Wednesday, October 10, 2012

First firing of the new stove

Ground down the paint on the outside of the stove so as not to stink up the garage to bad and hooked it up to the stove pipe.....

and of course could not resist trying it out.... tomorrow I'll get some sand to put in the bottom of the barrel so it wont get to soft over time...
note the addition of the spring to the door handle.... salvaged from a Corvair engine... yes in your face Ralph "unsafe at any speed" Nader....
 a good view of the locking mechanism..
and the front side...
and finally found a good use for the antique floor vent grate I have had kicking around the garage for the last 14 yrs.... an other salvaged item from an old home remodel project.
tack welded some rails to the sides of the grate.. in this case cut-offs salvaged from a piece of garage door closer track..
overall an other great success... puts out a good bit more heat than the coal stove.. Perhaps tomorrow I'll get some stove black and paint it up to keep it from rusting. And the best part is that total cost so far was $8 for a 12 inch section of stove pipe...... got to love that...

3 comments:

  1. I am going to take your advise...the crappy Chinese wood stove I bought is embarrassingly pathetic.

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    1. Hi John, I am glad you like the idea. And it can be improved on greatly. There are a couple of improvements I would do if I was to do it over again. Four legs instead of 3 as it is not as stable as I thought it would be. Its OK but could be better. Also perhaps a bit more of a lip for the door to seal on to, as there is a fair bit of a gap that lest a good bit of air in. In my use in the garage I let it rip roar all the time so it don't really matter, but in a small space like yours you might want to be able to damp it down more than I can on mine. Do vent the tank for a couple of days in the sun before you work on it and then fill it with water before you star making sparks cutting on it. Best of luck and do let us see your rendition. Michael

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