First build. RF 80 gallon tank.

[buckspooker]

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• buckspooker
• Mar 12, 2013

I went with a cart instead of a trailer.

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• buckspooker
• Mar 12, 2013

Three racks. Still working on the firewood box. It's going in the front of the cart. I did a small test fire yesterday. It gets to temp nicely and between the adjustments on the wood stove, baffle plate, and stack I was able to maintain temp at the lower grill level. Looking forward to first cook this weekend.

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• buckspooker
• Mar 12, 2013

I left the compressor mount on the tank for future expansion of a vertical cabinet.

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• buckspooker
• Mar 12, 2013

Not a great view but the baffle plate is in three sections with a heat deflector directly over the wood stove stack. The portion over the deflector and the stack is welded in the middle section is removable and the section opposite the stack is adjustable to allow the amount of flow into the cook chamber.

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• buckspooker
• Mar 12, 2013

Heat deflector is removable and accessible under middle portion of baffle plate ( not shown)

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• buckspooker
• Mar 12, 2013

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• buckspooker
• Mar 12, 2013

Getting the tank radius transferred to the supports using a flexible Schluter strip.

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• buckspooker
• Mar 12, 2013

Cut the intake hole with a 6" hole saw.

 

[daveomak]

buck, morning and welcome to the forum....  Nice build....

Now we need to see some food on the grates surrounded by thin blue smoke ..  

 ....

Please take a moment and stop into roll call.. " Roll Call   " for a proper welcome from our members....  enjoy the long smokey ride....

Dave

 

[05sprcrw]

Great looking build. What are you going to cook on it first?