I’m going to turn my attention back to the grate and remove the solid fence. This will be replaced with a taller heavy screen fence. This comes after reading Jim Mason’s GEK 5.0 revelations. Thanks Jim and team for an amazing “turn” of events. I figured I’d get a similar longer residence, higher fuel density if I had a larger volume of char similar to the grate basket shown here.
I just refound this pic that shows a cast in place grate basket circa 1970. The article is in the History category titled “Early woodgas from Australia”, post 14. Love the post numbering system. Go to Forum, on the upper left side of the screen click on All categories, then click on History scroll to “Early woodgas from Australia” post 14. You can enlarge the picture there for a better view of the “grate basket”.
My basket will take up most of the “H” dimension of 4". Probably 3 1/2" as shown by the cross sectioned grate.
Update- The diameter is 13 1/2". I used a 3" wall. The original wall was 2" so this increased the volume from 286 cubic inches to 429 cubic inches or 50%.
This grate wall will go.
The new grate basket wall will be made from this heavy screen. Since my grate is 13 1/2" I can use a small properly emptied propane tank to heat form the new grate basket.
