I've read quite a few articles and posts, but have not found what I'm looking to learn yet. So I was wondering if anyone had researched the impact of using heat reflector on the back wall of the bell (bench) on optimal sizing.
The idea is to use a bench bell. Since the back side of that bench would be "wasted surface area" to heat (only the top and front of the bench will really radiate heat directly into the room), ideally we'd want to concentrate the heat on the top and front of the bench. However, all bench sizing information I've read uses front, back, top and end dimensions to calculate the optimal size. So, the question is whether the top, front and end dimensions of the bench can be increased by installing heat reflector along the back wall of the bench bell?
Anyone ever tried it or have an educated guess?
I've seen where this concept has been implemented in the past for radiators and other applications.
Along the same lines, I suppose the bell could be shaped as a right triangle with its hypotenuse running from the floor to the back of the benchtop, again using heat reflector.
Thoughts?
