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Looking good! It wasn't until we welded in our RF plate that we hit the duty cycle of a Hobart 187. Got any more pics of that damper? How is it actuated?
 
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yea thats alot of welding..lol

Just my little smoker when I was welding the RF plate I was thinking man thats like welding a 20' long bead...
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 the little hobart had to take a couple breaks to get it done..
 
That handle on the left side, it turn down and then I welded a stop on the inside for the damper to stop at halfway.
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In this pic you cant see the handle but it would be on the right, My hole looks crooked here.lol Heck I believe it is, oh well I bet air will still flow through it.
Looking good! It wasn't until we welded in our RF plate that we hit the duty cycle of a Hobart 187. Got any more pics of that damper? How is it actuated?
 
yea thats alot of welding..lol

Just my little smoker when I was welding the RF plate I was thinking man thats like welding a 20' long bead...
welder.gif
 the little hobart had to take a couple breaks to get it done..
Yea I touched my ground yesterday and noticed it was abnormally hot, guess I might have been over working it a bit. I have used about half of a 50# roll of wire on this thing, the welds on the burn box end, best I can add are about 50' total then welding tank to box. Being a union pipefitter helps with all this, plus I took welding in trade school too.
 
 
Things are looking good!  Did you insulate between the firebox and warming box?    I would look for a torsion axle for the trailer.  Very easy to install, and even new they are typically 3 to 6 hundred depending on configuration.  Get double what your estimated weight is.   Make sure you have at least a 100 pounds of tongue weight when you center the axle. 
 
Yes your right on the torsion axles, I put a set on a motorcycle trailer i built for a friend of mine, just trying to keep the cost at a min for now, got my new springs today (3500#) will try to get them in this week. Had to order my expanded metal yesterday may be a week or so before i get it. Guess I will start with my sink and plumbing for it. I have a good stainless sink with a large cutting board with built in drain for sale if anyone in my are is interested pm me.
 
No it is not insulated. Should it be? I had thought about cutting in a hole and then using that piece to seal the hole and take it out if I ever wanted to use that end as a stand alone smoker without using the big barrel part. I am going to put a stack on the warmer so I can smoke thru it too. Do you see any problems with doing any of these things?

 
Things are looking good!  Did you insulate between the firebox and warming box?    I would look for a torsion axle for the trailer.  Very easy to install, and even new they are typically 3 to 6 hundred depending on configuration.  Get double what your estimated weight is.   Make sure you have at least a 100 pounds of tongue weight when you center the axle. 
 
What we have found is that it is difficult to control the temp without the insulation between the two.  The box would get up to 350° without any airflow.  You could actually cool it down about 50° by opening the smoke vent from the main chamber. lol 

Large fresh air vents along the bottom so you can introduce cool air into the box might help if you cant insulate.  If you can insulate I woud go with at least an inch of rock or ceramic wool.
 
Man... been on night shift all week with no time to work on my smoker. Hope to get it done by the 9th of Janurary, Roll Tide!
 
Got my axle moved back, really helped on the weight. Got my smoke stack welded on, expanded metal ordered, one door trimmed out and the trim cut for the second door. Hope to be cooking on this baby in a week or so!
 
Looks good! I am about to start a build very similar to yours, thanks for the good ideas. How large of a gap did you leave at the end of your RF baffle?  Did you decide to go with the charcoal tray?  I considered that myself.

 That A on your smoker will make the meat taste funny haha.
 
Looks good! I am about to start a build very similar to yours, thanks for the good ideas. How large of a gap did you leave at the end of your RF baffle?  Did you decide to go with the charcoal tray?  I considered that myself.

 That A on your smoker will make the meat taste funny haha.
 
The gap on the end of the RF plate should be about 25% more the the area you have in the exhaust.  If you are running a 5 inch pipe you have about 20 sq inches of area, so you want at least a 25 sq inch gap at the end of the plate. To find the area of a pipe you use Radius X 2 X 3.14.
 
Have not had alot of time to work on it lately, honey do's and work have took most of my time. I ordered my expanded metal for the racks will pick it up next week and get started back hopefuly. Got my fire box insulated, and been trying to get all the old paint off the tank. Will get some updated pics soon.
 
Ugh... what happened to this build. It looks awesome. Plus, I love the posts about sourcing materials. I haven't noticed that much on other builds I've followed. I don't think we even have scrap yards here. I'm in Arkansas. There is a recycling place but they don't let you look for scrap. I've seen shows on TV where people go rummage through scrap yards and find cool stuff. Not here. At least, I don't think so?
 
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