updated pic of my paint job

[cadillac forge]

coolerator ice box near done painted with hammerite black and green it will be heated by the afterburner

propane burner, the dolly is made of 2x4's the handle pull is a flea market find an old shovel handle,

so far pretty sure of everything except how to anchor the doors closed, draw latch want workdue to the two inch lip, anybody got any sugesstions or pics i would appreciate it, kinda stumped at the moment 

thanks Bruce

 

[tyotrain]

Cool smoker.. Nice job

 

[rabbithutch]

Looks great! Like the color!

For the door, is it possible to work some rare earth magnets in somewhere on the door face or just under it? You could use several of the smaller 1/2" ones or spring for a really big one.

hth

 

[coyote1]

looks good Bruce have looked at harbor freight

 

[cadillac forge]

checked out harbor fright on line they only show some tiny ones that doesnt hold up according to the reviews, got no experience with rare earth magnets but have read

they are pretty strong-- found some  on ebay for $4.99 each the size of a penny ,thoughts of putting two on each door top and bottom would that do it?? be overkill??

would think it needs to be tight not to allow smoke to leak around the rope seal  will do some experimenting will keep ya informed  anybody else got a diffrent

solution??        thanks Bruce

 

[cadillac forge]

after reading more rare earth magnets are heat senstive and fail to work in temps above 176 degrees would be guessing if it could reach those temps placed outside the rope seal?? will study more   Bruce

 

[michael ark]

Nice job!Thumbs Up.

 

[driedstick]

What about the old cabinet closures inside the doors not the magnet type but the pinch on one side and ball type on the door itself??? I think they are all metal and could screw to inside of smoker bty cool looking smoker.

 

[cadillac forge]

will look into some old time cabinet hardware tomorrow at lowes and home depot ,  i will  post more pics when complete    thanks for the sugesstions

 

[blacksheep]

Very Cool!

 

[smoking yankee]

Try a website call WWW.mcmastercarr.com. I order from this place for work when we have hard to find items. The cool thing is if you are in a hurry about 98% of the items in the catalog are in stock and you have next day at a very cheap freight charge.

 

[pops6927]

Tried the link but it is actually:

http://www.mcmaster.com/

 

[cadillac forge]

thanks all   have decided to go with toggle clamps  like these will post pics when done started the seasoning process today. burner runs great, very easy to maintain

temps from 225-250 without the clamps had some smoke leaking around both doors used stove rope to seal       5/8 in rope is pretty stiff      i belive with these clamps

should work perfectly                  bruce

 

[scarbelly]

Looking great - awesome job 

 

[alelover]

Looks great. I was thinking toggle clamp as I was reading the original post. Great minds think alike.

 

[cadillac forge]

got the toggle clamps installed,everything is working great, kinda proud of how its coming together, anybody got any sugesstions ?? will smoke some meat tomorrow

will post some action shots  if ya need toggle clamps try grizzly.com     their price is half of what i was finding anywhere else

 

[cadillac forge]

  nn

 

[cadillac forge]

the above pic is from the cook today, babybacks,baloney,and hot links  turned out great  can maintain 230 all day long no problem with the afterburner,currently

using the can method for smoke have a smoker generator nearly finished,  have to do some fine tuning on my burner air to fuel mixture to go lower than 230 

 

[mneeley490]

NIce!
Great looking smoke!