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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 22, 2015 21:52:46 GMT -5
I want to make a small wood stove for my work shop. This has been on my to do list for a couple of years now. I did some research and found some cool looking stoves made from propane tanks. They seemed like the perfect size to heat my 8'x24' room in the winter. I have been using two small space heaters. I would like to heat it for free with osage scraps. I collected a few old tanks over the last year or two. I've been working at a different plant lately and there is an expert welder there. He said he would help me with it. I've been gathering parts and researching the best (cheapest) way to make the chimney. We decided to go with 3" car exhaust pipe. I picked up a 7.5' section for $25 at a local mechanics shop today. He flared one end and gave me a scrap piece for free. I want to re-purpose some tools somehow to make the door latch. Kind of like a rat rod stove. I would like to find a brake drum to weld to the top so I could have a cooking surface. I gathered up some parts and I'm taking them to work tomorrow. I'll post some pictures as we build it. I'm going to see if he could make one of the tanks into a small wood fire grill for me. It would be a good size to take on camping trips. I've been cooking a lot of deer steaks over wood coals lately. When I took the valves out of the tanks one of them had some oily liquid in it. I dumped it in the driveway on some weeds to kill them. Big mistake. That liquid stunk like rotten propane terribly bad. After 5 days and heavy rain storms the driveway still reeks of propane. I dug up the gravel and dirt in that spot today and it still smells. The wife isn't very happy with my project so far. Here are the parts we have so far. I filled the tanks with water to make sure all the propane gas was out of them.   |
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Post by steiny on Jun 23, 2015 6:14:20 GMT -5
Folks in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan often build little wood stoves like this to heat their permanent ice shanty's. I'm sure it will work great. I'd make it real air tight with a damper to control the air flow.
It will be a real hot little beast, so take precautions with the roof penetration, wall and floor surfaces so that you don't burn your place down. Biggest challenge will be with such a small fire box, it probably won't hold a fire too long.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 23, 2015 6:48:34 GMT -5
I have plenty of wood scraps to use. I plan on cutting them small and keeping a small fire going in it when I'm in my shop.
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Post by dadfsr on Jun 23, 2015 8:30:06 GMT -5
It will be surprising how much heat will be put off from just a small source-especially if a fan is used to move the heat around.
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Post by nfalls116 on Jun 23, 2015 8:34:53 GMT -5
That's a cool project good luck with it let us know how it goes for you
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 23, 2015 13:24:39 GMT -5
We are going to get started on it tomorrow. I'll post some more pictures.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 24, 2015 15:57:42 GMT -5
We decided to go with a double tank design. We got them cut and he is welding them together right now.  |
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 24, 2015 16:50:21 GMT -5
We called it a day after it was welded back together. We are going to work on it some more this weekend.  |
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Post by nfalls116 on Jun 24, 2015 17:08:46 GMT -5
Atta boy
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Post by saltydog on Jun 24, 2015 20:37:13 GMT -5
Great looking project you have going there scrub !!!!!! Looking forward to seeing your design and how it might compare to some waste oil heaters I have built. You will be surprised how much heat it will put out. I love projects like these. Thanks for sharing.
Keep us update as you have time.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 24, 2015 21:08:56 GMT -5
I'm excited to see it starting to take shape. I like to make my own stuff like this. Plus when you are on a tight budget you kind of have to.
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Post by saltydog on Jun 25, 2015 5:36:53 GMT -5
PM sent to ya scrub...
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 29, 2015 17:10:14 GMT -5
We got a little more done on it today. We decided to replace the top with a thicker piece of steel. Plus it will give me a flat surface on top for a pan of water. We also welded the chimney pipe to it.  |
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Post by nfalls116 on Jun 29, 2015 17:22:34 GMT -5
Cool man! I wonder how coal would burn in its I'm jealous now I need a small shop so I can build one of those to heat it with...
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 29, 2015 19:31:01 GMT -5
I don't know how it would handle coal. I've never burned any of it. I think we are going to start on the door Thursday or Friday.
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Post by saltydog on Jul 2, 2015 8:07:04 GMT -5
Good news scrub..... I have 3 units sold soon as your prodution facility can make the units. LOL
Just kidding, but I showed a couple of guys at work your project and they are wanting to make themselvs a heater now.
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Post by Sasquatch on Jul 2, 2015 8:27:58 GMT -5
That is a neat project. Thank for sharing.
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Post by nfalls116 on Jul 2, 2015 8:59:55 GMT -5
Well any updates??
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Post by scrub-buster on Jul 2, 2015 9:19:03 GMT -5
Hope to do some work on it today after work. Yesterday I stopped at a junk sale and picked up some hammers and an old wrench to use as the door latch. This one looks a lot better than the other one I was going to use.  |
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Post by nfalls116 on Jul 2, 2015 10:19:59 GMT -5
Hope to do some work on it today after work. Yesterday I stopped at a junk sale and picked up some hammers and an old wrench to use as the door latch. This one looks a lot better than the other one I was going to use. cool! |
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