Hey gang!
Very excited to show you the next level
I made another batch of my IRC and had enough to slap the barrel in too. Struck the hammer while it was hot!
I don't have a picture of the new heat riser top, but that's not very exciting anyhoot!
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Now my gentle frustration... I am a little concerned about flow, she's not roaring the way I would like, need. I am getting some smokeback and fire creep. I am going to wait for things to dry out first before I get into the piping and what not. Some of my segments aren't really clean, I hand made some sections so know I can clean up/smooth out some of the transitions, but I need more pull!
It's fun though, a cherry red spot on the top of the barrel, pipes are warm (starting at about 180* right off the plenum and around 135 next to the chimney, give or take, I am not in front of it right now...)
Do you folk think the two nineties by the chimney are slowing things down? You can't even see the plenum and the T that has a 45 on it for the clean out. I had to really monkey things around to squeeze things in there!
Lemme know what you all think. I am not taking anything apart yet, and going to bring in some stones and see how things progress.
Anyone else had to increase their draft?
I think the lid to my barrel is a bit close to the HR, I measured from the top of the barrel and the lid has some depth I didn't account for. It would be easy to shave the HR down a little...
Can't wait to get home and put the fire to it, temps in the 20s up here in Maine!
Keep it rockety gang~p