Sorry for not posting for a little while, but, I've been trying to gather components to finally start piecing this thing to together. The duct work has been a beast!. Nothing seemed to fit easily, when trying to attach one part another would come apart until finally I just started taping each section as I went along.
Then I went to build my heat riser and after cutting the outer pipe I had just purchased I realized something was off. The 14" pipe they sold me was actually only a 10" pipe. Crap.
While I'm on the subject of the heat riser, Matt if the outer pipe is 14" and the 55 gal. barrel measures 23" that makes for 4.5" gap all around the heat riser. Is that too much? Ianto calls for 1/5 − 2". My guess is that it won't matter and it's probably better to be larger than smaller.
Anyway, here are some pictures:
Manny, I don't think we'll be using the rough sawn on the front. Our reasoning is that we think it would hinder the heat release and force the heat through the top of the bench only instead of from the front AND the top. Any feedback?
Ray