm

ajfoxy wrote:
Also if you need insulation pm me. I had to buy a case for one piece. So I have extra
bstory, I am in Australia, so that's not going to be an option And insulation is one of the cheapest things on my shopping list so far. Apart from consumables etc.

Looking at the plans I was leaning towards 4 sheets of 1200mm x 2400 mm x 6 mm, so that is about right. I might get five sheets just in case. It never goes to waste.
I do have a 1200 x 2400 cnc plasma table (home built) that will make some of the build easier. Although a lot of the parts look mainly square so I might just use a hand held plasma and straight edge on those parts.

Ok just thought I would offer. Yeah I hate grinding after cutting. It was so nice having them cut. How did you build a Cnc plasma table? That would be so awesome.

Being in Australia I hope you love Ford/Holden Falcons.

Should be done by summer...at least cruising. They are never “done”

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ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » April 6th, 2018, 6:48 pm

Frank wrote:

Hold on, stop everything.....
The metric version should be ready to go next week.....
In theory....

Ohhhkay... any chance of getting a set of metric plans and cut files when they are ready? That certainly would make my fab a bit easier

ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » April 6th, 2018, 7:00 pm

bstory wrote:

Ok just thought I would offer. Yeah I hate grinding after cutting. It was so nice having them cut. How did you build a Cnc plasma table? That would be so awesome.

Being in Australia I hope you love Ford/Holden Falcons.

No problem, thanks for the offer.

The plasma table came about by getting the remains of a oxy/acet profile cutter that came out of a TAFE (college). I fabricated the frame and only used the rails and gantry. I bought a CandCNC (Texas) controller and a hypertherm 45 plasma with machine torch. It took a bit (a lot) of tinkering to get it all sorted and as the gantry runs on rails (like a train) it can be out by a small bit (±1 mm over 2 meters) but for the kind of stuff I do, not really a problem. I built a water bed for it as well to cut down the smoke/plasma dust. That was a really good thing. On some stuff I still get a bit of dross, but discovered that a wire wheel on an angle grinder cleans that up better than anything else I've tried.

Yep, in Oz the Holden vs Ford rivalry used to be really fierce. Nowadays as just about all the cars are rebadged imports it is not quite so serious.

Nice collection of cars there.

mattyj · Post by **mattyj** » April 6th, 2018, 11:29 pm

Frank_Cox wrote:Hold on, stop everything.....
The metric version should be ready to go next week.....
In theory....

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Awesome! Looking forward to this. Will definitely buy this when it comes out!

Now to find a welder...

Dirtytires · Post by **Dirtytires** » April 7th, 2018, 12:59 am

Geez Frank....like you needed more pressure on a deadline!

ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » April 7th, 2018, 1:46 am

Ahh DT, Frank THRIVES under pressure...

bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 7th, 2018, 3:59 pm

Do I completely weld the inner FB plate seams?

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Hh76 · Post by **Hh76** » April 7th, 2018, 4:07 pm

I would think so, that way the insulation will be sealed up.

Looking good so far.

YouTube · Post by **Frank_Cox** » April 7th, 2018, 7:02 pm

bstory wrote:Do I completely weld the inner FB plate seams?

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Yes sir!

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