I just re-read your previous post, that is a sweet idea to use an old I assume rolling metal toolbox to house your stove in. Was planning on doing another "cement" one probably using a bigger propane tank as the form "would be smaller than this unit though" and changing my mix a bit but now I am leaning more toward doing it the way you did it with ether rockwool "if I can find it cheap enough" Or just using the vermiculite packed around it would be nice to make a portable unit for hunting.
use 45 degree furring strips on your mould ,top,bottom and sides cut them on a table saw,old school mason trick to keep your mud strong and crack free in other words dont make corners to crack. great vid,im gona make a mass heater soon
A very small bit of fuel makes a terriffic heat, the updraft is very fierce, I just drop some bits of paper and wood in the pipe, and light that, to start it, then it can be fed via the 'L' shape at the bottom, or more bits dropped in the top. - Cooking costs - zero. It SHOULD last for years, tho the pipe gets red hot, and has now burnt off most of the paper backing on the rockwool. The toolbox was a solid one, but the key was lost and its heavy and useless, so I didnt mind having it cut up.
hello. redicity - Rock wool is very easy to buy here, and cheap for a big slab, - but so many people have bits left over, you might find some free. ( but Im in France), I *think* its easy to buy, everywhere, in any/homebuild kind of DIY shops. Sold for roof and wall insulation. Better than glass fibre because that makes you itchy and is bad for breathing. Rockwool, mineral wool, is pretty much harmless, Ill show you my stove if I can work out how to post a photo. Just a tick, Ill investigate...
No it not rolling metal, just a very heavy metal box with drawers and a hinged lid, I just threw out the drawers. - but the thing is - iif the flue pipe is well insulated - it really doesnt matter if the case is heavy duty or not. because its protected from the heat of the pipe by the insulation. I made another one out of one of those giant dog food cans, The pipe inside was only a vegetable can and it rusted, I'll get it a good flue pipe, and use it again. Insulated pipe + pot stand ¨= stove..
dont know how to add a picture....maybe not possible... anyway - I didnt do anything clever. The local garage man cut a circle hole in the end of a metal tool box for me, and I bunged in a length of flue pipe with an added 'L' shaped bit of pipe at the bottom. Then I stuffed the box, all around the pipe,, with rock wool, - still fixed into a slab on its brown paper backing. The pipe was quite a nice solid one, (they come in different qualities but I used a good bit, as I want it to last)
I just re-read your previous post, that is a sweet idea to use an old I assume rolling metal toolbox to house your stove in. Was planning on doing another "cement" one probably using a bigger propane tank as the form "would be smaller than this unit though" and changing my mix a bit but now I am leaning more toward doing it the way you did it with ether rockwool "if I can find it cheap enough" Or just using the vermiculite packed around it would be nice to make a portable unit for hunting.
I used 'blanket' rock wool for insulation. very easy to use. Fabulous stove.
use 45 degree furring strips on your mould ,top,bottom and sides cut them on a table saw,old school mason trick to keep your mud strong and crack free in other words dont make corners to crack. great vid,im gona make a mass heater soon
Thanks for this with all the measurements and instructions too.
A very small bit of fuel makes a terriffic heat, the updraft is very fierce, I just drop some bits of paper and wood in the pipe, and light that, to start it, then it can be fed via the 'L' shape at the bottom, or more bits dropped in the top. - Cooking costs - zero. It SHOULD last for years, tho the pipe gets red hot, and has now burnt off most of the paper backing on the rockwool. The toolbox was a solid one, but the key was lost and its heavy and useless, so I didnt mind having it cut up.
Well anyhow now I have the idea of making a rolling stove out of a toolbox lol.
hello. redicity - Rock wool is very easy to buy here, and cheap for a big slab, - but so many people have bits left over, you might find some free. ( but Im in France), I *think* its easy to buy, everywhere, in any/homebuild kind of DIY shops. Sold for roof and wall insulation. Better than glass fibre because that makes you itchy and is bad for breathing. Rockwool, mineral wool, is pretty much harmless, Ill show you my stove if I can work out how to post a photo. Just a tick, Ill investigate...
No it not rolling metal, just a very heavy metal box with drawers and a hinged lid, I just threw out the drawers. - but the thing is - iif the flue pipe is well insulated - it really doesnt matter if the case is heavy duty or not. because its protected from the heat of the pipe by the insulation. I made another one out of one of those giant dog food cans, The pipe inside was only a vegetable can and it rusted, I'll get it a good flue pipe, and use it again. Insulated pipe + pot stand ¨= stove..
Can you just pick that up at a hardware store? Sounds like something to try for sure.
dont know how to add a picture....maybe not possible...
anyway - I didnt do anything clever. The local garage man cut a circle hole in the end of a metal tool box for me, and I bunged in a length of flue pipe with an added 'L' shaped bit of pipe at the bottom. Then I stuffed the box, all around the pipe,, with rock wool, - still fixed into a slab on its brown paper backing. The pipe was quite a nice solid one, (they come in different qualities but I used a good bit, as I want it to last)
is that pea stone the pumice rock, crushed up? I can't locate any on ebay
It is just small rocks that help give the cement structure.
oh, so not pea sized pumice, but pea sized rocks
ya it just adds structure