Archuleta family reunion smoker

bstory · Post by **bstory** » March 26th, 2018, 9:40 pm

Building this for the reunioin.
Obviously this is a Mack smoker. I bought the plans with the CNC file and my buddy cut them out for me on his plasma table. This is amazingly easy. Hope you guys enjoy.

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Post by **Big T** » March 26th, 2018, 10:35 pm

That's going to be a sweet rig

Dirtytires · Post by **Dirtytires** » March 26th, 2018, 10:54 pm

Great start. Don’t let the deadline of the reunion rush you...

linkgrinning · Post by **linkgrinning** » March 27th, 2018, 3:05 am

Great job man. Is it really big as in the pictures

bstory · Post by **bstory** » March 27th, 2018, 6:25 am

linkgrinning wrote:Great job man. Is it really big as in the pictures

It is 48x24 horizontal and 48x24 vertical. The FB will be 21x22 or something like that. It will be insulated so what you see is the outside of the FB and the WC.

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YouTube · Post by **Frank_Cox** » March 27th, 2018, 2:57 pm

Heck yeah!! How's it feel to be the first one to post this build from everyone thats doin it right now?
Ya beat ajfoxy and elmacho to it! hahaha!!!

temurf · Post by **temurf** » March 27th, 2018, 6:46 pm

Looking good.

Elmacho · Post by **Elmacho** » March 27th, 2018, 8:25 pm

Mighty fine smoker right there. I have got to get started on mine. That smoker will become part of your family and cook for many generations to come.

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Post by **Rodcrafter** » March 30th, 2018, 7:46 am

Everyone is watching this thread. The cry for these plans have been out there for a while. It’s like dynamite a small package with a huge capacity.

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » March 30th, 2018, 4:52 pm

Frank_Cox wrote:Heck yeah!! How's it feel to be the first one to post this build from everyone thats doin it right now?
Ya beat ajfoxy and elmacho to it! hahaha!!!

Haha well I hope I don’t disappoint everyone. I hope to get quite a bit accomplished next week.

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » March 30th, 2018, 4:53 pm

Rodcrafter wrote:Everyone is watching this thread. The cry for these plans have been out there for a while. It’s like dynamite a small package with a huge capacity.

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I am excited to finally get to build this one. I was about to start it anyway when the plans came out. That CNC file is awesome having everything pre cut.

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » March 30th, 2018, 4:55 pm

Elmacho wrote:Mighty fine smoker right there. I have got to get started on mine. That smoker will become part of your family and cook for many generations to come.

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Yeah until I sell it lol. I told my wife this is the last one and she laughed. We shall see.

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » March 30th, 2018, 5:12 pm

I did want to mention I don’t know if there was a mistake by my buddy when he cut the back plate to the FB/WC, but there was a discrepancy from what I had to what the plans say. The plans say there is 7” from the top of the bottom of the baffle plate to the top of the bottom plate of the CC and 14.5” from the bottom plate to the bottom of the FB. This was not so on mine. So I split the difference, it was only like 1” if that. I can’t really see what it will affect.

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Post by **Rodcrafter** » March 31st, 2018, 6:05 am

Let me suggest DON’T CHANGE SOMETHING AS CRITICAL AS THROAT PLACEMENT WITH OUT CHECKING WITH FRANK OR TOM.

jm2cw

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YouTube · Post by **Frank_Cox** » March 31st, 2018, 8:29 pm

bstory wrote:I did want to mention I don’t know if there was a mistake by my buddy when he cut the back plate to the FB/WC, but there was a discrepancy from what I had to what the plans say. The plans say there is 7” from the top of the bottom of the baffle plate to the top of the bottom plate of the CC and 14.5” from the bottom plate to the bottom of the FB. This was not so on mine. So I split the difference, it was only like 1” if that. I can’t really see what it will affect.

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Let's have a phone conversation next week so I can make sure that it's not an error in the CNC file. The CNC file is the exact same as the page in the plans so they should be identical

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mattyj · Post by **mattyj** » April 1st, 2018, 1:55 am

Are you planning on trailer mounting this or put it on a stand?

bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 1st, 2018, 8:51 am

Rodcrafter wrote:Let me suggest DON’T CHANGE SOMETHING AS CRITICAL AS THROAT PLACEMENT WITH OUT CHECKING WITH FRANK OR TOM.

jm2cw

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I didn’t change the throat. I moved the cooker up the fire box 1/2” marking a 1” damn at the bottom of the throat instead of 1&1/2 inch. If that makes sense

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 1st, 2018, 11:10 am

mattyj wrote:Are you planning on trailer mounting this or put it on a stand?

On a trailer with a 24”x60” charcoal grill on the other side.

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bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 1st, 2018, 11:18 am

My throat has not changed. I am sorry I may have confused everyone rather than informing. I don’t think it is critical at all.

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YouTube · Post by **Frank_Cox** » April 2nd, 2018, 8:42 am

Got ya bro

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ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » April 2nd, 2018, 5:53 pm

Heck yeah!! How's it feel to be the first one to post this build from everyone thats doin it right now?
Ya beat ajfoxy and elmacho to it! hahaha!!!

Hahaha... I'm still gathering materials...and trying to make space in the shed for the build. It is good to see someone off to a good start with the build and it is looking great. Glad it is coming together real easy. I'll be following the rest of this build very closely.

bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 2nd, 2018, 8:11 pm

Not as pretty as Franks original Mack, but they well do.

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Post by **Big T** » April 2nd, 2018, 9:50 pm

It looks good to me

ajfoxy · Post by **ajfoxy** » April 2nd, 2018, 9:52 pm

Indeed they will do. If you are worried about the edges, run a flap disk over them to smooth them out. And once you slap a coat or two of paint on nobody will even notice.

bstory · Post by **bstory** » April 3rd, 2018, 6:01 am

Thanks guys

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