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I grew up on pitch, learned euchre and pinochle when I caddied at TVCC. Tacks Icould be persuaded to play some pitch. We can teach it to the rest of the academy.

There is a re sale store on McKinley just south of wegmans. They have a lot of used hockey equipment. prices are ok. I think there might be another used hockey store on NF blvd tonawanda side south of the 290.

I'll have to look into the mailbox mod. So the smoke is generated in the mailbox and the heat in the smoker?

I already added a valve in line to lower the temps, the problem is that the chips don't produce smoke unless I crank up the propane to at least 180-200° that's why I wanted to try the offset chamber.

Here's the finished product. I hope I don't get sick from the toxic glues. I just did some research and found out that plywood can be real bad. I don't think I got the temps up high enough to release the bad gasses.?? I also put the sausage in a pot of fresh water and brought it up to 170* and simmered for 45 minutes. then put in an ice water bath to cool it. Hopefully that helped wash off the toxic stuff?

I never thought about the off gassing of the glues in the plywood. i did run the smoker empty for a couple of hours to make sure it was working. Hopefully that sealed the plywood with smoke. I ended up finishing the sausage in the original smoker as the box wouldn't heat up to much more than 110* and I needed to get the meat up to 155. The kielbasa turned out pretty good, I'll post a pic later.

Well I literally roughed this together. I didn't take much time as I figured if it doesn't work I'll only be out some garbage picked plywood. I made a box and put in a metal baffle just above the intake vent, ( left over ductwork) thinking it would help disperse the smoke. I cut o 4" hole in the top to vent it, and installed a flapper on it to control the smoke. I just used a piece of dowel to hang some kielbasa from. I'll know soon enough is it's a keeper.

I'm good any time after 5

Great bench! Although you should take a close look at that floor joist (ceiling) that is cut at the bottom for the pvc pipe. That is the worst place to cut a joist. I don't know how long the span is that it must carry, but you should look into at least adding a piece of plywood glued and screwed to the sides of the joist to reinforce it.

Is anyone shooting Wolcott tomorrow after work?

Happy Birthday Jeremy ! Seems like I've done this before?

I don't know if this belongs in this thread or in the "what's in your smoker" thread, but I'm thinking of trying to modify my vertical propane smoker to an offset smoker. I have a problem trying to smoke sausage etc that requires a cold smoke 130-180 degrees. My smoker gets too hot and when I throttle it down it doesn't produce smoke. So I'm thinking of using the propane smoker for the burner and ducting to a separate chamber for the meat. I was thinking it would allow me to generate the smoke without the direct heat. I'm a carpenter not a welder and I don't have access to the metal barrels so I'm thinking of building a wood box to use for the smoke chamber. I know that wood burns but I don't think it will with the heat source far enough away. The other thought is the wood will suck up all the smoke and drippings. Any thoughts? I'll post any pics and results. Hopefully I don't burn down my garage!

I picked up a box of Watson's sponge candy yesterday. I'll get her a card and some cut flowers today. She told me yesterday that she is booked all day with clients so she probably won't have time to even get me a card. So I'll leave her the loot and go play hockey! I'm so romantic! Her birthday is Sunday so I'll make up for everything then.

What time on Monday?

Jay, if your sending a group text my old phone doesn't get them. you will have to text me separately. Sorry

I start late and quit early to make up for it!

I'm sure we can, it will just cut into our drinking time!

Eddie , where did you find it for $19? Wally world?

I wore my BB cap, I think it helped. My first shot since last October! It was great shooting again. I think I'll go again soon.

I played hockey at 8:30 am and went to breakfast with about 8 guys from my team. It was a good time. Went to the store for SB snacks shrimp cocktail and beer. I even stayed awake for half time!

Lapp Rd A A back open for business? Or was this the Sunday AM league? Much nicer outside this week!

I'm in. Tuesday at 5, now where did I leave my bow?

I'll do tuesday, what time?

This would look great over a fireplace. I made this from a black walnut branch. Still needs a couple of coats of poly. I'm going to donate it to the turkey Banquet this Saturday, that can auction it off.

Is the Lapp Rd Archery Academy moving indoors? I think we should plan an evening shoot with wings and brews to follow. I see they are open Tuesday -Saturdays 9-9, can we meet up after work some night? I'm ok with any night except Wednesday(ski) and Thursday(hockey) other than that I'm good.