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Well I ripped off the old warmer box on Friday and installed the new one on Saturday. Much much easier using 1/4 plate and it sure came out a lot better. Just have everything tack welded right now and next weekend or whenever the water in the yard will allow me not to rut up the mud pit I have...
I thought about it more and more and after talking to a few guys around here they thought the warp was bad enough that a lot could get removed but there would still be some.
So I bought a piece of 1/4 plate steel to do the warming box and also went with 1/4 1x1 angle iron. While this thing may...
The problems we have had with this build has been plentiful. Going in to this we knew we didn't have the right equipment to do the job and the tank ended up being 3/8" thick steel from being built back in the 50's. The firebox we used 1/4" plate steel and we figured with not a lot of heat we...
Fitting the baffle plate.
The firebox attached to the tank
Raised the unit up six inches and starting to build the warmer box. This is where the problems start to arise.
The sides of the warmer box and filling for the back.
The Tank
Shouldn't have just cut the doors off and especially as high up the tank as we did.
Cut the end off to put the baffle plate in.
Welding up the firebox with a plate to cover the end of the tank.
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