HOW TO VIDEO: Mini-Keg Wood Burning Stove #2

averageiowaguy

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I designed it a little different this time. It is horizontal so I can get longer and bigger wood in for more sustained heat.
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I wanted to do it with just hand tools (screwdriver, pliers, drill, hammer, and tinsnips.) I wanted only minimal use of bolts so I used steel rivets.
The door and draft mechanism involves no hinges and stays cool.
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The draft mechanism is a pineapple juice can that you pull in and out. It also has a nice little space for a pot.
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I designed the stove with an internal baffle to redirect the smoke through the flames again so it would burn up the wood completely, including the chemicals released in the smoke.
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The base is sturdier and fabricated completely from 1/8th inch steel.
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The chimney is removable.
Here is a video of the stove warming.
[video=youtube;vcKrZKvCbgo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcKrZKvCbgo[/video]
It produces a ridiculous amount of heat, but I'm thinking of building a little heat catcher to capture and direct the heat to better heat my pot. It gets hot but it took a lot of fussing to get water boiling. With a simple modification I can increase the cooking efficiency quite a bit.

I'll post the video on how to build the stove probably tomorrow.
 
Nice lookin stove!
You don't by chance have a book by some guy named "Sven...." something out of Alaska? Saw the book in question many years ago
on someones book shelf and now can't find it. The whole book was about makin wood stoves.

never mind, I found it.:o Ole Wik is the guys name. Best book I've ever seen on the topic.
 
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Actually I have that book. I bought it used. I ended up adding a little oven to the top of the stove. It works great. I was able to peg my oven thermometer at over 600 degrees with the draft fully open. With the draft closed down a ways I can maintain 400 fairly easily.
[video=youtube;cV6KzDngURk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV6KzDngURk[/video]
 
Nice work on the video. Best thing for me from that book is the Baffle. I'll never build a stove without one.
The baffle gives so much more control of the fire and if the stove is tight one can actually suffocate it to the point of going out.
Major conservation of wood too. Now I have scrounge up the money for that book, if nothing else for the library.
 
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