Welcome from Ontario

[mxdev]

Hey All,

Built my first offset using a couple 100lb propane tanks. Tried to follow general principles with FB being 1/3 CC, but it's a bit temperamental. Had to build baffles, built very small fires, tuning plates etc. It's also really long and thin, which isn't ideal.

Been wanting to upgrade and have another project, and have picked up two half sheets of 5/32 plate really cheap (25" x 84" and 96") to start on the project.

Trying to decide on cook chamber size and shape (square, hexagon, oddly shaped hexagon) that works well with the plate, and taking notes of different designs, and then figuring out the FB from there. Either looking at 32" length or 40" length depending on how much of the plate I want to use. Been looking at LoneStar grills design for some feature inspiration at the moment.

Starting to look through builds on here to get a list of features, improvements, and ideas to put into my build.

Cheers,

[Big T]

Welcome aboard!

[Pete Mazz]

Welcome

[Dirtytires]

Glad to have you!

[ThinBlue]

Welcome my friend. Lots of information and builds here to draw inspiration from. Be sure to start up a new thread once you think you've got a direction you want to head in with your build.

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[mxdev]

Thanks for the welcome all,

Once I get a direction, and can put a rough plan to CAD with the important dimmensions, I'll definitely be looking for feedback before jumping right in.

[Frank_Cox]

Welcome aboard! You’re in the right place!!


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[mxdev]

Looks like I've finally got a cook chamber for my build now. Realized I didn't have enough steel for the smoker I wanted to make from the 5/32 plate I had, so I kept searching for some cheap plate, or a tank to suit.

Put out feelers out there for a 100 gallon propane tank or 80+ gallon air tank which didn't end up leading anywhere.

Finally decided to cave on size and found a 60 gallon compressor tank for cheap on classifieds. Not as big as I wanted, but should be fine. After contacting that guy, and getting beaten by 10 minutes, I searched a bit deeper. Found a limited details ad, with crappy pictures for a 6' x 24" tank with no price given.

Turns out it was a business that just wanted to get rid of it, and were only asking $100! Didn't even have to sweat moving or loading it as they just hooked it up on the forklift and set it right in the bed of my truck.

So now I'm going to be rocking forward with a 120 gallon tank, the 5/32" plate for a 24x24x20 firebox this winter.

[Barrion2018]

Great find! Any of the tanks I see listed are ~$1.00 per gal on up.

Welcome to the form, can't wait to see your build.

[Dirtytires]

Sounds like you are on the right track....it's nice to see that steel prices are finally slipping downward a bit and we can all get back to fabrication.