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    Compressor tank to a backyard smoker

    If your temps dropped after you sealed your door then your stack is not drawing enough and yes, you need a bigger stack.
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    Red's 24x46 Reverse Flow Patio Build

    Oh, and rent an engine hoist to pick up your firebox and fit it to your cooker.
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    Red's 24x46 Reverse Flow Patio Build

    Looks great. Coupla comments: you need a circle cutter attachment for your plasma cutter! That bung cutout would have been a much smaller circle. Also, I think the reason your door didn't move much when you cut it into the tank is the 5/16" thickness. All the thin tanks I've cut into moved after...
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    Reverse flow baffle to cook rack distance and throat size

    Two inches is fine.
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    one cooking grate or two in a horizontal tank 19.75" ID?

    In the end I put one pair of grates where the tank was widest, and another pair about 3" below that. The lower pair of cooking grates can hold racks of ribs or it can hold drip pans or the like.
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    Door won’t close

    One way to put a bit more bend into one end of a door that doesn't close fully (i.e. isn't bent enough or sprung out when cut) is to tack a turnbuckle to the top and bottom edges, and then tighten it up to bend more. It will spring back some so overdo it just a bit. You can also loosen the...
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    Mating fire box to propane tank

    Did one of these recently. The first step is to know where the top of your tank is. Most tanks are rolled and welded where the edges meet. I generally lay out and centerpunch a line down the center of that longitudinal weld, and call that the top of the smoker. Next step is to orient the tank so...
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    Reverse Smoker Build

    I went to a lot of trouble once to make a 2-layer insulated firebox. It was fun to figure out how to do it, but it added a lot of complexity. My goal was to make it more comfortable to stand near the firebox during a summer cook. The firebox worked exceptionally well but it still got quite warm...
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    80 gallon horizontal offset reverse flow build

    In Seattle? Instant rust if left outside .. the only reason I'll have space in my shop for it this winter is I'll be in Mexico. I do agree it looks really rugged without paint.
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    80 gallon horizontal offset reverse flow build

    I have posted a few bits along the way but today I feel like I'm done enough to present my latest smoker build. By the way, I know you never know but for now I figure this is my last smoker build. Just had my 70th birthday party, and I expect this one to work for me for a long time. Here she is...
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    Little Red Smoker 250 FS for SALE

    Price must be in yen.
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    I need opinions on using vintage flat wheels on a yard meat smoker

    The tank sits on the smoker truck nicely. Moving it around, I'm certainly glad I added steering to the build! seattlepitboss
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    I need opinions on using vintage flat wheels on a yard meat smoker

    Just wanted to post one more picture to show how the wheels are steered. First steering mechanism I've made. I'll start a proper build thread soon. seattlepitboss
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    I need opinions on using vintage flat wheels on a yard meat smoker

    Here you can see them. These are the axles they will be used on, but the axles are not cut to length. seattlepitboss
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    I need opinions on using vintage flat wheels on a yard meat smoker

    Hate to disappoint, but I decided against using the wheels. I already sold them to a guy in my metalworking club. I am fabricating my own wheels. The rims are made from 1/4x2" flat formed into 12" circles. The hubs are cut from 2-1/2" round hot rolled. I am using 5 spokes per wheel each 4-7/16"...
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    I need opinions on using vintage flat wheels on a yard meat smoker

    That's a great point. But the patio where it will go is paved with bricks. I'm actually contemplating making some rustic looking steel wheels quite a bit larger, like 15-18" diameter.
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    I need opinions on using vintage flat wheels on a yard meat smoker

    I'm designing a horizontal offset around an 80 gallon air tank. This is not going onto a trailer. It will be on wheels in a yard, hardly ever moving. I restore machine tools as a hobby and a side benefit of that is I have a couple of pairs of flat wheels from the old overhead line shaft days...
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    prepping an air tank

    A friend recently offered me the choice of 3 air tanks. These are heavy, 3/8" wall everywhere (shell and end caps). They're all 80 gallon tanks. I don't like a smoker body to have lots of extraneous fittings welded to it. Air tanks have lots of fittings, though - inspection ports, air inlet...
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    Suggestions on door sizes

    I vote for two doors simply because opening a smaller door lets out less heat. If the tank has a thick wall, a big door can be very heavy (that's why guys build in counterweights). seattlepitboss
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    Temp difference top and bottom grid in CC

    Commercial ovens use fans to minimize hot spots.
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