26" WSM Clone

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:05 pm

I finally got around to starting this project. It is not exactly a conventional drum, but I think it is close enough. It is 26 1/8" dia. It drawfs the 55 gallon drums.

I plan to used the charbroil ash cup and draft controls rather than installing any knife valves. Does anyone see any problems with this?
The only problem that I see with this approach is that the Guru will not have an attachment point if desired. I could add one valve for that option. I thought I would throw this out for everyone to kick around.

Off to a good start!

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:35 am

Sure glad to see someone else has a "garage" that can't be used to park a vehicle. I just keep telling my wife that it is a "shop" that just looks like a garage. That is going to be a very large WSM Jerry.

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:56 pm

Looks good so far Jerry. It looks like the roller got a good fit for the bottom.

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:03 pm

It is great to have friends with nice tools. Tom is amazing.

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:05 pm

smokinJim wrote:

Sure glad to see someone else has a "garage" that can't be used to park a vehicle. I just keep telling my wife that it is a "shop" that just looks like a garage. That is going to be a very large WSM Jerry.

My wife is great! But she has her moments about the shop! LOL

I mean garage.

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:33 pm

Big!

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 8:12 pm

You could always use it for a hiding place Jerry. That thing is huge. Have you figured out how much you can get in there? Looks like you could have 3 shelves in there if you wanted.

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 8:13 pm

Nice work bro get her hot and dirty now !

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 8:26 pm

This is Raffle prize. I will put the other one together next weekend and get mine dirty.

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 9:52 pm

That is one crafty build Jerry .. Very nice .. Cool

Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 8:06 pm

DarrelB wrote:

That is one crafty build Jerry .. Very nice .. Cool

Thanks Darrel and everyone for the kind words. Barb brought these home in 2008 and said look what I found for $40 each. Back then I had just finished our first drum and was thinking a big drum. Then I found out what new a barrel would cost so I started waiting for a find. Tom was slow so the rest is history now.

Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 8:12 pm

Jerry ,Brenda just said that your shop errrrr Garage is still cleaner then ours.

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 8:05 am

Coz wrote:

Jerry ,Brenda just said that your shop errrrr Garage is still cleaner then ours.

LOL! I have been tossing stuff like mad. Just can not seem to part with tools....

Man it is all good junk. Takes for ever to get the parts then it is a matter of days to build....

Barb is pretty special... anyone else would have kicked my aZZ to the curb!

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 10:17 pm

I want to add a guru. What size fitting do I need to weld in?

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 10:36 pm

Jerry516Planes wrote:

I want to add a guru. What size fitting do I need to weld in?

Do you know what time it is? If someone else doesn't give the answer, I will go into the shop tomorrow am and measure mine for you. Now get to bed. Laughing