Love the mad professor laugh at 4 mins! Can you try reanimating a corpse next, I can just imagine you fitting a 50ft lightning conductor to your roof, switch to black and white..." It's aliiiiiive !" 🤣
You're not wired up right Rob - absolutely crackers and I love it ! Fantastic content, you dare go where others won't, the reason is you know exactly what you're doing, you have the knowledge, experience and wherewithal if the worst happens - this all comes with years of hands on - roll on the next episode. ( I'm a retired tech. and love this stuff !!)
He's awesome isn't he? I would say that he's wired up proper, it's the rest of the world that's wired all wrong. If we had free thinking people like him running the place, this world would be a lot better off.
Loving your experiments. Due to watching your crazy stuff, I added a mantle to a simple beer can 'penny stove' and run it on Methanol now on the table when I sit outside at night. It's like a mini patio heater and runs on just a few spoonfuls of Methanol. Keep up the good work dude, you are an inspiration :)
Really enjoyed watching all the rocket stove stuff great ideas for garden and Allotment heaters how about looking at them metal pizza ovens they look right up your street for a project and I can pinch your ideas then
Rob, I made a couple of these a few decades ago to provide heat and cooking facilities in the outback remote station camps for the Jackaroos here in Australia. From my experiments the vortex doesn't have to be as large as you made it and make sure you have the vortex going in the right direction, clockwise in the southern hemisphere and anti clockwise in the northern. I ended up taking the vortex out due to melting pots and pans. Great videos, keep it up.
You had the quintessential mad scientist laugh....more more more mad science. On a serious note, I look forward towards your posts. They are always informational and/or entertaining.
Baffles. You need adjustable baffles about half way up the 4” vertical pipe. Cut slots and they can slide in & out. Then of course a door on the square open draft end.
CORN burner from a hopper outside the farmhouse with a worm feed, My sister in Canada had this setup back in 2018. Easy to grow dry and store compared to wood pellets ? One interesting point is they harvest the corn around October so that it is as dry as possible; the corn is usually sent for storage and they weigh it and then dry it then weigh it again and charge you for the moisture removed.
It would be interesting to see some of that stainless mesh twisted like an Archimedes water screw to see how it would effect the vortex? Yes I know I'm random but that's how I roll. Lol
Howz about putting the mantle on a slide, as it almost is anyway, such that it goes up and down the shaft and permits only what you allow. Also, this needs to be part of a system that makes ash removal real-time so that the unit doesn't need to be down whilst serviced. But I'm a stickler. Love this.
From one little fire bug to another, Woohoooo. Brilliant subject Robert and great fun to watch. We all should have had a science teacher like you. Cheers🍻
I wanted to try something like this but with one of those cheap wood gas camping stoves and add an impeller at the bottom near the stove cone and a glass chimney almost like the StoveTec Firefly lanterns but with a vortex! Then as a madman myself convert it to a somewhat improvised rocket mass heater.
Because of the way light spreads in space, I think the mantle would benefit from being as close to the flame as possible. I wonder if you made it cone shaped how narrow the opening could be and still direct heat upwards.
The combustion chamber gets really hot, Steel will not last 70 cycles. You need to insulate the burn chamber with something like rockwool or perlite or even vermiculite..
FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥 ! 😱 LOL 😀! Needs a radiator and copper coil system so the stove can go outside. It would need a flue or chimney system to be safer to use the stove inside. If it's over 4kw you would need ventilation or an air intake coming from outside depending on the size room you are putting it in. A gravity fed pellet , old timber or pallet wood system would be great. Keep em coming.! 🔥👍
Well I am caught without words except that I had to continually watch the ceiling tile for a brown spot lol. Producing heat does not seem to be the problem I wondered about a large closed space being used to capture the heat without killing the draft. Cheers you will soon be able to have a smaller fire and more heat.
I've got an idea on how to throttle it. If the vortex baffles could move, an iris mechanism could be used to close all three at the same time. It would allow you to vary how open they are or shut them completely.
That was a great video! I thought it you were mental doing that inside being so close to the suspended ceiling! Fantastically entertaining. Keep up the great work!!👍👍👍
That mantle was mentle. Thinking about increasing size of pipe and mantle Make the cap into a parabolic dish and you have an outdoor friends over for beer or cookout in the cool evenings. Heat ambient lite friends family and conversation. Wow. Perfect evening event.
Hi from France, you have made a very nice twirl, maybe the Coriolis Effect plays a role here. Have you taken it here ? Or could you made here an opposite sense of twirling for providing a "visual proof" ? Very well done, maybe an annular ash tray could be useful to avoid any zig-zag hot point ^^ Very fine stainless steel can be found also. Spot resistance welding can also be used with extra-long arms for such narrow and deep pipewire linear weld. Best regards & greetings !
Robert😂 you know what I am thinking about this ln lab test... smh, tour my kind of developer, as the years go by I wish I lived closer, the things we would get up to.... Thank you so much for being you m8, gawd your fun...🎉😂
The purpose of a mantle is to get hot and radiate heat (or light). To do this you have to force the exhaust gases through it. I would try an inverted cone in the top so that the diameter narrows as it rises. In theory the extra pressure at the top should force more gas out at the bottom. Or perhaps a simpler solution would be a cone shaped mantle, perhaps even doubled up to increase resistance (or a cap on top).
Suggestion: A crushing device not unlike Colin furze rubbish shredder, for shredding wood into the correct size chunks for a constant feed system for this, also dish the bottom so that you may also drip feed old, used oils
The only thing missing from that was a decent reflector! And the manic cackle as the smoke fills the room would do any horror film proud too! A word of warning (not that you need it ... but others might) Do not do the oil version without plenty of space round it. If you are going to use blown air you can get it up to welding temperature! ..... Not for the faint hearted! ;o)
Amazing modifications! It did pose a question, would the vortex flame get taller and hotter if the length of the chimney were much taller? How tall should a chimney be in order to have the same pull of air flow as you had there with the fan on? Also would the material the chimney is made from, would this also improve the airflow? Like making it out of sandstone?
Crazy is the right word! What if you made a manifold for the chimney to split the single into 4 with 4 correspondingly smaller mantles, spreading the heat out? Keep up the good work!
this is the problem i had with the rocket stove : it burns too quickly. On the other end of the spectrum is the woodgas stove; the problem with that is the risk of the fire going out, so a fan is useful. If there were a way, like the throttle regulator on a gas engine, to increase air depending on the heat output, to control air intake to slow down the burn without extinguishing the flame, that would be the best of both designs.
Love the mad professor laugh at 4 mins! Can you try reanimating a corpse next, I can just imagine you fitting a 50ft lightning conductor to your roof, switch to black and white..." It's aliiiiiive !" 🤣
Hehee
You're not wired up right Rob - absolutely crackers and I love it ! Fantastic content, you dare go where others won't, the reason is you know exactly what you're doing, you have the knowledge, experience and wherewithal if the worst happens - this all comes with years of hands on - roll on the next episode. ( I'm a retired tech. and love this stuff !!)
He's awesome isn't he? I would say that he's wired up proper, it's the rest of the world that's wired all wrong. If we had free thinking people like him running the place, this world would be a lot better off.
Looks Amazing Rob
Bless Up
That was incredible Rob! Now that is a "Rocket Stove".
Absolutely splendid cheers
Loving your experiments. Due to watching your crazy stuff, I added a mantle to a simple beer can 'penny stove' and run it on Methanol now on the table when I sit outside at night. It's like a mini patio heater and runs on just a few spoonfuls of Methanol. Keep up the good work dude, you are an inspiration :)
now that i would like to see
we're getting GOLD here! Rob: keep them coming! (we love you!)
That didn’t surprise!!! Hahaha funny stuff inside.
Yes please a pallet feed thanks
Really enjoyed watching all the rocket stove stuff great ideas for garden and Allotment heaters how about looking at them metal pizza ovens they look right up your street for a project and I can pinch your ideas then
Rob, I made a couple of these a few decades ago to provide heat and cooking facilities in the outback remote station camps for the Jackaroos here in Australia. From my experiments the vortex doesn't have to be as large as you made it and make sure you have the vortex going in the right direction, clockwise in the southern hemisphere and anti clockwise in the northern.
I ended up taking the vortex out due to melting pots and pans.
Great videos, keep it up.
🔥that was hot Mr. Smith! 🚒maybe double up the screen for more control🤷♀
i come for the engineering, I stay for the smile. thanks again for another great video
Be careful those Ciling tiles are flammable lol 😂
If they are...
They aren't up to Building Code.
Can't wait to see the used motor oil version with the hair dryer on it
When ever I'm burning something and kids come around I explain how fire is a living creature that is always looking to get loose.
Spectacular Robert, just spectacular!
You had the quintessential mad scientist laugh....more more more mad science. On a serious note, I look forward towards your posts. They are always informational and/or entertaining.
Works beautifully m8 love the craziness and enthusiasm x
Baffles. You need adjustable baffles about half way up the 4” vertical pipe. Cut slots and they can slide in & out. Then of course a door on the square open draft end.
Very good!.. and it is almost bonfire night.
Looking forward to the video on removing soot from a white suspended ceiling. :)
These videos are so motivating!
Excellent stuff. 🌟 just a reminder, you’ll feel warmer if you have humidity so put a little pot with water on your heater for evaporation 👍
Very cool 👍
Just discovered this channel, what a treat!... Indoor smoke check. Unknown dangerous outcomes check. Engineer maniacally laughing check.
Whoa! That had me on the edge of my seat. 😃
CORN burner from a hopper outside the farmhouse with a worm feed, My sister in Canada had this setup back in 2018. Easy to grow dry and store compared to wood pellets ?
One interesting point is they harvest the corn around October so that it is as dry as possible; the corn is usually sent for storage and they weigh it and then dry it then weigh it again and charge you for the moisture removed.
That was flipping brilliant mate!
Crikey, didn't think you'd do that indoors but I guess it's nearly Guy Fawkes night ;)
A valve inside the chimney to reduce the output ? Intake air reduce, is more complicated i guess. Just amazing to watch :-) !!
Sharing chuckles and great ideas with millions around the world.
You are truly a blessing Rob.
God bless.
That's wild no doubt!!!!
That was flaming 🔥amazing!
Right! Solid idea!
That was awesome!! Thanks for your awesome videos.👍👍👌👌
Thanks for interesting and easy to understand videos.
It would be interesting to see some of that stainless mesh twisted like an Archimedes water screw to see how it would effect the vortex? Yes I know I'm random but that's how I roll. Lol
....I think you might be the coolest guy on the planet.
You are absolutely insane!
I love it! A speed control on a small 12 Volt battery fan should do it.
Driven by a peltier stove fan. no battery, no need for external power
Howz about putting the mantle on a slide, as it almost is anyway, such that it goes up and down the shaft and permits only what you allow. Also, this needs to be part of a system that makes ash removal real-time so that the unit doesn't need to be down whilst serviced. But I'm a stickler. Love this.
From one little fire bug to another, Woohoooo. Brilliant subject Robert and great fun to watch. We all should have had a science teacher like you. Cheers🍻
Mental Mantel Madness .... Marvelous
...but where are we going to pop the popcorn?
I love the extra air with the hair dryer. I've seen a few videos adding extra air, even a 50 watt fan to create a really clean burn.
More mental than mantle, love it.
So what can be attributed to the wire mesh ? More complete burning of gases ? Infra red transmission ? Taller flame ?
This guy would be the best science teacher in high school.
Agreed, though the rest of the school would probably disagree because of the weekly occurence of fire alarms, i think.
I wanted to try something like this but with one of those cheap wood gas camping stoves and add an impeller at the bottom near the stove cone and a glass chimney almost like the StoveTec Firefly lanterns but with a vortex! Then as a madman myself convert it to a somewhat improvised rocket mass heater.
Excellent video again! Cheers 👍🏴
Landlord: "what happened to my ceiling tiles? Why are they black?"
Robert: "nevermind that.... wanna see my new stove?"
Is gleefully demented cackling part of the design, or will I have to shop around?
Hahah Bob you and your evil Genius laugh cracks me up,every time 😊😊😊
Because of the way light spreads in space, I think the mantle would benefit from being as close to the flame as possible. I wonder if you made it cone shaped how narrow the opening could be and still direct heat upwards.
Came for the fire, stayed for the Mad Scientist cackle.
That wrap of mesh looks like real "He-Man" toilet paper.
Thanks for making me laugh with you, how wonderful your channel is 👏👏👏
The combustion chamber gets really hot, Steel will not last 70 cycles. You need to insulate the burn chamber with something like rockwool or perlite or even vermiculite..
FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥 ! 😱
LOL 😀!
Needs a radiator and copper coil system so the stove can go outside. It would need a flue or chimney system to be safer to use the stove inside. If it's over 4kw you would need ventilation or an air intake coming from outside depending on the size room you are putting it in. A gravity fed pellet , old timber or pallet wood system would be great.
Keep em coming.! 🔥👍
He’s a complete nutter! And I LOVE IT, great job and please keep them coming
Thanks for all the great content! Suggestion: Replace the mantle with a barrel and short chimney. Get a more complete burn and no smoke.
GREAT IDEA
Don't let your insurance company see this, your premiums will go through the roof like those sparks
... no smoke, complete burn... amazing!
You said it a mental result! Great fun.
How would coal do? would there be sufficient out-gassing to have the desired effect?
The mental mantle brilliant watch it twice
Now that's a rocket stove. Might try it outdoors next time. Keep experimenting!!
Knowing you has to be an absolute blast! Thanks for the content, and please bring us more!
Well I am caught without words except that I had to continually watch the ceiling tile for a brown spot lol. Producing heat does not seem to be the problem I wondered about a large closed space being used to capture the heat without killing the draft. Cheers you will soon be able to have a smaller fire and more heat.
I've got an idea on how to throttle it. If the vortex baffles could move, an iris mechanism could be used to close all three at the same time. It would allow you to vary how open they are or shut them completely.
That's really awesome, love it! We are all Mad scientists here.
That was a great video! I thought it you were mental doing that inside being so close to the suspended ceiling! Fantastically entertaining. Keep up the great work!!👍👍👍
hope those ceiling tiles are fire resistant!
I was REALLY worried for your ceiling ! Glad you stopped it !
Awesome!
😃
Well... it went pretty well. I bit too much smoke tho. That reminds me, what are you doing for exhaust with these rocket stoves?
The mantle also has the bonus of working as a spark arrester; any that make it through the mesh will be too small to start a fire.
That mantle was mentle. Thinking about increasing size of pipe and mantle Make the cap into a parabolic dish and you have an outdoor friends over for beer or cookout in the cool evenings. Heat ambient lite friends family and conversation. Wow. Perfect evening event.
Loved every moment of this!
Hi from France, you have made a very nice twirl, maybe the Coriolis Effect plays a role here. Have you taken it here ?
Or could you made here an opposite sense of twirling for providing a "visual proof" ?
Very well done, maybe an annular ash tray could be useful to avoid any zig-zag hot point ^^
Very fine stainless steel can be found also.
Spot resistance welding can also be used with extra-long arms for such narrow and deep pipewire linear weld.
Best regards & greetings !
3:55 Careful you don't set your workshop alight, Robert! 🔥🔥🚀😂😂😂
Robert😂 you know what I am thinking about this ln lab test... smh, tour my kind of developer, as the years go by I wish I lived closer, the things we would get up to....
Thank you so much for being you m8, gawd your fun...🎉😂
That was brilliant 🤣 I guess I'm not the only guy wandering round TK Max and the charity shops with a vernier and a crazy grin
The purpose of a mantle is to get hot and radiate heat (or light). To do this you have to force the exhaust gases through it.
I would try an inverted cone in the top so that the diameter narrows as it rises. In theory the extra pressure at the top should force more gas out at the bottom.
Or perhaps a simpler solution would be a cone shaped mantle, perhaps even doubled up to increase resistance (or a cap on top).
Suggestion:
A crushing device not unlike Colin furze rubbish shredder, for shredding wood into the correct size chunks for a constant feed system for this, also dish the bottom so that you may also drip feed old, used oils
How about a colab video?
awesome cant wait for the self drip feed waste oil version !!!!
That crazy flame turned your ceiling black 😅
That was mad Robert, I was afraid you were going to burn down the whole place😂😂
The only thing missing from that was a decent reflector!
And the manic cackle as the smoke fills the room would do any horror film proud too!
A word of warning (not that you need it ... but others might) Do not do the oil version without plenty of space round it. If you are going to use blown air you can get it up to welding temperature! ..... Not for the faint hearted! ;o)
So.. how long took firefighters to smash trough the door? XD
Thanks!
Burning the house down Bob!
What about covering the chimney with a "barrel" and let that radiate the heat. Like the Rocket Mass Heater?
Instead of a cap, maybe the top would be a great place for water boiler coils...
A version that would be modular enough to take both pellets and oil would be fantastic!
Amazing modifications! It did pose a question, would the vortex flame get taller and hotter if the length of the chimney were much taller? How tall should a chimney be in order to have the same pull of air flow as you had there with the fan on? Also would the material the chimney is made from, would this also improve the airflow? Like making it out of sandstone?
Loving this steel mesh going to have to order some it's great to be able to make any size mantels for radiating heat
I think you are turning into a made scentist Rob :)
I love it.
What do you mean... ‘turning’?
:)
He was always a mad scientist..
@@charlespatterson6037 that's what mob scientists become.
Needing to work on the hair though!
Crazy is the right word! What if you made a manifold for the chimney to split the single into 4 with 4 correspondingly smaller mantles, spreading the heat out? Keep up the good work!
this is the problem i had with the rocket stove : it burns too quickly.
On the other end of the spectrum is the woodgas stove; the problem with that is the risk of the fire going out, so a fan is useful. If there were a way, like the throttle regulator on a gas engine, to increase air depending on the heat output, to control air intake to slow down the burn without extinguishing the flame, that would be the best of both designs.
That's NOT a vortex heater, that's a dragon 🐉!
Not wrong lol, I tuned in to see what improvements he's made, didn't expect to see the gates of hell open up 😂
@@jb-dn3ct lol
Great video Rob! I could see a metal Archimedes screw being helpful in feeding your rocket stove.