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    • 1961shasta
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    HEEELP!! need assistance figuring out Firebox-to-Cook Chamber Opening

    So what you are saying is my top cut should be 3 inches below the center of the tank, and my bottom cut will be 2 inches from the floor or bottom of the tank? how wide does the top cut need to be, I dont under stand the circle calculator, from what I am reading the top cut should be 10.39...
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  5. I think I have a genious envention!!!

    I think I have a genious envention!!!

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    I think I have a genious envention!!!

    So I was looking at the smoker I am making, trying to figure out what I could build to stop the cooking chamber door from falling all the way back when opened, without knocking off paint over time, here is my idea, using the hinge pictured, dissasemble hinge, cut a groove about a 1/4 inch wide...
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    HEEELP!! need assistance figuring out Firebox-to-Cook Chamber Opening

    according to my previous post, this radius gives me 10 cubic inches between the FB and CC right?  I used a 10 in radius because that is the width of the tank where I want my baffle to be at (3 inches up from the bottom) where the tank is 10 inches wide.
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    HEEELP!! need assistance figuring out Firebox-to-Cook Chamber Opening

    well I cant fill it with water, I already have the door cut and hinges on it. its total height is 25.25 inches with 23/4 inches of dome on each end,  so subtract one of the 23/4 inches give me 22.5 inches by 12.3 inches, not sure how thick the tank is looks like over a 16th, so best guess would...
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    HEEELP!! need assistance figuring out Firebox-to-Cook Chamber Opening

    well using my best guess, the tank is 9.54 gallons, which equals, 2203.74 inches, x.004 = 8.814 cubic inches for the FB to CC opening, I plugged in Chord AB and segment height Ed into the circle calculator and the closest I can get is 9.083 radius, thats the size of the hole in cubic inches...
  12. 1961shasta

    My 1st build, a mini reverse flow smoker using a 40 pound propane tank

    Made a lot of progress, I got it sanded down, ground down the welds, cut the door and installed the hinges.also got the FB 80% done.
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    HEEELP!! need assistance figuring out Firebox-to-Cook Chamber Opening

    Sorry guys, I get stumped right out of the gate, (Diameter X Diameter X 0.7854 X Length), how can I do this is my ends are rounded? according the feldon calculator my cubic inches will be 2201.43 cubic inches, using 9.54 gallons as the volume I found for a 40 pound propane tank online. so can I...
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    HEEELP!! need assistance figuring out Firebox-to-Cook Chamber Opening

    yep, but as I clearly mentioned in my original post, I have already read this,,, a few times.  I cant get the math to work right in my head. and some of you claim to be able to look right at it and see the numbers naturaly, so how about some help.
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  18. 1961shasta

    HEEELP!! need assistance figuring out Firebox-to-Cook Chamber Opening

    I need some help, for the life of me I cant wrap my head around figuring out the size of the Firebox-to-Cook Chamber Opening, I have read the tutorial, and it made my brain hurt, I have found the Circle calculator and am not sure which measurements to enter, can someone help me with this? I am...
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