Welcome to the crew... yes pictures make it so much easier to share your enthusiasm...
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
s progress,,,
thinking this is like building an airplane,,,, just when you think your almost finished,,you have 90% to go.
next is handles and counterweights,,,, never expected the doors to weigh like that,,, 80+ lb each
sheared steel for the FB should arrive in 3 or 4 days,,,
need to do a weight and balance to place it on the trailer,,, converting an old boat trailer, single 3500lb axle.
later all
Attachments
hole for the firebox,,,offset about 1 1/2 inch to the outside,, the overlap of the cap was too thick for the plasma cutter,, so we adapt!
little door adjustments,,, tweeked just a little from welding the strips on
view of the completed doors
showing detail of top sealing edge on the inside
finished lap seal
Ideas are a dime a dozen.
But the men, who implement them are "One in a Million"
decision on hinge selection,,, the local trailer store had these in stock
Welding is done using lincoln .035 flux core
I was never a flux core fan,, but this is really working out well and with some minor adjustment my technique is slowly improving. (been a couple of years since I've welded this much.
Ideas are a dime a dozen.
But the men, who implement them are "One in a Million"
There's a lot more work that goes in to building one of these things than most people realize. You should start you a build thread over in the RF section so that it'll be easier for people to find and follow your build.
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