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Been doing various shake down passes. Pellet hopper is tripping the gfci outside, but I’m willing to bet that’s an old gfci issue and not a smoker issue. When running on a different circuit it’s fine. Pulls just under 2a under the initial cycle and 0.4a to maintain. Got it up to 425 in a...

Holy crap. We're here! Smoke stack isn't on yet, might change my mind on it... but that's such a minor detail after everything else.

After a lot more body work to get things to be acceptable, putting down primer and paint on the main body today. There are still plenty of dents and dings over the body from its ~85 year life, planned on leaving those. Didn’t want my work to show, however. Primer down

Getting there. Been doing a few layers of High-Temp lab metal to seal some areas and work out some of the more obvious bends/dents/dings. Not going to work out 100% of the damage to the old body as it gives it some character. But, we’re getting closer. Hope to be painting it soon and have...

Some more work this weekend. Got the cover panel on the door, aside form welding the edges in, also spot welded it to the supports internal. Painted the outside of the door the blue and the inside portion black to match the rest of the cabinet. After knocking some welds down, applied lab...

Painted the outside of the door, primer, 3 coats of color using thin coats to prevent drips, then 2 coats of clear. Then flipped it over and laid it on a pile of soft towels to keep from screwing up the finish…. Put the logo in place. Waiting for some high temp caulking to get here (my old...

Well, it was nice to get working on the project again. Got the hinges installed in the door, and did a lot of tac welds today that’ll get ground flush to keep things looking decent. Then time for some body filler, primer and then paint. Looking at my check list there isn’t a ton of stuff left...

Welp, time to bring this thread back from the dead. Lot has happened in the past year, but I finally got my hinges done last week. Will hopefully have some time around the holidays to wrap this thing up!

I haven't forgotten about this project (the wife has ensured that!). Wrist is about 90-95% - still having some issues that were not planned on. Still waiting on my buddy to make the hinges so I can start buttoning some things up. He had some stuff happen in life - family comes first, so...

ended up going a different direction..... project is currently on hold waiting for a buddy (machinist) to make new hinges. I thought they were going to be usable, but once I got into things they were in bad shape. Once I get that done, I need to start buttoning things up and throw some paint...

Well, I haven't forgotten about this site... or the smoker. Finally recovered enough from the surgery, but now I'll be starting a new job soon (was retired almost a year, I can't stand it). The hinges were in worse shape than I originally thought. Took them to a friend who works at a machine...

Well, I'm still around... surgery went off without a hitch. Doctor specifically ordered me NOT to work on the smoker till further notice tho. Damnit

Will be longer than I'd like. Have a lot of body work to do still. Also waiting on the re-made hinges to finish up; buddy has been super busy at his shop. Not something I'm capable of making with the equipment & experience I have. Need the humidity to drop a bit more before I even consider...

Felt like a slacker by not finishing the racks. Better They are a bit too clean tho :emoji_laughing:

Since the last update: -All rack supports are fully welded in place -Rack frames are built (been lazy on cutting up the expanded metal) -Interior is painted & all inner seams are sealed Racks will NOT be painted; the paint I've been using is food safe for the inside of the cabinet, however it...

Few weeks ago my dad asked me if I needed to borrow his angle grinder for the project; told him I have 5 already. When he asked why I have 5, I explained that I despise having to switch between various abrasives on angle grinders - so I got one for each kind. He laughed at me.

Before anyone asks.... no, this wasn't all of my clamps :emoji_laughing::emoji_laughing::emoji_laughing::emoji_laughing::emoji_laughing: Top had a slight twist in it - looks like this thing had tipped over before I got it, hence the dent in the corner. Worked it as straight as I can, a little...

Thanks for the well wishes on the surgery. Should be a simple process; just cleaning up a tendon after I broke my hand a few years ago. Wrist was never right afterwards

Past few days have been slow progress. Ran out of gas for the welder, fortunately the spool of wire finished at the same time. As I went to put the new spool in, I noticed everything felt loose in the welder. Took off to YouTube and then a parts diagram for my welder to find out there were...

I checked against my other grills, and this gap was on par. My main concern with the insulation is too much heat; hence the vent down low on the back - strictly to vent heat out if needed. The 5” stack will have a damper to further assist temp control/balance. Since this is going to use...