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Cleaned up the inside of the tank under where the RF plate will be. Looked like it had dirt and at some point water that sat for quite a while. There was thick cakes on rust and clumps of dirt. I scraped it first then wire wheeled it and finished it off with a grinding wheel. I was...
Cut the door yesterday and the FB to CC opening. The door sprung pretty bad, close to a 1/4" along the entire length of the bottom seam. Not sure how I'm going to approach that yet. It pulled into the tank I expected it to try and unroll. For now I'll just focus on the RF plate and grate...
I got the tank and firebox welded together. The cap I welded on the end had a pretty good bow into the tank. So I had to fab a little bar that I pulled with a clamp to get it flush with the firebox. I just tacked the one end to the CC. Should have the CC door cut this week.
Kyle
I've made some progress recently. The tank I planned on using was just a touch to small to get the size door I needed, so I took a longer tank of the same diameter and cut about 2 feet off of it. This got me the extra few inches I needed for a 48" door.
The piece I cut off will...
You can cut them out and patch them or plug them and put that side of tank on the bottom. On my 60 gallon I welded plugs on them and put them to the bottom. My current build I got lucky all bungs were on the domed end which I cut off. The next build I do I'll probably cut them out weld plate...
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