Finally, a week to lay all the beads I possibly can. Hope to have most done by Saturday morning 2am.
Smoker door- insulated and both panels on and getting beads.
Inner back wall ready for beads as well. Had one side end up with a big gap in the middle to lower middle. Would have taken multiple passes to close the gap, so I opted for a couple of plates and essentially one extra pass.
Slowly making progress. SHOULD have the door on by Sunday evening. Worked out of town tonight, took the night off to wash clothes. I'll get a solid 12 tomorrow. Got a good 3hrs each night (Mon-Thurs) and about 280 inches worth of welds.
Finally got MY HELMET. Light (16 ounces), Auto lens with flip up and a chopped bottom with leather.
Performing open hand grinder surgery. Replacing the chord has led to replacing the switch. Thank goodness for ereplacementparts.
The back- The used 140 I purchased gave up the ghost. It typically does just over 1.5x what the 125 does. Now it won't do 0.25x or even .01x Considering what I paid and what it did for me I can't complain.
The forward- a LE31 should be here Tuesday. The door is on the opposite side so both welders can now face the same way. It has 3x the duty cycle of its predecessor and a 3yr protection plan.
Inside side of the smoker door is sealed. I'll see what is needed when I start applying the gasket. I filled what large gaps were present on the edges.
Back wall is sealed except for the very bottom. I'll get that done tonight.
Surprise day off of work. Few small victories. Door on with 2 out of 3 hinges. Middle hinge didn't want to jive. Door off so I could raise her up. Chain I welded on the back wall held up for the rising. Now I clean up the rest of the welds and start working on outside walls.
Woohooo!!! Everything that needs insulation is insulated. All the walls are on. Need to lay her face down to weld the back seams, then back down the other way to finish the front seams.
texastweeter I'm hanging everything. I have 3/8 stainless rod. I'm cutting angle iron and forming triangles along the wall for slots for the rod. I'll need Pit Barrel and Bronco hooks, the Pit Barrel hooks are curved. I'll have at least two levels of everything hanging, with brisket hanging 6-8 should fit the bill. Sausage just two levels, leave gaps on the top level for the sausage below.
texastweeter that was the initial reason to build. We only smoke once a year, but over 100lbs and smoking for other people, and we prefer to only run about 15-20lbs in the camp chef. More than that and it's a lot of rotating.
Outside walls are welded up except for the tops and that might take an hour tomorrow night. This LE31 welder is kicking my butt. Before, I had to give the welders a break, now I gots to take breaks. I'm running 5-6" vertical beads and getting things done 3x faster.
Lotta grinding to do on all the wall seams. I'll work on my inside rails, get started on installing the roof (lotta cutting), and re-attach the door over the weekend.
Door is on. Whew. I hate working on a slope. Don't ask how many tries, too out of breath to count. I was about to attach a strap to the handle, and decided to give it one more heave.
I could hear the top was hitting a little bit before the bottom. Got in the smoker and could see a little daylight on the bottom. I'll grind a little on top and let gaskets take care of the rest.
If you look back at some of Ahumadora ‘s photos of his employees working in his factory it would appear that slides are the new popular shoes for metalworking.🙂
Roof work. I will get everything welded inside the smoker before I finish the roof. I'd like to at least get the side panels tacked and ready to weld during the week.
Thank goodness for ereplacementparts.
Considering what I paid and what it did for me I can't complain. 
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