John, you have a great set up in your shop and I love the modifications you've done to your stove. You have an incredible amount of creativity and some great skills to make those changes. Loved the video!
WEPA, Mr. Knepper I absolutely love your workshop love the upgraded wood burning stove and admire your skills you just became a new hero in my world thank you sir and keep up tha good work you are truly an American inspiration, God bless your spirit.
Thanks for the comments e2sguy & everybody--the wood I burn has been cut &split 2 to 3 thee years before I use it. I have no creosote build up at all--clean flue once a year & get some dry flakey ash only. Been using this stove all winter long for about 5 years now. Would not change a thing. Even with the Magic Heaters it still has a strong draft. Very important !!! Air intake to fire box must be controlled to stop stove from over heating. Know what your doing or these wood heaters can be very dangerous.
I LOVE YOUR LIFE STYLE ,YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF ALL YOU'VE DONE ,THANKS FOR SHARING .WISH YOU LIVED NEAR ME,WONDERFUL UA-cam COVERAGE,AT 77 I GET CONFUSED WITH PC MATTERS .LOVELY WORKSHOP. . ALL THE BEST TONY (chippy) uk
We are working to improve a small wood stove in our kitchen / dinning area. My wife and I hope to improve efficiency without compromising aesthetics so we found this interesting. You did a great job on this video, honest and to the point. This is how we preserve many skill sets and wisdom before it is gone forever. Love to see the shop running in the future. Thank You!, FDG
Wow! That is amazing! Thanks for the great video. The funniest parts of the video were when you said, "that's about all I did" and "I'll try and get this on UA-cam, if I'm smart enough" I wish I was this mechanically inclined. Maybe one day I'll take on a project like that with my wood stove.
I really enjoyed your video and admire your creativity. You have a fabulous work basement. You must really enjoy your retirement with all this to work with! God Bless!
Love love the video., awesome shop my hubby wish we had more room like this. Unbelievable job on converting your job.... your are a very impressive man.... you can be my grandpa any day.... Impressive man cave ! Simple things like this that makes us so happy!
John Knepper Your welcome Love the stove., you need another chair for the mrs to sit with you to have a cup of coffee. We have a wood stove in our basement in my husband’s shop., we sit in front of it all the time., I would love to have a comfy chair to sit by the fire., we use folding chairs., it’s his shop., no extra room. Love the cat down there as well. I also love extra room in bottom of stove. We did commercial blowers on our pipes that go up stairs., upstairs can get to 76-80 .... sometimes I open the windows lol
I see this video has been up awhile, hope it's not to late to comment. I really enjoyed it, and thought it was well done for a first attempt. I'd say a very nice job adapting the stove to your needs. I haven't seen a magic heat used in a while, they do work well. The buildover for air delivery is very similar to my Vermont castings stove. Great job.Thanks for sharing.
Re: Magic heat......We have had ours for over 10 years now with only 8" of pipe between the stove and the unit...Never too much of a problem...We have had the tubes glow red hot more then a few times, such as when first starting a fire and forgetting the door is cracked open while in the other room doing something or when burning cardboard trash. The back plate finally burnt trough this year around some of the tubes so I have to rebuild it..... but all in all they are pretty tough units.
John, nice video!! I like your modifications to the wood stove, especially the bi-metallic air flow regulation. Great idea. I also like your workshop and lathes. I would like to see a video of the knife griding machine running. THanks.
Great Job on the stove love the set up! Could you do a video just on the self closing damper system for the air intake to start the fire? I think most people would like to know what parts you need and how to set that up! Thanks so much, and again great job!
Nice video and you have a really nice shop/ basement. Your knife sharpener machine could use a bit of oiling down but then again this vid is right yrs old, lol. Good job overall. Thanks for the tour 🙂
Lots of nice mods there. I particularly like the air regulator. Perhaps you should convert it to use fresh/outside air so it won't pull cold air through the cracks... You shouldn't take the fire bricks out... This actually makes the stove LESS efficient. It won't get as hot, therefore won't burn all the fuel (more smoke). Since you have heat exchanges, it would be great to have a really hot fire. Thanks for sharing.
Great set-up, Every modification I've thought for my own stoves, but all of them done on one unit? Hell with that shop you have, you should set up a wood stove fab shop and make your millions
Thanks for The Magic Heat info and Stove modification explanation also, and also big thanks for showing us your Very Neat Shop.... I think you did an Awesome job with the Video..
Nice little stove. Thanx for the video on the chimney heat reclaimer. Looking at making the investment for me waste oil burning stove. You have a real nice working heater.
It seams that you need to be building stoves for the rest of us to buy, if you aren't the world is less wonderful. You are awesome. Keep doing what you do.
Wow, this is a 'how to' make wood complicated video haha. Hope this setup continues to work for you you seem like an incredible guy with lots of talent.
Very nice I love my magic heat, often wish it had a lower fan speed. I see you have your bi metal hooked to your magic heater, I'm guessing that is for when you lower your fan speed and the exchanger tubes heat up the air is reduced to cool the fire down so your magic heaters don't burn up? Is that the way it works? If so that is quite clever. thank you.
Nice job on your first video. I have a woodstove that takes forever to get to temperature. Great idea with the blowers. I think that just might help in my situation. Thank you sir.
Danny --- the bi - metal regulators are on some wood burning stoves -- just spot one ( farm store or Menards etc. ) then look at the parts book furnished and order it . $15.oo or about.
I liked your video, especially your machinery. you may have given just the kick in the butt I needed to make some of my own. every one who makes videos, shows how to make a product, or, improve it. having always been frugal,(cheap) i'd like to show folks how to make almost every thing cheaper. thanks again for the video. ray @mcgeezerironworks
I’ve been doing this for 3 years, using my oil furnace exhaust pipe. A few things you should be aware of: The standard residential cold water pressure is 50 psi. The water in the heated coil will surpass 130 psi. This means you MUST have a back-flow check valve on the cold water feed line to the coil. Otherwise, the pressure will force hot water backwards through your house and damage any water-using appliances. Next, upgrade the pressure relief valve on your hot water tank because the standard valve will allow water to leak on your basement floor due to the elevated pressure. Finally, get a “Water Hammer” resistor and put it on the pipe leaving the water heater. This will stop your pipes from rattling each time you turn off the hot water. Most importantly, use only copper piping. A neighbor tried to copy my design and used Pex tubing for piping after the hot water tank, which failed almost immediately.
Great Video! I would like to see the knife grinding video. I used to work for a Label plant that printed most of Anheuser Busch's bottle labels. We had several guillotines with blades very similar to the one you have. We also had a maintenance man who sharpened the blades with a machine similar to yours. Very impressive shop, skills and imagination!
That is a great job you did on modifying your stove. Did you notice any difference in the firebox temperatures after removing the fire bricks?. I had a wood furnace in my house for 30 years. No firebrick and I thought it would be best to let the heat out. Using firebrick would prevent that from happening, and it does. But it also keeps the firebox burning cooler. At the cooler temperatures not all the gases in the wood are ignited. Yep those gases needing higher Temps to burn go out the stack as smoke which is unburned fuel. From experience I have found it is best to have complete combustion then good heat tranfer to use wood as efficiently as possible. Complete combustion requires hi temps in the firebox. You have good heat transfer with the two stacks.
Very inspiring, the stove and the shop. I'm totally curious about the configuration of the double stove pipe, the camera didn't show it when I was looking.
Great video ... I have just extracted too much heat from my Woodburner flue ... a whole flood of nasty smelling liquid creosote . not gonna shut down the fire after that lesson learned .
John, a few observations: you’re plain box woodstove has no baffle or second reburn path. You’re exhaust flue went from 6 to 12 in exit. All the better to feed out the heated air in the room. I can see by you’re fire that it burns too fast. Burn smarter not faster!
Hi John, Great video! You are obviously 1 smart cookie! Where would I buy some of the regulating parts you put on. Please do another video on your stove and what you do in your shop. Thanks again
nice retrofit on the stove...and the double magic heat reclaimer is quite inventive...but a word of caution...on Amazon web site the magic heat reclaiimer... it says they should be 18" above the stove...not sure if you have a safety issue with yours...just concerned for ya
Holy cow; sorry you did not get to use the generator for the y2k. But looking at your basement and skills you are definitely ready for a zombie apocalypses or any disasters. 😂
The question is: Who are you passing on all of this great knowledge. Hope it is not your last video. Continue sharing these great ideas, it is what we all need!!! Thank you and cheers
Thanks Carlos .Do not use this stove anymore or the barrel stoves . Built a better one out of a 100# LP tank . ( smaller and more efficient ) Have these in both my home and farm workshops . Will make a newer YT video sometime .
Thanks for reply-your right on the 18'' above stove on reclaimer.I keep damper set low so as not to have to hot of fire--to be save-- and very dry wood. like your sterling engine.
Something tells me this guy is smart enough to do about anything he puts his mind to. Best Wishes, M.H.
America needs more of these types of people!
A true patriot
indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!
everywhere needs these type of people because people don't want to learn these trades anymore
John, you have a great set up in your shop and I love the modifications you've done to your stove. You have an incredible amount of creativity and some great skills to make those changes. Loved the video!
WEPA, Mr. Knepper I absolutely love your workshop love the upgraded wood burning stove and admire your skills you just became a new hero in my world thank you sir and keep up tha good work you are truly an American inspiration, God bless your spirit.
Thanks for the comments e2sguy & everybody--the wood I burn has been cut &split 2 to 3 thee years before I use it. I have no creosote build up at all--clean flue once a year & get some dry flakey ash only. Been using this stove all winter long for about 5 years now. Would not change a thing. Even with the Magic Heaters it still has a strong draft. Very important !!! Air intake to fire box must be controlled to stop stove from over heating. Know what your doing or these wood heaters can be very dangerous.
Mr. Knepper your video is just fine, wood burning excellent and the rest of your shop, niceeee....!!!! Tnx for sharing.
I LOVE YOUR LIFE STYLE ,YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF ALL YOU'VE DONE ,THANKS FOR SHARING .WISH YOU LIVED NEAR ME,WONDERFUL UA-cam COVERAGE,AT 77 I GET CONFUSED WITH PC MATTERS .LOVELY WORKSHOP. .
ALL THE BEST TONY (chippy) uk
We are working to improve a small wood stove in our kitchen / dinning area. My wife and I hope to improve efficiency without compromising aesthetics so we found this interesting.
You did a great job on this video, honest and to the point. This is how we preserve many skill sets and wisdom before it is gone forever. Love to see the shop running in the future.
Thank You!, FDG
Wow! That is amazing! Thanks for the great video. The funniest parts of the video were when you said, "that's about all I did" and "I'll try and get this on UA-cam, if I'm smart enough" I wish I was this mechanically inclined. Maybe one day I'll take on a project like that with my wood stove.
That’s what I was thinking., nice shop !
Nice man cave and basement play ground, loving the stove additions.
Love the shop, you sound like you're having a great time building stuff. Talent like yours is rare!
I really enjoyed your video and admire your creativity. You have a fabulous work basement. You must really enjoy your retirement with all this to work with! God Bless!
Love love the video., awesome shop my hubby wish we had more room like this.
Unbelievable job on converting your job.... your are a very impressive man.... you can be my grandpa any day.... Impressive man cave !
Simple things like this that makes us so happy!
Thank you
John Knepper
Your welcome
Love the stove., you need another chair for the mrs to sit with you to have a cup of coffee.
We have a wood stove in our basement in my husband’s shop., we sit in front of it all the time., I would love to have a comfy chair to sit by the fire., we use folding chairs., it’s his shop., no extra room.
Love the cat down there as well.
I also love extra room in bottom of stove.
We did commercial blowers on our pipes that go up stairs., upstairs can get to 76-80 .... sometimes I open the windows lol
That is one dandy stove setup! Dual Magic Heats! Impressive.
Hi John, stopping by to connect with your channel. You are very knowledgeable, I love it!
Ideal man, thanks for sharing. Purchase something and make it better machinist and welders can always make it work better.
I see this video has been up awhile, hope it's not to late to comment. I really enjoyed it, and thought it was well done for a first attempt. I'd say a very nice job adapting the stove to your needs. I haven't seen a magic heat used in a while, they do work well. The buildover for air delivery is very similar to my Vermont castings stove. Great job.Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comment Stan
Rube Goldberg!!! works great nice to see someone actually making things work thru home engineering. KUDOS
Re: Magic heat......We have had ours for over 10 years now with only 8" of pipe between the stove and the unit...Never too much of a problem...We have had the tubes glow red hot more then a few times, such as when first starting a fire and forgetting the door is cracked open while in the other room doing something or when burning cardboard trash. The back plate finally burnt trough this year around some of the tubes so I have to rebuild it..... but all in all they are pretty tough units.
Great setup and great little hubby.
Great video. Just found your page today and subscribed. how I do envy your workshop though. Can't find tools of quality like that anymore.
Thank you sir. Very much how I grew up with my dad. Making things out of what you have.
Great Job on the stove! I have the same one and now will look into making changes!!! Thanks for posting!
John, nice video!! I like your modifications to the wood stove, especially the bi-metallic air flow regulation. Great idea. I also like your workshop and lathes. I would like to see a video of the knife griding machine running. THanks.
Ingenuity and knowledge makes for a better outcome..!
Thanx for the vid..!
Great Job on the stove love the set up! Could you do a video just on the self closing damper system for the air intake to start the fire? I think most people would like to know what parts you need and how to set that up! Thanks so much, and again great job!
Nice video and you have a really nice shop/ basement. Your knife sharpener machine could use a bit of oiling down but then again this vid is right yrs old, lol.
Good job overall. Thanks for the tour 🙂
Hi great shop you got love the way you rebuild the stove only the door original great
That's an awesome basement !!!
Keep up the good job sir and thank you for sharing
Speechless!!!!! Awesome job and very creative
Good Job. Very nice work. Thanks for the ideas
inspirational... Came for the magic heat but stayed for the shop tour. Your stove was motivational.
Very nice shop and work on your stove. Thanks for uploading them.
I really like your shop fella. The wood stove is great too. Really like the thermostat that you have set up on the surface of stove.
Lots of nice mods there. I particularly like the air regulator. Perhaps you should convert it to use fresh/outside air so it won't pull cold air through the cracks... You shouldn't take the fire bricks out... This actually makes the stove LESS efficient. It won't get as hot, therefore won't burn all the fuel (more smoke). Since you have heat exchanges, it would be great to have a really hot fire. Thanks for sharing.
Love all the things you did....pretty cool, well done.
Great set-up,
Every modification I've thought for my own stoves, but all of them done on one unit?
Hell with that shop you have, you should set up a wood stove fab shop and make your millions
Soir I smiled the whole way through your Video
Thankyou from British Columbia!
I figure you are bunch more smarter than you admit...
Brilliant! Great work on the wood stove.
Thanks for The Magic Heat info and Stove modification explanation also, and also big thanks for showing us your Very Neat Shop.... I think you did an Awesome job with the Video..
Great video, down to earth type of guy! Very smart!
Looking for ideas for my own stove build. Some good stuff to be thinking about. I love the fire set up and the shop is great.
Nice little stove. Thanx for the video on the chimney heat reclaimer. Looking at making the investment for me waste oil burning stove. You have a real nice working heater.
realy enjoyed the video, the workshop looks great,wish it was mine, cant wait to see the blade grinder going..thanks
Nice Stove And Mods Awesome Shop Thumbs Up
thanks very much i think you were brilliant and i love your workshop
It seams that you need to be building stoves for the rest of us to buy, if you aren't the world is less wonderful. You are awesome. Keep doing what you do.
Looks like you are a very industrious man. Thanks for the video.
Nice shop. I like what you did to the stove.
Wow, this is a 'how to' make wood complicated video haha. Hope this setup continues to work for you you seem like an incredible guy with lots of talent.
Very nice I love my magic heat, often wish it had a lower fan speed. I see you have your bi metal hooked to your magic heater, I'm guessing that is for when you lower your fan speed and the exchanger tubes heat up the air is reduced to cool the fire down so your magic heaters don't burn up? Is that the way it works? If so that is quite clever. thank you.
Crunchy ShadTV
very nice indeed,,,nice cleen shop to .
Nice video
Got some great ideas from what you've done , thanks very much for posting
Thats frigging awesome. ..
Nice setup
Nice job on your first video. I have a woodstove that takes forever to get to temperature. Great idea with the blowers. I think that just might help in my situation. Thank you sir.
Nice job there my man im looking at setting something up for my stove keep warm my friend . Oh buy the way your video is just fine!
That is the coolest thing I have seen, you got some serious skills my friend!!!!!!
Fantastic work.
Where did you obtain the bi-metal air flow regulator, you did a fantastic job on your stove, really ingenious.
Danny --- the bi - metal regulators are on some wood burning stoves -- just spot one ( farm store or Menards etc. ) then look at the parts book furnished and order it . $15.oo or about.
John Knepper Thanks for the info, again, great job.
John Knepper
Now selling at Home Depot my brother just bought and installed one $169
nice work smarter and more resourceful than a lot of people
I liked your video, especially your machinery. you may have given just the kick in the butt I needed to make some of my own. every one who makes videos, shows how to make a product, or, improve it. having always been frugal,(cheap) i'd like to show folks how to make almost every thing cheaper. thanks again for the video. ray @mcgeezerironworks
I’ve been doing this for 3 years, using my oil furnace exhaust pipe.
A few things you should be aware of: The standard residential cold water pressure is 50 psi. The water in the heated coil will surpass 130 psi. This means you MUST have a back-flow check valve on the cold water feed line to the coil. Otherwise, the pressure will force hot water backwards through your house and damage any water-using appliances. Next, upgrade the pressure relief valve on your hot water tank because the standard valve will allow water to leak on your basement floor due to the elevated pressure. Finally, get a “Water Hammer” resistor and put it on the pipe leaving the water heater. This will stop your pipes from rattling each time you turn off the hot water.
Most importantly, use only copper piping. A neighbor tried to copy my design and used Pex tubing for piping after the hot water tank, which failed almost immediately.
Nice comment-thanks. Will make video of the old knife grinding machine running some day.
Great Video! I would like to see the knife grinding video. I used to work for a Label plant that printed most of Anheuser Busch's bottle labels. We had several guillotines with blades very similar to the one you have. We also had a maintenance man who sharpened the blades with a machine similar to yours. Very impressive shop, skills and imagination!
Love all of this!
That is a great job you did on modifying your stove. Did you notice any difference in the firebox temperatures after removing the fire bricks?. I had a wood furnace in my house for 30 years. No firebrick and I thought it would be best to let the heat out. Using firebrick would prevent that from happening, and it does. But it also keeps the firebox burning cooler. At the cooler temperatures not all the gases in the wood are ignited. Yep those gases needing higher Temps to burn go out the stack as smoke which is unburned fuel. From experience I have found it is best to have complete combustion then good heat tranfer to use wood as efficiently as possible. Complete combustion requires hi temps in the firebox. You have good heat transfer with the two stacks.
Thanks -good ideas
Cool I like,nice stove and workshop
Thanks for vid
Very inspiring, the stove and the shop.
I'm totally curious about the configuration of the double stove pipe, the camera didn't show it when I was looking.
The cat knows all.
I likr what you did. awesome shop you have.
Great video ... I have just extracted too much heat from my Woodburner flue ... a whole flood of nasty smelling liquid creosote . not gonna shut down the fire after that lesson learned .
Awesome job and nice work shop
Very nice stove and work shop.
hi there i think you did a real good job . nice walk around . your a very handy guy . i use an old camera also john
Great job on the video! Keep 'em coming, you're a really smart guy and the world could learn a lot from you!
John, a few observations: you’re plain box woodstove has no baffle or second reburn path. You’re exhaust flue went from 6 to 12 in exit. All the better to feed out the heated air in the room. I can see by you’re fire that it burns too fast. Burn smarter not faster!
Hi John,
Great video!
You are obviously 1 smart cookie!
Where would I buy some of the regulating parts you put on.
Please do another video on your stove and what you do in your shop.
Thanks again
Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed seeing your stove modifications......very cool!
Beautiful cat! Where did you find a cat with so many colors?
Nice workshop.
Thanks for the video and info !
nice retrofit on the stove...and the double magic heat reclaimer is quite inventive...but a word of caution...on Amazon web site the magic heat reclaiimer... it says they should be 18" above the stove...not sure if you have a safety issue with yours...just concerned for ya
good video, nice shop
Very Nice Work Sir.👍👍
I love your basement. Perfect.
Now that's a man's stove haha. I've been thinking about putting in a reclaimer on mine, too.
Where did you get the bi metallic control. Can't find on the internet.
Great shop!
Holy cow; sorry you did not get to use the generator for the y2k. But looking at your basement and skills you are definitely ready for a zombie apocalypses or any disasters. 😂
Nice shop.
Very nice set up!
Very talented!!!
You have a very nice shop
My Dream Basement AWESOME !!!!
Very cool setup.
nice little shop
The question is: Who are you passing on all of this great knowledge. Hope it is not your last video. Continue sharing these great ideas, it is what we all need!!! Thank you and cheers
Thanks Carlos .Do not use this stove anymore or the barrel stoves . Built a better one out of a 100# LP tank . ( smaller and more efficient ) Have these in both my home and farm workshops . Will make a newer YT video sometime .
gave me a lot of ideas that ill put to use. good job!
Thanks for reply-your right on the 18'' above stove on reclaimer.I keep damper set low so as not to have to hot of fire--to be save-- and very dry wood. like your sterling engine.
You've created a nice life for yourself. Congratulations.
nice shop.
Nice jod