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jcrawf
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 Posted: Oct 14 2010 Post subject: 4 drums sitting around... now what? |
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I had a great trip to the scrap yard today. Came home with 4 new 55 gal drums.
I must admit... it was a bit of an impulse buy. I already have a UDS and I love it. I don't think i need another one so I'm looking for suggestions on what I can do with these.
I've been wanting to build a horizontal smoker for a while but I cant find any decent plans using a drum. It seems the Big Baby design is pretty common but to get the Vogelzang stuff shipped to canada is going to cost a fortune.
So, I guess what i need to know is, can I build a decent horizontal rig out of drums? Any advice and pointers would be greatly appreciated. |
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striker12300
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You could make a double barrel smoker. Basically 2 barrels horizontal with 2 pipes between them.
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SVonhof
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I remember seeing this, you could try it, but it looks like a lot of work:
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| SVonhof wrote: | I remember seeing this, you could try it, but it looks like a lot of work:
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Now that is one smart cooker. Since heat naturally rises, that is one smart idea if it were made to hold more meat... |
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jcrawf
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Thanks. I've seen both of these designs in different places on the forums. The second one looks like a lot of fun but I can't quite figure how to make the cut so they fit together. If anybody has an autocad cut template for it, I'd love to see it.
Maybe I'll see if I can sweet talk the designer at work into making one up for me.
Has anybody ever seen a decent offset design using drums? |
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k.a.m.
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striker12300
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| jcrawf wrote: | Thanks. I've seen both of these designs in different places on the forums. The second one looks like a lot of fun but I can't quite figure how to make the cut so they fit together. If anybody has an autocad cut template for it, I'd love to see it.
Maybe I'll see if I can sweet talk the designer at work into making one up for me.
Has anybody ever seen a decent offset design using drums? |
I have software to figure it out. Just tell me the diameter of the barrels. |
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SVonhof
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I have software to do it as well, but getting the cut pattern is a little tricky with the software I have.
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| SVonhof wrote: | | I have software to do it as well, but getting the cut pattern is a little tricky with the software I have. |
Trace the bottom of the barrel onto a piece of news paper and account for the lip dia. accordingly. Fold in half and cut out the inner portion of the drum space to make a pattern.
Tape the pattern onto the upright drum and it will curve around the drum to the portion you need to cut.
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bud-wie-ser
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This is my version of a horizontal drum smoker.
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striker12300
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| Teleking wrote: | | SVonhof wrote: | | I have software to do it as well, but getting the cut pattern is a little tricky with the software I have. |
Trace the bottom of the barrel onto a piece of news paper and account for the lip dia. accordingly. Fold in half and cut out the inner portion of the drum space to make a pattern.
Tape the pattern onto the upright drum and it will curve around the drum to the portion you need to cut.
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There's actually more to it than that if you want to lay it out by hand. If you wanted to make a half pattern, your pattern would have to be half the circumference of the barrel. |
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jcrawf
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Those are both amazing builds!! I think I'd have a hard time with stacked barrels since I can 't seem to find any vogelzang stuff here in canada. Sledneck's and bud's look great. Maybe its all the Sunday beers I've had but I think I might be able to pull something like that off. Of course, not as pretty but probably still very functional. Thanks for the link |
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Boonie'sBB-Q
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| SVonhof wrote: | I remember seeing this, you could try it, but it looks like a lot of work:
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i built one just like this for my first build. about 12 years ago. i thought it was real easy took about three days to complete. i had thought it was exclusivly my idea but i can see that someone else has had the same idea. this smoker was the perfict starter smoker. it would hold about 5 st louis cut ribs. about 8 whole chikens. it was small but it worked great. as a matter offact i still have it sitting back in the woods. it has not been used in several years. i used a turkey fryer for the heat then had some wood chunks on a grate above the fryer then a pot of water above it all. i used some 2 inch angle to make a defuser inside the top barrel. this was a great little smoker and would recomend to a beginner |
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jcrawf
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| Boonie'sBB-Q wrote: | | SVonhof wrote: | I remember seeing this, you could try it, but it looks like a lot of work:
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i built one just like this for my first build. about 12 years ago. i thought it was real easy took about three days to complete. i had thought it was exclusivly my idea but i can see that someone else has had the same idea. this smoker was the perfict starter smoker. it would hold about 5 st louis cut ribs. about 8 whole chikens. it was small but it worked great. as a matter offact i still have it sitting back in the woods. it has not been used in several years. i used a turkey fryer for the heat then had some wood chunks on a grate above the fryer then a pot of water above it all. i used some 2 inch angle to make a defuser inside the top barrel. this was a great little smoker and would recomend to a beginner |
Yup, I'm definitely a fan of that design. I just scored a small woodstove too that I may try to incorporate as a firebox so I'm going to have a frame built like Bud-wie-ser's and try to squeeze it under the drum. Pretty sure I can make it work. My welder seems to think he can do it so we'll give it a go. The best part is, he's doing all the fabrication in exchange for some delicious Eastern Canadian 'Shine. |
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