First Build
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ajfoxy
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Re: First Build
Really looking the goods now. Serious bit of counterweight there. The whole build is looking really neat and professional.
Can't wait to see q-view from this puppy.
Learning generally boils down to "Repetition or the avoidance of pain", some people learn by doing, some by watching and some just have to pee on the electric fence.
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
Re: First Build
Thanks ajfoxy! For anyone curious the counterweight is comprised of a 2"x2"X1/4" square tube cut 12" long with a 35 degree cut at one end. The top is 4"x4"x3/8" square tube cut at 24" filled with 3 - 23" lengths of 2"X1" solid bar. She means BUSINESS!!
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Big T
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Re: First Build
If you can cook on it half as good as you built it, they'll be standing in line to get food !
Measure Twice.....Cut Three Times.
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Squiggle
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Re: First Build
Awesome dude, that is one serious piece of kit now! 
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temurf
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Re: First Build
What he said.ajfoxy wrote:
Can't wait to see q-view from this puppy.
Yer gonna like what we've been smokin'.
Re: First Build
Got the power plant for this beast fit and welded today! Hinges and latch for the firebox door done. She's really starting to look great! Also added a shelf on the front. Almost there!!
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Rodcrafter
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Re: First Build
Oh heck yeah!
Making memories!
Making memories!
Current Smokers: Backyard RF Offset and Hybrid RF Offset trailer rig with Cowboy cooker and fish fryer, always room for more........
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Weldun
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Re: First Build
Don't forget the lifting lugs so the crane can load it on the low boy to transport it home, ha!
Very impressive, you should be proud
Very impressive, you should be proud
Grandma always said "if ya can't be handsome ya better at least be handy"
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ajfoxy
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Re: First Build
Hahaha... yep you'll need some muscle to lift that bad boy.Don't forget the lifting lugs so the crane can load it on the low boy to transport it home, ha!
Otherwise it looks grand. A coat of paint and then what everyone has been eagerly waiting for... Q-View...
Learning generally boils down to "Repetition or the avoidance of pain", some people learn by doing, some by watching and some just have to pee on the electric fence.
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
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Pete Mazz
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Re: First Build
Sweet!
If it's tourist season, how come I can't shoot 'em?
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Squiggle
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Re: First Build
Great work dude, can't wait for Qview!
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Gizmo
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Re: First Build
That is very impressive!
But when does it stop being a counterweight and start being an outrigger?
But when does it stop being a counterweight and start being an outrigger?
And on the eighth day God created barbecue …. because he DOES love us and he wants us to be happy.
Current smokers: Egor (trailered RF) and Easybake (tabletop pellet drive)
Current smokers: Egor (trailered RF) and Easybake (tabletop pellet drive)
Re: First Build
Just a small update but progress is progress! Got the Cook Chamber grates fabbed up and installed. All that's left is to install the thermometers, fab up the damper on the exhaust, then it's off to paint!
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Rodcrafter
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Re: First Build
That will work nice
Making memories!
Making memories!
Current Smokers: Backyard RF Offset and Hybrid RF Offset trailer rig with Cowboy cooker and fish fryer, always room for more........
Re: First Build
Tomorrow will be my final day of fabrication for my first Smoker Build! All that's left is to fab up the adjustment arm on the damper for the exhaust. Today I welded in some threaded couplings for the thermometers, added some weather protecting "eyebrows" above the therms, made some utility hooks and last but not least, a cup holder for my beers! Can't wait to fire this bad boy up! 
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ajfoxy
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Re: First Build
Nice...
Not long for Q-view now... can't wait.
Not long for Q-view now... can't wait.
Learning generally boils down to "Repetition or the avoidance of pain", some people learn by doing, some by watching and some just have to pee on the electric fence.
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
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Pete Mazz
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Re: First Build
Very nice!
If it's tourist season, how come I can't shoot 'em?
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Try my SmokerBuilder Calculators
Don't speak the language? Try this: Smoker Terminology
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Rodcrafter
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Re: First Build
Sweet
Making memories!
Making memories!
Current Smokers: Backyard RF Offset and Hybrid RF Offset trailer rig with Cowboy cooker and fish fryer, always room for more........
Re: First Build
Last details added today and now fabrication is COMPLETE! I used the spring handles from some old chipping hammers for the latch on the firebox door and the exhaust damper. One last look before she heads off to paint! 
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