Smoker build

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by smokeonthewater

I may have missed it but is there an area for ash to collect below the wood basket?

Theres a 2" deep space below the tray for ashes to collect. I didn't put the tray all the way down so air can get underneath the fire and all around it. If I could have gotten this friggen lid to fit, I would be firing it up today, but the lid whipped my but and won.

[smokeonthewater]

Gotcha.... Yeah sorry u didnt make ur deadline... I know it's gotta feel like a kick in the teeth.... Been there done that.

[RWilson2526]

You need to get to a metal shop and run that door through a roller. If you lived in NJ I'd hook you up.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by RWilson2526

You need to get to a metal shop and run that door through a roller. If you lived in NJ I'd hook you up.

X2 Rob, it's funny that you said that because I was thinking the exact same thing. My friend owns Paterson Sheet Metal and has a roller that could straighten that out in less time than it takes to talk about it..... or... he could make a brand new one out of stainless for that really classy look.

[Blue_Runner]

Just use your hands to straighten the door out

Great looking smoker build ya got there Ferm, like the design. You'll get er done and be smoking in no time.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

Just use your hands to straighten the door out

Great looking smoker build ya got there Ferm, like the design. You'll get er done and be smoking in no time.

If only my hands could do it. I already welded a brace on the back, atatched it to a table, and put 2 pipe wrenches on it and hung from them to try and tweak it, but it wasn't enough pressure(guess that 60 pounds I lost actually hurt me for a change). Haven't been able to work on it for a week now as I got sick on Thanksgiving with the flu. And if that wasn't bad enough, my 2 year old got sick within an hour of me getting sick. So all weekend my poor wife had to take care of me because my fever got so bad I couldn't stand up because I was dizzy, but she also had to help out with our 2 year old being just as sick. Fortunately about all he wanted to do was lay down and sleep on my chest on the couch, so at least we were together and she didn't have to go across the house. Just now getting better, but my son is still down.

[RidgeRunner]

Holy Toledo, I feel for all of you.
Black Cloud Hangs over us too--Thanksgiving Day was OK, mealtime was nice and I even landed a few redfish in the afternoon. All turned south that evening when my 82 yr old dad went to sleep and couldn't catch his breath. Congestive Heart Failure complicated by a bad chest cold/bronchitis. Off to the ER in Gainesville at 12:45 am Friday, Black Friday no less and the main entrance to the Oaks Mall on Newberry Rd. just so happens to share the same stoplight as North Florida Regional Medical Center... I could watch the frackus from my dad's hospital room.
Thankfully they were able to dry him out and he was released Sunday morning. The entire time my mom has been fighting off the same chest cold and with her COPD and other breathing issues I was just as concerned with her as I was my dad. Back and forth from Suwannee to Gainesville is a trek and I didn't sleep much. But it really wasn't about me-- could have been worse, we still counted the many blessings bestowed upon us..we are family and I was glad to be there to help for a change.. They are both resting at home this morning and expected to make a full recovery.