Hope you aren't angry at me for starting this thread, you've invested a lot of time already.
Nope, not at all.
Always been curious, and one of the family is already playing with this so two may figure it out faster than one.
My first does have smoke, but mild, not enough for my liking.
I noticed every time I stirred the salt I lost some through the sieve and knew the holes had to be smaller to keep the fines in place.
The pepper corns before smoking had a real nose bite, but after, none. The effects of +200* temps?
Next time 120 mesh screen, continuous 24hrs or more cold smoke, I expect a much smokier result with little to no salt loss.
Minor problem, the dough heads that built the smoker rack put the dividers in the opposite way they should have been.
Minor fix, two properly located ignition holes coming up.