I made a barrel stove.

[Irving]

I've updated that thread with the stove making book I was talking about. I'll put the links here as well.

Here is that stove making book I spoke of earlier this year.
Making a wood stove: http://autonopedia.org/renewable-ene...g-wood-stoves/
Using a wood stove: http://autonopedia.org/renewable-ene...g-wood-stoves/

[Chad4000]

No questions

[Marlin]

Is your cell number still the same from a few years ago?



Thanks!

Yeah, I'm sitting at the moment. So, whenever.

[DOC]

Cool idea I want one for my basement. Its cold down here.

[Irving]

Remember this picture from page 2?


I did a test burn tonight with just the 4' stack. I had to prop that rain cover on the top because it was still shooting flames, AND sparks. This isn't the glow from the fire, it is the actual flames shooting into the bottom of the rain cap and flowering out.


Here it is now, all closed up and cooling off. No sparks or flames, just smoke and the whole thing is about 300 degrees cooler (only 250 or so) so I feel comfortable leaving it unattended.


I was hoping that moving the damper up high would help it last longer by getting it out of the flames. It's not going to matter if it is still getting blasted like this. I think a baffle is going to have to be a priority now. Once I was burning actual logs, and not cardboard and mail, the sparks pretty much stopped and everything was a lot less scary. When installed, there is going to be an extra 5 feet of pipe on top of that 4' black pipe. I don't think that will calm the sparks down though, as it will just shoot them out the top still. I'm going to look into a spark arrestor to be safe.

Finally, the thin metal oven rack didn't work as well as I thought. I guess people aren't cooking stuff as heavy as logs in the oven. Do those lines look straight to you? The rack must have bowed down in the middle a good 3 inches. That rebar/angle iron grate is looking better and better.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Cool to see you experimenting, and going for the optimum set up, Irving.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Now you need something similar to this. My in laws have one for their stove and it's awesome. Make one or buy a cheaper one.

http://www.amazon.com/Ecofan-Heat-Po.../dp/B005G2S3JM

[Irving]

Oh yeah. It is about 37-39 degrees outside. Sitting within 3 feet of this thing in full blaze makes you so hot that your clothes burn your skin a bit. 5 feet away and you can feel the heat, but would probably move closer to be comfortable. I'm interested to see how the feel will change when this is under a metal roof and partially enclosed by two full walls, and two partial walls. The range for seating positions when installed will basically be from 4 feet to 10 feet away. Should do a decent job when I keep it roaring.

ETA: Just saw that Ecofan. That is totally awesome, and I love the concept. Not sure how well it'd work outside though.

[enthusiast]

Where did you get your rain cap from?

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

The Eco fan will move the heat further at a very low rate of speed. I think one person would really like it haha.