Its made out of steel pipeing. basically its a 3in long metal tube with a L joint pipe on the end, then i put a socket piece inside the L joint hole! It works perfect. I want to add a few bolts on the end with some extra screw thread things so it will look more...finished. I want to also cover it all in black clay. (the pipe itself dosn't heat up at all...(well just kinda warmish) so i can cover the stem? in a layer of clay, then maybe make it go up and over some of the L joint. ...can you picture that? I shall have pics when i completely finish it.