Been away for a long time, finally back home and getting boiler finished!
[ATTACH] Got my dampener hooked up, put ports in for my thermometer and aquastat. Getting close to wiring up temporary and letting it burn a few...
Good advise, hopefully we won't see any -30 temps here, but I just looked at blowers the other day and found one I could mount in about an hour or so!
I may end up putting a blower fan on it, want to try it out and see how it drafts and if I really need one, definitely left it easy to put one on...
That That is what I ended up ordering. It was pretty cheap and about as simple as I could get, and in the event of a power outage the draft door...
[ATTACH] Got door latch put on, needs cleaned up and some slight adjustment, but very happy with how it turned out[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Finally got a little time to work on this again, got a lifting lug on and top cut and laid on, now just need to bolt too down,...
[ATTACH] Finally got back to working on this for a few minutes today, door is hung on the hinges, now I need to make a cap for my damper tube.[ATTACH]
lol I never noticed that before!
This is Sophia, she is not much help with the wood, but is a pretty good baby sitter when my girls go out with me!!![ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Got door frame and door welded up today, frame opening is 21"x20". Left a 2" raised area in door to add a baffle insulation, and have a...
Trying to get ready for next year when I start using this thing, have no idea how much wood to expect to burn so I am getting as much as I can[ATTACH]
Wow, that is a really neat idea! And great craftmanship! How big of an area does he heat with that thing?
Thanks for the great input, cannot see in the pictures but the firebox is welded in front of water jacket and have 2 pieces of angle iron welded...
That is what I have researched and been told by people who have built them, this is just kind of shooting from the hip without spending a ton of...
Firebox is 1/2" thick pipeline pipe, everyone I talk to say amount of water around box keep firebox temps low. I know some of the manufactured...
I am not going to starting out, I want to use all of the space I can for firebox, depending on how efficient and good it works I may in the future
[ATTACH] Filled with water today to check for leaks, just a few small leaks on bottom of water jacket, firebox is still dry so I am happy![ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Been too busy to do much lately, finally got a 8" stainless flue pipe welded in and put a baffle in top of firebox to hopefully...
Got to be neighbors then!
