Anything welding

I’m going to get to painting the smoker tomorrow. Expect some pics in the coming days.

I’m pumped to wrap this project up and give it away. BIL should be happy. He doesn’t know about it yet so it’ll be a good surprise. His bday is on Wednesday too!

I so want to load it up w some wood and have it’s first burn!!

 

did you rent a cherry picker to load that thing??

 

haha that seems to be the running joke about the smoker.

Hell over on smokingmeatforums.com a lot of the folks say to use 1/4" steel, mine is half that!!

It is a beast though

 

yeah when you get used to seeing regular stuff at stores a home built one looks like a tank! but you know the home built one will be far better and hold up much better! I want to see the final paint job on yours.

 

Woot!



Got two coats of paint on her just now. Once I get the thermometer and handles reinstalled I’ll take some pics.

 

Just a teaser shot. I’ll wait for some sun light to get a few good pics, until then...

 

The real test is the end product !!

 

Happy Thanksgiving!









I left the intake bare metal, I wasn’t sure it it counted as internal or external.

Gave it to my BIL last night, he is pumped to get things going and dialed in.

Looking forward to some brisket and pork butt

 

I am curious how do you remove the door ??

In case you needed to for some reason.

 

I didn’t design them to be removable, so that’s a no go

 

cut and re weld a hinge thats what nice about metal....

 

Looks good!

 

Hell yeah @jjsul looks great!

 

I made a custom tool for when you need an extra hand.

 

Nice tool. Not to detract from it's usefulness - did you consider rotating the welded angles 90 degrees?

 

I have both. But mostly use the one pictured. Like if I'm welding the sides on a box (like a fluid tank or pan) I just clamp it to one end to hold it up instead of having some help.

 

Is this TIG?

Some of your guys’ welds are so incredibly gorgeous

 

Nice bumper.

 

Yes that is Tig aluminum