Thanks man.Brewmaster wrote: ↑January 18th, 2022, 5:25 pmcan't wait to see some food coming out of that sucker!
Cheers
We try to get them straightened out without thought of using gaskets, and keep at it until the fit is close enough. None of them are perfectly tight-fitting in my experience, I mean perhaps as much as 1/16" gap here or there on the chamber door fitment. Some smoke may leak out the tiniest bit when starting the fire, but soon as the draft is established there are no longer micro smoke-leaks.ThinBlue wrote: ↑February 7th, 2022, 9:17 amI hit a little road block while working on the firebox and I am back to looking for some materials so I'm going to be shifting focus towards the cook chamber once I get back to it in the next couple weeks. I know I have a little bit of spring in my cook chamber door. What is the point at which you guys will try to jack and chain it back to perfection and what is acceptable to not worry about that and just put a gasket on?
If I were fixing poor fitment with gasket I'd use something highly compressible, possibly a high temp foam type gasket. I'd first cut the hinges off, apply the gasket and set the door in place, apply pressure to the door or wait a few days to allow the weight to compress the gasket, then weld the hinges back on. Beyond that what I've done on a few cookers is to use Ultra Copper silicone and plastic food wrap. Do a super clean on the area to apply gasket, apply a good thick bead of the copper silicone, with the area around the door opening totally covered/laminated with plastic food wrap, promptly close the door/silicone gasket onto the food wrap. This will allow a ton of squeeze-out and a good seal all the way around in both thick and thin areas. Let it cure a solid 2 days before opening the door, remove the plastic food wrap, and trim away any access squeeze-out with a utility knife. Ultra Copper is rated to 700 F and I've never seen it fail on an offset cook chamber, the firebox is a completely different story
Thanks for all of that. I hope you enjoy!Iwishicouldcook41 wrote: ↑February 8th, 2022, 8:33 pmSubscribed to channel and thread. Looking forward to progress. Mind if I ask what design software you’re using for those renderings?
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