Topic changed.. first smoke Hungry......?

[mrdennisg]

That is the best one yet ...oh wait a minute this is the only one. lol.
and since my wifes name begins with a B. "DBQ" sounds great thanks.

Do you have any ideas about the door seal and the latch?
These two have given me problems.[|)]



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[nsxbill]

When I worked metal trades as a sheetmetal worker around 1964, we used to fabricate a locking latch for cabinets that looks like it would work in this application but I suspect it would get pretty hot.  You might want to look at the rope seal used on pellet stoves.  It was a pin that had eccentric on a rotating shaft that was recessed into the front of the cabinet door.  Just rotate the handle to drive pin into door jam to hold in place.

No other suggestions, except magnetic seal like Bradley.

Bill

[mrdennisg]

Been searching all day and found this site that has gaskets for ovenshttp://www.alkar.com/$spindb.query.listall2z.alkar.07 just not magnetic. Do u know where I could find a magnet seal that would work?
Would one for a fridge work?[?]

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[Oldman]

On this site http://www.labdepotinc.com/product_details~id~99~pid~12543.aspx they sell Mechanical Convection Lab Ovens. The seal they use is:   <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> Magnetic door seal features white silicone rubber door gasket. Provides excellent door-to-chamber seal
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I knew that silicone would handle the heat, but I was not sure it you could get it in a magnetic seal.

Next this site might give you an idea of latches and hinges: http://rhsc.net/

They also offer magnetic seals. This is a PDF of their magnetic gasket. They custom make them. I could not find out if it is silicone based, however, there are several 1-800 # on this page.  http://rhsc.net/pdf_files/magnetic_gaskets.pdf

Olds



http://rminor.com

[mrdennisg]

Just called Refrigeration Hardware Supply Corporation, West Coast Sales and Warehouse 9021 Norris Ave., Sun Valley, CA 91352
Phone: (800) 537-8300 • Fax: (800) 833-3515
at the link above and they sell magnetic silicone door seals for temps up to 550 deg.f. 10, 20 ,and 50 ft. lengths
10 ft   ??
20 ft. $88.00
50 ft. $178.00
 no corners and they do not cut corners. Corners are going to be easy just cut at 45* and  seal with 500 deg. clear silicone .
Hard part is going to convince my wife I am going to spend another 100$ on my so called Birthday/Christmas present.

Wish me luck[:D]

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[mrdennisg]

<font color="maroon">where would I put my convection fan in this thing high or low?
would anyone have any idea on this?</font id="maroon">

I have the insulation in and the control panel is being wired.
I built a box for the fan so i can have the back vented to cool


I had some metal cut to direct the heat across the trays of meat as sugested by DoW-Oldman.

back from a trip
had to put on hold

Back to the drawing board.


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[mrdennisg]

Well this has got to be the best smelling place on the net.....
Sorry I havent answered your email Oldman (health reasons)

This has been a strange year...anyway I am back online and almost finished with this grand smoker of ours. I have some images here:
(stiil uploading....)http://photobucket.com/albums/v486/todayschildhere/


I used a few oddball items to enclose the controls and power junction the blue box was a 12 volt to 110 ac inverter I had laying around, the panel with hinges will hold the controls etc.

Still trying to finish riviting all together.

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[Oldman]

Nice truck...

Olds

[mrdennisg]

Just ordered a ET-73 temp probe should be here mid week. Just testing out a seal thickness for front door , have to do some metal work on door also. Electrical is finished and tested . WORKS Great.....
Seal will be magnetic just soon as testing is done putting water bowls in when probe arrives.

If anyone needs schematic (electrical checked out at shop by electrical engineers not saying it is perfect so if anyone has working ideas please share) to build your own I have it and still improving as time let's me. Still have to put in a few diodes and fuses to protect everything in it's proper order. Thanks for all the info from ya all here.......[:I]

Relay from original schematic was for a 10 amp. system I just uppped it easily to a 25 amp by using relay to switch a 25 amp solid state contactor . Added a fan and a heatsink ,,,works great.

Grey J box is waterproof,, and all my connections are in there wire is iether silicone, heat resistant or sleeved inside heat shield from my spark plug wires on my hot rod[:)]
 
Now that the unit is allmost ready I can finaly enjoy it with all here

http://photobucket.com/albums/v486/todayschildhere/
Upped new pics here

[SMOKEHOUSE ROB]

mrdennisg
 what the hell is the story on the cat?
 

[mrdennisg]

[:I][:)][:I][:)]http://www.bradleysmoker.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2151

[CLAREGO]

mrdennisg whats with the picture of the dog ???

[Phone Guy]

Whats with all the questions about cats and dogs? [;)]

[CLAREGO]

is it a cat or a dog ?

[mrdennisg]

come on people let's focus hereI think I have to delete all pos'sts showing the "cat" my wife and my living cat is getting tired of seeing it. Maybe I shouldn't have it as my screen saver....[:D]

Well today is my first test of my smoker so I have to get to work.

first use of it was yesterday and I took notes on how long it would take to get up to temp (calibrating my controller)I was surprised that there is only a 5 degree temp differnce from top shelf to bottom shelf @ 200 deg. and that is without the fan running.

it took 30 minutes to come to 200 Deg.
opened the door for 30 seconds and temp dropped 30 degree after shutting took 5 minutes to come back to 200 deg.
that was with an empty box so looks like I have a lot of testing to go.

loading hickory and sacrificing 4 fillet wrapped with backin for the next test any suggestions would be great.

uploading final images now