Welcome to part two of this project!

I have decided that this was getting too long to keep on the one page, so here is page two. We left off on page one with the lid being layed out, and built. After the mortar had cured I routed the choked groove for the lid's heating element, it's shaped a bit like a Greek letter omega. This shape allows the element to be retained in the lid without the use to clips or hooks etc.



Here is the lid with the groove cut into it.

The next task, and NOT and easy one at that, was to install the element into the groove. This took about three hours and not a few blistered finger tips!



Half way done!



All done!



What the lid looks like in place, the power box and the temperature readout are also installed in this pic, this pic shows that I'm nearly there...



Testing the read out, I still have to set it to read in degrees Celcius, but other wise i'm very happy, it works the ambiant temp was about 19'C and that corresponds rather well with the read out of 66'F.



Here is the lid's power supply conduit installed, it is made from a length of reinforced flex hose, so it is insulated inside and out, besides, the wires running inside it are insulated anyway, I think this is about as good as it gets.



This is the main power box, I know the wiring is a little messy, but working with the box in my lap because the wires aren't long enough to rest it on the table or floor just makes life a tad difficult, so I figure so long as there are no bear wires and none touch the potenially hot kiln wall I'm happy. I have restrained them so they won't go a wandering, anyway.

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