Nice post Gooserider.
I should have clarified in my soldering. I actually soldered the elbows and pipes (I've forgotten the difference between Tube and pipe. Is Tube the one measured on ID, and pipe on OD?) together with silver solder. The plate and pipes are just joined by normal solder. May not have been actual silver solder, but it comes in thin long sticks, and is sold by the kilo and wasn't cheap.
I milled the flat just to make it easy to solder, rather than any heat conduction. It meant it didn't roll or have to be clamped.
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