
No comments about the trashed garage. My little smoker project has just about out grown the space I have in there. Once I start assembly, it will have to stay outside because there will be no wrangling in and out of the garage then. I'm also planning on painting most of the frame while it is still somewhat easy to move around. I'll leave the places where I know I'll be welding alone until after welding.
I'm seriously considering doing a final mock-up using racket straps and jack-stands to hold everything in it's respective position so I can make the final firebox supports. Once that is done, I can take both tanks off the frame to make painting the frame that much easier.