Thank you for the compliments everybody, much appreciated.
I grew up on a family farm but that was only home life for everybody. My father was an iron worker, my grandfather a machinist, my uncles where everything from tool and die makers to metalurgist in the heat treat field. My other grandfather was a gunsmith, and have other uncles that have mechanical backgrounds so its in my blood so to speak. one of our buildings was a 60' by 120' post frame fully finished as a workshop where we had every tool and machine imaginable, everyone contributed and everyone made money out of it. So I know my way around metal. As far as at my home shop, I currently do not have room for a press brake. I have a mostly automotive based shop where I build tube chassis and auto parts for the local racing community and do engine work on the side. All the pictures you see here are in my little welding corner I have curtained off. Some day ill talk the wife in to letting me add on but for now I use one of the brakes at work as I have unlimited access to the shop there and all the equipment also. So as it works right now I really don't need one at home, just wake up early or stay a few minutes late and form it at work.
Bullworker: A T.L.U.D is an acronym for Top Lit Upside Down gasifier. A very common form of camp stove and the simplest of gasifiers. Batch loading only, and can function perfectly without any sort of forced draft. Convection currents cause airflow through the apparatus to feed the fire.
Mrdan: my intentions of using the P.I.D are far greater than simply temperature control. I will actually be using a couple of them, all synchronized to communicate with eachother. One will monitor water temp, one will monitor secondary combustion temp, one will monitor flue gas temp, one will monitor flue gas oxygen content. My intentions are to have a self monitoring, self adjusting control module that will always aim for optimum burn, regulate secondary airflow, and shut down when combustion is complete. And lastly, buying 3 or 4 PID controllers together is cheaper than a single aquastat.