idea for smoker?

[dewberry]

i want to make my own smoker
i am wondering if i could use this stainless steel tank to make a smoker

http://houston.craigslist.org/for/1250318258.html

it has 20 inch diameter and is 4 feet long. i am only making a backyard smoker so i think this would be plenty big enough

what do yall think?

 

[pineywoods]

I think you could make a nice smoker outta that as long as you can cut and weld stainless

 

[dewberry]

i hadnt thought of that
i can cut it, idk if i can weld it though

 

[pineywoods]

I really don't know what is involved in welding stainless but if you can get it done it would be a great material to make one out of it should last forever and look awesome

 

[morkdach]

oh yea here is one just like it.

 

[dewberry]

i talked to my dad(im only 17) and he said you can weld stainless with a normal mig setup you just have to get stainless wire.
the only problem i can see it that i am going to make an offset smoker and the pipe i have for the firebox is normal steel so is would rust. do yall think i should go ahead and use the stainless anyway? or should i paint the stainless? to match the painted firebox?

 

[dewberry]

another thought...
has anyone ever tried to make a smoker outta a air compressor tank?

 

[morkdach]

oh yea heres one i made this was a 40 gal tank i bead blasted the inside and it works great

 

[dewberry]

how thick is the metal of the air compressor?