I made a few of these (some forced draft) play with number and size of holes you can get a blue flame You don't need snips a old knife or chisel and hammer will do. google TLUD stoves
COOL! You are the first person I have met that has built these. Do you have any pictures? I want to build larger stoves than the one in the video.
I've been keeping my eye on this one. It's not cheap or home built but it is advertised as being able to be used indoors: http://www.silverfire.us/silverfire-hunter http://www.silverfire.us/videos
Nice link. I only discovered these on Saturday so I am cramming in as much info as possible. You have built small rocket stoves, what do you think? I'm dying to hear your opinion. So far, they seem to be superior to the smaller rocket stoves except for the batch loading. At one time I thought a hybrid might be possible for continuous feeds until I understood how the gasifiers functioned. Right now it looks like the gas stove builds are super easy, incredibly cheap to build, different materials can be burned, and the gasifiers are highly efficient. But I haven't built one yet...got to get to it so I can really compare.
I've played with the homebuilt rocket stoves as well as the Biolite stove (a friend has one.) I've looked at the Solo and Solo Titan wood gas stoves and the Wild Woodgas stove. I have a Cabelas tent stove. But of all the research I've done and stoves I've played with, nothing could be used safely and efficiently both indoors and out and is also simple and safe to vent. This SilverFire Hunter can, so I'm probably going to get one eventually, just to have. We'll use it camping and keep it for emergencies. For outdoor only use I would probably buy the Solo Titan or build a comparable stove. However the Titan is good solid stainless steel construction and it will last longer than home built and holds a lot of biomass. Regardless these gasifiers are a lot more efficient than the rocket stoves, and cleaner burning, no doubt about that. And a good unit can be made at home, cheap. But you're going to be constantly feeding the little home made one one in the video. The Biolite has to be fed fuel frequently too. I suspect the SilverFire Hunter could be made at home if you could get a good look at one, but to me its worth buying. And I wonder if it could serve as a space heater if you put an upside down ceramic crock or clay pot over the burner...
You have given me so much to look up! At this point my mind is flooding with thoughts. I'm wondering if you could put one of these in mass and heat it up. Like you said, as a space heater. Aprovecho has a gasifier that they use to heat a barrel with a pot. Sound familiar? I posted that thread up in the OWB forum. Here it is again: NW Walker has almost an identical cooking set up with a rocket stove. The issue with the gasifier would be control and longevity. I'm also wondering about how different materials would change the performance of these stoves.
I moved and could not justify bring a bunch of tin cans so sorry no pics want to make one with 55 gall and 30 gall oil drums one day I have connected tin cans end to end and made one 12" deep burned for over 1/2 hour. some have a stand for the pot so you can load a second can ready to burn. also check out sawdust stoves. http://www.drtlud.com/
Simple to make and so incredibly versatile. I've got some duraboard. I am curious as to if it would work on one of these things.
Thats whats called a hobo stove simple yes but the double wall (double can) type heat the secondary air to get better wood gas burn also makes the draft with out the extra chimney I played with chimneys to increase draft and chokes to mix air/gas better all will improve burn
maybe for the outer skin to keep the heat in, the inner can (burn chamber) you want heat transfer to heat combustion air flowing around can
Use a large coffee can for outer shell cut lid off a soup can use lid to mark hole to be cut in bottom of coffee can (this will give a good size so lip of soup can hangs in coffee can) find a small log that will fit inside coffee can to support bottom as you cut out hole use a razor knife tapping handle to cut hole punch holes in can with all or screw driver this is faster and safer than trying to drill then when you punch secondary air holes push screwdriver to side to angle hole some this will make air swirl not sure if burns cleaner but looks cool one of these can be built in the woods with nothing but a pocket knife
barrel one would be a heater not a stove, but one of those things I will have a hard time finding the time for would like to make a wood gas powered go cart and generator one day
I was under the impression that wood gas stoves were huge furnaces with pipes and knobs all over the place. Boy, was I wrong. The Kimberely is a gasifier. Duh!
