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Re: Smoker

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DSD wrote:The bloke that did not want black shit building up in the corners?

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Never met the fella, too late now anyway

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Rushed in and didn’t think to cut it down, so now I’ll be up the ladder cutting a couple of feet off the top. Will use off cut to make a cap so I don’t get too much water down the tube

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Got a bit more done today, was thinking of putting a couple of castors on one end to be able to move it a bit easier, didn’t have any so a dig around under the bench turned up a jockey wheel that I had for years. Was too long to turn the handle under the tank, hmmm, I should be able to shorten it, out with the dropsaw

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Measured the three parts and cut them in half, now fits perfectly , with a couple of modifications to the frame

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Still waiting for my wheels to come from Griffith for the other end.

Chimney taken off, cut to length and chimney cap made and fitted

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Gotta do a bit of cutting and grinding then might give it a paint job using this stuff

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Re: Smoker

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Camel wrote:
Still waiting for my wheels to come from Griffith for the other end.
They do not have shopping trolleys in hilston?
I am disappointed, I thought you were RAF productions

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DSD wrote:
Camel wrote:
Still waiting for my wheels to come from Griffith for the other end.
They do not have shopping trolleys in hilston?
I am disappointed, I thought you were RAF productions

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No need for disappointment Dave, shopping trolley wheels are well known to never be the same, I would have had to go through hundreds if not thousands to find two wheels the same ImageImage
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Not liking chucking anything away, I knocked up a rack for the back of the tank out of leftover rack pieces.

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It will serve two purposes, putting stuff on and holding the lid so it doesn’t go too far back

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Also dug our an 8 inch off cut 1” round dowel, bored it out and used another bit of leftover rack to make the handle

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Looking good.
You going into catering business with the spit and smoker.

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Cup weekend at camels I reckon. Can we get it onto a Ute and take it camping were the meat lives?


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Wheres Ripah?
Other then missing your supervisor that looks a neat bit of gear.
Endless possibilities for culinary delights me thinks.
Looking forward to the first smoking with interest. :D
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B4408 wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 4:32 pm Looking good.
You going into catering business with the spit and smoker.

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Nah, but its handy to have the gear on hand, you never know. :lol: Wonder how Safe Food would view these things, they might not appreciate the materials used. :lol:
trevort wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:26 pm Cup weekend at camels I reckon. Can we get it onto a Ute and take it camping were the meat lives?


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If you so desire, but I will need someone to lift it on the ute. :mrgreen:
macca wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:38 pm Wheres Ripah?
Other then missing your supervisor that looks a neat bit of gear.
Endless possibilities for culinary delights me thinks.
Looking forward to the first smoking with interest. :D
Oh, he was there somewhere, probably hiding on his deer skin covered chair in the sun. Lazy bugger, but he is never very far from where I am. You gunna come out for the smoke test run, if so, bring a rack of ribs from one of your prime steers. :lol:

I just ordered three thermometers from some chink place, 14.62 bucks delivered, inc gst :roll:
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Handle made from some bits off an old hills hoist.

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Rippa is keeping an eye on proceeding, he loves that fallow skin and won’t sit anywhere else
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New door closer handle out of more 1” dowel, and T bolt on ash can tray door. Got the paint out planning to give it a coat, hmm might need a few more cans, didn’t even get one coat on half of it

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Good work pelican


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kickinback wrote: Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:29 pm Good work pelican


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Ohhhh, a compliment, thank you. :mrgreen:
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Pelican?


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trevort wrote: Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:47 pm Pelican?


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Something to do with a big mouth I presume. Who Me :shock: :shock: :lol:
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