Rednecked Ugly Drum Smoker

[Thawley]

Originally Posted by thirdeye

The bad part is the young guys on the shop floor don't know there are 360 degrees in a circle and don't know what those little lines on a tape measure are.

The little quality marks in between the numbers? Duh... The more marks, the higher quality the ruler. The steel ones with lotsa marks = highest quality. Kindergraden wood ones with fewer marks = low quality.

I also heard the wooden kind have fewer quality marks so they'll leave cleaner welts when the nuns hit'cha.

[thirdeye]

Originally Posted by Thawley

The little quality marks in between the numbers? Duh... The more marks, the higher quality the ruler. The steel ones with lotsa marks = highest quality. Kindergraden wood ones with fewer marks = low quality.

I also heard the wooden kind have fewer quality marks so they'll leave cleaner welts when the nuns hit'cha.

Lotsa marks = higest quality ..... Right .... Let's just say they don't know who Laroy S. Starrett is and don't give a chit.

I can vouch for the popularity of wooden rulers with nun's. The first few whacks were on an open palm. When they moved to the knuckles, look out brother.

[Thawley]

Originally Posted by thirdeye

Let's just say they don't know who Laroy S. Starrett is and don't give a chit.

He the guy who makes those little adjustable hammers with the liquid filled hour-glasses in'em? Those things sure break easy. Can't drive a nail worth a damn, neither.

[N8man]

Originally Posted by keale

Thanks N8Man, so in essence the other 2 pipe nipples are "just in case" and that the air intake pipe is more than enough air?

With the one vertical pipe opened and choked it levels out around 225-250, if I want to blast off the gunk on the grill surface I just open them all up...
I did just that about thirty minutes ago when I was finished smoking a pork butt and a brisket flat(pron pictures coming soon, gotta nap now)....smoked up the entire hollar....heee heee....bet the neighbors looked at their crappy suppers and pushed away from the table

[Beerwolf]

Starrett? aint he the guy who makes them C Clamps too... I HATE THOSE THINGS, fellow has to crank on those screws for hours and they dont hold nuthin together.

[thirdeye]

Originally Posted by Thawley

He the guy who makes those little adjustable hammers with the liquid filled hour-glasses in'em? Those things sure break easy. Can't drive a nail worth a damn, neither.

Yeah, yeah .... He makes those pink granite chopping blocks too. Every chef who is concerned with the modulus of elasticity should own one.

[N8man]

Originally Posted by thirdeye

That is a spiffy layout. The template would be idiot proof. At work we figure arc length on the outside diameter. Knowing that 8 holes evenly spaced in a circle will fall at 45° to each other, and working (for example) with a 24" diameter circle, each degree will equal .209". 45° will equal 9.42" measured on the outside diameter. Starting anywhere, we layout 7 locations at 9.42" apart. Then we snap a line from the center point of the circle to each of the 8 marks on the outside diameter. I like your idea better.

The engineers I work with have that information on the computer, it just never makes it into a template. The bad part is the young guys on the shop floor don't know there are 360 degrees in a circle and don't know what those little lines on a tape measure are.

I have said layout in a PDF Format at work, although at work I have access to a 54" inkjet printer and didn't have to tile print my copy, if anyone's interested, perhaps I could email the file...I'll have to check the file size....I need to pretty much make everything I do idiot proof....I am so easily distracted these days

[N8man]

Originally Posted by Jorge

Back when I lived in Fayetteville, I sampled some fine product from your part of the state. I never knew who made it, and I don't want to

Nice work on the cooker!

I hear rumours of it from time to time...but have no first hand experience

[thirdeye]

Originally Posted by Beerwolf

Starrett? aint he the guy who makes them C Clamps too... I HATE THOSE THINGS, fellow has to crank on those screws for hours and they dont hold nuthin together.

C Clamps. Heheeee. Hehee. They hate it when I call them that. Almost as much as when I refer to blueprints as "cartoons". What's even funnier, they aren't even blueprints anymore. And on top of that, they aren't full size. I'm lucky to see an 11 X 17 shop drawing. (I have cheaters on my safety glasses)

[FatDad]

Originally Posted by Beerwolf

Starrett? aint he the guy who makes them C Clamps too... I HATE THOSE THINGS, fellow has to crank on those screws for hours and they dont hold nuthin together.

Holy Fark....Wish I had more stock in Starrett.
Make my living with his equipment and tools.
http://www.starrett.com/

doesn't have much to do with Q unless you want a precise
measurement on the size and shape of what you are cooking,
I just want to say it IS a QUALITY product.

[N8man]

Originally Posted by Rick's Tropical Delight

i must have one of those! great job with the template on the computer

Thank you very much. Man, computers sure make layout easier versus the golden days of T-Squares and Light Tables...sometimes I miss them, then I come to my senses...

[FatDad]

Originally Posted by N8man

Thank you very much. Man, computers sure make layout easier versus the golden days of T-Squares and Light Tables...sometimes I miss them, then I come to my senses...

At least we know what a T-square, parrallel bar, and leroy kit is.
I miss them because I felt more creative but the puters are the way to go.
Maybe we should start a new thread about this subject.
Amazing how this developed.

[Norcoredneck]

Good tools make great "G Jobs", or so I hear.

[FatDad]

Originally Posted by Norcoredneck

Good tools make great "G Jobs", or so I hear.

LMAO....and what does that have to do with a BDS "Big Drum Smoker"
Let me guess??

[Thawley]

Balanced to within .01g and Mil-Spec accuracy?