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  1. chipotleq

    Noob needs guidance sharpening knives

    Those razor sharp paper wheels are nice. I use them on my pocket knives or for a quick polish. I myself have the paper wheel, tormek t7(only use when i regrind all my knives in bulk along with families and neighbors knives), shapton ceramic glass from 8k to 30k grit, shapton flattening lap...
  2. chipotleq

    Noob needs guidance sharpening knives

    And dont use green compound strop on your stainless. They will only polish the blade and that is it. Stainless is very hard metal and the fine micron grit on green compound will do nothing for stainless, not even the high carbon stainless. The compound is more for carbon steel sharpening, that...
  3. chipotleq

    Noob needs guidance sharpening knives

    Those chef grinders are ok, but i would never use a grinder like that on my knives. They eat alot of stock and are only good for a hollow ground type of blade. Those chef grinders are ok for the cheap stamped stainless. But it you plan on purchasing expensive steel blades, i would learn free...
  4. chipotleq

    Noob needs guidance sharpening knives

    You can also buy the high carbon stainless steels, like vg10 or sg2. But those run no less than $100 a peace. They keep an edge for a year with out grinding, only honing and occassional polish on a high grit stone, like 8000 grit
  5. chipotleq

    Noob needs guidance sharpening knives

    Cheap stamped stainless blades are good and get sharp. But the edge dont last that long and they stainless is very hard to sharpen also. Try buying carbin steel knives. The ol hickory sets that are on amazon are cheap but really good knives. They are very easy to sharpen and keep an edge. Those...
  6. chipotleq

    Headed down to GA to pick up my Lang.

    Have a safe trip. I will be doing the same in about a year from now when I order a 60 or 84. But I will be driving from california. What Enjoy the trip and your smoker!
  7. chipotleq

    Noob needs guidance sharpening knives

    By steel i meant the knife steel. So if you have a cheap stainless, you have a nice setup to sharpen those. Just keep in mind that freehand sharpening takes practice since it is important to manually grind down the edge at consistent angles on both sides. If you have a steady wrist, it should be...
  8. chipotleq

    Noob needs guidance sharpening knives

    The newspaper would be used as a finishing strop, given the abrasive microns particles found on ink are well suited for stropping carbon steel
  9. chipotleq

    Noob needs guidance sharpening knives

    Sharpening is an art. As of now I am still trying to learn to sharpen a carbon steel straight razor and been doing it for a couple of years. Sharpening a large knife is much easier. Few questions I have for you; 1- what type of steel are you working with 2- how damaged is your edge 3. are...
  10. chipotleq

    Lang 36 poor quality welding?

    Finally got a response from Lang, but took a while; This was received December 10. Will post a follow up once Ben gets in contact, if he gets in contact...
  11. chipotleq

    Lang 36 poor quality welding?

    Pretty expensive at 5k for a 48 size smoker. At the end of the day you will enjoy the lang just as much as you would a jambo, klose or any other stick burner. There is a learning curve to experience with stick burners, but it will be fun on a lang. Good luck
  12. chipotleq

    Lang 36 poor quality welding?

    The lang is the best bang for the buck. I know big poppa smorkers has the "baby j" jambo smoker. Its basically their backyard on a trailer with chrome stack but it is $3500. Plus the freight.
  13. chipotleq

    Lang 36 poor quality welding?

    peorias cooker, looking at them I like their double smoke stack design and how the stacks are welded in the middle of the chamber end. That is how it should be made with all regular flow off set burners. Have you looked at Jambo pits? They have a 48  size called the backyard jambo, roughly than...
  14. chipotleq

    Lang 36 poor quality welding?

    I called lang over the phone a couple of times with no answer. Left message, no response. Pretty much the same when I tried to get them to take my order. I left a facebook message and e-mailed, no response...
  15. chipotleq

    Lang 36 poor quality welding?

    You are right. I sent them some pics right now, i'll wait for a response or call them next week. That door should not be like that, maybe that isncausing the high temp spike in that area
  16. chipotleq

    Lang 36 poor quality welding?

    I don't know if I should call them... What would they do? these are easy fixes for me. But I guess I should point out to them their QC. After much research, there seems to be no QC at Lang. Reason why they leave their welds so messy might be that they have low skilled or even student welders do...
  17. chipotleq

    Lang 36 poor quality welding?

    I did another smoke today and made some adjustments... I  leveled the grill to point the nose up a bit and have the smoke move "up the hill". Big difference in temperature from how I had it originally. Now I have the temps at the top rack about 2-5 degree difference from tel tru thermometer and...
  18. chipotleq

    My Lang Hybrid 36 patio Thanksgiving Review

    The splitter is ok, better than an axe i can tell you that. Still some labor involved but it does a good job.
  19. chipotleq

    Has anyone modded a Lang 36 patio?

    So after talking to people at Lang, and researching, I found that most high end smokers have inlet vents in the FB doors opposite the smoke stack. What makes a Jambo pit so nice, is that exact quality. The smoke stack on a jambo is right in the middle of the chamber, and the firebox is so huge...
  20. chipotleq

    My Lang Hybrid 36 patio Thanksgiving Review

    The hook is a weber tool holder designed for their kettles grills. All I did is I got the one from my performer, cut the lip that holds to the weber, straightened and riveted. Later i'll paint it black. Also will be installing a bottle opener from yeti coolers.
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