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08-25-2009, 10:20 AM | #3946 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 07-11-06
Location: Norco, Ca.
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Someone here posted that they just got a strip of metal and rolled it inside the drum, let it stick up 1/4"or so and lid seals against that. Don't know why that wouldn't work.
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08-25-2009, 10:22 AM | #3947 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 07-11-06
Location: Norco, Ca.
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The lids I mentioned fit a closed or crimped lip. |
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08-26-2009, 10:13 AM | #3949 |
Got rid of the matchlight.
Join Date: 08-15-09
Location: Temple, TX
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smoker built
Well, I am still not all of the way through the entire thread, but I have finished a smoker. She's seasoned and all, I hope to be cooking something this week sometime.
From what I could find, I opted to get the thicker drum (18 ga) with closed head versus the open head but really thin drums. So, I would say about 60% of my work making a workable lid. I probably will never put this kind of time into another, it just adds so much work. We'll start with the basket. 14" wide x 7" tall, with the ash pan (a pizza pan) attached. The only things left to add are the 2" pipe smokestack, and I am going to put wood on one of the side shelves someday. I put alot more work into the lid than I really had to. Once I cut it, I wrapped both cut side with a 1/4" roundbar to give a seating surface, then on the lid half also welded a thin flatbar around the edge to line it up over the bottom. I also added a stove gasket in that lip, so it is sealed up tight. Thanks for all of your help! What do y'all think? trb |
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08-26-2009, 10:21 AM | #3950 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 05-09-07
Location: God's Country Ossipee-Osceola NC
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08-26-2009, 10:34 AM | #3951 | |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 05-13-09
Location: Fayetteville, TN
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We are building another one with a Weber lid that also does not fit, and contemplating flattening the lid rim and wrapping the steel around the lid this time, rather than tacking it inside the drum. Working theory is that it would control wind effects better that way. The steel is tack-welded in, and then the seam is sealed with JB Weld.
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08-26-2009, 10:38 AM | #3952 |
Knows what a fatty is.
Join Date: 07-12-09
Location: Spartanburg, SC
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I can figure out how you did the wheels and the like but the hinge action is astonishing! Give us some close up(s) and more detailed description if the close up(s) don't suffice.
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08-26-2009, 10:41 AM | #3953 | |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 07-11-06
Location: Norco, Ca.
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Old Hippie, nice job. Did you paint the basket and inside? |
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08-26-2009, 10:42 AM | #3954 | |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 10-28-08
Location: Frontenac, Kansas
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Last edited by Babyboomerboy; 10-27-2012 at 08:47 AM.. |
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08-26-2009, 01:47 PM | #3955 |
Found some matches.
Join Date: 08-18-09
Location: Bellaire, OH
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Any issues with this charcoal basket for UDS?
Any thoughts or suggestions on this charcoal basket? I haven't added the handle yet, waiting until it's perfect.
Used a 16" pizza pan as an ashtray. 16" grate for the bottom of the basket. Used 12"x24" expanded steel for the basket, giving me a diameter of appx 7 1/2 x 12". From the ground to the bottom of the basket is 3 1/4". From the lip of the pizza pan to the bottom of the basket is 2 3/4". No galvanized nuts/bolts. Will this work? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!!!! |
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08-26-2009, 01:50 PM | #3956 |
Got rid of the matchlight.
Join Date: 08-15-09
Location: Temple, TX
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hige detail
Old Hippie,
See if this shows it better. It isn't complicated, it just might look that way! I had to spread the mounting points out because a small mounting point on the thin sheet metal wall of the drum would let it be too flimsy, which is why there is so much steel for the hinge. Also, I knew I had to back my pivot point out to allow it to lift and not catch that lip. Although, I went ahead and ground that lip up on the backside anyhow (which is why you can kind of see the gasket under that lip). |
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08-26-2009, 08:13 PM | #3957 |
Got Wood.
Join Date: 07-13-09
Location: Omaha, NE
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Score!
got all 6 of these with lids for FREE!! they all had cows liver in them. oh wait the guy did charge me. just a PB. man im stoked! already started making one. just doing a basic build. i have no skills with tools so i figured i would start with the easy ones and work my way to those really nice ones like above.
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08-26-2009, 08:37 PM | #3958 |
is one Smokin' Farker
Join Date: 08-13-09
Location: Puyallup, WA
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I have one question, I have painted my UDS with BBQ paint, but its very dull(flat). I would like to shine it up a bit. Where could I get some High temp gloss can paint. Have not seen anywhere except for the bbq/stove flat paint.
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08-26-2009, 09:39 PM | #3959 |
On the road to being a farker
Join Date: 06-02-09
Location: Boizee Ideeho
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I just scored 2 closed top drums for $6.00 each off of CL. They held isopropyl alcohol and are unlined. I already have one donor Weber kettle and am on the lookout for more donors for this project. I will post pics tomorrow. I gave up on the lined drum that I have had for awhile now. I will probably use it for an ash barrel. I am slowly reading through this thread and I have learned quite a lot.
Thanks for all of the great info. |
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08-27-2009, 02:56 AM | #3960 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 07-11-06
Location: Norco, Ca.
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Just use engine paint, or cook some butts and get it greasy, it will shine!
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