[BiggKidd]

Got the copper cut down and got the heating element section made. It’s a hunk of 2 inch stainless steel thin walled pipe and I needed to attach it to half of a 1 in cast iron pipe coupler so the element will screw in to it. The stainless pipe gives a no contact zone for the copper connector bars for the + and – while moving the element closer to the center of the unit. Sadly JB Weld was the best form of adhesion I could find and it’s only good to 550F so hopefully it’ll hold. It’ll probably see that temperature and more. While that started curing I got busy making the air intake closer. After much searching I found a piece of scrap steel close enough in size I didn’t mind cutting it down. It is a bit thicker than I was planning on and so therefore heavier. I needed something heavy enough to close the trap door but not so heavy as to stop the wood from passing through. Hopefully I can find that balance point using this piece I’m working on. Rain got here again before I was able to get more done.