javajaws
Is lookin for wood to cook with.
I'm new around here (first post!), but I like what I see so I thought I would start by posting about my smoker I've been building. I should be finished by this weekend and hope to have my first smoke on Saturday after a break-in on Friday.
I've got a bunch of pics lined up to post which I'll post in the order they were taken (for the most part). I'll try to be moderately descriptive for those of you who are interested in the glory details but if you have more specific questions please feel free to ask. If you just want to see what the final product looks like you'll have to wait an extra day because I haven't taken them yet!
So without further ado, I present to you my first pic...of a metal box! Well, it is a metal box - but more specifically this will be the ash box. On top of the ash box will be the fire box. The 3 sided metal lip around the fire box opening is to support a lining of fire bricks (to keep them in place - more pics on that later). You can also see the ends of the supports for the fire grate. The hole in the side is for a 1.5" intake pipe which will be fed by a guru fan mounted underneath the cook chamber (protected from the elements). The box is made out of 1/4" steel except for the top which is 3/8" (which will be the bottom of the firebox).
FWIW, this was my first welding project (using a Lincoln 220v MIG with 75/25 gas)...so go easy on the weld critiques!
I've got a bunch of pics lined up to post which I'll post in the order they were taken (for the most part). I'll try to be moderately descriptive for those of you who are interested in the glory details but if you have more specific questions please feel free to ask. If you just want to see what the final product looks like you'll have to wait an extra day because I haven't taken them yet!
So without further ado, I present to you my first pic...of a metal box! Well, it is a metal box - but more specifically this will be the ash box. On top of the ash box will be the fire box. The 3 sided metal lip around the fire box opening is to support a lining of fire bricks (to keep them in place - more pics on that later). You can also see the ends of the supports for the fire grate. The hole in the side is for a 1.5" intake pipe which will be fed by a guru fan mounted underneath the cook chamber (protected from the elements). The box is made out of 1/4" steel except for the top which is 3/8" (which will be the bottom of the firebox).
FWIW, this was my first welding project (using a Lincoln 220v MIG with 75/25 gas)...so go easy on the weld critiques!