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thanks doc for your help.

That hinge looks like it might be quite hard to make (and quite heavy)

Here's a pic of a smoker I saw on youtube:


This looks like a simpler design, if I can find a couple of springs!!

My dad has loads of tools, including a magnetic drill that should be able to drill a hole big enough. Because its 2mm steel, I should be able to weld a nipple into the hole, so if worse came to worse i could burn a hole out.

Its just a mater of collecting all the bits and getting on with it now!!

Steve,

Do you use 3 or 4 bolts for each grate?

3 bolts mean that you never get any rock if your rate warps, whereas 4 means you will?

Pinky

what size of bolts do people use to hold cooking grates?
M6 or M8

I was thinking of using ring nuts, and then put a small bracket on my charcoal basket with a bolt sticking down. I could then put this into the lower grate and use uds as a grill

I havent cut this one, but have another that I use as a fire pit and it has about 2mm steel, so assuming this one is the same.

thats why I'm gonna have to think of a way to hinge the lid.

There is a you tube of a guy who looks to have done something similar, I like his idea, but dot think you need ...

Tell us more about your tank . Any photos before you begin.

Thanks everyone for your help,

heres a pic of the drum:
uds.jpg

we have well water and this is the tank that pressurises the water. There is a bladder inside and air is pumped between the bladder and the tank to cause the pressure ...

Hello,

I am planning to build my own vertical smoker out of an old water tank I have found.
Just wondering I anyone knows where to buy stainless steel nuts and bolts, and other hardware. Are the bolts etc that b&q and homebase etc sell made of stainless or are they just zinc galvanised?

Will post ...

hello,

Just wondering what the best make of coal and briquettes are that you can get in uk, and where is a good place to get them mail order?

thanks

I was just at a friends house, and I was telling him about my Christmas BBQ last year and how I was slowly saving up for a weber to do pulled pork for this years Christmas party, when he took me out to his garage and gave me a weber compact that's in mint condition!!

What a great guy, but my ...

Hello all,

I'm thinking of getting a new weber, and was just wanting to see if it's worth the extra £50ish in getting the 57cm weber premium over the one touch?

Your views would be gratefully received!!