Went out to my buddy's shop and he showed me how to use a cutting torch. We spent a couple of hours talking through and walking through plans for our big smoker, our trailer, etc. We're going to have to cut the trailer down, narrow and shorten it a bit, but we got a lot accomplished in the planning stages.
Then we cut off the pipe 'scaffolding' that was holding onto our tank, as well as the flange for what was probably a fill port or something for this tank.
Just a little practice and planning, really. Hope to do more this week and into the weekend. Still trying to source parts, especially flat plate and a 6" pipe and accompanying elbow for the stack. Not gaining much ground there...
Well, now we're down to a bare tank. I think we're going to build a kind of A-frame contraption out of some pipe we can get to lift the thing up and get the trailer underneath it - when we get the trailer cut down the way we want.
Still quite a long ways to go.
BTW, I spend $240 on a Dewalt 9" grinder, then it gets here and the 9" cutting wheels I bought won't work, as the guards (both 7" and 9") that come with it are apparently for Type 27 discs, not for Type 1 wheels. I didn't know this was an issue - so I do a ton of research last night, find out my expensive 9" grinder won't work with any 9" cutting wheels, as there is no 9" flat guard made for it. Only a 7", which is another $55-60, AND I can't even get it here inside of about 9-10 days. Which puts me about a week out from leaving on vacation.
So the Dewalt is going back, so much for American made crap - it didn't even come with a flange nut or the wrench to tighten one. Even cheap-ass Chinese and Korean ones come with that stuff.
New 9" Makita on the way.
Then we cut off the pipe 'scaffolding' that was holding onto our tank, as well as the flange for what was probably a fill port or something for this tank.
Just a little practice and planning, really. Hope to do more this week and into the weekend. Still trying to source parts, especially flat plate and a 6" pipe and accompanying elbow for the stack. Not gaining much ground there...
Well, now we're down to a bare tank. I think we're going to build a kind of A-frame contraption out of some pipe we can get to lift the thing up and get the trailer underneath it - when we get the trailer cut down the way we want.
Still quite a long ways to go.
BTW, I spend $240 on a Dewalt 9" grinder, then it gets here and the 9" cutting wheels I bought won't work, as the guards (both 7" and 9") that come with it are apparently for Type 27 discs, not for Type 1 wheels. I didn't know this was an issue - so I do a ton of research last night, find out my expensive 9" grinder won't work with any 9" cutting wheels, as there is no 9" flat guard made for it. Only a 7", which is another $55-60, AND I can't even get it here inside of about 9-10 days. Which puts me about a week out from leaving on vacation.
So the Dewalt is going back, so much for American made crap - it didn't even come with a flange nut or the wrench to tighten one. Even cheap-ass Chinese and Korean ones come with that stuff.
New 9" Makita on the way.
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