First of all, thank you to Pops6927 for his brilliant idea and doing the "pre engineering" for the rest of us that can't leave well enough alone and strive to improve on many of the quirks and pitfalls of making the perfect smoked product we have all come to love..... There have been many smoke generator mods over the years and this particular mod caught my attention as being easy, doable, inexpensive and simply perfect...... below are some pics of a few, that as of late have caught my eye.... I apologize for not posting them all here.... Please add your mod to this thread for all to see to continue inspiration for all our members...
Since a snowplow smashed my mailbox by throwing chunks of ice, and this one was a temporary fix until I could get one of those "Big Rural" boxes permanently, and it was in the barn, now I have another project...
Adjusted the shelving in my "smoker corner" to fit the box.... Using a hole saw and tin snips cut a 3" hole in the back.... Attached the 3" 90 deg. elbow to the box and fitted the rest of the pieces... Got the pellets going for a test and "I am one happy camper".... this mod is AWESOME..... The best thing to happen to Todd's AMNPS yet... no tent to stop drippings from putting out the pellets or starting a fire inside the smoker.... no moisture to snuff out the pellets.... One more match made in heaven...
Now onto the 60#'s of bellies I have in the freezer and the 25#'s of cheese I bought on sale last week.... Good thing Todd had pellets on sale with a special offer awhile back... I did capitalize on his generosity.... Todd is one really good dude.... Pitmaster's Choice will get a good workout, once the temps cool here...
Thank you to all, who have posted your ideas to improve the forum and make smoking stuff better..... Dave
The mod....
Beautiful thin blue smoke.... it don't get any better than that.....
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EDITED SECTION
Mark the hole using the outside of the elbow as a template and cut inside the line to make the
hole the same size as the OD of the elbow...... Mark a line around the elbow 3/4" or so from the end...
Snip 16 cuts up to the line... Bend every other tab out 90 deg to the tube... insert tube and tabs into the MB...
Bend inside tabs out to complete the fastening.... I did not see any smoke leaking around the elbow....
Done with care, it should be a pretty tight seal... It will rotate for a convenient fit up to the smoker.....
Elbows and flex are 3".....
You might be able to see where I cut inside the line for a tight fit....
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Pops6927.... his mod..... The man who started this "mailbox revolution"....
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S2K9K... his mod.... the "toolbox revolution" .....
jrod62.... his mod..... "improving the UDS" ....
chrisblunk.... His mod..... "Improving the MES"... and who got me looking around the barn
for my mailbox..... Thanks Chris.....
Please add your AMNPS mods for all to see...... Dave
Since a snowplow smashed my mailbox by throwing chunks of ice, and this one was a temporary fix until I could get one of those "Big Rural" boxes permanently, and it was in the barn, now I have another project...
Adjusted the shelving in my "smoker corner" to fit the box.... Using a hole saw and tin snips cut a 3" hole in the back.... Attached the 3" 90 deg. elbow to the box and fitted the rest of the pieces... Got the pellets going for a test and "I am one happy camper".... this mod is AWESOME..... The best thing to happen to Todd's AMNPS yet... no tent to stop drippings from putting out the pellets or starting a fire inside the smoker.... no moisture to snuff out the pellets.... One more match made in heaven...
Now onto the 60#'s of bellies I have in the freezer and the 25#'s of cheese I bought on sale last week.... Good thing Todd had pellets on sale with a special offer awhile back... I did capitalize on his generosity.... Todd is one really good dude.... Pitmaster's Choice will get a good workout, once the temps cool here...
Thank you to all, who have posted your ideas to improve the forum and make smoking stuff better..... Dave
The mod....
Beautiful thin blue smoke.... it don't get any better than that.....
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
EDITED SECTION
Mark the hole using the outside of the elbow as a template and cut inside the line to make the
hole the same size as the OD of the elbow...... Mark a line around the elbow 3/4" or so from the end...
Snip 16 cuts up to the line... Bend every other tab out 90 deg to the tube... insert tube and tabs into the MB...
Bend inside tabs out to complete the fastening.... I did not see any smoke leaking around the elbow....
Done with care, it should be a pretty tight seal... It will rotate for a convenient fit up to the smoker.....
Elbows and flex are 3".....
You might be able to see where I cut inside the line for a tight fit....
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Pops6927.... his mod..... The man who started this "mailbox revolution"....
S2K9K... his mod.... the "toolbox revolution" .....
jrod62.... his mod..... "improving the UDS" ....
chrisblunk.... His mod..... "Improving the MES"... and who got me looking around the barn
for my mailbox..... Thanks Chris.....
Please add your AMNPS mods for all to see...... Dave
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