Hi all,
Working on designing and building my first smoker. I came across some 22" 1/4" wall pipe at work that they were going to scrap, and I realized I really need a smoker. I asked if I could take it off their hands and not only did they say yes, the shop foreman offered to cut the pipes to length and cut the doors out with our CNC plasma pipe cutter. Time to get designing! I've done all the design so far in Solidworks (aside from a number of good old fashioned sketches and scribbles). Here are a couple of screenshots of how the smoker looks at the moment.
Given that I started out with a pipe size selected for me, I went through the great tutorial/calculator thread here and came up with some numbers. The cook chamber and firebox are both made from the same 22" OD 1/4" wall pipe. The cook chamber is 48" long and the firebox is 16" long. So, about a 75 gallon cook chamber. Here are the numbers I've come up with, both calculated ideal values and the actual values.
The total inlet area is simply the sum of the upper and lower inlet areas.
Before I start buliding, do these values look correct?
Thanks guys! If you have questions or concerns about the design, feel free to flame away!
edit: I should note that I have designed a simple heim joint based steering linkage for the front wheels but it’s not shown in the above screenshots.
Working on designing and building my first smoker. I came across some 22" 1/4" wall pipe at work that they were going to scrap, and I realized I really need a smoker. I asked if I could take it off their hands and not only did they say yes, the shop foreman offered to cut the pipes to length and cut the doors out with our CNC plasma pipe cutter. Time to get designing! I've done all the design so far in Solidworks (aside from a number of good old fashioned sketches and scribbles). Here are a couple of screenshots of how the smoker looks at the moment.
Given that I started out with a pipe size selected for me, I went through the great tutorial/calculator thread here and came up with some numbers. The cook chamber and firebox are both made from the same 22" OD 1/4" wall pipe. The cook chamber is 48" long and the firebox is 16" long. So, about a 75 gallon cook chamber. Here are the numbers I've come up with, both calculated ideal values and the actual values.
The total inlet area is simply the sum of the upper and lower inlet areas.
Before I start buliding, do these values look correct?
Thanks guys! If you have questions or concerns about the design, feel free to flame away!
edit: I should note that I have designed a simple heim joint based steering linkage for the front wheels but it’s not shown in the above screenshots.
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