Red's Santa Maria Build - A Custom Grill for JIMSMOKES!

[DRKsmoking]

Looks good , it's all in the planning.

David

 

[schlotz]

Love the attention to details Red...

 

[mike243]

Looks great, I thought if I built 1 I would pour the base instead of using fire brick, little more time consuming but might stop rust from forming under the bricks, thanks for sharing the journey

 

[civilsmoker]

just gonna add that I like the depth.... the fire is going to be well protected and provide a very nice column of heat....this is very good design here!

 

[seenred]

Looking good!

Looks good , it's all in the planning.

David

True words for certain! I own the fact that I'm a slow pit builder, and that more skilled fabricators could probably do it faster, but I certainly take the extra time at every step to be sure I've thought it through.

Thank you David!

Love the attention to details Red...

Thank you Brother!

Looks great, I thought if I built 1 I would pour the base instead of using fire brick, little more time consuming but might stop rust from forming under the bricks, thanks for sharing the journey

Thanks Mike! Huh - I don't know a thing about that process so it never occurred to me to pour it. The fire brick lining is at Jim's request, and I expect it'll make the grill more mobile and easier to remove replace bricks as needed.

just gonna add that I like the depth.... the fire is going to be well protected and provide a very nice column of heat....this is very good design here!

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Thanks Cortney! I like the height as well. Lots of the Santa Maria builds I studied in researching this project were only 12" deep. This one is 16" before the fire bricks go in. I think it ought to perform very well.

Red

 

[DRKsmoking]

I own the fact that I'm a slow pit builder
but I certainly take the extra time at every step to be sure I've thought it through.

Joel, that makes you a better builder , as caution and checking steps makes for a better build.

At my age , I have to triple check my numbers and drawings , just to make sure , and yes I over think everything.

David

 

[seenred]

Joel, that makes you a better builder , as caution and checking steps makes for a better build.

At my age , I have to triple check my numbers and drawings , just to make sure , and yes I over think everything.

David

Thanks David - I definitely have the caution part down pat lol!

And I definitely fall in the "measure twice (or 3 times) cut once" camp...might be guilty of over thinking occasionally.

Red

 

[JckDanls 07]

measure twice (or 3 times) cut once

Don't know where I go wrong on this... I end up cutting twice... and still end up to short...

 

[seenred]

Don't know where I go wrong on this... I end up cutting twice... and still end up to short...

I hear ya Keith! It's happened to me more than once...I've got a scrap bin with wasted cuts to prove it lol!

Red

 

[Brokenhandle]

I hear ya Keith! It's happened to me more than once...I've got a scrap bin with wasted cuts to prove it lol!

Red

Years ago I worked for my FIL hanging rain gutters. Had to put gutters on a cabin back in the trees, take ladders back to the cabin to measure for gutters... 27' 6". Walk to the truck and FIL makes the gutters, carry it back through the trees and go to hang gutter... FIL starts cussing! Myself and other employee are laughing our asses off... carry gutter back to the truck and cut that one in half so we can haul it back to the shop. FIL makes a new gutter, except this time he actually makes it 27' 6" and not 26' 7" like he did the first one!

Ryan

 

[civilsmoker]

I hear ya Keith! It's happened to me more than once...I've got a scrap bin with wasted cuts to prove it lol!

Red

I don't call that bin the scrap bin but the future build misc stock bin.....

 

[seenred]

I've made some more decent progress on Jim's grill.

Last couple days, I've worked on the fire access door. I cut vent holes and drilled holes for a cool-touch handle and for door latches.

Then I welded in the cool-touch handle.

Welded hinges to the door. It'll swing down out of the way to give maximum access to the fire.

Also got a flat bar frame/flange welded on around the top and sides of the door.

Here are the pinwheel-style vent dampers. They're only mocked up here so I could see how they fit and if they looked OK - I'll be removing them again until after I get the grill painted.

Next I fabricated latch handles for each end of the door. They're not 100% finished yet - still need to bend the ends and round them off on the belt sander. But these pics let you see how they're gonna work.

I wanted to get these small chores done before I build a cart to put it on. I'll start work on fabricating the cart next time I'm in the shop.

All-in-all, I think it's coming along pretty good! Thanks for stopping by...

More to come,
Red

 

[Brokenhandle]

I've made some more decent progress on Jim's grill.

Last couple days, I've worked on the fire access door. I cut vent holes and drilled holes for a cool-touch handle and for door latches.

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Then I welded in the cool-touch handle.

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Welded hinges to the door. It'll swing down out of the way to give maximum access to the fire.

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Also got a flat bar frame/flange welded on around the top and sides of the door.

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Here are the pinwheel-style vent dampers. They're only mocked up here so I could see how they fit and if they looked OK - I'll be removing them again until after I get the grill painted.

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Next I fabricated latch handles for each end of the door. They're not 100% finished yet - still need to bend the ends and round them off on the belt sander. But these pics let you see how they're gonna work.

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I wanted to get these small chores done before I build a cart to put it on. I'll start work on fabricating the cart next time I'm in the shop.

All-in-all, I think it's coming along pretty good! Thanks for stopping by...

More to come,
Red

Looking great!

Ryan

 

[seenred]

Looking great!

Ryan

Thanks buddy!

Red

 

[DRKsmoking]

Nice, its all the small / and big details that are pulling this together.

Big thumbs up Joel.

David

 

[schlotz]

Very good progress, Joel. So much fun to watch this piece of art come to life.

 

[seenred]

Nice, its all the small / and big details that are pulling this together.

Big thumbs up Joel.

David

Very good progress, Joel. So much fun to watch this piece of art come to life.

Thank you Gentlemen!

Red