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12-15-2011, 12:44 PM | #1 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 08-28-11
Location: Waconia, MN
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120 Gallon Tank Build (lots of pics)
Ok, here we go with another 120 gallon tank build. This one is a little different in that the tank is a 120 gallon vertical tank instead of a horizontal.
Got started by marking out where the firebox will connect to the cooking chamber. Then filled the tank with water before making any cuts. Once the tank was full of water I cut the top collar off. After that was out of the way, I cut out the firebox opening. Then it was time to empty the tank and cut the bottom collar off. Next, I wrestled the big sucker into place and got it leveled and marked where the cooking chamber door will be. The door will be cutout along the inside edge of the blue painters tape. The bottom edge of the door will be 1" above the centerline of the tank. From the opening for the firebox I was able to get some accurate measurements for the size of firebox I need to build. It will be 20" tall X 22" wide X 20 deep. Tonight I will write out a materials list that I will need and hopefully get that order placed tonight so I can pick up those materials first thing next week. Won't be able to work on it again until Saturday, but hope to get the door hinged and cutout that way I can do a burnout.
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12-15-2011, 12:57 PM | #2 |
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Good start there! I'll be following.
Cheers!
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12-15-2011, 01:21 PM | #3 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Very cool! I'll be lurking for you
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12-15-2011, 01:45 PM | #6 | |
is One Chatty Farker
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I was originally looking for a 120 gallon horizontal tank, and just about let this tank go until a couple of our brothers convinced me that this one would do just as well.
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12-15-2011, 01:56 PM | #7 |
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Join Date: 03-22-11
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I love these builds!!!!!! Thanks for sharing and posting pics! What did you use to cut off the collar and the inlet for the firebox?
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12-15-2011, 01:59 PM | #8 | |
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12-15-2011, 03:25 PM | #9 | |
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I hope to have a plasma cutter some day, but you just work with what you have available.
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12-15-2011, 03:31 PM | #10 | |
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I expect this one to cost about $600 - $700. I will keep track of it and post it when it all completed. So far the tank cost me $80 and I spent $25 for a bunch of cutoff wheels for the angle grinder. I have an almost full box of welding rods, so that is another $20 or so. I plan to do all of the work, except I think I will take it somewhere to have it sandblasted.
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12-15-2011, 03:48 PM | #12 |
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Will do blue! Thanks to you and Phrasty for convincing me that this tank will work.
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12-15-2011, 04:17 PM | #13 | |
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12-15-2011, 04:31 PM | #14 |
is One Chatty Farker
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That is one of the advantages of going with a tank, the cost of new steel pipe is steep. I used new steel pipe for the 20" D X 36" L that I already finished, the pipe plus the steel to enclose the two ends was around $300. So with this tank I am at the same point and only got $80 into it.
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12-15-2011, 04:34 PM | #15 |
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I'm a little confused (not hard to do that to me). Are you making this a vertical smoker, like a Bandera, or a horizontal smoker? I'm hoping it'll be like a Bandera, cause I have a tank that I need to get working on, and that's my plan.
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