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Finally, after a few months, and a bunch of shekels my smoker is complete. Here are the before and after photos.
It started with a 1932 Westinghouse Refrigerator.
I have a Pakstat Series II electronic thermostat w/ LED display. (150 degrees to 550 degrees)
My element is...
The exterior cabinet is getting painted from a friend who paints customized cars. I need to get an air intake into the smoking chamber. I will be assembling it after a week get away. I have a Art Deco design for the door as shown oin the photo.
Insulation was hard to find. The original refer had 3" sawdust insulation. I looked for 3" fiberglass board but it wasn't available here. I ended up with 1", 1 1/2" & 2" mineral wool (mw) board and 1 1/2" fiberglass (fg) board. The fg was 3x more $ than the mw, but the mw was too soft for the...
What should the intake material be?
I want to place it in the bottom under the element. My mind is on overtime thinking how to do this. Still have to get the rust out though.
Here is the bottom of my refer after I scraped with a scrapper.
Some major rust. Going to Naval-Jelly it and scrape it some more.
Some areas have rusted through. It is still fairly strong, not able to move it when pushed.
After final scraping, thinking of painting with "Rust-Oleum Rusty...