New to this. Just discovered this a day ago. Wondering if anyone has tried to use heat sinks on the exposed outside shell covering the riser, in order to transfer heat more effectively into the room air while lowering the metal surface temp. to the touch (lessen the chances of touching the hot exterior surface). Thinking possibly aluminum finned heat sink material. Short-ish fins. Maybe 1/4" long? (Although with the high delta T to the room air, I think longer fins would work also if trying to maximize the surface area). Possibly be finding an existing aluminum heat sink extrusion (from a manufacturer of them; don't want to pay for a extrusion die

that is thin and flexible enough to "bend" to the round shape of the barrel. Then bolting it to the barrel. Possibly add a sheet of heat transfer film between the aluminum and the steel barrel).