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  1. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    If the way I set up the ash drawer won't work how do guys do this? I am going to need to remove ash somehow.
  2. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    What do see as a problem? Air flow? I have an open space from where air enters the vents that is 4 inches tall and runs the length of the firebox. Do you think that is not enough room to move the air in? I actually had both plates right at the level of the ash drawer and realized that I was...
  3. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I made some progress today. Needed to get my truck on my lift so I needed to move the cook chamber and get the firebox off the welding table and move them out of the way as well. Everything is now in the final assembly area! I put on a temporary set of caster's so I could move the cook chamber...
  4. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Thank you for your input. This being my first reverse flow smoker I am learning as I go and I appreciate any and all information that anyone wants to give. I am not insulating my firebox but I do plan on adding a top plate that will taper downward into the cook chamber and add a couple inches of...
  5. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Well I did not get as far as I had hoped but I did get all the vents done. I still need to fab up handles for the bottom door but it's done and it works.
  6. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I got all the vent holes cut and the top vent finished. I am playing with several ideas on how to make the lower vent. I am going to do a guillotine type with the cover going up and down I just cant decide how I want to make it. I have come up with several ideas some very simple some very...
  7. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Heading out to the shop this morning and hopefully will have the vents done and the firebox stiffeners in and if it goes really well the front on and start cutting the doors! 
  8. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    If the math I did is correct I will be putting (4) 6" diameter holes in below the wood grate and one 6" diameter hole across from the cook chamber opening for my vents. I edited this post to reflect the correct numbers. I am taking an advanced rigging class for work and the instructor is very...
  9. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I was planning my vents and realized I had painted myself into a corner. One of the plates I put in to direct ash into the ash drawer is blocking my lower vent location across from the cook chamber entrance so I am going to modify that plate by cutting it lengthwise down the middle and making...
  10. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I thought I should maybe add a piece of angle going up and down on each side as a stiffener. and I figured if I add a deflector plate on the upper part of the box it would help as well. Dang this thing is going to be heavy!!!!  I also considered adding angle to the top (inside) in a X across...
  11. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Well I came home from work today and banged out some more on the firebox I cut and installed the plates from the wood grate to the ash drawer. Now I need to decide if I should add a deflector plate or not? I am thinking since my firebox top is going to be part of the reverse flow plate it...
  12. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Got more done today. The ash drawer is complete and the wood rack is done. I am going to add plate from under the angle supporting wood rack to just above the ash drawer sloping downward to the drawer so the ash will flow to the drawer. Next I will cut and put the upper and lower vents in the...
  13. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I made good progress today the firebox is a fully welded box and I got started on the ash drawer once it's done I will weld in the angles that will hold the wood grate. Lining up and tacking those 36"x 36" plates was a chore! I would have been smart to get a rather set of hands to help but...
  14. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    And yes I took the wheels off.
  15. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Well I picked up a ton of steel yesterday and before I build my firebox today I needed a table to build it on so I banged this out last night after work and an hour in traffic going home late after stopping to pick up steel It took me till 10:30 last night to git R done but it will be worth it...
  16. nwbhoss

    New design reverse flow smoker Dave's measurements

    Wow!! Great build and thank you for the excellent pictures!
  17. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    Gotcha!!!!!!
  18. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I will have to do some research on the door seal method you are taking about. I am not sure I get what you mean about grinding a relief into the door on the inside for the seal? Does the seal not extend past the door? If I weld the seal on the inside of the door how does it open and close? or...
  19. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    I got the cook chamber cut for the fire box today! It was a measure 100 times and cut once kinda thing. It worked out well the opening is exactly 35 1/2 inches wide so I have 1/4 on each side to play with. The dimension from the bottom of the cook chamber to the top of the firebox is 14 inches...
  20. nwbhoss

    500 gallon RF Build revised

    That's funny because I did exactly what you are saying yesterday my cc is on jack stands and leveled and I measured to the cut line then measured from that line to the floor and cut a piece of 4 inch wide plate with a foot on the bottom at that dimension and walked around the bell end marking...
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