Cook Chamber Door Opening Warped On New Build

[dacolson]

Thanks! Yeah, I had to shorten the top one up quite a bit for clearance.

Looks great man.


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[hogaboomer]

[SheffSmoker]

Looking ace, Mr. Boomer

[hogaboomer]

[dacolson]

Very cool. You cut that one w a torch?


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[hogaboomer]

Very cool. You cut that one w a torch?


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Yep, torch and a whole lot of grinding.

[hogaboomer]

Looking ace, Mr. Boomer

Thanks, Sheff!

[Big T]

Nice work!

[Cole Leffert]

Looking good!! Good work on the star!

[hogaboomer]

Thanks, you guys! Lone Star Doorstops.com

[hogaboomer]

[dacolson]

I had an upside down cart like that with the casters up for turning the tank. Sacrificed them for air tank wheels. Definitely miss that cart.

[hogaboomer]

Be better if it had brakes. I might have to engineer something, that ratchet strap system is getting pretty tedious.

[dacolson]

I used to jam a bit of rubber gasket material in between the wheel and tank.


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[hogaboomer]

Well. Two steps forward and one step back.Getting the firebox door put together, pre-fab so I can put the whole thing on and not have to do it in position. Building upside down so I can get the legs and wheels and all put on, and weld the bottom of the firebox before I flip it back. Only problem is, I put the door on right side up. D'OH!!!

[dacolson]

Hahaha. So good brother. You’re not the only one. Thx for sharing. Needed a chuckle. Your door and hinge setup look great.

[hogaboomer]

Thanks, I like the way that hinge looks. I think the whole thing would look better with a thick plate for the door and just eliminate the need for flanges. That's what Mill Scale does, and they look really nice.

[dacolson]

Thanks, I like the way that hinge looks. I think the whole thing would look better with a thick plate for the door and just eliminate the need for flanges. That's what Mill Scale does, and they look really nice.

Do they put inner flanges on them?


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[hogaboomer]

No, they just overlap the opening. It looks like the door is about an inch wider than the opening, all the way around.

[dacolson]

Damn. How come I never thought of that?

[hogaboomer]

It's got a cleaner look to it:

[dacolson]

Hate to be a copy cat but sometimes things just make more sense. It’s really got me thinking about the CC door too. I tried the inner flanges on the build and am not happy w how they turned out. The door sprung on this little 60 gallon tank - only 3/16” steel - and it’s causing tons of fit up issues. Really hard to bend it back without damaging the door. Got even worse when I tacked on the hinges. Wondering about welding a 1” strap all around the inside of the opening, level with the tank - not recessed - so the door rests on the outside like those FB doors. Probably be a PITA to get the curved vertical straps to line up well. Just something I’m kicking around.


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[Big T]

The door looks great! I've made a few doors using a piece of 1/4'' plate that's 3'' larger than the opening with a piece of 1/4'' that was 1/2'' smaller than the opening plug welded to the back of the larger piece. It basically made the door 1/2'' thick with an 1.5'' flange all the way around the opening. I thought I had some pictures of it but they must've been on my old phone.

[dacolson]

Don’t want your finger getting caught I that one!

[hogaboomer]

The door looks great! I've made a few doors using a piece of 1/4'' plate that's 3'' larger than the opening with a piece of 1/4'' that was 1/2'' smaller than the opening plug welded to the back of the larger piece. It basically made the door 1/2'' thick with an 1.5'' flange all the way around the opening. I thought I had some pictures of it but they must've been on my old phone.

That is a wonderful idea!!! I was not wanting to buy a sheet of half inch plate, no way to move something that heavy. I have some 3/16 and 1/4 inch I could use.