Nice Work! Looks like you got 'er on the ropes and ready to start throwing smoke - Thanks for the pictures and keep us posted as you finish it up...
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)
pretty darn cool, the basket awesome and the finished look is down right cool, have never seen a uds in person, just pics on here,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, what do the tubes running up the side do,,,, i guess i havent really read much on uds smokers
Thanks for the comments guy's.
When I got home tonight, everything got stripped off it, and I went round my friends and blagged some Oak off him.
It then got as much hot charcoal as I could throw in it, and all the wood.
It stunk for a short time as the paint burnt off, after a good clean up it will be ready for paint, which should arrive this week.
I had to spray the Holly tree with water, it was getting a bit hot, if them things catch they go up like a firework.
Wife would have been even less happy!
The paint arrived today, so it's all just a matter of time, a lot of noise and dust.
I got home early today, and the weather is Sunny and warm, so out came the grinder with a wire brush stuck on it.
Two hours later, and no feeling in my fingers, it's ready for some paint.
I would think that's the hard bit done, just the paint and rebuild now. Then it's time for a fire!
Boy! - that came out nice... any way to just high-temp clear coat it?
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)
Auto parts stores have 500°F rated clear coat in rattle cans with the header paint.needs to be wet sanded with 2000 grit and buffed to give it the sheen it needs tho.
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Fantastic, with the help of a tarp strung between two sheds, I have got it finished, and in smoke.
Here's the stand, the legs came off an upright mixer, I have been keeping them thinking they may come in handy, and they did.
After that it got rebuilt, and even though the drum had an hour with a heat gun pointed into it, Iam not happy with the paint.
Where I brushed oil into the inside of the drum, some of the oil has leaked out onto the paint. So I coated the entire drum and lid, which turned it glossy, and hopefully like my other homebrew smoker, should dry OK.
Her's the chimney and rear view.
The grill in place.
The fire ready to go, using the Minion method, with a few nice bits of Oak on for the smoke.
And here she is, all done and now in her first smoke.
Here's the temp after two hours, so Iam now messing around with the airflow to get the temp down a bit. Maybe next weekend I might get to put something through it and see how it performs.
I have just wiped all the paint off.
With the oil it all went soggy and just wiped off. It's ruined two tea towels though.
Whoops, Iam sure she will understand.
So back to the drawing board on the paint front. I think I'll just use Plasticote BBQ paint, I have used it before and had no issues with it.
In the mean time the temperature has not moved and I think it will be going all night, which will season it lovely.
My neighbour has just given me some Cherry and there's some Apple wood on it's way, all three years old. That should give me a good start at this smoking malarkey.
Sounds good to me, I need all the help I can get.
Still going strong and wide open after eight hours @ 350 degree's F.
Mrs Baz has Bought me the Maverick ET732 thermometer for my Birthday, what a girl!.......Result.
Not far off, 1 x 4 in fact. My friend works at a sawmill, and those are the end cuts off wood for coffins.
They glue a load together, edge on, then plane them up to look like one solid bit of wood.
Mrs Baz said I shouldn't aim that high when I go, I'll have to make do with bin liners!
So in the meantime, I'll make the best of the off cuts.
If you are looking to pre-clean the metal before you paint the exterior you might try some rubbing alcohol on a shop towel. You should be able to pull off any grease and the stuff will evaporate quickly. If you want to get literally everything off that metal go buy a quart of MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone)from Lowes or Ace hardware. DO NOT SMOKE if you are going to clean with either of these and work outside away from any ignition source. The MEK starts evaporating around 42F so it will ignite very easily, again the good part is that it will penetrate just about anything and will evaporate immediately. Wear rubber gloves to so it wont take all the oil out of your skin. We use MEK daily in the lab to clean anything metal. It is dangerous on the flammable side but a very efficient cleaner.
If it can't be smoked .... try frying it. It that don't work, it's probably best just left alone
Thanks for the advice.
MEK is a bit harder to get your hands on over here, maybe they think we will sniff it or something.
I have been using a cellulose thinners, this is something I have cleaned metalwork with prior to paint in the past. Again it's pleasantly dangerous, and does a good job.
It doesn't look like it will get painted this weekend, there's a weather warning out for Friday/Saturday that we might get a months rain in two day's.
A usual summer then!