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by **Wreckless** » February 20th, 2012, 9:18 am

Not my first, but my favorite and most enjoyable. The kiddo calls one evening and says he just scored me a 120 gal tank for a couple of beers at a local pub. Great...like that's the first place I usually go to score for a build. Gotta be some kind of fine tank for a couple of beers. :ymsigh:

Picked it up the next day and she was a dandy. :-o

Have some faith in the kiddo Wreckless.

The first thing I noticed was all the ports located in one area. That was going to be one hell of bung patch. I figured I would cut the whole section and see what the tank was going to do. I have heard it said that while cutting a tank it will talk to you. This one was screaming and did a nice visual as the last cut was made, leaving the impression that it prefered to be left in tact.

Thinking now that cutting the doors was really going to be an eye opener, I started working on a plan b when a visitor showed up at my shop. He said he had seen a couple of my builds out and about and asked what this was going to be, he might be interested in one. I responded,"Well, ya see where this huge hole is? I'm going to put a smoke box there. And where the doors would go, i'm going to scrap that. And then..." "Ookkayy then. I'll be back in a week or so when you're feeling better" he said. Damn tourists. True to his word tho, he stopped back by a week later and the tank was starting to take shape, at least enough for him to have hope that this may indeed be a smoker some day.

( To be continued...)

by **Wreckless** » February 20th, 2012, 10:02 am

I finished out the little vertical first. The bottom was tapered funnelling down into the smoke opening so that the drippings would would find their way out and down the back side into the cooker onto the drain. Two sliding dampers were installed to regulate the heat and smoke and close it off all together when not in use. The main smoker got the attention next and four 25" x 25''ish slide out grates were installed along with a 2" drain and tuning plates located 5 1/2" below grate height. The cabinet was framed with 1/4" angle 1" below center putting the first grate hgt on center.

The smoker doors were fabbed up by scoring the edges and breaking them with my little screw press. The broke edges were welded and shaped for a seamless appearance.

I located some 1/4" plates with a 45 cut into them at my local " We buy scrap". I figured on removing the angled cuts but decided I liked the look and left them intact for the firebox sides.

( to be continued)

by **rlmax02** » February 20th, 2012, 10:11 am

all i can say is thats one bad ass beer buy

by **Frank_Cox** » February 20th, 2012, 11:15 am

Very very cool build! You make some very unique stuff man! I love it......
You're press looks mad tho

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by **Smokeone** » February 20th, 2012, 4:01 pm

That is very cool! As i said in another thread, alot of great stuff and ideas have come from a bud at the pub!
Cant wait to see the rest of the story!