I have a little tune up project.(finished for now 06/ 06/10)

[sparkyallday]

K.a.m yep maters are looking good. I had ten plants till the wife tried to weedeat. Now I have Nine Well less work I guess. And just A little tip about the meth heads, one of my buddy's up north always says. " You can't here it if you shoot them with a bow." Anyhow can't wait to see some upgrades on that thing.

[k.a.m.]

My days seem to be running together but I finally had some time to get caught up on the cooker. I built a new door, a coal basket complete with slides. Added a 1.5'' drain nipple. Tomorrow I will cut out the holes for the therms and run a test fire.
Here is the new door.


The intakes open.


The charcoal basket pulled out. I built a multi purpose tool to grab the basket and act as an ash puller.



The multi purpose tool.



The basket in the firebox, you can see the lugs that the handle grabs.


The 1.5'' nipple ready for a ball valve.


The doors marked for the therms.

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[erniesshop]

Looking Great , Kevin.........What other Tricks You Got Up Your Sleave ???
I Know your Wheels are A Turning ???

[killswitch505]

that fire box cleaned up nice Kevin the multi purpose tool will come in very handy when i come pick her up (hope the lo-jack works)
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[Tombigbeeriverdawg]

kam you are the man.
Can't wait to see update pics.
Damn some people have all the luck.
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[joshsheff1]

Looks like you're off to a nice start resurrecting that bad boy
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[k.a.m.]

Thank You Ernie, There really is not a lot left I am going to do to her besides the thermometer collars. I will install those today and test fire her. Then I will let the owner know what changes might need to be done if any.

Thank You Denny, Lo jack armed and ready. I like the slide rack I came up with on the basket. This idea I will use probably on mine.

Thank You Tombigbeeriverdawg.

Thank You joshsheff1, I am pretty much through for now. I will know by end of day what she does.
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[Finney]

k.a.m.
What is a therm collar?

[k.a.m.]

Finney, They are just 1/2'' couplings that I weld in for the thermometers to thread into.
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[cody]

k.a.m. it looks like you are getting some work done.

i just put 2 more racks in my smoker ill try and get pics up tuesday

[k.a.m.]

Today I installed the thermometer collars and added some safety loops for the firebox door and warming door.
I also changed out the handle on the warming box. They will pick it up and test cook on it and if they want some
more changes to grate height or deflectors they will let me know.
I used my thermometers for templates.


One for the warming box.


The safety loops for the fire box, and warming chamber.



The grates are quite a ways lower than normal in this cooker, I was using my ET-73 and a 5'' stem Ash-Croft
to seek the differences.
Once she settled in and I got used to the intakes I had 11° difference in the right door and grate and 55°
in the left door and grate. This difference I attribute to the way the heat/smoke enters the chamber and no tuning plates.


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[cody]

looking good k.a.m.

[Wreckless]

" Therm Collars"? I had been wondering about that myself. I really need to expand my vocabulary. As expected, you have done an Awesome rehab k.a.m. on the " Timber Incinerating Culinary Apparatus"
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[k.a.m.]

Thank You Cody.

Thank You Wreckless, I have a whole dictionary I made up, if you need anymore clarifications let me know. I am a plethora of information.
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[ChuckieD]

K.a.m.,
I think we need a guy like you on my dad's build... to replace me How do you feel about a trip to California, A little welding, some brick laying and a lot of eating and drinking ... Nice job on that pit Kevin .
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[k.a.m.]

Thank You chuckied, I will have to check with mama about a road trip she might not see it my way, but I would love to come help.
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[Big Ron]

Looks good, I would also say the off temps from door to door is due to the plates. Mine used to do the same thing and about the same amount difference from one door to the next. All your mods look great, nice work, the customer will be very pleased.
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[k.a.m.]

Thank You Big Ron, I think tuning plates and raising the grates would help tremendously on this cooker. Time will tell they might come back and want this done.
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[killswitch505]

lookin good Kevin i bet when your done with her the temps even right out
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[k.a.m.]

Thank You Denny, They are going to pick it up this week and try it and if they want tuning plates that will be on phase two.
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