Ugly Drum Smoker

I hope the conduit nuts you have on the inside are not galvanized.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by BBQWildcat

Wow smokin newbie thats gonna be a sweet drum. You may (or may not) be a smokin newbie, but you look to have a pretty good grasp on the building part!

Tuck

Not the least of which is the requisite hydration requirements (case of Bud).

[Norcoredneck]

Originally Posted by Mark

Not the least of which is the requisite hydration requirements (case of Bud).

And Balls!(next to paper sack.)
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[D.F. Expat]

Originally Posted by BBQWildcat

Wow smokin newbie thats gonna be a sweet drum. You may (or may not) be a smokin newbie, but you look to have a pretty good grasp on the building part!

Tuck

Not my drum, I just fixed the pictures for RI-Deadeye. It is a pretty sweet looking drum though, mine is much uglier, lol

[RI-Deadeye]

Smokin Newbie,
Thank you for posting the pics. Can you tell me where I went wrong?

Ri-Deadeye and the Westport Wingnut

[BBQWildcat]

i dont know if they are galvanized..i just got them to try out.. they are from a company called steel city i believe. it is all i have to use. i didnt know there were different styles of conduit nuts.


Tuck

[D.F. Expat]

Originally Posted by RI-Deadeye

Smokin Newbie,
Thank you for posting the pics. Can you tell me where I went wrong?

Ri-Deadeye and the Westport Wingnut

You posted an image code in the insert image box instead of direct to the thread.

[BBQWildcat]

well who ever has that UDS, congrats because it looks BadA** I think i have a case of UDS envy and mine isnt even done yet!

Tuck

[HOTANDCOLD]

[quot]Got the pics figured out for you, looks pretty sweet so far.e=Smokin Newbie;942486[/quote]
where did you get that at. i want a SS barrel

[jtwisted13]

Originally Posted by StayDown

I hope the conduit nuts you have on the inside are not galvanized.

i believe the intakes dont get hot enough to really worry about it.. i know my intakes dont and i believe all the conduit nuts only come one way at least at the home depot i shop at, they are all the same

[Norcoredneck]

If you are worried about Galvanized coating do 1 of 2 things.

Dip in Muratic acid (pool acid) let bubble and rinse, or heat with torch , dont breathe vapors and brush. The ones i have seen are either pot metal that will melt if torched too much or zinc plated which will be stripped doing the above. Personally i wouldn't worry.

[jtwisted13]

Originally Posted by Norcoredneck

If you are worried about Galvanized coating do 1 of 2 things.

Dip in Muratic acid (pool acid) let bubble and rinse, or heat with torch , dont breathe vapors and brush. The ones i have seen are either pot metal that will melt if torched too much or zinc plated which will be stripped doing the above. Personally i wouldn't worry.

i agree... those conduit nuts are so thin that if you apply heat to them they are going to warp or melt imho...at least the ones we get around here

[The HawgFather]

Hello everyone...

The HawgFather here. I have been following this thread for quite a long time and enjoy reading and seeing everyones ideas. I just joined the forum. Now on my 16th UDS. Trying to make them cheaper and cheaper because everytime someone tastes the Q from my UDS, they want one of their own, which I end up helping them build. Concerning the bottom vents here is a pic of a sliding door from a cheap donor grill that works great. You can see my take on the UDS here and the last one that we built at the bottom of page (Under $100) http://hawgfathers.com/RD.aspx

[Smokin' D]

No pics, but it did happen. Just went to drop of the curbside recyclables and there sitting in the waste steel dumpster I see a wheel to a Weber. Attached to that wheel was a badly smashed up kettle. Too bad. But wait, next to it is the top. So I sneak around to the other side of the dumpster, ignore the guy who is yelling at me and snag a perfectly good, for a UDS anyway, top to a
22 1/2" kettle. No chips and just the usual amount of rust at the handle. It's in even better shape than the other one on my free Kettle. Now I can finish Drum #2. WooHoo!

[Mark]

Way to go fellow dumpster diver SmokinD. In general, only avoid dumpsters if they are lableled "no trespassing" and if there is someone there to catch you.