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jyl, I would rest the wood on a grate with a cleanout below. Making the top metal would concern me re heat transfer. (I don't know, but I'd hate to make it and find out that the top was too hot to touch after an hour with a fire inside.)
It looks like there is some sort of cap (or circular base to the table) over your current pit. Possibly that could be grating that would allow air in from the bottom to feed the fire, and a place for the ashes. Then once or twice a year the table could be tipped over and the ashes cleaned out? Feed the wood to the fire from a door in the side or lift off the grill and feed it from the top.
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