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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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 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.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...the little hobart had to take a couple breaks to get it done..
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.
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.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.