I made a barrel stove.

[Irving]

Just want to chime in and say that this has been a cool project to watch. You have done a great job and it looks awesome...

Thank you for the praise.

Once you've got the spark arrestor crammed back up into the pipe, run three self-tapping sheet metal screws into the pipe (spaced evenly around it) under the lowest point of the mesh. This will stop the mesh from falling back down into the fire box, and still allow you to remove it if you ever wanted to.

My neighbor suggested the same thing about the self-tapping screws, but since I was worried it would melt, I didn't want to drill holes for nothing.
Here are some more pictures.


I don't like how the supports for the chimney look. It was improvised and it works well enough (but needs a rear support), but I'd like something that looks better.


I'm kind of embarrassed of how it looks as it comes close to complete though. I tend to start out with grand ideas and end up slacking on the finish. I'm trying not to do that with this project. I've still got to seal around the pipe where it passes through the roof. The last part is cleaning up my patio and putting up a wall.

Ray, this is the stuff I used for the paint.