Hi All,
I'm planning on making an 8 inch RMH, casting my core like Matt and others have.
I want to make the barrel, or part of the barrel removable. Initially I thought of getting a barrel with removable lid and lock ring.
Then I thought "why not use two barrels? Isn't bigger always better?". I could get two barrels at cut them both around one of their ribs.
There are two ribs on each barrel, so after the cutting, I'd have 2/3's of a barrel and another 2/3's of a barrel. I could cob in the bottom 2/3 barrel, then stack the other 2/3 barrel on top of that (using a lock ring to hold it together and maybe welding in some strength so the lock ring doesn't collapse the barrels).
Now I'm 1 1/3 barrels high and want to and I want to increase the length of my heat riser by the same amount (1/3 of a barrel).
My question is: when it comes to heat riser length, is bigger always better?