1FUNVET
Babbling Farker
Looks like the guys in our cylinder repair shop will be scrapping a hydraulic cylinder. Barrel is 18" diameter x 48" long. Thickness on this bad boy is 3/4". Is this too thick to use to make an off set smoker? :?::?:
Can steel be too thick ?
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Divemaster
somebody shut me the fark up.
Only problem would be moving it... Oh, and trying to cut it... and trying to weld it...
Other than that, go for it!
Other than that, go for it!
Trucky1008
is Blowin Smoke!
^^^^^ What Jeff said, it'll be real heavy.
mbshop
Babbling Farker
imagine ir would eat up some coals and time heating up.
I can hook you up with some guys that are experts in heavy lifting. :biggrin:
1_T_Scot
is One Chatty Farker
This is heavy lifting.
jeffjenkins1
Babbling Farker
watertowerbbq
is Blowin Smoke!
The weight of that bad boy will be approximately 550 lbs before firebox and accessories.
Aren't cylinders made from tubing, not pipe? This was expensive material new. But it should be perfect for straightness and roundness.
jestridge
somebody shut me the fark up.
it will take it awhile to heat up but will work good I have one that is 1/2 mount on trailer
JD McGee
somebody shut me the fark up.
Can steel be too thick ?
Only if you're humpin' it around without wheels...:twisted:
Only if you're humpin' it around without wheels...:twisted:
Juggy D Beerman
Full Fledged Farker
Cut it in half...
As someone else pointed out, you have 550 pounds of steel there to heat up. If you make the cooker into an offset with the traditional style doors, those doors are going to be extrememly heavy to lift open.
What I would do is cut the cylinder in half, so you have two pieces approximately 24" in length. Make these two cylinders into fireboxes. You can weld end caps using 1/4" plate on the cylinders, and take it from there. These should be two fireboxes that will last you a lifetime.
Lager,
Juggy
As someone else pointed out, you have 550 pounds of steel there to heat up. If you make the cooker into an offset with the traditional style doors, those doors are going to be extrememly heavy to lift open.
What I would do is cut the cylinder in half, so you have two pieces approximately 24" in length. Make these two cylinders into fireboxes. You can weld end caps using 1/4" plate on the cylinders, and take it from there. These should be two fireboxes that will last you a lifetime.
Lager,
Juggy
