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
I was able to get a little work finished this weekend:
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This is what I am thinking for the lid and exhaust stacks
I am sanding the lid both sides instead of burning paint off so not to warp the lid. As soon as I find two old Weber lids I am going to fab those to replace the flat lids.