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Not had a chance to get a fire going in it yet. Still a bit shy in the charcoal basket department. I've got an empty 15kg butane tank. When I can figure out how to safely take the valve assembly off I hope to use the bottom half for the charcoal.

Hellooo

Tunbridge wells here. Welcome to the forum.

Cheers
Andrew

The inside was very hard to do. The layer of carbon was very tough - especially around areas where there was air venting in during the Big burn. I used a wire wheel and a wire 'cup'. I was able to use an eletric sander on the outside of the drum first before going at it with the wire wheel and this ...

Hi all.

Been really busy with work and family. I've managed to work on the drum too and it's now all but completed. Here are some more pics for you.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n482/IvorBunch/th_IMAG0425.jpg

The wire wheel on a power drill worked it's way, fairly well, through the rough ...

Hellooooo. Welcome. I've only been here for a week - or so - before you.

Cheers
Andrew

I love the smoker going on in the winter Doc. I like to get a good bbq going in the winter and last year we had a good one - during a heavy snow fall with mugs of mulled wine - and thermal socks.

I see your chimney has a sort of tap half way up. What's that?

I finally managed to burn out the drum ...

Brilliant idea!!
I shall make on of those then - defo.

What to do with the big hole though. Do you have to control heat loss from it or just leave it open? I found an empty tin can fits over it loosely. I don't know if tin can be welded to steel but, if it can then a sort of chimney could be made ...

Here we are. It seems that it should be a very snug fit.



I do have assess to more drums

Cheers Doc
Lid's nearly off. I am just grinding through the rim just enough to get the lid off in the hope the the rim of the drum will be intact - if that's what you mean. The edge of the lid appears to be very sharp and I'm going to set my file on it. The rim of the drum seems to be rounded ...

I've got an HTC Legend. The left side of my screen is cut off too. If you go to 'menu' - 'more' then press 'Mobile view (GWT)' you can see all the text.