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GringoSalado

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  1. Trying to tapa talk a pic of the maiden cook, fingers crossed. Props to the dude up thread who predicted the hot spot. Empty the top cabinet rack was only 20 degrees cooler than the hottest tank rack, but when loaded (2 pigs & 15 or so ribs in tank plus 60 racks in the cabinet) that grew to 40 deg. No problem whatsoever in making or holding a temp. No lid related injuries. I give it a solid B at this point I guess. Pigs and ribs should be off soon, I'll grab some more pics Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
  2. I'm the opposite, I like the natural air gap at the bottom, but I grew up cooking on Oylers. Every square box I've used needed some janky tray to elevate the wood. I'll have some more pics later
  3. Warming cabinet mocked up, not quite square in the pic. Like DCA Horn upthread you might be thinking "wtf, why not just make a square firebox under the warming cabinet" and that's cool because I'm thinking it too. But I really wanted a round firebox. This started out in my head as a reverse flow w/ round firebox to cook 2 or 3 pigs because that's what's on the menu and I had this tank and a bunch of casing. But I also need some ribs capacity (also on menu) so I added the warming cabinet. I'm hoping to actually cook baby backs in there. We'll see if it works. My counterweight didn't work for shit, no amount of weight was going to keep the door open. So I managed to mock it up w/ the door open: Since my first two versions were too short to keep the lid open I threw a few things and then over corrected on my third try. Fucking thing is like 10 feet in the air when the door is closed but it works, it now holds the door open, just barely, but it's empty (haven't added any sand to the tank). The door is still pretty heavy when it's about half way open, but it isn't very heavy when closed. So if I add a bunch of weight to make it easier at 1/2 open I don't think it is going to stay shut very good. I'm not sure if there is any way around that, so something to think about when you decide to cut a 165 lb door.
  4. That's sort of by design, tha warming cabinet is going over the firebox. Edit: the top of my firebox is 7" below the bottom rack.
  5. My next question is about the counterweight. Unfortunately no pics but I tacked a piece of angle at a 45° to the center of the lid, and measured out 1/2 the width of the lid to find the equilibrium moment, or some fucking thing I'm not an engineer, of the weight of the lid. IOW if you put 165 lbs (lid weight) at that spot the lid would, in theory, be in balance. But of course you don't want that, you want the lid to stay closed, and open. So I just picked an arbitrary amount to place my counterweight completely above that point. My counterweight of choice is a forklift propane tank. I didn't post this is "shit you heard in a bar" but a drunk redneck from Tyler I was talking to at my local place swore up and down that a small propane tank filled with sand would be sufficient for even a 48"* 500 gal pit. So then I calculate the weight of my lid (165 if I recall correctly), and calculate the weight of my forklift propane tank filled with sand, and decided I'd better extend it out horizontally for more leverage because it was only going to be like 95 lbs. full of sand. ----------------------------------------------------- tldr I guess my question is how the fuck do you design/position your counterweight. * Also wedded to a 48" door as this thing is meant for whole hogs.
  6. I was pretty fucking confident until you assholes criticized my firebox. But if it doesn't work as configured now modifying it to a square 41" firebox will work with the current design, as you'll see. So provided I live to finish it we'll get to see how well, if at all, it cooks. Hoping for a cool thread so thanks for all the comments. More pics
  7. Not that I disagree but that would be a 41" firebox. The 20" casing and the propane tank were free/I already had those. So I welded them together. I'll have more pics this week.
  8. I don't trust that calculator, the firebox on the 1k gal smoker I use is 75% too small according to that. We'll know soon enough...
  9. I thought of that. Honestly I just wasn't willing to make such a big cut right off the bat. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
  10. It's a 31" piece of 20" casing. I thought it was overkill. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
  11. For my next question, this is going to be a reverse flow with a warming cabinet mounted above the firebox, that will extend 16" above the tank. So should I go with a 4" or 6" smokestack?
  12. Sometimes the way Gmail nests replies, esp. for multi-recip emails, makes me swear I didn't receive a msg. Try the filters or the search window.
  13. Finally got around to it. For various reasons I'm turning this over, and since I have access to a fork lift it made sense to cut the firebox first while still upside down (hope these pics show up). Instead of a straight edge I used a piece of 1/4" tubing I had laying around stuck a piece of soapstone inside it.
  14. Tailgate would def. have to be down. You could probably fit one of these behind your bikes (you may be able to cant one bike at an angle and close the tailgate but I sort of doubt that):
  15. Are they in trees?
  16. Not sorry I missed it.
  17. (sigh) Yes those decisions aren't made by accountants.
  18. The vid of the 737 simulator replicating the "extreme mis-trim" scenario described in the Seattle Times article above has been taken down apparently, in googling around for it I found this: https://leehamnews.com/2019/04/03/et302-used-the-cut-out-switches-to-stop-mcas/ ET302 used the Cut-Out switches to stop MCAS By Bjorn Fehrm Note: The article offered a Video as an example of the effects of not trimming to neutral before hitting Cut-Off. After reviewing the effects of the video in the context of the article, MentourPilot decided we should leave the text but not include the video any longer. MentourPilot’s YouTube channel is an independent initiative to offer the public correct and positive information of all the work which is behind their safe travel in the skies. In the sensitive situation of an ongoing investigation of the crash of ET302, where not all facts are on the table, he concluded after discussing the impression the video left with a colleague, it was not in line with his intent of setting up the channel. In the haste of the change we took this as his company not wanting the video aired, it was not. As facts in the ET302 case comes forward we will discuss with MentourPilot if this situation changes. April 03, 2019, © Leeham News
  19. ^ from the Seattle Times article upthread https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeings-emergency-procedure-for-737-max-may-have-failed-on-ethiopian-flight/
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