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  2. msduckhunter

    Backwoods Style Smoker build #2...

    Cooking chamber cut, bent & welded in...added a piece of 3/16 plate on the underside of the "heat deflector" as it's called in the plans...my Fatboy burnt out and rotted there over the last 8 or so years..got the slides in for the charcoal pan i'm gonna build..top cross piece in and...
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  5. msduckhunter

    Backwoods Style Smoker build #2...

    not much accomplished today...too busy at work...did get the rest of the back  tubing in..side tubing..angle iron....bottom plate cut out and sitting in place not welded
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  8. Backwoods Style Smoker build #2...

    Backwoods Style Smoker build #2...

  9. msduckhunter

    Backwoods Style Smoker build #2...

    Well I said I was gonna do another one and learn from my "finds & mistakes" from build #1...  http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/93785/backwoods-style-build/60 Guy came by a week or so ago and bought my cooking trailer, the Fatboy, the clone, crawfish cookers and all so I'm fixing to start...
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  11. msduckhunter

    ~Backwoods Style Build

    glad ya'll enjoyed...I've used it for 7 months now and only problem I've had was door gaskets coming off....a few rivets fixed that problem..It cooks flawlessly...I've got a second build in mind this spring but using scaled down plans...gonna make it about the same size as a Fatboy and use 2" of...
  12. msduckhunter

    ~Backwoods Style Build

    and happy I am.....worked perfectly....didnt add any water, opened drafts wide and let her run up over 350 for a couple hrs...added water, left door open to cool down...closed drafts to 1/2 open, held 225 consistently for over 5 hrs, all on 16 # of coals.... I'm in at just under $700....even...
  13. msduckhunter

    ~Backwoods Style Build

    well she ready for burn-out...plan on that today if I get a chance...try it out smokin' this weekend....
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  16. msduckhunter

    ~Backwoods Style Build

    I've got wheels for it..holes are drilled but I took thermometer, latches back off and left wheels off for the powder coating...way too heavy to be manhandling...I used 11 ga metal tubing and 16 ga. sheet metal...when I do next one I have decided to use thin wall tubing and 18 or 20 ga. sheet...
  17. msduckhunter

    ~Backwoods Style Build

    Little more triming out and she's ready for the powdercoating  
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  19. msduckhunter

    ~Backwoods Style Build

    my 2 cents....next one i do will have welds on the framing/tubing ONLY....all sheet metal I will use steel large head 1/4" rivets on....used a lot of riveting on this one..i have skinned the outer frame & doing doors now...will post up pics later...
  20. msduckhunter

    ~Backwoods Style Build

    and the insulation is on.....now to catch some slack time to go make the bends on the outer skin, door skins, and top and it'll be ready for powdercoating...
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