And with the best laid plans I only got this far because I ran out of gas
Anyway, today it looks like this...
No work will be done on it this weekend, my steel wasn't ordered in time from the stockholder Not to worry though, it gives me another week to change my plans 11 times
All the best,
Lee
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I was just thinking a King Kong would be cool on the top!
Looks Good to me!
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)
Your making some nice cuts, I think your going to do a very nice job on this. I'll be watching closely these style cookers really interest me. So what sort of fan system are you going to use a Digi-Q or what? Or do you think you will need one?
Current Smokers: Backyard RF Offset and Hybrid RF Offset trailer rig with Cowboy cooker and fish fryer, always room for more........
You got a nice project started there ... more pics please ...
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)
Rodcrafter I'll be using my homemade blower when I've made the adapter to fit on the ballvalve (note to self, add ball valve adapter to enormous list of stuff to do for smoker)
It's been a while and the project has had to take a back seat due to real life taking over and bursting the bubble of BBQ nirvana. Anyhow, I managed to get a bit done last weekend and the pics are below-
I'm going to try and get a few hours in later on today.
Your avatar reminds me of a girl I dated in high school ....
Wait .... what? What were we talking about?
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)
Rick you are forgetting that I'm in the UK and get to experience the joys of today before you do in the US and it's now later on in my today and I've not done any work on the build.
Never mind, it's beer o' clock now and I'll leave the welding for another day
So I did a bit more welding this weekend and here are the pics...
I decided that before I started this build that I would save a bit of cash by doing as much of the cutting, bending and forming as I could. This has kind of backfired because it's blown the build time off the scale and I'm getting miffed now that I'm not cooking on it yet (while writing that last sentence it just occured to me that my miffedness might be a natural part of the pit building process and that other builders of pits might suffer the same symptoms?)
I'm also kinda worried that my wheels won't take the weight, they are individually rated at 135kg but the clone is getting heavier every time I look at it
I hear you on Miffed I had all of my parts cut and bent to size when I ordered the steel but I seem to behitting major road blocks at every aspect of the build. You will get there just keep banging away.
The wheels might be light. I used 800 lb wheels and worry about longevity my clone is pushing a 1000 lbs when it will be completedmaybe more. They are about 10 tall wheels you can see them in my clone build.
Your smoker is looking good !
Having a liberal along is like losing two good men.
It is coming along nicely. Although the pace may not be as you thought it will get there. I think we all suffer that same problem at some point.
I think I would go for a heavier rated wheel. FWIW.
BBQ is just smoke and beers!
Usually more beers than smoke.
Looks great!!
I enjoy the building process so I don't get those symptoms unless I'm under a deadline lol....
The anticipation of seeing the thin blue smoke rollin out the stack does affect us all tho
DCMan the exhaust stack has been a challenge and I still haven't figured out how I'm going to get the skin around the outside of it yet. One thing I do know is that the chimney will be done differently next build.....
Does anyone know where is the best place to put the holes for temp probes and where the best location is inside the cooking area for the probe that is going to monitor the pit temp?
Not to worry though, it gives me another week to change my plans 11 times 
you have to allow time to rethink the plan! 
and it's now later on in my today and I've not done any work on the build. 
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