Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: osage outlaw on June 22, 2015, 11:16:35 pm
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I want to make a small wood stove for my work shop. This has been on my to do list for a couple of years now. I did some research and found some cool looking stoves made from propane tanks. They seemed like the perfect size to heat my 8'x24' room in the winter. I have been using two small space heaters. I would like to heat it for free with osage scraps. I collected a few old tanks over the last year or two. Dnznbar gave me one of them. I've been working at a different plant lately and there is an expert welder there. He said he would help me with it. I've been gathering parts and researching the best (cheapest) way to make the chimney. We decided to go with 3" car exhaust pipe. I picked up a 7.5' section for $25 at a local mechanics shop today. He flared one end and gave me a scrap piece for free. I want to re-purpose some tools somehow to make the door latch. Kind of like a rat rod stove. I would like to find a brake drum to weld to the top so I could have a cooking surface. I gathered up some parts and I'm taking them to work tomorrow. I'll post some pictures as we build it. I'm going to see if he could make one of the tanks into a small wood fire grill for me. It would be a good size to take on camping trips. I've been cooking a lot of deer steaks over wood coals lately.
When I took the valves out of the tanks one of them had some oily liquid in it. I dumped it in the driveway on some weeds to kill them. Big mistake. That liquid stunk like rotten propane terribly bad. After 5 days and several heavy rain storms the driveway still reeks of propane. I dug up the gravel and dirt in that spot today and it still smells. The wife isn't very happy with my project so far.
Here are the parts we have so far. I filled the tanks with water to make sure all the propane gas was out of them.
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What a cool idea! I'll be interested to see how it turns out.
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The goal is to have something sort of like this when we are done.
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Pretty neat Clint.
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Good to see you're a step closer since Marshall to realizing your goal. And ya seem to have thought it through well. Good luck on the finishing stretch!
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Thats cool Clint! How long do you think they will last? Better put some double wall pipe through the wall were the stack goes through. Patrick
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Cool project Clint ! I saw a pic of one like that,'cept it used a tire rim for a base. Good luck - Bob.
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What is the wall thickness of those propane tanks, do you think it will be thick enough to withstand the temps that Osage puts off?
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Nice rig, you sure know how to make something nice from nothing,that should warm your shop a bit. :)
Pappy
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I don't know the wall thickness yet. I don't plan on making a big fire and I'll mix in some ash or oak with the osage. I plan on putting a couple of fire brick in the bottom of it. We are going to start working on it tomorrow afternoon.
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Thats cool Clint! How long do you think they will last? Better put some double wall pipe through the wall were the stack goes through. Patrick
I'm planning on running the chimney out the window. I'll get a steel plate cut to fit it. I want to be able to take it down during the summer.
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Very cool, Clint. You could set it up in the Clintabago for winter camping too.
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Cool project.. sand or bricks on the bottom will help for not burning out the bottom
Thanks Leroy
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Cool project Clint! That oily stuff is mercaptan. It's the stenching agent used on propane since propane is odorless. DO NOT get that stuff on your shoes or clothes. It will not wash out with normal detergent. I see you have several tanks to work with. Have you give any thought to a double stacker stove for your shop? They are much more efficient than a single barrel set up. Josh
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Heads up on the flue pipe, galvanized pipe can make you sick when it heats up. I would get black snap pipe with a damper so you could control burn. Plus it is held with screws so it comes apart easily. You could tab it in so no welding necessary.
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Thanks Leroy. I hadn't thought about sand instead of bricks.
Josh, I thought about the double stacker. I'll see if I can talk the welder into it.
Pauly, The welder told me to avoid galvanized to. The exhaust pipe is aluminized steel. He said it would be fine.
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Good deal just wanted to make sure wasn't galvanized
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I appreciate it Pauly. That was the first thing he told me when I asked him to help.
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I'm sure not only did he want you not to be breathing it but I'll guarantee you even more so he did not want to weld it. Welding galvanized without exhaust and a respirator is bad news
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Looking forward to seeing this one. You're always thinking of cool stuff, Clintster.
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That will work well for your work area. Looks like two tanks cut and welded would get you a bigger stove or hey a smoker with a little more time and cutting.
Tracy
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We decided to go with a double tank design. We got them cut and he is welding them together right now.
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I made a small wood stove from a section of sewer pipe- will post pics later... beware of of galvanized- it releases bad fumes- really bad
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Clint, I wish I had known you needed a brake drum. I have a dump truck drum I had planned to make a forge from. An older fella gave me a forge , so now I have no need for it. I would have brought it to the Classic.
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Thanks anyway Wildman. We are going to do something different anyway. We called it a day after it was welded back together. We are going to work on it some more this weekend.
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Your unique buildalongs are fun to read along!
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Looking good!
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Are you going to try to make it air-tight?
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Knoll: Thanks. I have a job that allows to much time to think about and research stuff to make. I hope other members can benefit from my projects. I sure appreciate all the comments and suggestions.
Thanks Tracy!
DC: What do you mean by air tight? We are going to weld in a square frame and door. I think we are going to make a small damper below the door to control air flow.
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That baby's looking good Clint! I wish that I had more time to tinker. Josh
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Thanks Josh. You need some closer to home routes.
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Up here a stove is considered air tight if you can damper it down to the point that the fire almost goes out.
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Cool project Clint. You got my wheels spinning now. I have got a couple of those tanks laying around at the barn and I could use a little wood stove. I always enjoy your brainstorming, buildalongs, and inventive stuff. I intend to make time for more projects like that in the future. Keep us posted on the stove. It's looking great so far.
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DC, we are going to get it sealed up as good as we can.
Howard, what is that old saying; necessity is the mother of invention :) Cold winters, high electric bills, and expensive wood stoves caused this project.
I got the band saw out and did a lot of cutting this afternoon. I cut all the scraps down into small pieces to save as fire wood. I'm going to try this size of wood pieces in it. I plan on keeping the fires small at first to see how it does. I'm thinking it won't take much to keep my small shop warm. Maybe I'll be able to work in shorts and a sleeveless shirt this winter ;D
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We got a little more done on it today. We decided to replace the top with a thicker piece of steel. Plus it will give me a flat surface on top for a pan of water. We also welded the chimney pipe to it.
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Looking good! 8) Patrick
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Thanks. I think we are going to try and make the door on Thursday or Friday.
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Good idea on the top Clint ! Always nice to have a place to heat Coffee or cook on. Bob
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Good/useful looking top. You're gettin' there!
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I think I'll be doing more steam bends now that I have a heat source in the work shop
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Looking real good Clint !
Tracy
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Those smooth round surfaces will be great for straightening hill cane.
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Make that top nice and smooth and start whipping out pancakes. Then you could call your shop Clint's Flapjack Shack.
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looking good so far Clint :)
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I was wondering how your stove was coming! Looking good.
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I'm working around the welders schedule so we haven't got much done on the stove for several days. We spent a little bit of time on it tonight. The door opening was cut and started framing in around it. We thought it would be better to have some thicker steel to attach the hinges and door to. It's slowly taking shape. I think I'm going to try and forge a large round file into a part for the damper. I've never done any forging so it should be interesting. I'll try to build a small forge out of fire bricks and see how it goes.
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I also got two mandrel bend 45 degree elbows for the chimney in the mail today. I need to get them flared out on one end.
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That sucka is lookin' impressive.
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Looking great
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Cool pal....wanna make me one too ;) pleeeease ;)
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Does the inside of the top just open into the chimney pipe or is there some baffle or other bits in there to keep ashes from rising thru? Real cool project. Russ
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Its open inside. We talked about putting a baffle in it but didn't think it was necessary since we made it taller.
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We are going to use a piece of square tubing for a damper under the door. There will be a plate inside of it to control the air flow. Today I tried to do some forging for the first time ever. I took a round file and made it into the handle for the damper.
I used some fire brick, a piece of car exhaust pipe, and the blower from an inflatable snowman. My pile of scrap wood got soaked with rain so I had to weed out a few low quality osage staves for the fuel. I enjoyed heating and shaping the metal. Everything went pretty smooth. I singed some hair off my arm and a piece of slag caught my shirt on fire. I think I'll set up a permanent forge up off the ground sometime.
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I flattened out the bottom for the handle and flattened out the center part of the rod so the plate can attach to it.
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After it cooled off I cut the bottom off and rounded the edges out. I'm going to put some wood scales on it next.
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I used ... ... a piece of car exhaust pipe and the blower from an inflatable snowman.
Everything went pretty smooth. I singed some hair off my arm and a piece of slag caught my shirt on fire.
You're truly an ingenious fella! But just couldn't help myself .... laughing so loudly that The Wife came a runnin' to find out what was so hilarious.
:laugh: ;D :laugh: :D :laugh:
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Looking good Clint
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Woo, nice forge :)
Del
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Looks like you got another hobby :D
I didn't see the pic of the osage fired pizza like we made at moontree >:D
Tracy
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Thanks guys.
Knoll, Next year at the Classic remind me to tell you my sparkler bomb story.
Tracy, I'll stick with the metal work instead of cooking.
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I put some osage scales on the handle. The epoxy wasn't set up enough for me to shape them. That will have to wait until Monday.
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Everything went pretty smooth. I singed some hair off my arm and a piece of slag caught my shirt on fire. I think I'll set up a permanent forge up off the ground sometime.
Man made materials catch on fire easily. Cotton, wool, leather, will smolder but not burst into flame.
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My welder friend had a death in the family and took some time off work. He is back and we are working on the stove again. We got the door frame enclosed and the door attached. I think we figured out how to use the wrench for the latch.
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Good to see you're back at it.
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Looking good bud! Patrick
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Good to see you're back at it.
Yep....Was thinking about you just yesterday if you were working on it....
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We got a little more work done on the stove. Progress has slowed down lately. We put some square tubing in the front for a damper. I'm going to make a plate to fit inside of it to regulate the air flow. It might cut off an inch or so off. It looks to long. We did a test fire to see how it worked and to burn some of the paint off. Everything looked good. I was burning pine pallet boards and was surprised at how long they lasted with the door shut. It put off a lot of heat. It won't take much of a fire to heat my small work shop.
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You'll love that thing in your shop this winter. 8)
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Lookin' good, bud.
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Looks toasty! :laugh:
Patrick
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Great result, bet you can't wait for Winter now ::)
Del
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That look's like it will work great, Clint. I' have to shorten that square tubing so I didn't kick it with flip flops on, though.
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Hey Eddie
If he gets that thing going in his shop .......He'll be wearing shorts and flip flops for sure ...mid winter in his shop with that stove..... ;D
DBar
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I think you are right Eddie. That tubing will have to be shortened. I could see myself bumping into it a lot. I don't want to knock it over with a fire going. I'm pretty sure I'll be leaving my work shop door open just to keep from sweating.
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You will love having a stove in your shop. I have a decent sized one and if its real cold I can sure go through the wood. It's nice when you start roughing out of Bow you can make the shavings disappear as fast as you make them.
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That will be nice Paul. I'm also looking forward to doing some steam bends with it. We made the top flat so I can put a pan of water on it.
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...and arrow straightening on the top, sides and stove pipe, making pitch glue on top and a host of other things. ;)
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...and arrow straightening on the top, sides and stove pipe, making pitch glue on top and a host of other things. ;)
I was thinking more eggs n bacon :)
Del
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Both are great ideas ;D
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Steaks r always good too ;) ....colder weathers right around the corner ya know and im sure youll be using it soon..so ya better hurry uo n finish it along with all your other projects ya got going.
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Looks very good Clint, that should be sweet in the shop. :)
Pappy
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I just put a wood stove in my shop last year, and like you I can't wait for colder weather. Last year I loved getting up early on the weekends when my wife and daughter were still sleeping, firing up that stove, and making some shavings in a nice toasty shop.
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This project got put on the back burner for a while. I'm finally able to get back to work on it. I'm trying to finish the stove before winter decides to get here. I removed all the old paint with a flap sander wheel.
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I gave it 2 good coats of high temperature paint. After I install the damper I'll give it a final coat. It's starting to look like a stove.
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Lookin real good an there is no heat like wood. ahhhh
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This project got put on the back burner for a while. I'm finally able to get back to work on it. I'm trying to finish the stove before winter decides to get here. I removed all the old paint with a flap sander wheel.
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I gave it 2 good coats of high temperature paint. After I install the damper I'll give it a final coat. It's starting to look like a stove.
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She looks real good ...Clint, Haven't need that stove this year yet have ya??? :) ;)
DBar
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Sure haven't Bill. I've been wearing sandals to work the past week.
Thanks Outback Bob. I can't wait to get my shop smelling like a good wood fire.
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Looking good Clint
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Ya must have paid off the Winter Weather Gods. They're holding back on the frigid stuff 'til ya get that wood burner fini!! Take pics of the 1st burn.
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Clint....Nice stove you made for yourself there.I know you'll be in the shop the whole time while your stove is burning.Burning only osage or too much of it takes about a 1/4" thick walled stove.It burns very very hot.Maybe this was said earlier too.I've been burning wood for my only heat for 35 years.
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I'm well aware of how hot osage burns. I used it to do some forging this summer. Dad heated our house with mostly osage when I was a kid.
Here is what we did for the door latch.
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I get it now! To open the door, you grab the handle and give it a wrench.
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To the left JW ;)
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I get it now! To open the door, you grab the handle and give it a wrench.
Soon as i think i have a handle on puns, you put me in awe. I have much to learn master.
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Looking good Clint!
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That would be nice at my shop. It kept below 20 all weekend. I've got enough winter for all of us. I also have about 30 inches of snow.
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Looking good Clint! Wish I had me one of those! Patrick
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When you get that thing stoked up, ...you'll be working in a genuine 'Sweat Shop'. 8)
BTW - That might not be a bad moniker for your brand name "Sweat Shop Bows - Built to perform under the most inhumane conditions!"
OneBow
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I rather like that, OneBow.
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Nice work Clint! You got it installed yet? Winter just started here today.
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I'm working on it Derik. I'm cutting the plate for the window today. If everything goes good I might get it installed and fired up this weekend.
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Make sure you install a wall thimble for that flue pipe. I'm not the brightest but I definitely know how to duct and flue things. You need any help or thoughts let me know
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Sent you a text Paul.
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Looking good! Are you going to sit it in a brick box, so it is off the floor, and not tippy, or are you going to put some of that square tubing on the bottom, to make it stable? I would also, make a spring, handle on the wrench, so you can open it with the bare hands. My wood stove here in the house has that, on the door latch, and the small damper, but not on the main damper, as it is below, and on the side. You can also put some of the muffler pipe, at an angle on the sides, and weld flat plates to the top of those, and the stove, and you could have your pot of water on the stove top, for steaming, and humidifying, and the side plates for cooking, or for more water, or glue pot, etc. Or use the stove top for cooking, and the side plates for steaming, and so forth. Ahh, venison stew slowly cooking on the wood stove while you scrape a nice piece of Osage, maybe even some dough baking in a dutch oven on top also...... 8) Oh boy, in your man cave, with the smell of wood, the sound of a fire crackling, venison stew, and fresh baked bread, sigh...... Do you have a clean out trap, or tray? Nice build along. Thanks. Now you will have to make a bow for the welder. ;)
Wayne
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And couple songs to grin your face and warm your heart. ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXsE_QcNgyw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNOTmH-Hu8g
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Thanks for the tunes Knoll.
Stickbender, We made a table to sit it on but it's to tall. I'm going to trim the legs down some and try to make it work. I'm going to attach the stove to the table so its secure and doesn't move. I'm going to see how hot the wrench handle gets before I do anything to it. I've thought about taking a bolt that fits the wrench and grinding the threads down enough to insert it into a round osage handle and then weld it into the wrench.
I made the window panel today. I got to play with a plasma cutter for the first time. That is a fun toy. I have to find some new projects to give me an excuse to use it again. I'll post a picture of the panel when I get home this evening.
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I made a trip to the hardware store this morning and got everything I should need to finish up this weekend. I had to improvise on most of it. It's hard to find stuff for 3" pipe. I found a roof flashing in the plumbing isle that I can make work. It has a rubber gasket for a 2" pipe but when I took the rubber off the opening was a perfect fit for my chimney pipe.
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I did a test fit and I think it will work out. I'll bolt it down when I finish fitting everything together.
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I finished up the damper. I'm pretty happy with how that turned out.
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Your use of wrenches sure made that project unique....I like it!
DBar
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I wanted it to have a rat rod type of style Bill.
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Damper lever idea is perfect!
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Thats sweet bud! The damper reminds me of an intake on a carburetor! Patrick
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You've nailed this, Clint! Looks very useful.
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I wanted it to have a rat rod type of style Bill.
Well, you got it!
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I got the chimney put up. It's pretty redneck looking but it works. I still need to put a short section on top to get it above the roof line. I couldn't find a rain cap the right size so I made one. Next year I want to find a better way to support the chimney. I think I'm about an hours worth of work away from being done. I took a break for some lunch and football.
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I put the top section and the rain cap on the chimney. That was a little sketchy standing on the top of my ladder. None of my helpers were home today.
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I broke up a couple of fire bricks to line the bottom of the stove.
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I connected the stove to the chimney and did a final check of everything. I put the concrete board behind it as a heat shield. I added a piece of aluminum flashing behind the chimney to reflect the heat away from the wall.
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I put some osage shavings in it and lit them. I had a crackling fire in no time. It put off a lot of heat and had my workshop toasty warm in no time. Once I got a good bed of coals I just tossed in a small chunk of wood in every now and then to keep it going. I'm excited to have free heat for the winter. I want to get some fire rope to put around the chimney where it goes out the window.
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Sweet setup Clint
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That's 8) or should I say hot Clint :) ....That sucker should draw real good once you get the flue warm.....I like it!
DBar
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This has been a really fun project to watch. It is great to see it completed. Very nice job and thanks for taking time to post pics and keeping us entertained. There is nothing like wood heat in a shop.
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Thanks guys. This project has been on my to do list for a few years now. It's a relief to finally get it done.
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It looks very cool Clint and does what was expected. Congratulations. 8) Keep your wood dry. ;)
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This has been a really fun project to watch. It is great to see it completed. Very nice job and thanks for taking time to post pics and keeping us entertained. There is nothing like wood heat in a shop.
Preeeecisely!
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Very nice Clint! And it looks good too! You definitely took the time to do it right.
II might have set it on some blocks and just took the flu straight out the window with an elbow. Then tell everyone that I was going to make it like yours one day. Good job on the project.
Patrick
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Great job! Now, you can take a couple of taters, and ears of corn, real butter, salt and pepper, Cajun seasoning, and tin foil, and when the coals get ready, toss in the buttered and seasoned,corn, and taters, and boy,oh, boy! And when they are done, go out side, and reach in the snow pile, and pull out a nice cold beer, and feast like a king! Thanks for the build along, enjoyed it. Again, nice job.
Wayne
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Can't say what already hasn't been said . great build along and a freakin sweet stove sir.
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Thanks guys. I kept a small fire going all day and my workshop was just under 70. I think I burnt around half of a 5 gallon bucket worth of wood. I've got a lot cut and split. Probably enough to get me through the winter. If not I've got a pile of wood outside ready to cut up if needed. I straightened a cane arrow shaft over it.
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Clint, watch for creosote build up in the chimney. The smoke will cool quickly outside in the single wall pipe and the creosote will accumulate. A chimney fire can be pretty scary. You might be able to control it with a chemical additive every so often. If you can insulate the outside pipe it will help too.
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Thanks for the warning Pat. How quick will it build up? I'm only burning it for about 6-7 hours on my days off.
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Hard to say, Clint. Osage is pretty oily but it burns very hot. I have a stainless steel, triple walled stove pipe and only get creosote build up on the cap where it cools rapidly.
One thing you might consider is to put a "T" on the outside so you can occasionally run a wire brush up the pipe occasionally to clean the creosote out. Also, like I said there might be a chemical you can throw into the fire occasionally that will help reduce it.
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No chemical Pat, just a couple of hand fulls o good Ole rock salt about once a week will keep the build up down. Make sure you have a good hot fire with a decent amount of coals. Then just toss the rock salt in and stoke the fire up. My entire family and I have done this for years
We do inspect and clean the flue every fall.
Patrick
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Thanks Patrick. That's good to know.
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You're welcome, and if you do get to having problems get a good hot fire going and add quite a but of the rock salt. But you have to get it pretty hot. I try to toss it in about where the flue is if I can.
Patrick
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I have a triple walled insulated stainless steel chimney pipe that is virtually self cleaning. It is 25 years old and when I checked it at the end of the summer it was clean as a whistle. I use only seasoned firewood and mostly red oak. As far as I am concerned well seasoned red oak is the best! I'll start cutting next seasons firewood soon and get it stacked and covered.
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I'm certainly not looking to argue with what has worked for others but the last thing I'd be dumping into my custom welding project is piles of salt. Salt and metal are bad friends. I burn a lot in my stove in my shop and I have no creosote problems. Like Pat said the key is hot fires with seasoned wood. Seasoned wood burning correctly does not have very much creosote in it. But like others have also said creosote can happen when rapid cooling of a single wall pipe like you have. That is why double wall and triple wall insulated pipe is better because it does not allow cooling. Me personally I would stay away from the salt and periodically check it and only burn dry wood and you should be fine. The one thing I would watch as I thought I read you ran a 3 inch riser up for your flue pipe, just need to keep your fire small because that's a rather small size pipe and it only has the ability to draft so much
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Paul, I'm keeping a fire going about the size of a gallon paint can. My firewood pieces are roughly 6" x 1.5". I'll throw in 2 or 3 pieces at a time. I think the 3" pipe is plenty for what I'm burning. I've been keeping an eye on it though.
I'm only using it 15-20 hours a week during the coldest months. I am taking it all down when it warms up. I'll check and clean the chimney pipe. I don't expect to much build up.
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Pauly makes and moves hot and cold air for a living. I'd lean that way, myself.
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Pearlie, I've heard you move quite a bit of hot air. ::) ;)
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(https://smileyshack.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/smileyslaughing_lol_dielaughing_100-101.gif?w=150&h=94) Good one Pat
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It's no rumor Pat!
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That was a cool buildalong, came out great!
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Thanks. It sure is nice to heat my shop with wood scraps from bow making. It should make the electric bill a little lighter this winter.