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   Steinmetz | Sep 03, 2006 12:40am | #1

   Make 17x 7/8" cubes Most Mothers inlaw don't carry rulers around. Stein

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   ctsjr | Sep 03, 2006 12:48am | #2

   Good point!  I'll think about it while I enjoy a cold one and the baby backs I've been smoking all afternoon.  Have a good one.  Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"

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   Jimma | Sep 03, 2006 02:24am | #4

   What type of smoker are you using? (I use one made in New Braunsfeld, TX.)

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   ctsjr | Sep 03, 2006 06:05am | #5

   It's made by Lyfe Tyme in Uvalde, TX.  Made out of 1/4" thick 16" diameter pipe.  It has a fire box and smoke chamber.  Similar to the New Braunfels smoker--a little heavier gauge.  I use mesquite wood.  Hope you cook something good this weekend.  Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"

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   Jimma | Sep 04, 2006 12:30am | #8

   That Lyfe Tyme series of smokers/grills is amazing. Glad you told me, although it isn't likely I'll burn through my New Braunfels any time soon. I like the larger fire box on the LT. Most of my wood is kiln dried hickory from my son's building projects. He's about to start a three-storey spiral staircase out of hickory. Should have enough cut offs to last me the rest of my life!

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   ctsjr | Sep 04, 2006 01:45am | #9

   When I lived in East Texas, a hickory tree in the front yard died.  I had it cut up into lengths for my smoker, and didn't burn it all before it rotted.  I've had my Lyfe Tyme grill since 91, and it does a great job.  A friend here in Humble made me stainless steel grills to replace the raw steel grills--huge improvement.  Hickory and Mesquite are my favorite cooking woods.  I'm going to try my hand at building an end table and coffee table out of mesquite this fall.  Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"

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   ctsjr | Sep 03, 2006 01:33am | #3

   Stein

   I haven't even had a beer yet and I'm sold.  Thanks for the advice.  It'll be way easier to rip the plywood down than to make another jig.  Makes me think of the signature of one of our fellow post-ers  "If you don't think too good, don't think too much!"  Still gotta laugh at myself!  Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"

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   forestgirl | Sep 03, 2006 04:11pm | #6

   Tom, I can't tell you how reassuring it is to hear that others make such mistakes!  Too funny.  I'll vote for the 17-7/8" deep cubes, LOL.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   

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   ctsjr | Sep 03, 2006 04:39pm | #7

   Forestgirl,

   I was so stunned when I figured it out.  All along I am thinking "I've got plenty of room" and when I realized what happened, all I could do was laugh.  Stein's solution will work fine.  It'll be much easier to rip the plywood down a bit than to build a new jig.  I can't remember who said it, but that woodworking is not about not making mistakes; it's about working around your mistakes.  Not my first and won't be the last!  Have a great weekend.  Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"

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   dherzig | Sep 04, 2006 03:46am | #10

   The sigin in my shop says: "I do not make mistakes. I make variations."

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   ctsjr | Sep 04, 2006 04:57am | #11

   That's accurate.  I even made some variations today.  "Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"