This man is very special. I live in upstate ny and I have done a lot of research on what it was like to be a hermit in the Adirondacks a long time ago. I do a ton of backpacking and I am an ADK 46er. I grew up loving the outdoors and I would of paid a million dollars to have someone like him to be a friend or neighbor. He is a dying breed with more knowledge then I think many realize. Much respect my friend , I would love to be able to spend some time in the woods with you. Just good old knowledge of the outdoors. Thanks for the wisdom.....
@@matthewvaughan3245 I live near oswego. I have heard of noah. I've read a couple books on him and french louie. I have been through Noah's hermatage twice while hiking the NPT.
I'm in Warren/Washington County area... Don't have much time for bushcraft anymore, but I was brought up old school & have somehow resisted change ... Besides the actual skills of the trades, I think the most important heirloom that our families taught/passed down to us was a mindset. It's the abilities & willingness to problem solve & rationalize. Like when one is working on a project & needs a part, look in the garage or barn first and see what can be made into that part. Look at a trip to the store as the last resort & looking at a scrap copper pipe & seeing legs for a woodstove, spacers or washers for a bolt, a terminal connector for DC wiring, a grounding rod, & a multitude of other things.. Also the examples they set showed us to study or observe things in the environment as well as things we're working with.. The details like the type of corner on a piece of milled lumber vs a home cut piece & what effect it has on the metal you're bending, or a box you're building.. It's a mindset that transfers to many parts of daily life. Today's ways have many benefits I suppose, but I much prefer & miss the slower pace of the simpler times I enjoyed as a youth & young adult. There is less time in a day now. The slavish way people rush off to work more to pay for "smart" devices & the networks to run them is bad enough, but then to realize those same devices on those networks that they are paying for with time are also gobbling up any free time that back in the day would've been used for interacting with friends & family face to face, telling each other of the days highlights, & later spent with the self, reflecting on the day & new things realized from mistakes made or maybe a moment of introspection, in search of some solution to some problem.. Things regularly handed down in decades past were priceless indeed. I tried handing them down to my children as many others likely have. The new mentally delicate world with its victimhood mindset in most cases prevents that though.. It only took in 1 of my 3 as far as I can tell. Now a days I see 5 year old kids running around with their own iPhones & have their own tablets at home in the corner of the bedroom floor.. Its gotten crazy. To be honest, the only kids that I can enjoy myself around for more than an hour or so are the ones with parents who don't believe in giving them that stuff. But more often are the ones with parents who cant because those who can generally do. Looking to the future, when I'm gone, I do hope the pendulum swings back the other way, because if it doesn't, I don't hold a high hope for what type or quality of life our successors will enjoy. And I'll just leave it right there...
I built your last stove, the 5 gal bucket stove. I also built your plastic tarp got tent. My daughter and I have enjoyed many winter nights camping here in Vermont thanks to you Lonnie! Last weekend it dropped to -25 below! Your tent kept us warm. Thanks so much for this new upgrade. Off to the shop I go. Incredible Lonnie, your simply incredible. Thanks again so much for your time to make these videos.
Fantastic project.. I wish my dad was still alive to see this. He was a huge fan of DIY, and loved the process of finding and using ordinary tools and materials to build stuff that looks like it would take more exotic tools. Techniques to bent sheet metal that Lonnie shows are highly functional, and can be done by almost any crafty person with common tools. Bravo for a great lightweight stove project.. with really excellent DIY methods illustrated. Hi to Connie too!
Wow, that's thinking outside the box, very ingenious. L@@King @ all these wood burning stoves on the market, & they're all over $400 or more. U made yurs from galvanized steel, economical. Love the way U bend the metal w/ hammer & wood, & mallet. Thx 4 sharing on Utube.
I was totally amazed watching you build that stove with just tin snips hammers and wood blocks and clamps! Quite a change from some of the other channels that have a 5000 square foot garage and $100,000 in tools! Very nice project and excellently done. Thank you so much for sharing enjoy the video immensely!
Thanks for bring up the dangers of galvanized steel... Worked in a mill for forty years producing galvanized coils and products.. Had quite a few instances of zink poisoning while welding and brazing on it. It is a great product and entirely safe after a couple burns but can surly make one sick if not respected.. PS drinking milk helps the nausua..lol Not meant to scare anyone.. like you stated perfectly safe after a burn or two.. Just wanted to say thanks for offering the warning!
I worked in a refinery welding shop for almost 40 years, and suffered sickness a few times from breathing smoke from hard surfacing welding. I can't handle milk, so our safety dept would sit me down with an orange, or grapefruit, and say eat it peeling and all. Sounds strange alright, but it worked every time. Sickness was gone in an hour or so.
Learnt quite a lot again from this one. I haven't worked much with sheet metals, and I never would have thought to seal the front and back panel with a "double fold" in that way, almost looks like you wouldn't need rivets at all. Tricks like that tend to come in handy in other projects as well. Thanks for the video!
Remember everyone. He is totally correct and is speaking the truth. Burn stoves made of galvanized steel outside before using them in a walled tent or tipi. The zinc vapors are toxic in an enclosed space. The residual coating will allow for some resistance to rust and won't be toxic unlike during the burn off. Great video brother and glad you included the safely warning!
Lonnie I am impressed I worked with sheet metal for over 20 years and you done a excellent job with simple tools that most anyone would have this is one of the reasons that I enjoy your videos a real bush man doing real stuff for others. Thank you and Connie #1 camera man
I absolutely love your hot tent do it yourself videos. In fact it was because of you a couple of years ago when you made the first DIY hot tipi video, got me hooked on them. Thanks for everything you share, you are a blessing to the outdoors community.
Glad you are enjoying those videos and have received such benefit from them. I have the material on hand and plan on sewing a pyramid tent with side walls out of 1.1 ounce Mtn Silnylon. This tent will be 10 feet by 10 feet and will weigh just under 4 pounds total weight complete with stove jack for use with this stove here in this video. The grade of material used is some of the best available but the finished tent should cost me less than half and close to a third of the cost of a commercially manufactured one in the same class.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival Oh that sounds like a beauty of a tent Lonnie, I know it can coast a bit more but you should consider putting screens and double pain windows in so it still stays warm like Lars at Survival Russia’s Russian Tent if I remember correctly it’s the name of the manufacturer is PFberg. Then you can have an all season tent. I hope you’ll do a video on making the tent even if you don’t put the screens in windows on your tutorials are always short sweet and to the point without missing any details and perfect for the common man. Btw Happy New Year to You Connie Buck and your family 🎊🎆😊 - Anthony
I think this guy is one of the best on UA-cam and stuff is real practical and expensive and you don’t need a bunch of special tools to get the job done.
Awesome job Lonnie! Your ability to take ordinary items and turn them into bushcraft gold is amazing. That thing burns sweet too. Can't wait to make one myself. Thanks for the detailed instructions.
I have watched a couple dyi hot tent stove builds yours is by far a more superior build than anything else I have watched.....great job and thanks for passing on the torch!
Lonnie you and your dear wife have been such an absolute blessing to me. You’ve taught me so much. I truly appreciate all you share. Thank you so, so much. God Bless ~Lisa
I absolutely loved this video and was glued to it. This is proper old school workmanship. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Stay well, stay safe and God Bless. Ash 🏴
Nice work, Lonnie! I worked in the trades for long time, and I don't know any tin knocker who would do a better job even given more elaborate tools! You never cease to amaze us! Thanks for showing us how to make a really nice affordable stove, and thanks for another great video!
I feel like I'm watching Bob Ross meets Bob Vila meets Old Yankee Workshop and then thrown out into the Alaskan Wilderness. This is great. Thanks for your channel!
I've learned a heck of a lot about working sheet metal & how to do it without expensive equipment. Also, very well engineered little stove!!! Thank you very much sir!!!!!!! And you did a great job explaining the processes as well. THANKS AGAIN !!!!!!!
Your voice is so soothing. I watch your vids at night b4 bed as it sends me of to the land of nod. In a good way of course. 👍🥃🥃cheers from Scotland 🏴
@@mattmarzula Only partially correct. Wood stoves made of galvanized steel are 100% safe because they will never reach the 2200 degrees needed to burn zinc oxide which is where the fumes come from.
Super cool! Excellent use of what could be just scrap metal to someone else. All that cutting, bending and hammering, no gloves, and not a single cut! I'da gone through a whole box of bandaids! Man's a magician!!!
Hi Lonny my friend, again great demonstration of skills and craftsmanship, I’ve you live in a area like you both, it’s important know how to build and repair things on your own, thanks for the demonstration, take care, Taro
If i dont look at the vid i keep thinking Johnny Cash is telling me how to build a stove, your voice and calm way of talking is a lot like his! Also, i love how methodical, clear and complete the tutorial is. You explain everything really clear and leave nothing out so even complete newbies wont get stuck. Really good!
Great Job, Lonnie. You did a nice job on it with it being made with Stove Pipe instead of flat metal👍🏼 I have've been welding Galvanized steel for over 50 years and I'm still kick'n around......Noth'n wrong with me. Noth'n wrong with me😉
Hi Lonnie: Over the years I have had a number of times arise when I was in search of an answer to camping problems; you have miraculously provided the answer. Once again you have performed your miracle. Thanks for a great video. Brian 78
Duncan here, Sir, I just had to say that I have added this video to my favorites ! Thinking that I need to try and build one. Thanks so much for sharing ALL of your videos with us !!
Hello Lonnie & Connie, it's good to see another video, thanks for showing how to make a camp stove, I'll have to try my hand in making one, Y'all have a safe week up in Alaska. God bless you and your Family always. 🇺🇸☕️🔥🌨
Thank you far north for posting your video. This gives me an option to build a woodstove instead of paying big bucks for the store-bought ones. Also the journey of creating it sounds like a great time.👏
I saw how fast you hammered that block to make that fold....even though most people think you sped up the video, I think your secret is out. Only Santa or his elves can hammer that fast...and you do live pretty far north......
The other Bill, Thetripfantastic, Eric Robinett and Jeff Clark of Clarkie Sparklle. I can only trust you find yourselves in a dire situation, wherin you find yourselves in a canvas tent and realize that
Lonnie, excellent stove build! I’ve only got one complaint, three days ago (no kidding) I decided, my wife told me to, buy a production sheet metal wood stove and stop trying to build one. $310.00 dollars, and that was one of the lowest priced. Now you put this post out and it’s exactly what I was thinking of. The production model uses the same gauge metal too! My brother and I heated a cabin in the matsu valley east of Palmer all year long for years with a sheet metal stove, “Airtight” brand, that was oval shaped and had about the same gauge thickness metal. We got it hot enough to see through a few times and it worked fine for years! All the best!
I cant express how much time this channel has saved me of fiddleing around nothing but the best here keep up the good work can’t wait to start my own stove project
This gentleman is a skilled outdoorsman. Thank you sir, for your teachings. I'm going to subscribe now, because anyone that can show us how to bush craft on a budget, is a ok in my book.
I really enjoyed the video, you did a fine job on the stove. About the only thing I might want to suggest is painting it after the galvanize burns off, to keep it from rusting. First thought might be the bar-b-que paint, DON'T waste your money, it'll burn off faster than you can paint it. But what will work is 2000 degree engine paint made by Rustoleum . I used it on stoves here and have yet to see it burn off.
Wow Lonnie, another brilliant job. Your emergency super shelter and the DIY adjustable wire cable bail are other great videos in your Good Mentor library. Simple components, patient craftsmanship, resulting in an outstanding and functional stove. Your beaten stove pipe collet was a joy to watch. A great project for a teenager - make something with your hands. A humble suggestion. Two pieces of expanded steel mesh 5" x 19" could form an effective fire grate and protect the base of the stove from burn out and aid combustion. Wishing you and Connie warm nights and delicious meals form this wonderful DIY stove. Kind regards from Greg in Thailand
No grate is needed to aid combustion. I do however plan to eventually place a false bottom in the stove for other reasons. I also have other mods in mind and will video them eventually.
I don't think that I've ever been as greatly impressed with someone's work as I am with yours! You have created a tent stove that has all the qualities of a commercially manufactured one and which is actually better designed and constructed than some commercial varieties I have seen! I particularly admire and respect your meticulous and creative craftsmanship in turning a 7" diameter round steel pipe into a rectangular tent stove with superb torsional rigidity and excellent fume retention using the most basic, simple, everyday hand tools! You have inspired, encouraged and instilled confidence in those that are unable to justify the cost of a commercially manufactured tent stove or to find one that meets their specific requirements to actually construct one for themselves! Your remarkable tutorial has opened minds and eyes into what an individual can create with basic, simple hand tools and ordinary commercially available steel pipe and the drive in their heart to learn from your truly wonderful tutorial! Thank you for contributing so very much to the Make Your Own Gear knowledge base and so much more besides.
Having been a sheet-metal mechanic for 20 years, I can tell you that better options exist. The 7" round duct pipe that you used is really thin (looks like 30 gauge) and won't last all that long. Options: Look around for heavier gauge (22-26), often used as flue pipe. It will of course be harder to bend/ manipulate, but the end product will be worth your time and efforts. Also, putting a "cross-break" into the sections that are the sides and bottom (a very slight but visible bend in the shape of a X diagonally corner to corner) will add strength and rigidity to the stove without any added weight. However, I suggest going scrounging around any local job sites or scrap yards looking for rectangular duct already made. You can easily find it in the size, shape, and thickness (gauge) that suits your needs, often already including things like end-caps, making final construction much easier as well as your bends are mostly made for you. Approach: There's no need to use a drill to begin a hole in sheet-metal at these gauges, simply lay the corner of a flat-head screwdriver where you want penetration (center of you soon to be hole), and holding it firmly at about a 45 degree angle to the sheet-metal, simply give it a whack with a hammer, opening a small hole, simply drag that screwdriver along and whack again. In this manner you can open a void in the metal as short or as long as you'd like, enabling you to easily get your tin snips in to make your cut of any shape you need - without the need for any electricity... it takes literally only seconds. Finishing: I would suggest also adding red High-Temp silicone sealer to the seams during assembly, to seal the seams and make the stove more efficient. The flue pipe exiting the stove - Use a small end-piece (crimped male end ) and make a several cuts in it's crimped end up to the rolled bead that makes the flue pipe mate against it's next section. Cuts should be about every 1/2-3/4" making a bunch of "tabs". Insert this "starter collar" you just made into your stove's flue opening until it bottoms out against that rolled bead, then reaching into the stove simply bend those tabs out and up against the top of the stove metal, like opening flower petals, making a very secure, semi-sealed but not permanent connection. You can crimp the top of this pipe where it exits the stove if you choose (if you have hand-crimping tool) or just run your flue pipe sections "backwards" with male ends facing down rather than up. This way you have a starting collar already installed, and it also protects your flue opening from getting deformed during transport, and it also helps stiffen up that area where you placed the hole in your stove top. Lastly, you need to insert a flue damper in that starting collar or in the first section of flue pipe on top of the stove. You can make one yourself easy enough with a long heavy nail and a piece of scrap sheet-metal cut into a circle: Use that screwdriver technique (or a drill if you choose), I usually just hammer that nail into it from each side so it mates with the nail perfectly without being too large a hole .. and put two opposing holes into the flue pipe just allowing the nail to slide in one side and out the other. This nail can attach to the pipe as you wish, as log as it's secure and allows you to control the amount of air rising through the flue. Between this, and that perfect air intake control you made, you can control this stove very precisely for temperature and burn rate, getting the most of your fuel. None of this was criticism (I love the job you did) just some pointers you may wish to consider for the next stove. Stay well.
Thank you Lonnie for showing your skills in making a stove, might give it a go. Thanks for pointing out the danger of galvanised steel, thumbs up to you 👍👋🇬🇧
Great project video Lonnie. I'm glad you covered over the dangers of the toxic fumes given off because of the metal being galvanized. I saw someone else do a video of a similar stove and he put it in his shelter and when the video started back up the next morning he said he didn't sleep well during the night because he felt very sick but didn't know why. Someone mentioned the toxic fumes in the comments so I looked it up and sure enough, it's galvanized metal is toxic when is being burned off. Thanks for being responsible and providing a great safety warning for those that don't know the dangers. I definitely want to build one of these. Take care and stay safe up there.
Thanks Lonnie. By far the safest looking option I have seen. Having survived a house fire, a couple of years back, I have been sceptical about various in-tent options I have seen suggested, to date. Yours though looks great. I think folks will need to take extra care making the legs mind, as that is the biggest danger point, in the event of one giving out.
Hats off for the functional & beautiful final result using sooo few & simple tools. Thanks for sharing. This, like all of your videos , is very inspirational and it shows what can be done & achieved with dedication, perseverance and a bright mind! This is more in need today than ever and I thank the Lord for generous people like you who share their knowledge. God bless both of You! ATB from Germany, Gereon
Lonnie, I thought you'd like to know that I finally broke down and bought a French Coffee Press. Best coffee ever. Smooth, rich, satisfying. Absolutely no bitterness, just the best coffee I've ever had ... even using my regular name brand coffee. I love it. And it's all your fault. Thanks. I love you guys.
Great stove and the whole process well explained. I was glad to hear you saying to burn off the galvanising outside first. Thanks for taking the time to make a video of it
I built your modified tipi tarp and a ammo can wood stove for a November elk hunt. It worked beautifully. Was comfortable all night and it snowed and rained on us one day it was nice to dry out the clothes inside and be warm. Thank you so much for the vids! I'm building this stove before next season
After burning off the galvanizing (Zink) I would and have used high temp flat stove black paint. I see a few of these being made over the summer in my shop to give to the homeless people in our local tent city.
I've made one for a homeless couple out of a 5 gallon metal kerosene pail! It works great too! I followed the instructions Lonnie did on a video a year or so ago!
I definitely not recommended to use zinced steel for making a tent stove. I telling it to you like a welder. ZnO will get you the metal fume fever - that's not cool. Just use stainless steel and keep your heath.
Man, for an inexpensive build with basic tools and materials you did a remarkably nice job on that stove. I will definitely try my hand at making one. Looks like it would be great for an ice fishing hut. Thank you again for yet another great video.
Like seeing an old friend again. I was JUST thinking about finding plans for a tent stove. Impeccable timing and excellent video as always Lonnie! Thanks!
Excellent use of the materials, building the stove body by using the same "stovepipe" material originally meant to serve as a tube. Thanks for showing the flange treatment for the stove top Exhaust Hole. It's too easy to forget about the Ductility of the metal. Patience is the tool I forget most often. People need to be reminded of the VALUE of (1) having a few essential tools; (2) knowing a little about how to use'em; and (3) setting aside some space to build useful things from materials that can be salvaged and put to new uses.
Lonnie is there no end to your skills ? That's one fine looking piece of kit right there . what i love about your vlogs is your ability to come up with a wide range of peoples needs and Lonniefy them into affordable practical fully functional items that anybody would love to own / make. Keep um coming Lonnie your doing good and your one interesting individual .
wally carries muriatic acid, but I think vinegar might be cheaper, but takes longer. so it's a trade off. I have a gallon of muriatic acid because I make my own ferric chloride for etching knives that I make (not for the faint of heart)
Also a good way to weaken your metal and create thin spots that will rust out. Especially after heating and cooling. Stainless and you're done. Using galvanized steel is stupid to begin with.
And for the next video, Lonnie will show us how to make galvanized sheet metal and rivets! MAN that was intricate. I loved it. Thanks for another great video.
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This man is very special. I live in upstate ny and I have done a lot of research on what it was like to be a hermit in the Adirondacks a long time ago. I do a ton of backpacking and I am an ADK 46er. I grew up loving the outdoors and I would of paid a million dollars to have someone like him to be a friend or neighbor. He is a dying breed with more knowledge then I think many realize. Much respect my friend , I would love to be able to spend some time in the woods with you. Just good old knowledge of the outdoors. Thanks for the wisdom.....
Hey Up state NY, where are you? I'm in near Lake George, gotta love the Adirondacks. Noah John, my hero, sure you must have heard of him
@@matthewvaughan3245 I live near oswego. I have heard of noah. I've read a couple books on him and french louie. I have been through Noah's hermatage twice while hiking the NPT.
I 100% agree. He reminds me so much of my grandfather i could make anything with what ever he could find laying around.
I'm in Warren/Washington County area... Don't have much time for bushcraft anymore, but I was brought up old school & have somehow resisted change ...
Besides the actual skills of the trades, I think the most important heirloom that our families taught/passed down to us was a mindset. It's the abilities & willingness to problem solve & rationalize. Like when one is working on a project & needs a part, look in the garage or barn first and see what can be made into that part. Look at a trip to the store as the last resort & looking at a scrap copper pipe & seeing legs for a woodstove, spacers or washers for a bolt, a terminal connector for DC wiring, a grounding rod, & a multitude of other things.. Also the examples they set showed us to study or observe things in the environment as well as things we're working with.. The details like the type of corner on a piece of milled lumber vs a home cut piece & what effect it has on the metal you're bending, or a box you're building.. It's a mindset that transfers to many parts of daily life. Today's ways have many benefits I suppose, but I much prefer & miss the slower pace of the simpler times I enjoyed as a youth & young adult. There is less time in a day now. The slavish way people rush off to work more to pay for "smart" devices & the networks to run them is bad enough, but then to realize those same devices on those networks that they are paying for with time are also gobbling up any free time that back in the day would've been used for interacting with friends & family face to face, telling each other of the days highlights, & later spent with the self, reflecting on the day & new things realized from mistakes made or maybe a moment of introspection, in search of some solution to some problem..
Things regularly handed down in decades past were priceless indeed. I tried handing them down to my children as many others likely have. The new mentally delicate world with its victimhood mindset in most cases prevents that though.. It only took in 1 of my 3 as far as I can tell. Now a days I see 5 year old kids running around with their own iPhones & have their own tablets at home in the corner of the bedroom floor.. Its gotten crazy. To be honest, the only kids that I can enjoy myself around for more than an hour or so are the ones with parents who don't believe in giving them that stuff. But more often are the ones with parents who cant because those who can generally do.
Looking to the future, when I'm gone, I do hope the pendulum swings back the other way, because if it doesn't, I don't hold a high hope for what type or quality of life our successors will enjoy. And I'll just leave it right there...
Just south of Plattsburgh here... :)
I built your last stove, the 5 gal bucket stove. I also built your plastic tarp got tent. My daughter and I have enjoyed many winter nights camping here in Vermont thanks to you Lonnie! Last weekend it dropped to -25 below! Your tent kept us warm. Thanks so much for this new upgrade. Off to the shop I go. Incredible Lonnie, your simply incredible. Thanks again so much for your time to make these videos.
Fantastic project.. I wish my dad was still alive to see this. He was a huge fan of DIY, and loved the process of finding and using ordinary tools and materials to build stuff that looks like it would take more exotic tools. Techniques to bent sheet metal that Lonnie shows are highly functional, and can be done by almost any crafty person with common tools. Bravo for a great lightweight stove project.. with really excellent DIY methods illustrated. Hi to Connie too!
Wow, that's thinking outside the box, very ingenious. L@@King @ all these wood burning stoves on the market, & they're all over $400 or more. U made yurs from galvanized steel, economical. Love the way U bend the metal w/ hammer & wood, & mallet. Thx 4 sharing on Utube.
I was totally amazed watching you build that stove with just tin snips hammers and wood blocks and clamps! Quite a change from some of the other channels that have a 5000 square foot garage and $100,000 in tools! Very nice project and excellently done. Thank you so much for sharing enjoy the video immensely!
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Thanks for bring up the dangers of galvanized steel... Worked in a mill for forty years producing galvanized coils and products.. Had quite a few instances of zink poisoning while welding and brazing on it. It is a great product and entirely safe after a couple burns but can surly make one sick if not respected.. PS drinking milk helps the nausua..lol Not meant to scare anyone.. like you stated perfectly safe after a burn or two.. Just wanted to say thanks for offering the warning!
I worked in a refinery welding shop for almost 40 years, and suffered sickness a few times from breathing smoke from hard surfacing welding. I can't handle milk, so our safety dept would sit me down with an orange, or grapefruit, and say eat it peeling and all. Sounds strange alright, but it worked every time. Sickness was gone in an hour or so.
I leaned something new today, and for this I thank u.
exactly whtiw as thinking while watching! I think u can get off the galvanised coat with vinegar.
@@user-qs1xc2cs1s Yes to a degree.. I'd still burn it off though
@@Plain-Ole-Chuck Yeah jur right never safe enought :)!
Learnt quite a lot again from this one. I haven't worked much with sheet metals, and I never would have thought to seal the front and back panel with a "double fold" in that way, almost looks like you wouldn't need rivets at all. Tricks like that tend to come in handy in other projects as well. Thanks for the video!
Remember everyone. He is totally correct and is speaking the truth. Burn stoves made of galvanized steel outside before using them in a walled tent or tipi. The zinc vapors are toxic in an enclosed space. The residual coating will allow for some resistance to rust and won't be toxic unlike during the burn off. Great video brother and glad you included the safely warning!
Lonnie I am impressed I worked with sheet metal for over 20 years and you done a excellent job with simple tools that most anyone would have this is one of the reasons that I enjoy your videos a real bush man doing real stuff for others. Thank you and Connie #1 camera man
That was just great brother, headed to the shop now, with your video on my phone, in hand, to build my own version 😀 THANKS
I absolutely love your hot tent do it yourself videos. In fact it was because of you a couple of years ago when you made the first DIY hot tipi video, got me hooked on them. Thanks for everything you share, you are a blessing to the outdoors community.
Glad you are enjoying those videos and have received such benefit from them.
I have the material on hand and plan on sewing a pyramid tent with side walls out of 1.1 ounce Mtn Silnylon. This tent will be 10 feet by 10 feet and will weigh just under 4 pounds total weight complete with stove jack for use with this stove here in this video. The grade of material used is some of the best available but the finished tent should cost me less than half and close to a third of the cost of a commercially manufactured one in the same class.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival looking forward to it Lonnie 👍👍👍
Far North Bushcraft And Survival Oh that sounds like a beauty of a tent Lonnie, I know it can coast a bit more but you should consider putting screens and double pain windows in so it still stays warm like Lars at Survival Russia’s Russian Tent if I remember correctly it’s the name of the manufacturer is PFberg.
Then you can have an all season tent.
I hope you’ll do a video on making the tent even if you don’t put the screens in windows on your tutorials are always short sweet and to the point without missing any details and perfect for the common man.
Btw Happy New Year to You Connie Buck and your family 🎊🎆😊
- Anthony
Heck, this dude rocks!
What an engineer, you are an excellent teacher!
I think this guy is one of the best on UA-cam and stuff is real practical and expensive and you don’t need a bunch of special tools to get the job done.
Awesome job Lonnie! Your ability to take ordinary items and turn them into bushcraft gold is amazing. That thing burns sweet too. Can't wait to make one myself. Thanks for the detailed instructions.
Blows my mind finding this channel. Finally a fellow woodsman that thinks outside the box like me.
Now that is real craftsmanship along with brilliant thinking.
I have watched a couple dyi hot tent stove builds yours is by far a more superior build than anything else I have watched.....great job and thanks for passing on the torch!
This is so great! A decent camp stove that anyone can build with basic tools and a small budget... Thank you so much for this one!
Lonnie you and your dear wife have been such an absolute blessing to me. You’ve taught me so much. I truly appreciate all you share. Thank you so, so much. God Bless ~Lisa
Father Lonnie giving another inspiring sermon...amen
I absolutely loved this video and was glued to it.
This is proper old school workmanship.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Stay well, stay safe and God Bless.
Ash 🏴
Nice work, Lonnie! I worked in the trades for long time, and I don't know any tin knocker who would do a better job even given more elaborate tools! You never cease to amaze us! Thanks for showing us how to make a really nice affordable stove, and thanks for another great video!
I feel like I'm watching Bob Ross meets Bob Vila meets Old Yankee Workshop and then thrown out into the Alaskan Wilderness. This is great. Thanks for your channel!
Wowwww, what a fantastic project. Congratulation to this awesome video! Greetings from Switzerland
Felix
I've learned a heck of a lot about working sheet metal & how to do it without expensive equipment. Also, very well engineered little stove!!! Thank you very much sir!!!!!!! And you did a great job explaining the processes as well. THANKS AGAIN !!!!!!!
Your voice is so soothing. I watch your vids at night b4 bed as it sends me of to the land of nod. In a good way of course. 👍🥃🥃cheers from Scotland 🏴
Yo Woody81 where abouts ya from? I'm from Dundee myself. Good to see another scot enjoys this channel.
system Skynet highlands bro so this sort of stuff can come in handy especially on a night in the glen
@@woody816 I hear ya man. I love wild camping...took it up in 2011 when i thought the world was gonna end in 2012 haha.
I feel tired listening to his voice
It's nice to spend time with simple God-fearing folk living in harmony with nature.
Clearly the best DIY wood stove on youtube. Congrats !
I've build your tipi model. Working on a crasy stove idea. Bur Nothong like yours ...
@@christiansimard947 clearly not. If it were stainless then maybe. You never burn galvanized steel. It's toxic.
@@mattmarzula Only partially correct. Wood stoves made of galvanized steel are 100% safe because they will never reach the 2200 degrees needed to burn zinc oxide which is where the fumes come from.
Super cool! Excellent use of what could be just scrap metal to someone else. All that cutting, bending and hammering, no gloves, and not a single cut! I'da gone through a whole box of bandaids! Man's a magician!!!
.good tips too keep warm, inexpensively..thank you..this could heat my ice fishing shack..
That was a gold medal DIY project. You should be proud.
Hi Lonny my friend, again great demonstration of skills and craftsmanship, I’ve you live in a area like you both, it’s important know how to build and repair things on your own, thanks for the demonstration, take care, Taro
If i dont look at the vid i keep thinking Johnny Cash is telling me how to build a stove, your voice and calm way of talking is a lot like his!
Also, i love how methodical, clear and complete the tutorial is. You explain everything really clear and leave nothing out so even complete newbies wont get stuck. Really good!
Great Job, Lonnie. You did a nice job on it with it being made with Stove Pipe instead of flat metal👍🏼
I have've been welding Galvanized steel for over 50 years and I'm still kick'n around......Noth'n wrong with me. Noth'n wrong with me😉
Hi Lonnie: Over the years I have had a number of times arise when I was in search of an answer to camping problems; you have miraculously provided the answer. Once again you have performed your miracle. Thanks for a great video. Brian 78
Informative, entertaining, and I can still understand him when I play the video at 2x speed.
Duncan here, Sir, I just had to say that I have added this video to my favorites ! Thinking that I need to try and build one. Thanks so much for sharing ALL of your videos with us !!
very nice sir,
I built a 5 gallon can stove, now I am interested in building my version of this stove.
Good quality workmanship Lonnie Thanks
Hello Lonnie & Connie, it's good to see another video, thanks for showing how to make a camp stove, I'll have to try my hand in making one, Y'all have a safe week up in Alaska. God bless you and your Family always. 🇺🇸☕️🔥🌨
Your a world of information Sir!!! Thanks much and blessings to you and your family 😇 🇺🇸
Thank you far north for posting your video. This gives me an option to build a woodstove instead of paying big bucks for the store-bought ones. Also the journey of creating it sounds like a great time.👏
I saw how fast you hammered that block to make that fold....even though most people think you sped up the video, I think your secret is out. Only Santa or his elves can hammer that fast...and you do live pretty far north......
Make toys next!
I don't think that's it because I recognized the sound. I figure Lonnie is part woodpecker.
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The other Bill, Thetripfantastic, Eric Robinett and Jeff Clark of Clarkie Sparklle. I can only trust you find yourselves in a dire situation, wherin you find yourselves in a canvas tent and realize that
Lonnie, excellent stove build! I’ve only got one complaint, three days ago (no kidding) I decided, my wife told me to, buy a production sheet metal wood stove and stop trying to build one. $310.00 dollars, and that was one of the lowest priced. Now you put this post out and it’s exactly what I was thinking of. The production model uses the same gauge metal too! My brother and I heated a cabin in the matsu valley east of Palmer all year long for years with a sheet metal stove, “Airtight” brand, that was oval shaped and had about the same gauge thickness metal. We got it hot enough to see through a few times and it worked fine for years! All the best!
I remember those ole oval sheet metal airtights and sure wish they were still available.
Lonnie you have a great pair of hands what a stove
I cant express how much time this channel has saved me of fiddleing around nothing but the best here keep up the good work can’t wait to start my own stove project
Good insructions. I think I could build one. Thank you for sharing with us. Thumbs up for sure.
and the nice thing is he uses simple hand tooles Nothing fancy showing Anyone can do this kinda thing.
--Rick
This gentleman is a skilled outdoorsman. Thank you sir, for your teachings. I'm going to subscribe now, because anyone that can show us how to bush craft on a budget, is a ok in my book.
Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel.
I really enjoyed the video, you did a fine job on the stove. About the only thing I might want to suggest is painting it after the galvanize burns off, to keep it from rusting. First thought might be the bar-b-que paint, DON'T waste your money, it'll burn off faster than you can paint it. But what will work is 2000 degree engine paint made by Rustoleum . I used it on stoves here and have yet to see it burn off.
I will be spraying a light coat of PAM cooking spray inside and out at the end of each season on the cleaned out stove.
Amazing, I was just looking at a $600 stove like this then YT suggested your video. Thank you for your ingenuity.
Wow Lonnie, another brilliant job. Your emergency super shelter and the DIY adjustable wire cable bail are other great videos in your Good Mentor library.
Simple components, patient craftsmanship, resulting in an outstanding and functional stove. Your beaten stove pipe collet was a joy to watch.
A great project for a teenager - make something with your hands.
A humble suggestion. Two pieces of expanded steel mesh 5" x 19" could form an effective fire grate and protect the base of the stove from burn out and aid combustion.
Wishing you and Connie warm nights and delicious meals form this wonderful DIY stove.
Kind regards from Greg in Thailand
No grate is needed to aid combustion. I do however plan to eventually place a false bottom in the stove for other reasons. I also have other mods in mind and will video them eventually.
I don't think that I've ever been as greatly impressed with someone's work as I am with yours!
You have created a tent stove that has all the qualities of a commercially manufactured one and which is actually better designed and constructed than some commercial varieties I have seen!
I particularly admire and respect your meticulous and creative craftsmanship in turning a 7" diameter round steel pipe into a rectangular tent stove with superb torsional rigidity and excellent fume retention using the most basic, simple, everyday hand tools!
You have inspired, encouraged and instilled confidence in those that are unable to justify the cost of a commercially manufactured tent stove or to find one that meets their specific requirements to actually construct one for themselves!
Your remarkable tutorial has opened minds and eyes into what an individual can create with basic, simple hand tools and ordinary commercially available steel pipe and the drive in their heart to learn from your truly wonderful tutorial!
Thank you for contributing so very much to the Make Your Own Gear knowledge base and so much more besides.
Thank you much for the kind words as they are very much appreciated.
Really nice job....I have made a few..the baffle also concentrates heats on the stove top...speeds up cooking time.
Well done, looks like a text book example of DIY sheet metal work!
Lonnie, you are the man!! Thank you for sharing this 👍👍
Great job Brother! Thanks for stressing about the toxic fumes till burned off! Love and God Bless! Uncle Jeff!
Having been a sheet-metal mechanic for 20 years, I can tell you that better options exist. The 7" round duct pipe that you used is really thin (looks like 30 gauge) and won't last all that long.
Options: Look around for heavier gauge (22-26), often used as flue pipe. It will of course be harder to bend/ manipulate, but the end product will be worth your time and efforts. Also, putting a "cross-break" into the sections that are the sides and bottom (a very slight but visible bend in the shape of a X diagonally corner to corner) will add strength and rigidity to the stove without any added weight.
However, I suggest going scrounging around any local job sites or scrap yards looking for rectangular duct already made. You can easily find it in the size, shape, and thickness (gauge) that suits your needs, often already including things like end-caps, making final construction much easier as well as your bends are mostly made for you.
Approach: There's no need to use a drill to begin a hole in sheet-metal at these gauges, simply lay the corner of a flat-head screwdriver where you want penetration (center of you soon to be hole), and holding it firmly at about a 45 degree angle to the sheet-metal, simply give it a whack with a hammer, opening a small hole, simply drag that screwdriver along and whack again. In this manner you can open a void in the metal as short or as long as you'd like, enabling you to easily get your tin snips in to make your cut of any shape you need - without the need for any electricity... it takes literally only seconds.
Finishing: I would suggest also adding red High-Temp silicone sealer to the seams during assembly, to seal the seams and make the stove more efficient.
The flue pipe exiting the stove - Use a small end-piece (crimped male end ) and make a several cuts in it's crimped end up to the rolled bead that makes the flue pipe mate against it's next section. Cuts should be about every 1/2-3/4" making a bunch of "tabs". Insert this "starter collar" you just made into your stove's flue opening until it bottoms out against that rolled bead, then reaching into the stove simply bend those tabs out and up against the top of the stove metal, like opening flower petals, making a very secure, semi-sealed but not permanent connection. You can crimp the top of this pipe where it exits the stove if you choose (if you have hand-crimping tool) or just run your flue pipe sections "backwards" with male ends facing down rather than up. This way you have a starting collar already installed, and it also protects your flue opening from getting deformed during transport, and it also helps stiffen up that area where you placed the hole in your stove top.
Lastly, you need to insert a flue damper in that starting collar or in the first section of flue pipe on top of the stove. You can make one yourself easy enough with a long heavy nail and a piece of scrap sheet-metal cut into a circle: Use that screwdriver technique (or a drill if you choose), I usually just hammer that nail into it from each side so it mates with the nail perfectly without being too large a hole .. and put two opposing holes into the flue pipe just allowing the nail to slide in one side and out the other. This nail can attach to the pipe as you wish, as log as it's secure and allows you to control the amount of air rising through the flue. Between this, and that perfect air intake control you made, you can control this stove very precisely for temperature and burn rate, getting the most of your fuel.
None of this was criticism (I love the job you did) just some pointers you may wish to consider for the next stove.
Stay well.
Thank you Lonnie for showing your skills in making a stove, might give it a go. Thanks for pointing out the danger of galvanised steel, thumbs up to you 👍👋🇬🇧
Outstanding project - fantastic job Lonnie! 👌👍
Thank you for sharing this...
Good to see you back, Lonnie and Connie! Glad you were ok during the earthquake! Cheers from Florida where its 75 today
Fantastic job Lonnie as usual superb craftsmanship and love the use what I had attitude
Great project video Lonnie. I'm glad you covered over the dangers of the toxic fumes given off because of the metal being galvanized. I saw someone else do a video of a similar stove and he put it in his shelter and when the video started back up the next morning he said he didn't sleep well during the night because he felt very sick but didn't know why. Someone mentioned the toxic fumes in the comments so I looked it up and sure enough, it's galvanized metal is toxic when is being burned off. Thanks for being responsible and providing a great safety warning for those that don't know the dangers. I definitely want to build one of these. Take care and stay safe up there.
Good job. And another great video. Thank you so much lonnie
Very concise and steady how to video. You bring a lot of knowledge and skill to those in need. Many thanks.
Well thought out and simple design! Great work Lonnie!
Thanks Lonnie. By far the safest looking option I have seen. Having survived a house fire, a couple of years back, I have been sceptical about various in-tent options I have seen suggested, to date. Yours though looks great. I think folks will need to take extra care making the legs mind, as that is the biggest danger point, in the event of one giving out.
Hats off for the functional & beautiful final result using sooo few & simple tools. Thanks for sharing. This, like all of your videos , is very inspirational and it shows what can be done & achieved with dedication, perseverance and a bright mind! This is more in need today than ever and I thank the Lord for generous people like you who share their knowledge. God bless both of You! ATB from Germany, Gereon
Very cool design, you put that together like a natural. Great to learn about the galvanization and how to stay safe by burning it off.
Thumb up #100!
The Mad Fabricator strikes again!
Awesome build Lonnie! Cheers
Great work. There's nothing better that make something by your self.
Good job on the stove , looks awesome . I may give this a try . Thanks for sharing .
Lonnie, I thought you'd like to know that I finally broke down and bought a French Coffee Press. Best coffee ever. Smooth, rich, satisfying. Absolutely no bitterness, just the best coffee I've ever had ... even using my regular name brand coffee. I love it. And it's all your fault. Thanks. I love you guys.
So well done! These stoves are exactly what I've been looking into lately. Why the thumbs down?
Great stove and the whole process well explained. I was glad to hear you saying to burn off the galvanising outside first. Thanks for taking the time to make a video of it
This is AWESOME! I can't wait to make one!
One of the best instructional videos on UA-cam. Thank you!
Great video my friend. Easy to follow and well described.. If I may say, I especially loved the chipmunk voices and that speed hammer you got there...
I built your modified tipi tarp and a ammo can wood stove for a November elk hunt. It worked beautifully. Was comfortable all night and it snowed and rained on us one day it was nice to dry out the clothes inside and be warm. Thank you so much for the vids! I'm building this stove before next season
Hey great job guys . And a very good video , well thought out .
what a cool DIY project and with simple hand tools too, even using the copper pipe for stove legs, excellent video
After burning off the galvanizing (Zink) I would and have used high temp flat stove black paint. I see a few of these being made over the summer in my shop to give to the homeless people in our local tent city.
I've made one for a homeless couple out of a 5 gallon metal kerosene pail! It works great too! I followed the instructions Lonnie did on a video a year or so ago!
I'm hesitant to ask, but what city is that?
@@Thalanox Olympia!
@@Thalanox they also just moved in to a house!
I definitely not recommended to use zinced steel for making a tent stove. I telling it to you like a welder. ZnO will get you the metal fume fever - that's not cool. Just use stainless steel and keep your heath.
Man, for an inexpensive build with basic tools and materials you did a remarkably nice job on that stove. I will definitely try my hand at making one. Looks like it would be great for an ice fishing hut. Thank you again for yet another great video.
Well done Lonnie. I did a similar one with duct work and worked real well yours looks more professional though
Thank you for your video
That is one great stove build.
Outstanding! That’s a great little stove! Nice job!
Nice one Lonnie!! Lars in Russia, would approve
It's kinda funky ! Lars is a trip !
Like seeing an old friend again. I was JUST thinking about finding plans for a tent stove. Impeccable timing and excellent video as always Lonnie! Thanks!
Mighty fine work there.
Excellent use of the materials, building the stove body by using the same "stovepipe" material originally meant to serve as a tube.
Thanks for showing the flange treatment for the stove top Exhaust Hole. It's too easy to forget about the Ductility of the metal. Patience is the tool I forget most often.
People need to be reminded of the VALUE of (1) having a few essential tools; (2) knowing a little about how to use'em; and (3) setting aside some space to build useful things from materials that can be salvaged and put to new uses.
I'm really impressed with the clean edges, and professional look to it. Who'da thunk you wouldn't need a sheet metal break to get these results.....
On of the best instructional videos I've seen.
Fantastic job, Thank You, I'm dreaming of Alaska
Same
Your the bob Ross of survival, i love it. Keep up the good work good sir.😁👍
That's pretty dog gone cool , good job !
Very nice workmanship Lonnie. That's a dandy of a stove. Thanks for showing us how to build one.
Well done sir!
Lonnie is there no end to your skills ? That's one fine looking piece of kit right there . what i love about your vlogs is your ability to come up with a wide range of peoples needs and Lonniefy them into affordable practical fully functional items that anybody would love to own / make. Keep um coming Lonnie your doing good and your one interesting individual .
You can use Muriatic acid to strip galvanized metal as well. Good for applications where burning it might be a problem
wally carries muriatic acid, but I think vinegar might be cheaper, but takes longer. so it's a trade off. I have a gallon of muriatic acid because I make my own ferric chloride for etching knives that I make (not for the faint of heart)
Also a good way to weaken your metal and create thin spots that will rust out. Especially after heating and cooling. Stainless and you're done. Using galvanized steel is stupid to begin with.
Matt Marzula: Cost. One of his goals was to make it inexpensive. It's right in the title. You have any idea what stainless costs?
Thank you Lonnie! Enjoyed the video! I've missed ya'll. It's good to have you back! Blessings!
nice little stove and well built but I can't believe you did that without glove's
Lonnie is so careful and deliberate, no gloves are necessary....
And for the next video, Lonnie will show us how to make galvanized sheet metal and rivets! MAN that was intricate. I loved it. Thanks for another great video.