Insulated Charcoal Feeder

[maccas66]

Tom,have you been told you have a double living in KCMO!............The only difference is he doesn`t wear glasses!, but he sleeps like you!!!

[The Czar]

.....Tom it seems the camera loves that look....that or your at your very best at picture time!!!

[Smokeone]

Who knew Tom was so photogenic!

[Tom_Heath]

Welp.......heres what I got for 200 bucks.
There is a 4x10 sheet of 22 gauge laying on the bed of the trailer.



This was the best part of the day.

From this point the rest of the day went down hill fast.!!!!!

I had to get the steel today by noon, and I have no place to store the 22 gauge. So, I have to get it cut up for the door skin so that the left over chunk will fit in the garage.
The more I looked at the smoker the more I decieded that the door flange would not work. AT ALL!!!!

This is the pieces that I relief cut and bent and welded back to make it all pretty. >>>>>>>>> Then today I had to cut them off. AND weld them back on to the back side of the front lip.

Let me tell ya....... I have metal grindings in places where they shouldnt be!!!!!!!!

Cut ground and rewelded took about 4 hours.
That left me a little time to work on framing out the skin frame. ( Since I guess this is actually a frame less Chute-R-Do thing )

I have plans to work on the door first thing tomorrow. I hope.
Very first flange, not bent yet.


Flange fitted, bent and welded.


And here it is after 4 hours.

[Tom_Heath]

I forgot to mention how much I HATE using old junk steel.

I just couldnt afford to buy new for the outter frame, so I had to make do with old stuff I had laying around.

Its such a dream using new stuff.

[Gizmo]

I agree completely.

The used stuff costs about a third and takes 3 times as long to get it right.... Zero sum game until you look back at what you spent your whole day off doing ...

...but then again I can usually find something to b!$@% about ...

[Tom_Heath]

I seriously hope this doesn't get me divorced.......



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But really whats more important.......

The smoker
Or
A place for stepson to sleep.

[TuscaloosaQ]

Vey good looking work tom it is a high class excellent job

[Smokeone]

NIce work Tom! It seems to be coming together, nicely!

[Tom_Heath]

The wife hasnt noticed the bed yet LOL its sitting a little lower then it was this afternoon. HEHEHEHE

Here is the progress from today. I had a tough time staying on track but I did get a little work done anyways.

I framed the door right against the cabinet so that my door would be just as unsquare as the rest of the build.
Had to use 1/8x1 1/4 angle. The chanel they had was 3/16 and I didnt want that.

So once again it took a little more work but now that part is finished. Believe it or not but the silly door took 46 feet of angle to build the door.





And this is how us tards measure and mark so that we get it right the first time.

[Tom_Heath]

Up until today I had not used 3/32 7018 rod.......boy was I ever missing out.

Dont get me wrong I love my mig when its got gass.
I hate the fact that its always sitting about 12 inchs to far away to reach what I want without moving it.

With the stick burner I have 50 feet of leed to play with.
And the 3/32 was a pleasure to run. Even my vert ups looked half way decent.

Now does anyone have a shop as awesome as mine. ???? And I only caught it on fire once today !!!!



Next up is the allmighty Metabo cut-offs that I always talk about.
Heres how I pick um up, around 65 bucks a box.

[Gizmo]

Love your shop tom - so well lit!

[Smokeone]

Looks like most every shop I've seen, everything you need, right at hand!

[PvilleComp]

Looks great!

[The Czar]

Dang it Tom......I will say this....when you get started working you cruise buddy.....too bad you don't do it often ....

[Tom_Heath]

I planned to go down there today but I just got home and cant motivate.

[The Czar]

[Frank_Cox]

looks great tom!

[Tom_Heath]

Was over at Jethros today, kinda got the bug going since he was cooking.

I wanna fire it up 9 kinds of bad. But I shall resist.

[Jethro]

put ya a race track down under!!!

[Tom_Heath]

Welp.....im alive....i think.

For ur viewing pleasure.



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[Tom_Heath]

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[Smokeone]

Yes, looks like you are alive! Either that or youve got a good group of elves helping you out.
Looks like all you need is to skin it up. Heck you should be done before the day is over.

[Tom_Heath]

Days over and no skin....the door is 22 ga and its too thin fir my taste. Gonna pick up some 18 tomorrow. We'll see how that goes

[The Czar]

Tom I think 18 is perfect.....and glad to see your alive.....