NEW BUILD START TODAY>>> finished pics

DC_KS_BBQ · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 135

Well got my tank in today. 6' x 30" x 1/4" that i had rolled for me. planning on doing the reverse flow method. will start cutting on her tomm. pics will come eventually.

Toontroller · Posted: Aug 15 2009 Post subject:

Good luck on the build!

By the time it's over you will amaze your friends and family how your vocabulary of curse words have increased Laughing

k.a.m. · Posted: Aug 16 2009 Post subject:

DC_KS_BBQ, this sounds like a great start Very Happy

I look forward to following your progress.
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HillbillySmoker · BBQ Pro Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 917 Location: WV

What did that cost if yah don't mind me asking, I'm trying to find pipe but i may have to go that route.
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DC_KS_BBQ · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 135

wow that is expensive. i got mine for 300.00 delivered.

DC_KS_BBQ · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 135

well havent got much done on the smoker, had my wife toss a tiling project in the way. but got it about complete so back the grinding stone. plan on getting it completed and tested before the end of jan. want to be ready for the winter q in great bend in february.

feldon30 · Posted: Dec 09 2009 Post subject:

DC,

Looking forward to your updates and copious amounts of pics. Smile

DC_KS_BBQ · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 135

been working hard on the smoker this weekend. got the hinges finished and mounted and the doors completely cut out. also got the reverse flow plate supprt in and made two of the four sliding racks. bout 15 hours in past three days. going to keep it goin and try to get the smoker itself done by end of janruary. I want to bild a custom trailer for it but if i can just get it set on a trailer for the first comp. that would work too but we will se what happens.

Wreckless · Posted: Jan 04 2010 Post subject:

Those hinges are sweet. After the ones I have seen here lately, barrell hinges will never look the same or as good.

Hell Fire Grill · Posted: Jan 04 2010 Post subject:

I'm likeing it.

DC_KS_BBQ · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 135

do you think they will be heavy enough? they are only an inch thick. haha

DC_KS_BBQ · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 135

finished two racks

k.a.m. · Posted: Jan 05 2010 Post subject:

DC_KS_BBQ, your cooker is looking great. Very Happy

I like the heavy hinges, keep up the good work. Very Happy

I will be watching for more updates.
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DC_KS_BBQ · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 135

did some more work tonight. finished the other two racks and also got my first of three removable rf plates cut and fit. also posting up more pics of hinges that i did.

dukhunter785 · Posted: Jan 06 2010 Post subject:

Awesome Looking Build.....Do you have your counter weights figured out yet?......can't wait to see some more pics!!! You located in Kansas?

The Smoker King · Posted: Jan 06 2010 Post subject:

Looking great! What did you use to cut the doors out, and how did you keep them from warping when you welded the hinges on?
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DC_KS_BBQ · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 135

yahh im from kansas im from dodge city. i used a plasma to cut doors out and i took my time welding the hinges. just a little bit at a time but got it hot on the left door. had to hea with rosebud and rapid cool to pull it back. the channel iron keeping the doors from opening so far is becuase at first i just opended the doors all the way and let the sit overnight like that and just the weight bowed the door about and 1/8 of an inch. so gunna have to pull the bottom edge back in so the door fits right. but now im running into the counterweight problem. i just dont know how to calculate the weight and all the angles to make them so they open easily but not too easy that they try opening going down the road.

The Smoker King · Posted: Jan 06 2010 Post subject:

The counterweight is a trick. On the last one I built, I welded a the supports where I wanted them and welded a 1 foot piece of 4" square tubing with a cap on one end to the supports. I reserved a piece of 4 inch tubing and melted lead into it to form square blocks. I them put the blocks into the tubing on the smoker until it was where I wanted and welded the last end cap on. It works pretty well.

I do not have a plasma cutter, and I an cut pretty straight, but I am debating on cutting them out with a cutoff disc. I know that will take forever, but it will be straight and the cuts will be thin.
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BIGFELLA · Posted: Jan 06 2010 Post subject:

Looking good, I can't wait to see that baby in action. Well done.
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