A Simple Woodstove DFM

[rvpopeye]

Lookin' Good !
Are you going to line it with firebrick ?

Just had a thought (don't say it!) .....maybe you should name it Metallica.....it's gonna be "Heavy Metal"

[Texjbird]

It's getting colder here, I started a little fire in the shop's woodstove while working on another project. Felt good.

My last cold SD winter was in 2006.  I don't count 2007 because I sold my home in Hurly right after Thanksgiving and was in KY before December.  I was in KY for the winter the whole state was declared a National Disaster Area.  I had no elec for 6 days.  The National Guard came to transport folks to a shelter in the county courthouse basement.  I passed on the offer and so did my Son and his family.   I had moved to  AL by March of 2010.

It's 9am and cloudy here by Ft Rucker.  Q and I just trimed a rose bush and swept the front walk.  I'm in flip flops, shorts, and a tank top with AC set on 70.

I had forgotten how early in the year it can get cold in the Dakotas, MN and WI
I actully miss the snow and my SD friends.  Maybe I'll get up there next spring 
Snow's that frozen fluffy white stuff.......Right 

JewellAnn + Q

[MN C Van]

I'm sure Minneapolis is like the South Pacific compared to windswept barrens of South Dakota!
Yikes.


I'm not sure there'd be space for more than a twig or two if it were lined with firebick!
Perhaps that's all it would need to heat such a small space.

The 'chimney' pipes should all be here today.


I need to make bungs the legs will slip into, not sure how I'm going to do something like that.
Can't sit it on top a cinder block in a van, that would be very stupid. So it's going to take a bit more before it's done, then it should be closer to proper cold.

I'm going to order Stainless rod and attempt to bend it into a semblance of a spring handle for latch and air control.

[TrainChaser]

It is looking good! I was wondering about fire brick, too. It's only 1.25" thick, and would let the heat last longer. I've also seen red clay bricks sitting on the entire top of a standard wood stove, which I had never thought of.

[justjim]

Got a old tire rim that you could trim to size and weld on as a base? There's your stand and weight, plus you could drill four mounting holes in it and bolt it to the floor.

[MN C Van]

Just use the spare!

[TrainChaser]

Clever idea, Jim!  But a square or retangular wheel would would work better.

[MN C Van]

I made and welded on bungs, then turned ends of window weights* to fit into the bungs.

As you could predict, window weights were never made to be anything but window weights ...

   

   


There's a little more room than I though- That makes me feel good- But proof is in the pudding, so to speak.

I need to tap holes so a thumbscrew can hold the legs in. That's it for the stove, per se!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next is make a bulkhead for the front window, then cut the chimney.

Then, that's it it.


* Reason I used these were #1 cost and availability #2 weight #3 they stow inside stove. A wheel, or fixed legs would take up too much space when not in use.

[TrainChaser]

Do you have some kind of air intake for combustion? I heard that one of the fancy-schmancy ones have a pipe in the bottom that goes into a matching hole in the floor, so you don't have to leave a window open a bit.

[MN C Van]

Yes, yes. The window weights are hollow and fit into receptacles leading to a subfloor tract.
There's also a secondary combustion system inside the stove.
Lasers analyze combustion and emissions.
My brother works with Dow Chemical, and he's gotten me the latest advancement in catalytic substrate for the chimney.
There's also an anal probe that monitors your core temp, adjusting the stove's output for your comfort.
Last, the sensors feed into a microprocessor, powered by the stove's heat,  sampling and making adjustments 48 times a second.
Honest.