I saw that you were active on the forum at the time that I was responding so I should've known that it was going to happen.
I agree! The angle iron laid out like that is a cool look!!dacolson wrote: ↑December 14th, 2020, 9:25 pmLayout looks great. Are you going to weld the grates with the angle iron pointed up like that? Cool look.
Stability should be an issue with the casters. Lots of casters on smokers. If you weld on a plate and bolt them on you can swap them out if you’re not crazy about them.
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I am worried about being able to move it around easily, but I was balancing my options. I went back and forth between a trailer, cart with tires, or casters. But I ultimately settled on casters with big wheels in the back. It was a good balance of cost, functionality and looks. I hope it is easy to move, but if not, I can always modify it in the future and put some pneumatic casters/tires on it or change it to a cart.Dirtytires wrote: ↑December 15th, 2020, 11:11 amThe bigger the wheels, the easier it is to roll.
However, consider that steel/hard wheels are extremely difficult to roll on dirt/rocks.
If there is a company in town that sells casters, they often have the correct mounting plates with matching holes. I have the luxury of owning a small home shop CNC plasma cutter in my home shop, so I have built many sets of them But when I went to our local caster supplier on my last build, they were so cheap, I just purchased the caster plates from them and welded them to the legs and bolted them to my legs/frame.lecheminant wrote: ↑December 14th, 2020, 9:19 pmHere's my weekend update. I am trying to get as many of the parts ready for welding as I can. This weekend I spent some time cleaning and removing rust from the wheels and axle(2" pipe). There were a few fittings stuck on the axle, but with some heat, a hammer, and some WD40 I was able to get them off. I also cut the axle down to size.
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I cut the angle, expanded steel, and grate handle for the shelves. The handles came from a ring attached to an old piece of furniture.
Bottom shelf. 23"x42"
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Top shelf. 18"x42"
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I cut the legs and cross braces. Here's a picture with everything laid out. The cross braces won't be that low when welded.
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I cut the bottom of one set of legs to fit on the axle.
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The other set of legs I left long enough to attach casters. I'm planning on using 8" casters because I want to be able to move the smoker around as easy as possible. But I am a little worried about how much they swivel and stability. Should I be worried? Are there any benifits from with going smaller casters? Also, should I weld the casters directly to the smoker or should I weld a plate on the legs and bolt the casters to the plate.