In this video I fabricate a medium sized rocket stove, insulted with pearlite and sodium silica. I also give away some useful tips for the fledgling fabricator. Enjoy.
@@John-zt3lv - Your pun is senseless and shortsighted. ...just the corporate white background screens will ruin your eyes and why so many interfaces are now going dark scheme. (see, the corporate idiots are to afraid that dark = porno and more concerned about that than your health). In all these videos I have watched(millions), first welder who brought up the fact that the welding light will burn your eyes but no thru the comp screen... I still don't watch that shite LOL! If it hurts(because of the intensity), that's enough for me not to challenge it.
Great job love your work I'm retired now but i used to do a lot of fabricating welding certified and a machinist and one day soon I'm going to copy your build on a rocket stove thanks for sharing
Just learning how to TIG weld for work. My whole facility department watched your video during lunch and loved it. We give you 24 thumbs up actually! haha. All the best to you!
a heavy duty stainless steel screen mesh wire (cut round-square) as cover to hold the perlite from spilling over at the top...secured with small diameter pins drilled and punched thru that square tube only, will do the top isolation-insulation thing(thereby you can change insulation material as needed, some clay versions use wood ash as insulation)...and for the pot stand...spot weld or slide into cross-wise cut slits done only on the round tube burning chamber... thus isolating that heat from that square tube is another idea...(round tube burning chamber shud be cut a little taller(by few mm) than the outer square tube...[that handy rocket stove you made sure got me excited too, mate ...] well, just an idea working in mind here...got me busy thinkin' about how to better lower that outer temp., without altering the function...😉🙄🤔
Nice looking stove. I need one of these so bad I'm going to try to make one out of brick to use in our greenhouses. I need you at my place for about a week to weld up all my broken equipment but I couldn't never afford you. Great job
You must be a happy person - your passion is your profession. It's a rarity these days. Hardly anyone finds the right way of life. You do a good thing when you make such films. Fire, steel ............. fun, nice gags.
I tig weld for a living. From anodized aluminum to stainless. I dont put my tung out no more than a 1/8 tops, past the cup. I feel i get better gas help for a hotter, deeper weld.
Excellent welding, spot on! A welding joke for ya ;-) Seriously though, you're good, you make it look very easy, I can't do as well even with a really good MIG welder. For a moment I thought you were going to make the stove a water heater, that would be a great use for one. I've never made an air chamber for any of the rocket stoves I've made, they burn just as hot even when I fill the inlet with sticks. You have another subscriber now, I was impressed with the build!
I like your builds and would like to have one because I can't weld in my shop. I like to build things but I'm limited on what I can build with. I have a cinder block rocket stove and have made several types of camp stoves and pot stands. That's the scale I'm working on. I think it would be nice to have a compact rocket stove.
Since I was a kid on a farm, my dad always said to look away when he was welding because of the danger it could burn my eyes. Funny, at the start of your welding, I instinctively looked away, even though I knew it wouldn't hurt me.
This is a great little stove. HOWEVER...Not all of us have the equipment to attempt it. Not useful. My Dad was a welder and would have (probably did), make similar things including a proper wood stove with unique adaptations. Appreciative thanks for a walk down memory lane.
Great Work!!! I need to learn how to TIG Weld!!! I like the angled feed tube and the v-platform!!! Just thinking though, why don't you make a rectangular opening just below the feed tube which is the whole width of the chimney column and you can slot in a drawer to catch the ashes in and pull it out to empty it???...but yes, I know, simplicity is key!!!
Iguess i should have said this. I put my trigger on the handle so i can use my thumb to start and stop the ark. U learn to bump and tig. Cuz its full blast everytime. Its not like a feather foot feed. But iv done it since day one tigging. I hate the foot control.. Lol i just love the look of a tigged part. Its a art and its pretty.
Wow you used a powertig to weld up the whole thing? I would have used my everlast mig welder for it all so I'm wondering if there was a specific reason you used a powertig.
Personally, I would have added a solid Base Cap, as well, just for that added layer of protection if the burn chamber burnt through. And, when adding the insulation, a PVC pipe cap over the flue will save a bit of time dealing with spillage. Also, is the 45 degree feed ramp enough? My gut is saying 60 degrees might be better, for feeding, but not necessarily to make. Great video, and you've given me lots of ideas!
I would have wrapped copper tubing around the stove so you could circulate water for a warm / hot shower if you're using it for camping... Expose the ends of the tubing on the back, so you can stick a hose on the ends. A small battery powered pump would pick up creek water, pump it through the stove and out the other hose to shower...
I enjoyed watching the video. Nice work, very hi tech. One bit of advice, to stop your eggs blowing to bits put them in with the water cold and let them heat up with the water. Not trying to tell you how to suck eggs, but you get my drift. LOL.
WATCHING YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAILS MADE IT A PLEASURE TO WATCH. I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO THIS ON A LARGE SCALE YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE A ROBOT THAT WOULD DO ALL THE CUTTING AND WELDING. IT'S A PERFECT ITEM FOR A ROBOT TO DO.
Placing a metal ring that is wider than your pot and comes up about 1/2 to 2/3 the way to the top of the pot will force the hot gasses to flow up the sides of the pot. This will result in more of the heat going into the contents of the pot rather than flow outwards and being wasted. The diameter of the ring should be such that the area of the gap between the ring and your largest pot is slightly bigger than the cross-sectional area of the heat riser. This will keep the hot gases expanding all the way through the system. If the area of the gap were smaller than the riser area, the gas flow would be restricted by the ring and the stove wouldn't flow as well. This won't work quite as well for smaller pots, but it should still turn the gases upward resulting in more heat being absorbed than there would have been without the ring. Or you can make multiple rings for different size pots. The ring should sit down on a solid surface sealing the bottom edge of the ring so that cold air isn't drawn in under the bottom edge and cooling the combustion gases, and defeating the purpose. Probably the best way to have done that with this rocket stove would be to have made the top surface a circle just a bit larger than the outer diameter of the ring. Then make the pot stand diameter just a smidge smaller than the inner diameter of the ring so that the ring just slides down over them and they hold the ring in place. For the stove as it is, cut slits in the sides of the ring so that it slides over the pot holder legs. You will probably will need to weld some tabs on the bottom of the ring to seal gaps between the ring and the top of the stove. One caution, don't use a pot with anything but solid metal handles since the ring exhaust gasses right up the sides of the pot and will burn anything like the Bakelite handle that appears to be on your pot.
Oh, and if you really wanted to get fancy, you could make a "can" that has a hole in the top the diameter of your pot so that you set your pot down inside the can, then in the side of this can you cut a hole for a chimney that will take the combustion gases up and away from where you are cooking. For places that still use wood to cook with and do so indoors, such a system could allow them to use a very efficient rocket stove to minimize the amount of expensive and increasingly rare wood while also not polluting the indoor air with combustion products (even though the rocket stove itself drastically reduces the amount of unburned wood gases (aka smoke) and minimizes carbon monoxide).
I love the shout out, for all you safety nuts out there. A particle mask. What about grabbing freshly cut steer with razor sharp edges with bare hands. LOL
ITS VERY HEAVY FOR CAMPING BUT ITS ALSO A GOOD ONE, DO YOU SELL THOSE? A LIGHTER ONE , THAT ONE IS HEAVY DUTY AND SHOULD LAST FOREVER, THANK YOU FOR SHARING , MORE POWER TO YOU TAKE CARE , ,,, BOBBY FROM LAS VEGAS.
don't listen to this guy. Its always dangerous to watch welding with the naked eye. Thats why am wearing my glasses while watching him weld
lol go ahead.everybody needs a laugh. What I want to know is, why isn't it melting my monitor ?
@@John-zt3lv - Your pun is senseless and shortsighted. ...just the corporate white background screens will ruin your eyes and why so many interfaces are now going dark scheme. (see, the corporate idiots are to afraid that dark = porno and more concerned about that than your health).
In all these videos I have watched(millions), first welder who brought up the fact that the welding light will burn your eyes but no thru the comp screen... I still don't watch that shite LOL! If it hurts(because of the intensity), that's enough for me not to challenge it.
It is impossible to get arc eyes from watching welding on vidio.
I like how your mind works. I never got the hang of tig welding but you sure are good at it. God Bless Ben Hubert
Hey! Where's your mask? Covid has gone viral on the Internet ... Be safe
I love to see more videos of you making COOL STOVES and your craftsmanship on every little detail really caught my eyes.
Loved your welding and your text displays...fun and educational at the same time. Great Video.
Always fascinating to fabricate an idea from metal into a useful item. Nicely done.
Nicely done, you handle that grinder as a master.
Great job love your work I'm retired now but i used to do a lot of fabricating welding certified and a machinist and one day soon I'm going to copy your build on a rocket stove thanks for sharing
You do very good work and take your time. Thanks, Stephen for the video. I enjoyed watching it and I feel it was educational.
You can really handle that grinder! Wish I could cut circles that smooth with the grinder.
Like a ninja.
Nice job. Greatly enjoyed your soundtrack watching this build.
Right....that's a awesome wee stove right there.Very nice
Just learning how to TIG weld for work. My whole facility department watched your video during lunch and loved it. We give you 24 thumbs up actually! haha. All the best to you!
Dude, as already mentioned your grinder skills are off tap. love you work and this is a really neat rocket stove. keep em coming. Cheers
Excellence at its best! I enjoyed the whole video. Great job!
Great work love your craftsmanship
Brilliant job thank you for the step by step details. It has helped me allot.
Great welding skill.
Learned a lot.
Great video mate definitely gonna try that
Love watching your videos 👍💯
That was awesome...skilled work and a nice product. A pleasure to watch.
a heavy duty stainless steel screen mesh wire (cut round-square) as cover to hold the perlite from spilling over at the top...secured with small diameter pins drilled and punched thru that square tube only, will do the top isolation-insulation thing(thereby you can change insulation material as needed, some clay versions use wood ash as insulation)...and for the pot stand...spot weld or slide into cross-wise cut slits done only on the round tube burning chamber... thus isolating that heat from that square tube is another idea...(round tube burning chamber shud be cut a little taller(by few mm) than the outer square tube...[that handy rocket stove you made sure got me excited too, mate ...]
well, just an idea working in mind here...got me busy thinkin' about how to better lower that outer temp., without altering the function...😉🙄🤔
You are Quite the Perfectionist...love that about you! Your doing a great job!!!
Man what quality. You should sell thta design on the site. Id be a buyer just on the design and craftsmanship alone. Amazing work bro
Just love your 3rd hand idea!!!
Nice work and quality tradesman! Jimmy
nice stove, cool work, and good tunes
Great Idea, GREAT Skills, Excellent welding, JOB VERY WELL Done!!!!!!!!
Nice looking stove. I need one of these so bad I'm going to try to make one out of brick to use in our greenhouses. I need you at my place for about a week to weld up all my broken equipment but I couldn't never afford you. Great job
I don't know why it is so satisfying to watch a craftsman plying his trade, but it is.
I love the beauty, of a perfect weld.
"You really can't stuff it up as long as you live through the process." LMAO! Well said sir.
Beautifully executed
you have some AMAZING grinder skill sir!
Big job man!!!
Great detail A-1 quality thank you
Thanks Mate
just beautiful - thank you for sharing!
You have a amazing talent perfectionist fantastic craftsmanship thanks for sharing
Great job
Mad mad skills!!! Wow
Forgot to mention. Great Job and love the way you handle yourself. Strange taste of Music. Grows on ya.
Heavy work but nice achievement. Thanks for sharing
Thanks!! LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!👍
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Thanks for the ideas. You are very talented brother.
great work, i love it
Nice! I came hear watching you generator vid.. Picked up a few tips. Good one mate. Step 5. Use grinder like a 'Ninja ' Love it!
I could watch you cut circles with that grinder all day long. Your crazy good.
Robert Wilkins muy bien
Really love your videos...keep it up
Beatifull stove thanks for sharing
Damn fine piece of fabricating there geezer.
Cool, I want one just like this. I am in South Africa
Probably the most complicated and best rocket stove on youtube
Thanks mate 👍
I’ve been keeping up with these things for quite a while now, and this one is as good as I’ve seen.
Good job and thank ya.
Thanks mate!
Really nice one appreciate the video
You're such a perfectionist. Great work.
AMAZING!!! cutting circles with a grinder....i bow on one knee to you sir...( game thrones respect style)i really like your stove,great work!!!
Thanks mate 👍
Parabéns!!! muito bem feito !!! e o acabamento muito bonito!
Your the best man... Your so bless of your talent and so creative. . 👏👏👏👍👍👍😊
This is a very cute one!
You must be a happy person - your passion is your profession.
It's a rarity these days. Hardly anyone finds the right way of life. You do a good thing when you make such films. Fire, steel ............. fun, nice gags.
I tig weld for a living. From anodized aluminum to stainless. I dont put my tung out no more than a 1/8 tops, past the cup. I feel i get better gas help for a hotter, deeper weld.
Very nice job thanks for sharing
love your builds covid gave me time and my tig packed it in....
Excellent welding, spot on! A welding joke for ya ;-) Seriously though, you're good, you make it look very easy, I can't do as well even with a really good MIG welder. For a moment I thought you were going to make the stove a water heater, that would be a great use for one. I've never made an air chamber for any of the rocket stoves I've made, they burn just as hot even when I fill the inlet with sticks. You have another subscriber now, I was impressed with the build!
Thanks mate 👍
A master of the trade !!! 👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I like your builds and would like to have one because I can't weld in my shop. I like to build things but I'm limited on what I can build with. I have a cinder block rocket stove and have made several types of camp stoves and pot stands. That's the scale I'm working on. I think it would be nice to have a compact rocket stove.
Excellent job !! I made a large Rocket heater and it works great !! Seeya Rob....I just subbed !!
87xfute
Thanks mate!
Awesome video. Very relaxing. Finished product must weigh a ton.
Yeh, she's pretty heavy!
Since I was a kid on a farm, my dad always said to look away when he was welding because of the danger it could burn my eyes. Funny, at the start of your welding, I instinctively looked away, even though I knew it wouldn't hurt me.
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Cool project bro....
good job
Excelente felicitaciones buen trabajo
Excelente fabricante, te felicito amigo.
Arturo Rivera 5
This is a great little stove. HOWEVER...Not all of us have the equipment to attempt it. Not useful. My Dad was a welder and would have (probably did), make similar things including a proper wood stove with unique adaptations. Appreciative thanks for a walk down memory lane.
Great Work!!! I need to learn how to TIG Weld!!! I like the angled feed tube and the v-platform!!! Just thinking though, why don't you make a rectangular opening just below the feed tube which is the whole width of the chimney column and you can slot in a drawer to catch the ashes in and pull it out to empty it???...but yes, I know, simplicity is key!!!
nice job man...
Great job like to learning amazing
The Rolls Royce of rocket stoves.
Rocket stove? Heck the space shuttle contractor didn’t put this much effort in building it!
VERY NICE, THANKS.
Iguess i should have said this. I put my trigger on the handle so i can use my thumb to start and stop the ark. U learn to bump and tig. Cuz its full blast everytime. Its not like a feather foot feed. But iv done it since day one tigging. I hate the foot control.. Lol i just love the look of a tigged part. Its a art and its pretty.
Hmmm, a grinder in Australia still with its guard attached!
cool job my friend:)
good job... you got patience to burn buddy!
Яхши экан 👍😁
Яккасада
Genial felicitaciones!
Good job sir
Wow you used a powertig to weld up the whole thing? I would have used my everlast mig welder for it all so I'm wondering if there was a specific reason you used a powertig.
Would be this Yank's dream to own a little Aussie Rocket. Creative technique makes true masterpiece.
I will have to work on that for you
Personally, I would have added a solid Base Cap, as well, just for that added layer of protection if the burn chamber burnt through. And, when adding the insulation, a PVC pipe cap over the flue will save a bit of time dealing with spillage.
Also, is the 45 degree feed ramp enough? My gut is saying 60 degrees might be better, for feeding, but not necessarily to make.
Great video, and you've given me lots of ideas!
I would have wrapped copper tubing around the stove so you could circulate water for a warm / hot shower if you're using it for camping... Expose the ends of the tubing on the back, so you can stick a hose on the ends. A small battery powered pump would pick up creek water, pump it through the stove and out the other hose to shower...
btw nice project pal...!!! 👍
I enjoyed watching the video. Nice work, very hi tech. One bit of advice, to stop your eggs blowing to bits put them in with the water cold and let them heat up with the water. Not trying to tell you how to suck eggs, but you get my drift. LOL.
The Nil you can tell me how to suck eggs mate🥚👍
Awesome
WATCHING YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAILS MADE IT A PLEASURE TO WATCH. I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO THIS ON A LARGE SCALE YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE A ROBOT THAT WOULD DO ALL THE CUTTING AND WELDING. IT'S A PERFECT ITEM FOR A ROBOT TO DO.
Technically a bomb with that moisture welded in !
thanks, you are awesome
un des plus beau rocket stove que j'ai pu voir sur youtube
Aww, thank you!
De rien 😊
2:50 Great tip about tacks before finishing main weld.
32:00 Tacking & Dressing
Placing a metal ring that is wider than your pot and comes up about 1/2 to 2/3 the way to the top of the pot will force the hot gasses to flow up the sides of the pot. This will result in more of the heat going into the contents of the pot rather than flow outwards and being wasted. The diameter of the ring should be such that the area of the gap between the ring and your largest pot is slightly bigger than the cross-sectional area of the heat riser. This will keep the hot gases expanding all the way through the system. If the area of the gap were smaller than the riser area, the gas flow would be restricted by the ring and the stove wouldn't flow as well. This won't work quite as well for smaller pots, but it should still turn the gases upward resulting in more heat being absorbed than there would have been without the ring. Or you can make multiple rings for different size pots.
The ring should sit down on a solid surface sealing the bottom edge of the ring so that cold air isn't drawn in under the bottom edge and cooling the combustion gases, and defeating the purpose. Probably the best way to have done that with this rocket stove would be to have made the top surface a circle just a bit larger than the outer diameter of the ring. Then make the pot stand diameter just a smidge smaller than the inner diameter of the ring so that the ring just slides down over them and they hold the ring in place. For the stove as it is, cut slits in the sides of the ring so that it slides over the pot holder legs. You will probably will need to weld some tabs on the bottom of the ring to seal gaps between the ring and the top of the stove.
One caution, don't use a pot with anything but solid metal handles since the ring exhaust gasses right up the sides of the pot and will burn anything like the Bakelite handle that appears to be on your pot.
Oh, and if you really wanted to get fancy, you could make a "can" that has a hole in the top the diameter of your pot so that you set your pot down inside the can, then in the side of this can you cut a hole for a chimney that will take the combustion gases up and away from where you are cooking. For places that still use wood to cook with and do so indoors, such a system could allow them to use a very efficient rocket stove to minimize the amount of expensive and increasingly rare wood while also not polluting the indoor air with combustion products (even though the rocket stove itself drastically reduces the amount of unburned wood gases (aka smoke) and minimizes carbon monoxide).
I love the shout out, for all you safety nuts out there. A particle mask. What about grabbing freshly cut steer with razor sharp edges with bare hands. LOL
ITS VERY HEAVY FOR CAMPING BUT ITS ALSO A GOOD ONE, DO YOU SELL THOSE? A LIGHTER ONE , THAT ONE IS HEAVY DUTY AND SHOULD LAST FOREVER, THANK YOU FOR SHARING , MORE POWER TO YOU TAKE CARE , ,,, BOBBY FROM LAS VEGAS.
Curious if you weighed the finished stove? Nice work by the way!