I finally got it finished and painted. Holds temperature good. I've smoked a couple of briskets, country style pork ribs and 4 racks of baby backs, as well as jalapeno poppers, vegetables and potatoes on it. Sorry about no pictures of the Q, it is always gone before I get around to taking pictures.
Learning generally boils down to "Repetition or the avoidance of pain", some people learn by doing, some by watching and some just have to pee on the electric fence.
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford