Starting a new smoker build. I have a 60 gallon air compressor i have read ALOT of the forums and have my hinge design i want to use know how to cut the door after i weld on hinges ect the easy stuff lol. Im wanting to do a reverse flow and on that i have 3 questions first instead of a plate across the bottom can i use a pipe across the bottom?? 2nd i know the fire box should be 1/3 the volume of the tank but i have no clue how to figure that so if anyone has done one of these ill take as much info as you can give me. 3rd how do u make the slide out shelves to keep them from falling down/out thanks and hope to hear from someone with info:yahoo: