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Welcome, I do better at at butts, brisket, and ribs than I do at poultry. Check out the meat sections and you are sure to get some good tips that will get you making awesome Q.
Thanks smokemaster, glad to have inspired you.
Welding is not hard, just takes a little bit of practice.
Got a butt smoking. It is at the stall point now. Been at 156 for quite a while.
Sure is a lot more relaxing to have some meat smoking instead of grinding and welding. Watching the smoker...
I hate busted knuckles from cheap tools, but some of the big heavy stuff like 3 foot pipe wrenches and ball joint press seem to be holding up. I get spoiled by the tools I buy for work and try to have good ones at home.
The JB quick finally cured and sanded like concrete. Got some high heat...
Found some gold wheels at Harbor freight today, on sale, for $5.99, with tires. Used a couple of 5/8 bolts for axles. Had to get 4 inch bolts so they would have a long enough shoulder for the bearing to ride on. Need to trim the threads, or add some spinners.LOL. The wheels are fine for the...
I have to agree about Flua's stainless build. How did you layer the fire box? I was thinking about wrapping the out side with an aluminum cover. Maybe space it about 1/4 inch. With my slide off door, I think I could do that. Some thing to do later on down the road.
For now I am going to paint...
The hardener makes the resin in the paint setup. I could shoot a urethane on the cook chamber and it would be fine. Would blister really quick on fire box.
On the filler, I sat down and took a break, looked over at the pegboard and saw some JB weld hanging there. I have fixed a broken front...
Here is a pic I took of the seams. I must have been tired last night and forgot to add this. I built up quite a bit of weld to make a smooth transition and then ground the hell out of them. Had to go back and fill some spots with more weld, then grind some more. The original seams had the end...
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