Thumper Down Tube Design

[Rusty Ole Bucket]

So I have a friend who homebrews beer. I was talking to him about the thumper and how it worked. The conversation went to diffusing the steam at the end of the thump down tube and the best way to accomplish that without plugging it. He showed me something called a bazooka screen he used on the drains in his fermenters. I thought it might work good as a diffuser and may not plug even running with fruit pulp since it would just be a screen at the end of an open down tube. I could only find them in 1/2" and I didn't want to go down in size from 3/4" so I ditched the bought bazooka screen idea. I thought it might be good to bump up to 1" for the majority of the tube and add some sort of screen at the end. This is what I came up with and I'd like you guys opinion if you think it might work and be worth finishing up. My thumper has 20" from the bottom to the keg to the bottom of the Sanke fitting, a 5" thumper charge will cover the top of the slots by about 1/2". I used 5 layers of copper mesh for the screen. I know it's probably overkill and over thought, but I like tinkering.

Think it'll work or is it a dumb noobie idea?

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Rusty