Rocket Stove

[CurSedVoyce]

Nice!

 

[Porkbrick]

looks good. gonna be a big'un. what diameter is the inside pipe?

 

[sotc]

4"

 

[Porkbrick]

here's the start of the new project, rocket hot tub. <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pd1xWWyDSSs?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pd1xWWyDSSs?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object>
any progress on your project Willie?

 

[sotc]

Yeah, I have cut into it a couple different times to try something different. Just dislike feeding it over and over but I have been using it some

 

[Burnham]

That seems the weakness of the rocket heater concept.

 

[sotc]

I need to reredesign Where I feed the wood, the upright hoppers have good potential as a self feeding sort of thing to some extent. Really only good if your puttering around the shop and can drop in sticks without too much hassle.

 

[Porkbrick]

ive seen pics of a rocket stove built more like a conventional wood stove as far as loading wood and burn times goes. that's why im trying out the feed hopper idea. it seems to work pretty well so far. i did one test where i loaded it full of scraps and sawdust from my wood splitting area, it burned for more than an hour, and had no problems with the stuff that was still green/wet.

 

[sotc]

Got pictures?

 

[Porkbrick]

if you skip to 3:20 on this vid you can see a time lapse i did of the feed hopper in action. its around 20 min of burn with no intervention from me to feed it.

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[Porkbrick]

willie, heres a thread on the rocket stove forum that talks about the stove i mentioned. http://donkey32.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=discuss&action=display&thread=11

 

[sotc]

Cool, i'll check them out this evening, thanks

 

[MasterBlaster]

What was the tuneage?

 

[Porkbrick]

the artist is DJ Shadow, i cant recall the name of the song off the top of my head, but all his stuff is pretty cool.