| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,801 | Simply drilling holes in the right place and installing the flapper valve and shaft would probably convert the Fenton to have the heat riser function. Press fit a couple of steel bushings into the hole to support the shaft and add the snail shell bimetal spring on the outside. I've fabricated heat riser flappers and shafts from stainless steel- - - -they last about 3 days past forever. Jerry
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