Smoker build - Page 2

RidgeRunner · #11 11-19-2014, 11:01 AM

I saw the smoke, knew something was cooking!

bradford · #12 11-19-2014, 08:27 PM

Friend of mine built one out of an old compressor tank. Buy ahead and buy the bulk pack of blades. LOL

Turned out great when he was done.

THEFERMANATOR · #13 11-19-2014, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bradford

Friend of mine built one out of an old compressor tank. Buy ahead and buy the bulk pack of blades. LOL

Turned out great when he was done.

Blades? I don't need no stinkin blades, me's gots a plasma cutter to use. No pics, but no turning back now. I cut the opening in the tank for the lid today, pressure washed and cleaned it out as best I could, and welded the reverse flow baffle into the bottom of it. Now I gotta get more welding wire, angle iron, and maybe another piece of plate to finsh up the firebox.

RidgeRunner · #14 11-20-2014, 08:17 AM

Ding Ding Ding Ding! Looks like a trip to Lakeland is in the works for you.. I got some steel like I said. Let me get an inventory of what is out there and I will get back to you..

THEFERMANATOR · #15 11-20-2014, 05:30 PM

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Ding Ding Ding Ding! Looks like a trip to Lakeland is in the works for you.. I got some steel like I said. Let me get an inventory of what is out there and I will get back to you..

OOPS, I already went and bought steel today. Got 60 feet of 1" angle iron, 20 feet 2" angle iron, 24 feet 1" square tubing, 31" 4" pipe, and 2 sheets of 1/4 scrap plate they had. I didn't need a full sheet, so I told him I wanted a 5' X 6' foot piece they had that was used. It was $150 for a piece of SCRAP plate. The guy loading the stuff helped me out though, and threw another piece up there even bigger along with it. So it looks liek I might be looking for another tank and building another smoker after this one. Figured since I have a GOOD THICK wall tank, I might as well make the rest of it as heavy or heavier and have a high quality smoker when done.

RidgeRunner · #16 11-21-2014, 08:10 AM

LOL! Well OK, I didn't have any 1/4"plate anyways..
When I took an inventory I found mostly 1/8" thick, that is what they used for the frames on the removable cooking shelves... I am looking for a picture of this smoker they built. It was involved.. It is now mounted on a cook trailer and the guy is going around selling Q..

1/8" x1" flat x 8'
x1" angle x 25'
x1" sq tubing x 6'
expanded metal 2'x4' maybe
plate 15" x 36"

3/16" diamond plate 3'x4'
x2" flat x10'
plate 4.75"x6'
plate 4'x10' ? several large pieces are buried under a ton of crap out back, done so to keep from having to move everything to mow..
2" angle x 28'
3" channelx 25'

PS I just thought we were busy with Melissa and the soccer schedule, add to the mix volleyball with practice two nights a week and one night for games..Holy cow, I am gonna sell all my tools cause at this rate I will never get another project started nor finished..

spareparts · #17 11-21-2014, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

LOL! Well OK, I didn't have any 1/4"plate anyways..
When I took an inventory I found mostly 1/8" thick, that is what they used for the frames on the removable cooking shelves... I am looking for a picture of this smoker they built. It was involved.. It is now mounted on a cook trailer and the guy is going around selling Q..

1/8" x1" flat x 8'
x1" angle x 25'
x1" sq tubing x 6'
expanded metal 2'x4' maybe
plate 15" x 36"

3/16" diamond plate 3'x4'
x2" flat x10'
plate 4.75"x6'
plate 4'x10' ? several large pieces are buried under a ton of crap out back, done so to keep from having to move everything to mow..
2" angle x 28'
3" channelx 25'

PS I just thought we were busy with Melissa and the soccer schedule, add to the mix volleyball with practice two nights a week and one night for games..Holy cow, I am gonna sell all my tools cause at this rate I will never get another project started nor finished..

finish a project? what a strange foreign concept

RidgeRunner · #18 11-21-2014, 08:28 AM

smoker1.jpg

Fire box on the bottom, four holes for indirect heat, drainpans, fairly well configured but not a tested design...

THEFERMANATOR · #19 11-21-2014, 10:42 AM

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Fire box on the bottom, four holes for indirect heat, drainpans, fairly well configured but not a tested design...

That design is pretty good for conserving wood as you don't get much heat loss. They all have there pros and cons from what I can find out. Been using alot of info fro mthis site http://www.smokerbuilder.com/ , has a calculator to punch in sizes and dimensions to tell you the required firebox size, chimney size and length, air inlets, and the rest. Heres another http://www.feldoncentral.com/bbqcalculator.html .

RidgeRunner · #20 11-21-2014, 10:45 AM

Foreign, strange and novel an idea as "finishing a project" may sound to some---

I did finish the refit on that skiff. AND In my defense I have been sicker than any dog I ever had, SO I really don't know where to stop, just opened another can-o-worms with a bathroom remodel... Which I intend to FINISH before X-mas so help me.. If I ration my time better: 12 hours a day Ridge- 3 hours Melissa - 5 hours Rest - 1 hour SSS - 1 hour to eat and prepare meals, LOL what does that leave me? Good couple hours a day, unfortunately none during daylight hours, LOL! PLUS Weekends are mine for the taking..