Recent content by randy1439

Hey, thanks a million, you explained it perfectly so I can understand it now, Thankyou very much.

I need some help with the pit calculator, I don't understand the air inlet opening, my firebox is 28x24x24 I want to go with a circular air inlet. If I want the opening to be 6" it says number of openings needed to match above is 1.74 (what is that?) then above it says air inlet openings needed...

Ok, that answers that, Thankyou.

Question about the damper? Does it matter where it goes on the pipe, far as near the bottom or toward the top. Also I was gonna put one at the entrance from the firebox to the smoke chamber, Is this nessesary or maybe do one or the other, just in need of another opinion. Thanks

Yeah but, mine is gonna be 7 ft long and over all length from tongue to end of firebox is 15 ft. That will take a lot of spray cans, I'm kinda looking for something I can spray with a gun.

A question about paint ? Is there a high temp. paint that I can spray on my smoker when I get it done, if so do I use a sealer or primer.  I would'nt think I could spray paint on bare metal.

Yes, thankyou, only the right side going up is flat, but I think I can work from this, thanks again.

Being my tank is odd shaped,from the fire box to the smoke chamber I need 129.02 sq inches, the pit cal. does not show me what i need to know. If my tank is 28 inches inches high and it's 21.5 inches wide, if I just go with a 1/3 of the size for the smoke chamber. Which means the plate will lay...

Yeah, I didn't think of that, mine gonna be mounted pretty high too, thanks.

Im thinking about putting a smoke stack on both ends of my return flow smoker when I build it, because I think if I don't when I open the door to check on what i'm cooking, I think smoke will be pouring out in my face. So i think if I had another stack on other end, that I can open up when I...

Oh I will, I sure I'll be needing lots of help from everybody, I did'nt get started yet, I'm only getting started cutting parts, It will be a while before I get started with the build part, but thanks for taking intrest.

Ok thanks, that makes sense, I was'nt sure about that, so figured I better throw that out there.

I got a question ? On a return flow smoker, mine is gonna be 6 ft long, I decided to down size it a little. When i put the plate in for the smoke chamber, how much space at other end should I leave open, for the smoke to go up through and return.

I ran a tape measure around it, and found a barrel the same measurement around, so I came up with, if it was'nt egg shaped, it would measure 26" inside diameter. But you are right, I can't see where I could go wrong if I just go with a size that I know is bigger than I need. Thanks again don't...