/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2783900
Here's a look inside before firing it up. Firebrick plinth in the middle, handful of charcoal in front of the burner outlet. The floor is 2" of fireclay and perlite, topped with a 3/8" layer of ceramic-fiber and Plistix 900F slurry. The walls are lined with 2" of ceramic fiber insulation, and capped with a 1/8" layer of Plistix 900F. The lid was half-assed, no denying it. I bent a decagon from hardware store steel flat bar, drilled some holes for $5 worth of u-bolts, and that's it. There's 2" of ceramic fiber insulation cut into 2" wide strips, rolled up tightly into little wheels of insulation, then shoved into place so the tension of the packed in insulation is holding it all together into the frame. When it was good enough to not fall apart with aggressive shaking, I lined it top and bottom with about 1/8" of the same Plistix refractory. I focused most of my effort on what I decided would be the hot side of the lid, and I regret that now, the outer face is shitty and weak when I could've made it good enough to use BOTH sides as desired. Oh well.

The whole thing is in an aluminum steamer pot from the Walmart clearance shelf, because fuck you. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.