Smoker build

[RidgeRunner]

I hate to poo poo on Ferman's smoker thread but you are so right Daydreamer. I hate it that I can't be closer to them, makes me feel guilty at times. The daily routine leaves little time for anything else. That is the problem with hustle bustle, no time to enjoy the roses.
We make time to go see a sick friend in the end, we should have taken time to enjoy the same friend while they are still with us.. Situational awareness reveals there is not enough hours in the day, so we do our best and pray.

[phatdaddy]

so true ridge,lost both of mine 4-6 years ago, not a day goes by i don't think of 10 things i wish i could ask them.

[bradford]

I'm with yall. Tomorrow is promised to none of us. It's good to work hard and plan for the future, but take a little of your retirement early every few days even if just for a few minutes.

When we're all old and in the nursing home crapping our pants we'll wish we were out in the shop twisting on a smoker door that won't shut right.

[THEFERMANATOR]

After 10 days of being sick, I felt ALMOST human today(ALMOST, but not quite yet) and did a little more work on it. Got the firebox all finished up, and ready for a fire to be lit.

Heres the firebox basket finished up and my fandangled rod I made for pulling the fire tray out.


The firebox door all finished up with my own latch design.


And the air intake for the firebox is all done as well. Installed some grating to help prevent any chunks from falling out that may stray out of the tray.


And forgot to mention earlier, this cooker is part DURABURB. My smokestack is made from my old driveshaft that I twisted in the BURB. Still gotta get the friggen door straightened out and laying down semi straight, then it's pretty much done.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Haven't gotten much time to work on the smoker lately, but I have gotten an hour or two here and there to work on it. It's starting to look like a smoker, and getting close.

The cooking grates. They come out in 2 pieces for cleaning. Decided to go with conventional grating instead of the stainless for the cooking grates.


The grate on the outlet side goes all the way over, and you can see how far in I made the stack protrude in.


Got the door on, hinges welded on, and the handle mounted up.


Starting to look like a smoker.


You can see the water fill pipe I added for filling the water tray(had an extra piece of 1/2" pipe, figured what the heck).


Still have to decide if I want to leave the door as is, or add a counter balance to it so I don't have to open it so far to keep it open. Also need to add on end racks, and build my 2nd rack to go inside the cooking chamber. Hoping to maybe light a fire in it tommorrow to get some smoke in it.

[Destroyer]

Ferm, that thing is a piece of work. Simply a beautiful smoker. Fine work there, well done.

[Stinky_Hooker]

Great work!

[bradford]

That's one bad mofo Ferm! Great work!