Steampunk Smoker

[jeeps1]

Building a 125 gallon revers flow smoker. Its intended to resemble a stationary steam engine when finished. I did get to use my Hypertherm 45xp that my Wife bought me for Christmas.

 

[Capt Chrysler]

Kool

 

[fnieto]

Very cool indeed!

 

[southalabama]

Very cool.

 

[1/2 Cup]

That is just so cool, well done.

Regards

 

[555]

Subscribed!

 

[racingtadpole]

Real rivets or faux rivets? Either way its cool.

 

[TMcCay]

I like it! Very well done.

 

[930dreamer]

Very nice smoker setup.

 

[royce]

Building a 125 gallon revers flow smoker. Its intended to resemble a stationary steam engine when finished. I did get to use my Hypertherm 45xp that my Wife bought me for Christmas.

Boy O Boy
The door design
The rivets
The latch
The hinges
Out of sight jeeps

Royce

 

[Whiskeymike]

Really nice. Looking forward to seeing the rest.

 

[Bronson]

Can't wait to see the finished product!

 

[jeeps1]

Real rivets or faux rivets? Either way its cool.

They are real rivets but I weld them from the back side. Real ones are a 1/10 the cost of the faux ones.

 

[astroracer]

Every body SAYS it's cool... but I think it's SMOKIN' HOT! Sorry, had to do it.
Mark

 

[tvtaurus]

I definitely dig the project. Good work!

 

[48RON54]

awesome

 

[McFarmer]

Is it going to have a bell stack ?

You know, like the old locomotives.

Very nice.

 

[1953mercury]

Very cool door and latch. Going to have to steal that for my shop doors. Mike

 

[Fluxion]

Wow! That door is HOT!

 

[LXCam]

Luv it!

 

[larry1962us]

Nice!

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[jeeps1]

Got the fire box welded to the tank with help from the boys. Also welded in the baffle plate. Its slow going ,as I broke my elbow over Christmas. We did build a small trolley crane wich makes thing easier. 1/4 inch steel adds up quickly.

 

[Whiskeymike]

A couple questions for you..

How thick is the plate for the box?

Did you fab the latch? Are those parts forged or formed? Did you do it from plans?

Thanks

 

[jeeps1]

A couple questions for you..

How thick is the plate for the box?

Did you fab the latch? Are those parts forged or formed? Did you do it from plans?

Thanks

Its all 1/4" . The handle is from an old mill vise I fabbed the rest , dont have a forge but its on the list. I dont have plans but did get all my calculations for the cook chamber volume vs fire box size etc, from smokebuilder.com . They have a great calculator for reverse flow smokers. You just enter your tank size and a few other dimension and it does the rest. I did a lot of research before I started wich I am glad I did. For a good functioning smoker the calculations are critical.

 

[Brian_WK]

Thats is awesome and I can only imagine what the finished weight will be. Are the meat doors going to be in the same riveted and banded fashion?

Brian

 

[jeeps1]

Thats is awesome and I can only imagine what the finished weight will be. Are the meat doors going to be in the same riveted and banded fashion?

Brian

Yes same as fire box door. I have been collecting random steam punk stuff for a few months and looking forward to implementing some of my ideas. Found this cool Oliver elevator regulator with giant balls to the wall balls out balls. If you didnt know thats what that means
Ground the paint off the tag on the tank turnes out it was built in 1959 . Things were just made better back then.

 

[R.Anderson]

Pics of the door being fabricated or it did not happen

 

[jeeps1]

Pics of the door being fabricated or it did not happen

It did happen.

 

[R.Anderson]

I don't know . . . I think more photos are needed. or maybe just I want see more.

 

[930dreamer]

I'll bring over a few briskets, ribs and pork ****.

 

[jeeps1]

Not much to report today. Did work on the front tank mount.

 

[jabberwoki]

Freakin wow ****** love it. Hurry up and finish it will ya,

 

[bluebolt]

Nice work, this is true steam punk art and craftsmanship!

 

[zak77]

Really cool build. I've built a couple smokers myself but nothing with as much detail as yours. I have a thread around here about a 30 gallon reverse flow build. That firebox is HUGE. I found that most online firebox calculators call for a much larger box than really needed. At least you'll have no issue keeping temps up.

So what are you doing for air intakes?

 

[Marctrees]

Jeeps - Beautiful creativity and execution.

Just a thought - Harbor Freight has drill presses on sale, you could get yourself a new one, and I'll pay for shipping to take yours off your hands.

Interesting site - may be even more ideas - http://www.stovedesign.com/ Marc

 

[ovrrdrive]

Bitchin'... Be sure to keep with the updates.

 

[doctordirt]

Nice, love that door.

 

[jeeps1]

Really cool build. I've built a couple smokers myself but nothing with as much detail as yours. I have a thread around here about a 30 gallon reverse flow build. That firebox is HUGE. I found that most online firebox calculators call for a much larger box than really needed. At least you'll have no issue keeping temps up.

So what are you doing for air intakes?

It will have 12 2" diameter holes , 5 per side and 2 in the door.

The fire box is 110% the size of the calculator as the bottom will have a 2" ash pane below the air vents . My thought was I can easily make it smaller internally rather than make it bigger.

 

[jeeps1]

It seems that I spend more time thinking than working. But I think I almost have it done in my head .

Still working on the front tank mount, as Sarah Palin would say drill baby drill. Mocked up the Oliver speed governor . This was my inspiration for the steam theme. This thing Is heavy , may need some lead ballast in my counter so it doesn't tip over.

Please note: the government says 139 ft per second is acceptable for a falling elevator . But at 140 ft per second the governor must kick in .

 

[royce]

Grand design Jeeps
Are you going to put wheels and a hitch on her?
Royce