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Thats a nice looking door! What did you use to make the long, straight cuts?
This is where I'm at, now:
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Looks Good
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Very nice work brother.
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Thank you, both. I just wish I would learn to stop tacking temporary stuff on the door, messes up the whole look with all those grind marks on there. I'll get it right next time.
I tried to take some measurements and layout the pipe firebox yesterday, it came out waaaay off.
I got it close enough that I could mark the contour with my protractor, though. Gotta go out and work on that next.
I tried to take some measurements and layout the pipe firebox yesterday, it came out waaaay off.
I got it close enough that I could mark the contour with my protractor, though. Gotta go out and work on that next.
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I'm thinking the pump jack thingys are tacked to the tube and the door and that swivels on the rod. Neat little design, I might try that next time. Won't need to do the sandwich thing. The door wouldn't be removable, though. I do kind of like that option, even though it'll probably never get used.k.a.m. wrote:hogaboomer wrote:I'm curious about how this one is put together. I'm wondering if it needs that pipe going across to keep it from wobbling.
My guess is there is a rod inside the tube. The tube is strictly aesthetics and the rod is plug welded to the outer hinge piece.
The ax points are door stops.
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Better pic.
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Yeah, I had seen that, too. That is a really nice design, great attention to detail. The price reflects it, too.
Makes mine look like a mutt.
Makes mine look like a mutt.
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That’s a mean lookin little pit.
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I'm thinking the smokestack may be overkill, maybe it just looks that way because it's in the foreground. Too late now, have to try it out and see how it does.
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I like it - - - How large is the hole on the Pit dome end going into the Smoke Stack
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All the way to the inside edge of the plenum. But the pipe itself is 8-3/4" ID. The smoker is 171 gallons. The firebox in 24" standard wall, it's currently way long but the pit calculator says it needs to be 30 inches long. The plenum is 9 inches high.
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WOW, it should give you as much draft as needed once you add a damper ???
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yeah, there shouldn't be any problem with it being too small.
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Looking forward to your first cook and update - - - - any idea what you'll do first ???
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