Fantasic wood burner design. As a welder/fabricator, I am always thinking of new ways to build things, yours just blows my mind... Plus, you have a beautiful scenery ...
Wow, just wow. I can see that you have gone to the extra effort to keep the design sleek and minimal. It always seems more work to get a good minimal finish like that but I also like that you have used a traditional spring handle design to tie it into the traditional design vernacular. Looks amazing in the house there. The house too looks like you have worked hard on. Your design?
Hey thanks Phrayzar, I'm flattered- I didn't expect people to appreciate the modern design so much. And yes the cabin is my design. It started with 4 surplus arched laminate beams- 34' long, that I tracked down in Oregon. Then I started sketching ways to use them differently than the standard gable roof they were made for. About 5 years to complete :)
The design of this stove is absolutely stunning... I wish I could design my stoves so elegant. Very nice work and very inspiring. First question, is the air wash for the glass enough? Do you manage to keep the glass clean, no soot? Can you please show us details of the secondary combustion working? Thank you very much for showing us details of the construction of the stove.
Thanks for your kind words Caotropheus. I wish the glass would stay clean, but as I am burning soft pine it will always show soot. If you burn something harder like maple or oak you will see less build-up. But I would add that when the sky is dark and the flames are up it always looks amazing. In the daytime the upper half of the glass looks black, but at night it shows right through. For details on the secondary burn, you can see at 1:08 a sketch of that shows metal tubes that start in the back and bottom outside the stove to pull fresh air into the top area, where vents are drilled in the tube. It gets so hot inside this chamber that any smoke passing through to the chimney get incinerated. I think this also makes the stove top extra-hot.
***** Thank you very much for your kind answers. Up until today I did not manage to avoid soot deposit on my stoves' glasses. I am trying a new primary air dispenser that is located on the top of the glass. All primary air as to flow along the glass before it enters the combustion. I hope this theory will work. This project will be ready within a couple of weeks. I will post a video then. I would like to take this opportunity to kindly ask you if you have a dumper in the chimney and if you can show us details of the stove working and the secondary combustion. Thanks.
..for cheap, you can simply buy a few 'splits' firebrick (the cream colored ones..), 1/2 thick as normal, about $1.45ea here in PA. Use them like shiners (set on edge..), to modify/direct heat and gas flows. Now, when you move it to the next level, those potter's firing plates, in silica carbide (graphite grey in color..., kind of like the space shuttle tiles..), do well. I procured one for a fella last summer who was making an 'experimental' masonry heater/smoker/grill combination. ALSO...peruse our website...Masonry Heater Association of North America, for creme' de la creme', world class heater builders/craftsmen and their work. You WILL be impressed by their skills and workmanship. Anyways...you have a pretty cool design, now, as you are doing..its the refinements that make it a primo product. Then, you can get the Chinese to mass produce it (...ah, tongue-in-cheek, there., eh..?!). Be well, NK
Kevin, Love the design and execution! Can you tell me what type of glass you used (Ceramic?) and how you mounted it? Did you have to use a special drill bit (Diamond Tip Core?) or was it made to order? Thanks so much! Bill.
Hi Bill- yes I used ceramic glass from www.onedayglass.com/ great company. I sent them the template including holes (use 1/8 panel wood or plastic- cardboard changes size w humidity change). You can see how I mounted it using asbestos rope in the video.
Nice fabrication skills! Great piece of architectural art as well. I would say you've captured the Scandinavian design for sure. Is that fire rated ceramic glass?
sorry tony - I haven't posted in months- yes the glass is ceramic, about $300 with shipping and it's roughly 30" across, so a bigger piece. I was very happy with the prompt quote from my faxed design and service from One Day glass, also known as Peninsula Glass in OR. www.onedayglass.com/
Greetings again Kevin. I posted my latest video with the primary air dispenser located at the top of the door and the air wash is very good. The glass is always clean. The next stoves I will build will have air entrance at the bottom of the stove, this air is channelled to the top of the door and from there, the air flows down/along the door/glass into the combustion.
Hi Caotrpheus- Just posted on your video and think it is the design you describe above with 3 inlets in the bottom of the door. Wish I'd seen that before -my stove would look different! New subject: do you think firebrick helps? I know it focuses heat into the stove, and holds and radiates heat, but I love how fast the heat comes out of my stove without bricks. Will it rot out the steel if I don't use bricks?
The attention to detail really paid off, you must have some hours logged on that build. not sure if you mentioned but how did you make the stove turn independent from the chimney? The stove is beautiful.
+BEAKER UNREFINED - The chimney and all sections to the ceiling are fixed to the stove so everything spins as a unit. The top of the chimney spins inside the ceiling box. To line everything up I put a laser lever on top of the stove and moved the stove until is was centered under the ceiling box. If it isn't perfectly aligned you would see the chimney oscillate when it turns.
Hi Jon- Love your Cold Creek videos- Yes the secondary burn works well, but I think I should have more "head room" for smoke build up in the stove. It wants to belch smoke when it is smoldering.
Thank you. I am building a wood stove (for a wall tent) soon and have been experimenting with the secondary burn without much luck. I marked your video so I can reference it again when I go to start the project.
John Harmon - Cold Creek Works here's a couple of sketches on the secondary burn in my stove: ua-cam.com/video/xvOmYBRCZU4/v-deo.html good luck on your project.
I ready to start building my own stove , I'm perfectly happy doing the fabrication work but struggling to understand the glass. did you have a piece of glass made or did you buy a standard of the shelf part and design your stove around it ?
+Charles Grewcock hi I made a template of cardboard and sent it to one day glass. The cut the ceramic glass and then tempered it. The first piece shattered in shipment and they replaced it. Highly recommend this company: www.onedayglass.com/
+Novo Karpati I was going to install firebrick on the floor and walls, but I it puts out so much heat and I worry the brick will slow down the heat transfer to the room. I've never had to clean out ash, so I'm thinking it has good burn efficiency. My bigger concern is that the steel walls won't hold up. What do you think?
+Kevin Murphy You could easily put a secondary heat exchange inline with the exhaust pipe.. and with your design skills, we would all like to see that............. basically all you do is build a box and stick pipes through it that extend from one side to the other and are open to the Room air.......... so the "inside exhaust heat run over the pipes and they get super hot, but your "room air will flow through the pipes with a fan, ect. .. capturing even more heat from the exhaust... its the same principle as a "radiator.......... looking forward to your designs.. very good vid... subbed :)
Kevin Murphy, Sir, if you're really not getting any ash as you say, you had better get a patent on your stove because in 50 yrs of burning wood, I have never seen or heard of a wood stove that doesn't produce a decent amount of ash. You are sitting on a Gold Mine if what you say is true !!!!
Kevin Murphy, Sir, if you're really not getting any ash as you say, you had better get a patent on your stove because in 50 yrs of burning wood, I have never seen or heard of a wood stove that doesn't produce a decent amount of ash. You are sitting on a Gold Mine if what you say is true !!!!
Incredible design, I've never seen anything like that.
Very elegant design and what a awesome view you have there.
You are a craftsman and artist. Beautiful design where form and function come together. Brilliant! Thank you for sharing.
Fantasic wood burner design. As a welder/fabricator, I am always thinking of new ways to build things, yours just blows my mind... Plus, you have a beautiful scenery ...
You are a genius to build this wood stove.
wow owsome design, I totally love it in fact am excited to have seen your fireplace, enjoy bro.
what an amazing find, great skills Kevin, this is some really good work
Beautiful work.
super jealous of where you live....... got me motivated... You should add a "heat exchange design.. subbed
Wow, just wow. I can see that you have gone to the extra effort to keep the design sleek and minimal. It always seems more work to get a good minimal finish like that but I also like that you have used a traditional spring handle design to tie it into the traditional design vernacular. Looks amazing in the house there. The house too looks like you have worked hard on. Your design?
Hey thanks Phrayzar, I'm flattered- I didn't expect people to appreciate the modern design so much. And yes the cabin is my design. It started with 4 surplus arched laminate beams- 34' long, that I tracked down in Oregon. Then I started sketching ways to use them differently than the standard gable roof they were made for. About 5 years to complete :)
The design of this stove is absolutely stunning... I wish I could design my stoves so elegant. Very nice work and very inspiring. First question, is the air wash for the glass enough? Do you manage to keep the glass clean, no soot? Can you please show us details of the secondary combustion working? Thank you very much for showing us details of the construction of the stove.
Thanks for your kind words Caotropheus. I wish the glass would stay clean, but as I am burning soft pine it will always show soot. If you burn something harder like maple or oak you will see less build-up. But I would add that when the sky is dark and the flames are up it always looks amazing. In the daytime the upper half of the glass looks black, but at night it shows right through. For details on the secondary burn, you can see at 1:08 a sketch of that shows metal tubes that start in the back and bottom outside the stove to pull fresh air into the top area, where vents are drilled in the tube. It gets so hot inside this chamber that any smoke passing through to the chimney get incinerated. I think this also makes the stove top extra-hot.
***** Thank you very much for your kind answers. Up until today I did not manage to avoid soot deposit on my stoves' glasses. I am trying a new primary air dispenser that is located on the top of the glass. All primary air as to flow along the glass before it enters the combustion. I hope this theory will work. This project will be ready within a couple of weeks. I will post a video then. I would like to take this opportunity to kindly ask you if you have a dumper in the chimney and if you can show us details of the stove working and the secondary combustion. Thanks.
..for cheap, you can simply buy a few 'splits' firebrick (the cream colored ones..), 1/2 thick as normal, about $1.45ea here in PA. Use them like shiners (set on edge..), to modify/direct heat and gas flows. Now, when you move it to the next level, those potter's firing plates, in silica carbide (graphite grey in color..., kind of like the space shuttle tiles..), do well. I procured one for a fella last summer who was making an 'experimental' masonry heater/smoker/grill combination. ALSO...peruse our website...Masonry Heater Association of North America, for creme' de la creme', world class heater builders/craftsmen and their work. You WILL be impressed by their skills and workmanship. Anyways...you have a pretty cool design, now, as you are doing..its the refinements that make it a primo product. Then, you can get the Chinese to mass produce it (...ah, tongue-in-cheek, there., eh..?!). Be well, NK
dear sir
it was amazing job
i wish if you have any pdf file for the stove
if you please i wish to made on like you
best regards
Kevin, Love the design and execution! Can you tell me what type of glass you used (Ceramic?) and how you mounted it? Did you have to use a special drill bit (Diamond Tip Core?) or was it made to order? Thanks so much!
Bill.
Hi Bill- yes I used ceramic glass from www.onedayglass.com/ great company. I sent them the template including holes (use 1/8 panel wood or plastic- cardboard changes size w humidity change). You can see how I mounted it using asbestos rope in the video.
Thanks Kevin!
pretty cool, do you have any creosoting problems../?
Nice fabrication skills! Great piece of architectural art as well. I would say you've captured the Scandinavian design for sure. Is that fire rated ceramic glass?
sorry tony - I haven't posted in months- yes the glass is ceramic, about $300 with shipping and it's roughly 30" across, so a bigger piece. I was very happy with the prompt quote from my faxed design and service from One Day glass, also known as Peninsula Glass in OR. www.onedayglass.com/
Greetings again Kevin. I posted my latest video with the primary air dispenser located at the top of the door and the air wash is very good. The glass is always clean. The next stoves I will build will have air entrance at the bottom of the stove, this air is channelled to the top of the door and from there, the air flows down/along the door/glass into the combustion.
Hi Caotrpheus- Just posted on your video and think it is the design you describe above with 3 inlets in the bottom of the door. Wish I'd seen that before -my stove would look different! New subject: do you think firebrick helps? I know it focuses heat into the stove, and holds and radiates heat, but I love how fast the heat comes out of my stove without bricks. Will it rot out the steel if I don't use bricks?
The attention to detail really paid off, you must have some hours logged on that build. not sure if you mentioned but how did you make the stove turn independent from the chimney? The stove is beautiful.
+BEAKER UNREFINED - The chimney and all sections to the ceiling are fixed to the stove so everything spins as a unit. The top of the chimney spins inside the ceiling box. To line everything up I put a laser lever on top of the stove and moved the stove until is was centered under the ceiling box. If it isn't perfectly aligned you would see the chimney oscillate when it turns.
Does the glass stay clear of smoke? I ask because other stove designs I've looked at introduce air above the door rather than below.
awesome job! Does your secondary burn work well? I would like to see more on that.
Hi Jon- Love your Cold Creek videos- Yes the secondary burn works well, but I think I should have more "head room" for smoke build up in the stove. It wants to belch smoke when it is smoldering.
Thank you. I am building a wood stove (for a wall tent) soon and have been experimenting with the secondary burn without much luck. I marked your video so I can reference it again when I go to start the project.
John Harmon - Cold Creek Works
here's a couple of sketches on the secondary burn in my stove: ua-cam.com/video/xvOmYBRCZU4/v-deo.html
good luck on your project.
Awesome. Thanks!
How does the flue pipe rotate?
Pretty cool. i like it.
I ready to start building my own stove , I'm perfectly happy doing the fabrication work but struggling to understand the glass. did you have a piece of glass made or did you buy a standard of the shelf part and design your stove around it ?
+Charles Grewcock hi I made a template of cardboard and sent it to one day glass. The cut the ceramic glass and then tempered it. The first piece shattered in shipment and they replaced it. Highly recommend this company: www.onedayglass.com/
where are the ceramics, to increase burn efficiency../??
+Novo Karpati I was going to install firebrick on the floor and walls, but I it puts out so much heat and I worry the brick will slow down the heat transfer to the room. I've never had to clean out ash, so I'm thinking it has good burn efficiency. My bigger concern is that the steel walls won't hold up. What do you think?
+Kevin Murphy
You could easily put a secondary heat exchange inline with the exhaust pipe.. and with your design skills, we would all like to see that............. basically all you do is build a box and stick pipes through it that extend from one side to the other and are open to the Room air.......... so the "inside exhaust heat run over the pipes and they get super hot, but your "room air will flow through the pipes with a fan, ect. .. capturing even more heat from the exhaust... its the same principle as a "radiator.......... looking forward to your designs.. very good vid... subbed :)
Kevin Murphy, Sir, if you're really not getting any ash as you say, you had better get a patent on your stove because in 50 yrs of burning wood, I have never seen or heard of a wood stove that doesn't produce a decent amount of ash. You are sitting on a Gold Mine if what you say is true !!!!
Amazing work! Take my money I want one !!! Lol
Kevin Murphy, Sir, if you're really not getting any ash as you say, you had better get a patent on your stove because in 50 yrs of burning wood, I have never seen or heard of a wood stove that doesn't produce a decent amount of ash. You are sitting on a Gold Mine if what you say is true !!!!
man those doors look like they weigh 10 tons
..private message me, for other .., 'non-public' details, you may want to keep as proprietary info, yours truly, NK
I would apply for a patent.......... don't be foolish... if no one has patented it, You Better Apply Before I DO