Currently building a 325gal RF.

TheCapps · Post by **TheCapps** » May 7th, 2017, 10:11 am

Got a working wc door handle/latch.

welded a 5/8 stainless bolt to the latch bar.

welded a stainless nut inside of a piece of 1 1/2 steel tube. And threaded it onto the latch bar.

welded in my 7/8 stainless handle.

then welded a couple of stops to keep the handle from going any further than needed. Works like a charm!

Dreams don't come true...Until you wake up and go to work.

TheCapps · Post by **TheCapps** » May 7th, 2017, 10:47 am

Got the exhaust damper on the wc

Dreams don't come true...Until you wake up and go to work.

TheCapps · Post by **TheCapps** » May 7th, 2017, 12:36 pm

Damper from cc to wc done.

Dreams don't come true...Until you wake up and go to work.

Post by **Big T** » May 7th, 2017, 12:39 pm

You'll be smoking in no time!

Squiggle · Post by **Squiggle** » May 7th, 2017, 1:11 pm

Nice dude, very well done!

TheCapps · Post by **TheCapps** » May 7th, 2017, 2:02 pm

Rails in, and built a removable heat deflector, just so it's not direct heat blasting the bottom rack, also I can put a grease pan on top of it so I don't have grease dropping into the fb.

Dreams don't come true...Until you wake up and go to work.

Post by **Big T** » May 7th, 2017, 2:40 pm

Nice!

TheCapps · Post by **TheCapps** » May 7th, 2017, 4:38 pm

Ran out of tubing, I have one more rack to make for the wc.

Got my son out here making a sculpture out of some scrap and other stuff he looked around for.

Dreams don't come true...Until you wake up and go to work.

Post by **Big T** » May 7th, 2017, 5:14 pm

Start them out young

temurf · Post by **temurf** » May 7th, 2017, 6:51 pm

Good looking work.

ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » May 7th, 2017, 7:54 pm

Nice work in roping in the youngster. Keep their fertile minds occupied with positive things and they won't go looking for all the negative crap. And it jump starts their initiative and imagination.
Nice work on the handle assembly. Came out very nice. In fact it has all come out very nice. Good quality build. Well done.

TheCapps · Post by **TheCapps** » May 7th, 2017, 9:43 pm

Project complete.

Dreams don't come true...Until you wake up and go to work.

Post by **Big T** » May 7th, 2017, 9:49 pm

Good job buddy!!

TheCapps · Post by **TheCapps** » May 7th, 2017, 9:57 pm

He was doing good all by himself until he came up and said "uhhhh Dad I can't use that spring it just burned it in half." That's when I taught him about the heat settings. Cranked it down a few notches and he was back at it. He had everything laid out and said "Dad I need you to weld this stuff together for me." I told him "nope, your going to weld it together."

Dreams don't come true...Until you wake up and go to work.

Post by **Rodcrafter** » May 7th, 2017, 9:59 pm

Very nice thread both of you are doing great

Making memories!

Squiggle · Post by **Squiggle** » May 7th, 2017, 10:54 pm

That is way cool, young minds are always very creative!

Post by **Pete Mazz** » May 8th, 2017, 4:18 am

Looks great!

Smoker looks OK too...

mp4 · Post by **mp4** » May 8th, 2017, 4:19 am

Very cool - smoker and guardian sculpture!

temurf · Post by **temurf** » May 8th, 2017, 9:36 pm

That pit is really looking good, I'm looking forward to the Q-View

to the kiddo on that awesome sculpture. You should be proud of him.

TheCapps · Post by **TheCapps** » May 20th, 2017, 5:04 pm

I wanted to challenge myself a little and come up with something a little more complex and mechanical. So here is what I came up with for the dual exhaust stack caps. What do you think? It is a little tight but I think it will work in after some use.

Dreams don't come true...Until you wake up and go to work.

Squiggle · Post by **Squiggle** » May 20th, 2017, 5:09 pm

That is a very cool setup, love your work dude!

ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » May 20th, 2017, 5:18 pm

Now you are just showing off

Very nice indeed. A bit of thought when into the stack dampers. Nice work indeed.

TheCapps · Post by **TheCapps** » May 20th, 2017, 6:23 pm

Just a little protection. Left a big section out of the bottom for a drain and access to tighten thermometer down. I welded a 1/2 bushing into the door.

Dreams don't come true...Until you wake up and go to work.

temurf · Post by **temurf** » May 20th, 2017, 6:35 pm

I'm liking the work you are putting unto this pit.

She is going to be a beauty.

HisBiggestFan! · Post by **HisBiggestFan!** » May 20th, 2017, 6:42 pm

Wish you all could see this beast in real life. The features on this thing are ridiculous. It's ingenious!
I wanted to post a video, but couldn't [emoji57]

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