Another UDS comes to life

[jhwkbbq]

Well, I have been reading this site for a few months now and got the urge to build a UDS for myself. So I enlisted the old man and his tools/shop and we put one together. He had the barrel and I went and bought all the other parts. I got one of those cheapo Big Lots grills and used its parts, as well as pipes and caps and ball valve. I also stole someones idea for the thermometer, I used a nut and bolt type thing w/ a hole in the middle and slid a 12" turkey fryer therm into it and locked it in.

Here are the photos of the build.

The barrel w/ a little red and white dynamite on top.
http://s827.photobucket.com/albums/zz198/bdavis32/?action=view&current=CCF02222010_00000.jpg

Loaded up w/ burn wood
http://s827.photobucket.com/albums/zz198/bdavis32/?action=view&current=CCF02222010_00001.jpg

Burning the outside Paint
http://s827.photobucket.com/albums/zz198/bdavis32/?action=view&current=CCF02222010_00003.jpg

Cleaned out and pipes and valve in place
http://s827.photobucket.com/albums/zz198/bdavis32/?action=view&current=CCF02222010_00007.jpg

Charcoal basket and cooking grate in place. You can see the backside of the thermometer set up in this one.
http://s827.photobucket.com/albums/zz198/bdavis32/?action=view&current=CCF02222010_00005.jpg

Side view of the Thermometer set up
http://s827.photobucket.com/albums/zz198/bdavis32/?action=view&current=CCF02222010_00004.jpg

Almost finished product.
http://s827.photobucket.com/albums/zz198/bdavis32/?action=view&current=CCF02222010_00006.jpg

To finish this up, I painted it w/ a high heat Rust-o-leum silver paint. Pics soon to come. Being from Kansas, I thought it appropriate to name it the Tin Man Smoker because it looks like the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. This was so easy, I will definitely be making more of these in the future w/ different tweaks to them. Please give me constructive criticism and feedback on how I did. Thanks guys. Go Jayhawks!!

[jhwkbbq]

Also, I know this has been brought up before but how do I post the pictures directly to the post I am writing? I went to the link about using photobucket and that's what I did but I would like to be able to post the photo directly onto the forum. Thanks again.
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[day_trippr]

Mostly, you just have to add the img and /img tags immediately before and after each image url (no intervening spaces). AND add a carriage return after each /img tag so the pictures will stack vertically and not horizontally.

Also, you need to remove "?action=view&current=" from the links. There's probably a way to copy links without that but I don't use photobucket to host my images.

So if I take your last picture link, delete the "?action=view&current=", stick the img tag in front and the /img tag in back: voila!



Cheers!
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[BluzQue]

Welcome jhwkbbq
The Tin Man looks like its gonna
be a mighty fine cookin' machine
Lookin' forward to the finished pics &
that bad boy cranked up & turnin'
out some amazin' Q!


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[jhwkbbq]

Ok, think I figured it out. Here are the pics w/ out links.

















Again, finished painted product to come.
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[k.a.m.]

jhwkbbq, your cooker is looking fantastic. I look forward to seeing your first cook.
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