This is my first thread and a way to introduce myself.
I love to cook and outdoor cooking is one of my passions.
Slowly I put together a small shop with woodworking and metal fabrication capabilities.
A few years ago I built my first "device", an argentinian grill.
I recently bought a used propane tank of about 55g that I would like to make into a side fire box smoker.
The tank is a domed cylinder (capsule?). I have a section of a pipe that I would like to use as a firebox.
Pipe and tank have the same diameter.
I used a calculator to find out all the dimensions that I need but I now face a challenge.
What's the best way to figure out the cutout shape for the intersection between the cooking chamber and the firebox?
I understand that it is more a metal fabrication question, but I was wondering if someone else had this problem before and could give a hand.
I was suggested to designing it in Fusion360 and generate a cutout paper pattern but I am almost 80 years old and that is a bit intimidating for me!
I love to cook and outdoor cooking is one of my passions.
Slowly I put together a small shop with woodworking and metal fabrication capabilities.
A few years ago I built my first "device", an argentinian grill.
I recently bought a used propane tank of about 55g that I would like to make into a side fire box smoker.
The tank is a domed cylinder (capsule?). I have a section of a pipe that I would like to use as a firebox.
Pipe and tank have the same diameter.
I used a calculator to find out all the dimensions that I need but I now face a challenge.
What's the best way to figure out the cutout shape for the intersection between the cooking chamber and the firebox?
I understand that it is more a metal fabrication question, but I was wondering if someone else had this problem before and could give a hand.
I was suggested to designing it in Fusion360 and generate a cutout paper pattern but I am almost 80 years old and that is a bit intimidating for me!