Erick Miller

Sandblasting is a given and either waves/quasi-flame or circles eventually…. Shaping and testing & a few fires & observation of what happens (appearance wise) especially when full on overheating it (fire it like I’m trying to melt the steel) then the final “finish” but all that is just the cosmetics. Function first! Then when satisfied with that … could powdercoat but I don’t see it as a “best option” for either the bell or for the BBQ application… considering it’s stainless not to mention added cost …if it was mild/carbon steel I would definitely consider it.

I considered a pizza oven as well but a brisket smoker/bbq would get more use ^.^ and while not ideal for pizza it could be used in that fashion.

2 years ago

It was a Craigslist special that I found about 5yrs ago from an old farmer/vintner 175$ for the pair … but I had to load them by myself and the Toyota pu I hauled them with barely survived and it wasn’t happy with them in the bed. But other than the RMH use I plan to make 1 into a BBQ smoker like 1st picture … what other (better) uses come to mind for you?? Asking because hey I can’t think of everything.

2 years ago

I was concerned regarding overall height as well and obviously with this tank being much heavier than the 55 drum
I was looking to incorporate additional options for internal accessibility… as well because once it’s in place I hope for tank placement to be permanent.

I was mostly just looking for others to give thoughts / critiques and see if this had any glaring problems.

I plan to get the brick work all in place including riser and then cut the barrel at exactly the correct height. I think that with the mass of the steel and with the stainless polished up this setup the exposed barrel would be quite attractive and having most if not all of it exposed would facilitate the radiant heat aspect.

2 years ago

So on most (if not all) RMH a 55g drum seems to be the standard.

I happened across 2 Stainless Steel 3/8” thick 150/180 gallon tanks originally they were used as well charge things (wrong name but I forget the correct term) … then they were converted to bonus air storage/compressor setup … regardless… I have attached images … one image is tanks of this size that have been converted into bbq/smokers and the other two of the tanks themselves. The BBQ conversion picture looks like mild steel … where my tanks are stainless … other than welding & cutting ramifications I don’t see how it would affect much in RMH usage or even for a BBQ smoker … because stainless just pushes heat stability temps up another level.

I’m curious as to thoughts from the community on the positive & negative with regards to replacing the 55g drum with the top 1/2 - 3/4 of one of these tanks. They are about 6ft tall not counting the “legs” and they have the rounded (bell) end vs the flat of a 55g drum and just a slightly bigger diameter than the 55g drum.

2 years ago

Trying to find a really good blanket solution

Nothing beats a down comforter for heat retention.

You are opposite of me I love being under heavy weight blankets and the down comforter with a washable cover was always too light feeling … I have flannel sheets then a fuzzy low EM electric blanket that is used for 1 hour to pre-warm the bed … then a heavyweight merino wool “army blanket” then the down comforter (4 top layers)
When getting into bed I skim out of clothes (freezing that whole 10-15 seconds) but then hop in … and it’s super toasty warm under covers due to pre-heat and the wool & down heat retention.

I currently sleep in a room that is UNDER 50 F … but with the above setup I fall asleep quickly and sleep soundly … and in a room that is that cold it works extremely well … Extra Cold room sleeping is odd but for me it’s perfect. The getting in to bed & getting out in morning is sort of gross but in bed under covers it is a dream.

You would omit the heavy weight wool army blanket for another option … you could use a felt or flannel lightweight layer imo fuzzy options are good with the layers because the soft fuzzy traps air in between layers. The problem with many of the fuzzy options is that they are synthetic.

2 years ago

animal fibers

Thanks for fixing this

2 years ago

Erick Miller is the real account with all the "stuff" and unlocks
The Bob one was the "fake" one I had to make so I could post a message... to try for a fix ... You can delete Bob or merge it whatever is most convenient

Thanks!

The email address and the Miller name should clue you in why Erick Miller is my screen name

3 years ago

Bob Wilson wrote:I was running into this as well
the unsubscribe link (“to unsubscribe or fiddle with your email settings: https://permies.com/e/307915t36888274”) not actually removing my email from the daily msg list … after the link goes to modify the login and modify settings screen … I updated my preferences to exclude daily and after approximately a week the daily is still landing in my in-box.

It’s odd …after dinking around a bit it looks like the forum login thinks I’m two different people both under the exact same email … my real account that for some reason I can’t access is Erick Miller(alias) gmail addy but when I logged in under the saved email password it didn’t display my alias or let me post here … it asked for a real sounding name …so I entered another alias under the same gmail addy (Bob Wilson) …I imagine this is part of the reason the unsubscribe isn’t working either…. But that’s just a guess

3 years ago

I was running into this as well
the unsubscribe link (“to unsubscribe or fiddle with your email settings: https://permies.com/e/307915t36888274”) not actually removing my email from the daily msg list … after the link goes to modify the login and modify settings screen … I updated my preferences to exclude daily and after approximately a week the daily is still landing in my in-box.

3 years ago