The Meeper
Full Fledged Farker
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2016
- Location
- Melbourne Australia
Great work - wish I could build things like that
Gotcha. The pipe you have saves you from having to draw up custom templates for supports though as it's more uniform in diameter.
The rolling for this was $100 out of pocket at a large fab shopand the 1/4 sheet steel was free (it pays to be in the stamping industry with awesome bosses) . So money wise, I couldn't beat it! Thanks! Going to add a warming rack above the firebox, but no plans for a top door-figure I would be shooting myself in the foot by adding more gaskets.
From a quality and aesthetics standpoint, the laser and plasma cuts are amazing. Can't beat em. One day when I get my own workshop, I'm getting my own plasma cutter, no more working with 7" and 4" grinders for everything. Very jealous of your attention to detail, great job so far.
Man, hard to beat free materials! I REALLY like your design for the cook chamber supports, looks very stable. I'll be doing a warming rack on top of the firebox too, thinking of trying a plate with a "window" of expanded metal that can be removed if desired. You are going to wind up with a great cooker.
Looking nicee!!! Did you plug your dimensions in feldons s pit calculator by chance?
One suggestion is to weld in a 1-1/2"X2" or 3" long nipple in the bottom of that monster with a pipe cap on the open end, so you have a means to drain/clean out the cooking chamber.