500 lb Rocket Stove

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  • Опубліковано 9 сер 2023
  • Ok it didn't weigh 500 lbs, but it is to date the largest stove I've made.
    A friend of my dropped off this old boiler and asked if I could turn it into
    something that could boil 30 liters of water in under an hour.
    Challenge excepted. The 300 degree C paint never stood a chance.
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  • @ngavigan
    @ngavigan 10 місяців тому +74

    Anyone else just plainly jealous over not finding a piece of scrap like that?

    • @insAneTunA
      @insAneTunA 8 місяців тому

      No, because it is the wrong material for the inside of the stove. I know that because I have a big steel rocket stove that I have build myself 10 years ago. Therefore it is not practical in use.

    • @AlteredCarbons
      @AlteredCarbons 7 місяців тому +5

      spent 5 years looking for one. ending up getting it. put it outside in my back yard sorta in the open. i mean damn thing was like 250-300lbs. and someone stole it lol... i haven't found one since.

    • @Comm0ut
      @Comm0ut 7 місяців тому

      @@insAneTunA "Wrong" for what specific reasons?

    • @insAneTunA
      @insAneTunA 7 місяців тому

      @@Comm0ut ooops my bad hahahahaha wrong answer at the wrong conversation hahahahahaha You must be thinking WTH???? I thought that I was responding to a whole different conversation. Now I see that it is about a stove hahahahahahaha

    • @insAneTunA
      @insAneTunA 7 місяців тому +1

      @@Comm0ut I must keep reminding myself that I have to put up my reading glasses before I respond to a comment 🤣😂 My apologies for my honest mistake. I hope that you can see the humor of it.

  • @Smallathe
    @Smallathe 10 місяців тому +4

    Absolutely a beast! Wonderful build!

  • @xyic0re714
    @xyic0re714 10 місяців тому +40

    I had a idea which incorporates a similarly sized rocket stove, and where you put the rock wool I would replace it with wood. Turning the whole thing into a charcoal retort as well as a stove.. obviously allowing for the top to be opened to remove charcoal/replace wood. The other thing I would do is using some pipe from the wood/charcoal zone, plumb it back to the stove burner so that the wood gas helps to fuel the fire.

    • @306champion
      @306champion 10 місяців тому +1

      I like that idea mate.

    • @xyic0re714
      @xyic0re714 10 місяців тому

      for sure especially now since bunnings charcoal prices have increase 30% over the last year. @@306champion

    • @LittleAussieRockets
      @LittleAussieRockets  10 місяців тому +11

      I kind of wish I could go back in time and try that.

    • @johnh8615
      @johnh8615 10 місяців тому +3

      Problem with the gas given off is it contains water vapour from the wood and lowers the combustion temperature. To complicate it you would need a cyclonic scrubber to remove the moisture

    • @gullreefclub
      @gullreefclub 10 місяців тому +2

      Interesting idea, I do have two questions the first is would the temperature being created by the stove be too high to make good charcoal? The second is with the idea of feeding the “wood gas” back into the fire box. The first part of this question is would the inherent moisture in the wood gas cause problems with efficiency or the burn in the rocket stove. Years ago when I first read about running automobile on it I built a gasifier to run an old junk car and found out how wet as well as dirty the wood gas was and ended up building a filter separator and then after running it for a while I also discovered that wood in the gasifier had to be agitated periodically to continue to produce gas. The other thing I wonder about is since your concept is to directly inject the gas into the burn chamber is would this need a check valves to prevent a flash back explosion in the charcoal kiln/gasifier. I do think it still is a very interesting idea and worth exploring.

  • @controlledchaos8851
    @controlledchaos8851 8 місяців тому +3

    3:32 I almost spit my coffee out . Definitely wasn’t expecting that 😂😂😂

  • @unfi6798
    @unfi6798 7 місяців тому +1

    Great rustic heater for a log house on the hill. Glad to see you're still around. Cheers mate.

  • @DaveHojo
    @DaveHojo 10 місяців тому +2

    The analog sound FX were expertly done.

  • @doctoredic
    @doctoredic 10 місяців тому +4

    Great work again happy to see the chook helping out too.

  • @King_TuTT
    @King_TuTT 10 місяців тому +1

    this is one super heavy duty stove! i would be a proud to own this!! good stuff

  • @rerun578
    @rerun578 8 місяців тому

    Wonderful editing! Thank you!!!

  • @manmeals441
    @manmeals441 5 місяців тому

    Watching you weld, cut and bend metal is magic mate!

  • @davidpaylor5666
    @davidpaylor5666 10 місяців тому

    Nice clean work there mate. Thanks for sharing.

  • @cybercamp2900
    @cybercamp2900 10 місяців тому +3

    Build with what you have.. excellent trait 🙏🏻
    Thanks for sharing

  • @shandor2522
    @shandor2522 5 місяців тому

    It’s a joy to watch this expert lay down such beautiful weld beads even on outside corners!

  • @jasonburguess
    @jasonburguess 10 місяців тому +6

    You can cut thick material with your plasma cutter if you slow your travel speed way down, and increase your air pressure to 100psi.

  • @gysbertvanderwesthuizen8011
    @gysbertvanderwesthuizen8011 10 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic Channel Mate! Keep going, you'll get there. Thanks.

  • @leadbadger9543
    @leadbadger9543 10 місяців тому +11

    Good looking stove. That iron is going to add a lot of great thermal mass!

  • @xanatax1844
    @xanatax1844 8 місяців тому

    you’ve been busy! very cool build! 😍

  • @paulgoodridge7957
    @paulgoodridge7957 10 місяців тому +1

    Well done good fabricator and welder mig and tig interesting vid keep up the good work thanks .

  • @DazFab_Metalworks
    @DazFab_Metalworks 10 місяців тому

    That is a beast, Nice work.

  • @victoryfirst2878
    @victoryfirst2878 8 місяців тому +3

    I finally got me a tank with one inch wall thickness that was made in the 1940s. This will be a challenge but am willing to make it happen hopefully this year. If not the next will do Aussie Rocket Stoves. You gave me the idea fella too. Thanks vf

    • @user-cq9gi2bz4r
      @user-cq9gi2bz4r 8 місяців тому

      a question, why would you cut off such a massive amount of... well, thermal mass with insolation? Wouldn't it be better to maybe fill it with sand, or cement, or water even?
      A lot of wasted potential in that one shown in the video, so much iron just sitting there, insolated away, not getting heated up to give off that heat over a long period of time.
      Shouldn't Rocket stoves be generally... thin-walled? Construction serves only to facilitate a good air intake for the combustion and a way to direct a lot of heat one way, but if you want to use it for heating, why wouldn't you take a copper pipe and wrap it around the chimney, fill it with water and seep the heat from the combustion gasses that way? or maybe even put the copper inside the chimney, if filled with water it shouldn't really melt.

  • @Comm0ut
    @Comm0ut 7 місяців тому +1

    As gas cylinders are most often filled by exchange I don't need new cylinders, just serviceable ones so I accumulate them buying used (in the US via Facebook Marketplace, shop closing auctions etc) and it doesn't take very long to have MANY full cylinders as I immediately exchange them. I keep LP cutting tips (LP is cheaper than acetylene but uses more oxygen) too and LP has the advantage that bouncing about in a truck doesn't require settling time like acetylene. Moderns seem afraid of torch work (yet cook on grills and use gas stoves) so used quality torch and regulator outfits are easy to find.

  • @craigsymington5401
    @craigsymington5401 10 місяців тому +4

    What a beaut! I love the irony. Also, the flange, makes me wanna make things to bolt on...
    I wonder what of my heritage makes me love this sort of magic?
    Slumming it with yukky metal, I see you have the same contempt for it that I do...
    (tho I have tigged some too, its easier than stainless, I found), but usually migger or sticker (if I gave wire or dry sticks).
    I had a thought about the "Gas" as you pulled out the forgotten OA torch. Pricey stuff these days, Lucky me, I inherited a set of torches yesterday, sadly the hoses are well perished!
    I also found I had to change the consumables on my plasma torch after playing with more than a little bit of 12mm plate. I had a 15mm thick cylinder that I cut open (old argon bottles) but before I had plasma, and found the 1mm x 125mm disk did it. I never dared to turn the cylinder into a rocket thing, it was just waaaay too much heaviness (boot-crushing stuff) and the scrap value was fairly high 😒so it got sold, along with all the other useful bits in the yard, and sadly the liquidation came a month or so later, last week, so new vistas for me. (Luckily my personal things are all safe, horror stories abound.)
    Thanks for the create😎, you brightened up a dreary day!

  • @frisbeephil
    @frisbeephil 10 місяців тому +6

    Fill it with sand and that would hold the heat through the night from 1 fire.

    • @hvacman2009
      @hvacman2009 8 місяців тому +1

      That’s my plan sand baytery/ rocket stove

  • @CondescendingOaf
    @CondescendingOaf 8 місяців тому +1

    If you listen close at 13:12 you can hear him step on a frog.🐸
    😂

  • @itsamindgame9198
    @itsamindgame9198 10 місяців тому +4

    Fart sound effect 1, amusing. Fart sound effect 2 - I laughed out loud.
    Nice piece of steel both before and after. Well done.

    • @lateralus411
      @lateralus411 8 місяців тому

      Hell yeah, was not expecting that 😂

  • @Joemama-td2zp
    @Joemama-td2zp 10 місяців тому

    Very cool great video. Got a good laugh at the end he said must be moisture in that insulation though he put water in with it

  • @johncarter17
    @johncarter17 10 місяців тому +5

    Bloody genius, nothing more relaxing than watching a master craftsman create! I’m definitely getting you to build me a rocket stove shortly, thanks for all the great videos.

  • @Visigoth_
    @Visigoth_ 10 місяців тому +1

    1:58 😅 damn dude... you're good with that torch.

  • @kennethjackson7574
    @kennethjackson7574 8 місяців тому +1

    My brother has something similar. Quite a bit smaller, but it didn’t need much modification. Start with a WWII US Navy Mark 9 Model 3 Depth Charge. An inert one.

  • @rudimatosa506
    @rudimatosa506 10 місяців тому +1

    Nice work

  • @artisansportsman8950
    @artisansportsman8950 10 місяців тому

    Great job

  • @arcoeco
    @arcoeco 10 місяців тому +1

    Beast! If you put a shroud on the top of the stove so the heat hits the bottom of the water tank and is then forced up the sides of the tank before it exits at the top then the water should boil sooner. Just keep cross sectional area for the exhaust the same. Thanks for posting.

    • @thorwaldjohanson2526
      @thorwaldjohanson2526 10 місяців тому +1

      I agree, I think a taller version of the wind shrowd would help A lot. Ideally of a thermally reflective metal like Aluminum. It is a tall pot, so it radiates heat away while heating up too. The shrowd would extract more energy out. Would love to see a test with this stove and the boiling time with and without a shrowd around the pot.

  • @OutDoorsMan1342
    @OutDoorsMan1342 10 місяців тому +4

    Little John! But don't let the name fool you in real life he's actually pretty big.... lol

  • @mattytalbot777
    @mattytalbot777 10 місяців тому

    Cool build mate i like it.

  • @mikeconnery4652
    @mikeconnery4652 10 місяців тому

    Nice build

  • @maniachill3069
    @maniachill3069 5 місяців тому

    Good video, I just SUBSCRIBED. hello from Maine, USA

  • @questionblechoices
    @questionblechoices 10 місяців тому +4

    I have a question, since these have better draft out the exhaust could you put a Tesla turbine like halfway through the exhaust to power a generator. For like homesteading or just to charge up the battery for a small cabin.

  • @francoisbadenhorst9908
    @francoisbadenhorst9908 Місяць тому

    13:12 - the burp haha best sound effects.
    Can you make a rocket stove for indoor use. ( so the smoke must exit through a chimney in some way)

  • @baldyoldfart5828
    @baldyoldfart5828 10 місяців тому

    your best welds on youtube maybe ;)

  • @senval6511
    @senval6511 10 місяців тому +2

    "Flame cutting noises..." Lol

  • @barryhandyman6985
    @barryhandyman6985 7 місяців тому

    Hahahahaha! That farting noise added! I laughed my ass off for a full minute. Thanks, I needed that!

  • @dogdooish
    @dogdooish 10 місяців тому +2

    I'm surprised you use steel for the burn tube, ours were made with refractory cement as the temps were extraordinary! Steel would only last a couple of seasons!

  • @justinwilliams1333
    @justinwilliams1333 10 місяців тому +1

    Someone’s about to start making moonshine. Lol

  • @TacoTruck17
    @TacoTruck17 5 місяців тому

    I'm headed to the scrap yard pronto!

  • @Kcducttaper1
    @Kcducttaper1 8 місяців тому

    The "ultimate atomic wedgie" at 0:53 was magnificent! 👌

  • @Vikingwerk
    @Vikingwerk 10 місяців тому

    Inpressive!

  • @MarcusFranzen-sn9uu
    @MarcusFranzen-sn9uu 8 місяців тому

    Now i will dream over "flame cutting noices"...

  • @IN-FINITE_WISDOM
    @IN-FINITE_WISDOM 4 місяці тому

    As far as i can tell, the ratios are off, and its not behaving as a rocket stove... so likely it is not. However, it is a nice build and enjoyable video.

  • @keesverhagen9227
    @keesverhagen9227 10 місяців тому

    At the bottom of the oversized pan some extra metal stripes woould work as an extra heat exchanger i think.

  • @andredejonge5255
    @andredejonge5255 10 місяців тому +1

    13:13 🙀💪👍😁, greetings from 🇳🇱the netherlands

  • @Ed19601
    @Ed19601 2 місяці тому

    What a beast. No sense putting in so many pieces of wood, en entire treetrunk will suffice 🙂

  • @stjimtemyth995
    @stjimtemyth995 10 місяців тому

    nice story of little john. ash removal looks like will be a pain?

  • @RobertP-zk8vh
    @RobertP-zk8vh 8 місяців тому

    you should do a rocket stove but paint it to look like the apollo rocket!! that be cool lol

  • @milesabove5259
    @milesabove5259 8 місяців тому

    Why you didn’t start with the oxy cutter had me wondering.
    Plasma is probably more efficient for your consumables though.

  • @dtec30
    @dtec30 10 місяців тому +1

    well placed fart noises lol

  • @mankihonda983
    @mankihonda983 8 місяців тому +1

    Pretty sure the steam was from the water in the sodium silicate solution you poured in there.

  • @marktiltins8845
    @marktiltins8845 8 місяців тому

    Ultra sound

  • @russellfreeburn6284
    @russellfreeburn6284 10 місяців тому +1

    This is Sparta😂😂😂😂

  • @subhash7408
    @subhash7408 3 місяці тому +1

    Looking ur video, i made oil burner starting wood stoves battery fan powered stoves, just amazing results, sir.

  • @cdsparksart4440
    @cdsparksart4440 9 місяців тому

    yes i want to see you build your other things

  • @malcolm2587
    @malcolm2587 10 місяців тому

    A wooden wedge would work just as well that way when it falls in you've got plenty of others

  • @jtelliso
    @jtelliso 10 місяців тому

    Now weld an old turbo on the side of it and let's see what kinda pressure this puppy can really handle/make.

  • @frasercrone3838
    @frasercrone3838 8 місяців тому

    I just wondered why you did not use the insulation space as a water heater

    • @LittleAussieRockets
      @LittleAussieRockets  8 місяців тому

      I wanted too but just ran out of time. I was also considering making biochar in the space.

  • @Bozemanjustin
    @Bozemanjustin 10 місяців тому

    Little Aussie rockets
    Next time make yourself a thermic Lance to cut that

  • @concernedaussie1330
    @concernedaussie1330 10 місяців тому

    So if this was John or little John , that means there’s a place for Saturn V ????

  • @AyatollahS9430
    @AyatollahS9430 10 місяців тому +1

    (Fart noises)
    Me:"HA! That deserves a like!" 😂👍

    • @LittleAussieRockets
      @LittleAussieRockets  10 місяців тому +2

      I'm happy you have a similar sense of humor to me. My wife was not amused 😅🐄💨

  • @Nathan-cc4gy
    @Nathan-cc4gy 10 місяців тому

    I guess its another good video idea to use cardboard as fuel and to see how it works instead of wood.

  • @wizrom3046
    @wizrom3046 10 місяців тому

    The green name plate turned black?

  • @bigrollinghome2091
    @bigrollinghome2091 8 місяців тому

    I am making a furnace out of an old 500# propane tank - I went at it with the torch and it wasn't easy - about 3/8" thick and ... I'm not an expert ... what was supposed to be a square opening has no right angles or equal length sides ....

  • @carteradams1079
    @carteradams1079 8 місяців тому

    Huh. Everyone has their style

  • @alexandrevaliquette3883
    @alexandrevaliquette3883 5 місяців тому

    13:15 Is it me or this is not, technically, a real rocket stove?
    I think the opening is way too wide and the air is not fast enough on the ambers.

  • @Haleskinn
    @Haleskinn 7 місяців тому

    try the rocket stove with wood briquette and see how far you can push it :D

  • @nathandean1687
    @nathandean1687 8 місяців тому

    look into aquiring thermal electric generators to make dc power.

  • @rogerpullin8997
    @rogerpullin8997 6 місяців тому

    I would devise a method to regulate air intake

  • @richardmccann4815
    @richardmccann4815 10 місяців тому

    From this build, it is not obvious that you have built rocket stoves before. The air intake is above the fire! The output is bigger than the intake, but not by much.

    • @hvacman2009
      @hvacman2009 8 місяців тому

      Not a rocket stove, more like a wasted burn barrel… whats the point of insulation , maybe heat directed

  • @ironclay3939
    @ironclay3939 10 місяців тому

    I heat 30Lts of wash in my still and it takes 45 minutes on the Gas to start

  • @dunedune-vv8bp
    @dunedune-vv8bp 10 місяців тому +3

    thats not realy a rocket stove u need to close off more of the air intake till its like a jet sucking air and lift the fire to the level of the air imput so the fuel has the air fored thru it

    • @dogdooish
      @dogdooish 10 місяців тому +1

      If it was, the square steel burn tube would not last 2 seasons! Ours had to be refractory cement 25mm thick!

    • @wheelsdan
      @wheelsdan 10 місяців тому

      ​@dogdooish I made mine with 150mm steel box but lined it with ceramic plate works awesome just wish I had used 200mm box !

  • @buckaroundandfindout
    @buckaroundandfindout 10 місяців тому

    I'd rather see longer videos of yours. Loved the vortex stove you are awesome.

  • @goldenegg1063
    @goldenegg1063 7 місяців тому

    13:12 😅 lol

  • @adamiam7556
    @adamiam7556 6 місяців тому

    Subbed coz of the fart jokes 😂

  • @johnpauly5524
    @johnpauly5524 8 місяців тому

    You put water into the stove before you put the insulation in…that could be the source for the steam

  • @bobmcgee7
    @bobmcgee7 10 місяців тому

    This is great. Now turbocharge it. Stick a turbocharger on that little jhon and it will become big bill

  • @bk7278
    @bk7278 5 місяців тому

    There is no reason to insulate it just shortens the life span of the metal

  • @DerekWoolverton
    @DerekWoolverton 10 місяців тому

    First thought, wow, you put the Nozzle on your MIG gun finally. Second realization: you're actually welding with gas. Hurrah. Now go refill your acetylene tank.

  • @Nonsheep1
    @Nonsheep1 5 місяців тому

    LoL You had me at "Oh Nuts" lol...

  • @africanelectron751
    @africanelectron751 10 місяців тому

    Darling a hole at the starting point might help you cut through.

  • @RallyeRacin9
    @RallyeRacin9 10 місяців тому +1

    Just a stove. NOT a rocket stove.

    • @itsamindgame9198
      @itsamindgame9198 10 місяців тому

      No, definitely a rocket stove. Fuel feed from the side, oxygen flow from underneath, chimney for flame/heat.

    • @RallyeRacin9
      @RallyeRacin9 10 місяців тому +1

      The feature of a rocket stove is that it burns the exhaust gases and thus burns particularly efficiently and hot. That is not the case here.

    • @ozwogman
      @ozwogman 10 місяців тому +2

      Just a comment, NOT a good comment!

    • @RallyeRacin9
      @RallyeRacin9 10 місяців тому

      @@ozwogman I didn't judge if it is a good or a "not good" stove.
      Only stated that it is not as it is specified.
      So if your comment relates to your comment, you're right!

    • @itsamindgame9198
      @itsamindgame9198 10 місяців тому

      @@RallyeRacin9 Ah, you are more thinking of a gasifier, maybe. This beast is a rocket stove - slow to get going properly but when it did, it burned quite cleanly. Rocket stove.

  • @ryborg123456
    @ryborg123456 10 місяців тому

    Can you explain the "glass water" bit?

    • @LittleAussieRockets
      @LittleAussieRockets  10 місяців тому

      Sure, glass water is used in furnaces to harden and preserve the ceramic wool in high temperature applications.
      In this case I didn't have enough to do all of it so I figured in tipping it down the bottom and putting the ceramic wool on top, it would get where it needed to be.

    • @stjimtemyth995
      @stjimtemyth995 10 місяців тому

      you can make your own water glass from crystal kitty litter (silica beads)and draino(lye,caustic soda)@@LittleAussieRockets

  • @anthonycolbourne4206
    @anthonycolbourne4206 10 місяців тому

    A build for Ned Kelly?

  • @boikebeagle
    @boikebeagle 10 місяців тому

    An Aussie talking imperial?

  • @01mustang05
    @01mustang05 7 місяців тому

    I wouldn't call that a Rocket Stove at all. I see a basic stove with a really insulated chimney.

  • @pugnugger4600
    @pugnugger4600 10 місяців тому

    So when does the rocket stove end & the holy $hit its a furnace from hell begin? Seriously? Why? Because you can? Dude, build a log splitter or a Lazer death machine or something.

  • @multyryex1761
    @multyryex1761 6 місяців тому

    Theres a bid of video in your ad

    • @LittleAussieRockets
      @LittleAussieRockets  6 місяців тому

      I'm afraid without the ads I couldn't afford to make videos so it's just how it is.
      Best thing i ever did was by UA-cam premium. Solve the ads problem.

  • @germangodoy4317
    @germangodoy4317 10 місяців тому

    13:11 se mandó un eructo en el video?😂😂😂

  • @catgynt9148
    @catgynt9148 5 місяців тому

    Good day Steve, With all of the interesting designs that you have shared with us, I thought you might enjoy the following video. It uses a thermal siphon action to capture heat twice and produce boiling water in addition to cooking and heating the room. (ua-cam.com/video/zqvn6e-it0E/v-deo.htmlsi=9_322Lcl6TpdYJsP) Enjoy the video and ponder the possibilities for heating your shop.
    Wishing you and your family a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings together. Peace brother.

    • @LittleAussieRockets
      @LittleAussieRockets  5 місяців тому

      Thanks for sharing that I really enjoyed the build, that extra water chamber on the flu was a great addition.

  • @mik-pi4di
    @mik-pi4di 10 місяців тому

    How can I DM you ?

  • @Lucysdad66
    @Lucysdad66 10 місяців тому

    I had a huge rocket stove in the house. I bought after 1 year i tore it out with a sledgehammer and put in a wood burning stove piece of c***

  • @tylerrinek8862
    @tylerrinek8862 10 місяців тому

    Fart at 3 33. I fart when I lift too

  • @aarondavidson6409
    @aarondavidson6409 7 місяців тому

    500 lbs... 30 litres.. aussie accent... much confused

  • @militaryman9638
    @militaryman9638 6 місяців тому

    thats not a rocket stove