Wood Burning Stove
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 4:12 am
Hey fellas,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'll give it a shot. My neighbor and I recently build a wood burning stove. Most of the stuff I've looked up about camping in low temperatures is that a wood burning stove is the "way to go" when it comes to heating a wall tent. We used propane heaters last year and were almost fumed out of the tent. From what I've read, and seen, wood burning stoves seem to be more common place than I thought. Let me explain what I did and then I'll ask the question.
We made it out of a 12" pipe with a "T" on the top. Not wanting the heat to escape straight out of the pipe, we welded a steel plate to the T and capped it off, essentially turning it into a "hot plate" for cooking (or whatever). We welded and closed in one side of the pipe and cut a 4" hole and welded a 4" 90 for a smoke stack. For the door we just made a hinge, applied stove rope, made a latch, and cut open a air flow hole with a damper. We then made a stand for it that is separate so it will be easier to transport. We still have some finishing touches but for the most part it's ready to go. We actually lit it up the other day and it got really hot, but the fire seemed to want to die out with quite a bit of wood left to burn. I'm not sure if it's an issue of the air flow through the damper, or possibly because we didn't have any stove pipe attached (thus not getting a good "draw" through the stove). I'm currently debating making the air flow hole bigger, but it seems as though I've seen several people burning good fires with the damper open just a little.
I guess my questions are: Do any of you have any good advice for building a wood burning stove? Do's and Don'ts? Any ideas on the damper and air flow situation? Any information would be greatly appreciated. I tried to attach a picture but the file is too big. I'll work on it.
Disclaimer: This is, by NO MEANS, a professional project. I'm a novice welder and an even more novice engineer...
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'll give it a shot. My neighbor and I recently build a wood burning stove. Most of the stuff I've looked up about camping in low temperatures is that a wood burning stove is the "way to go" when it comes to heating a wall tent. We used propane heaters last year and were almost fumed out of the tent. From what I've read, and seen, wood burning stoves seem to be more common place than I thought. Let me explain what I did and then I'll ask the question.
We made it out of a 12" pipe with a "T" on the top. Not wanting the heat to escape straight out of the pipe, we welded a steel plate to the T and capped it off, essentially turning it into a "hot plate" for cooking (or whatever). We welded and closed in one side of the pipe and cut a 4" hole and welded a 4" 90 for a smoke stack. For the door we just made a hinge, applied stove rope, made a latch, and cut open a air flow hole with a damper. We then made a stand for it that is separate so it will be easier to transport. We still have some finishing touches but for the most part it's ready to go. We actually lit it up the other day and it got really hot, but the fire seemed to want to die out with quite a bit of wood left to burn. I'm not sure if it's an issue of the air flow through the damper, or possibly because we didn't have any stove pipe attached (thus not getting a good "draw" through the stove). I'm currently debating making the air flow hole bigger, but it seems as though I've seen several people burning good fires with the damper open just a little.
I guess my questions are: Do any of you have any good advice for building a wood burning stove? Do's and Don'ts? Any ideas on the damper and air flow situation? Any information would be greatly appreciated. I tried to attach a picture but the file is too big. I'll work on it.
Disclaimer: This is, by NO MEANS, a professional project. I'm a novice welder and an even more novice engineer...