I am doing this with a 20mm can when I took out the rubber gasket I noticed the lid fit really loose, am I going to have to weld all the way around it to seal it so it doesn't leak smoke?
@fatguyaaron: I don't know what the 20mm can looks like but on my lid the edges wrap around the sides when the lid is closed so it wasn't an issue. I will also add that since I made this video I added a 1" filler piece to the top of the opening to act as a "smoke dam" when I open the lid to add wood. It helped significantly with reducing the smoke that escaped when adding wood.
what abt a small door on the side or the back to clean wood out so u dont have to take the pipe off while its up in the tent at the end of the vid ? grate job i have thought abt maken 1 myself this summer n trying it out with a 40mm or a bigger one ive got
@curtispa I don't need another door... additional doors mean more opportunities for leaks. Stoves work best when they're as close to airtight as possible. The only air coming into the stove should be from my air regulator at the front. As far as ash removal is concerned I just wait until the stove is cool and then remove the front door and dump it out. Removing the stove-pipe to dump the ash is really not that big a deal.
great design.... one of these days I need to make one. we have camp and shoot weekends during the summer each month, and I bet everyone would love to see something like that
@bwarrior I got the stove pipe from Home Depot. I'm sure you can also find it at Orchard, Lowes, etc.... It's just simple galvanized single wall flue pipe. It comes "opened" and you'll need to hand mold it into a tube and lock the seams together. I believe the pipe was only 3 dollars a section.
@RubiconDave Thats what I thought Dave. I went to Home Depot and the guy I talkied to there seemed pretty knowledgable. He told me I could d=not use the galvanized pipe for that purpose and told me it was because that pipe would emit a poisonous gas when heated up by fire. Said deffinantly not in a shelter or cabin. He told me to use the black pipe that is used on traditional stoves or fire places. Home depot does not carry this by the way. I called a fire place shop and in the 3" it has to be
@bwarrior I use the galv pipe all the time with no ill affects... read my post farther down regarding the galvanized pipe. Someone already brought up that point.
@RubiconDave Special ordered but she did confirm that you should not use the galvanized pipe. I have had alot of trouble finding the correct pipe and it is quite a bit more exspensive.
Brilliant Idea!.....I love outdoor self innovation Idea's like these, it's far better than spending mucco money for something that is made in China and lasts only one season (If your lucky!)
The short answer is No... That is of course If you're worried about the Zinc Oxide fumes and possible "Metal Fume Fever" from simply burning wood in it. I believe the temperature must be much higher than what this little stove is capable of to actually get the galvanized metal to melt. ( I once read well above 1500...) That being said, The can did not appear to be galvanized. Once the paint burned off it easily rusts.
Thanks for answering, I just bought an ammo can and it wan't until i was reading why galvanized stove pipes were bad with regards to zinc oxide, i started to think... damn I never thought if the ammo can itself had been galvanized. My can does have a nice ring of rust on top of it... I'll burn the paint off and reevaluate.
The stovepipe exits outside the tent and it's tall enough to provide enough draft so I don't worry about leakage. This is no different then running a chimney in a home. Hunters, trappers, and settlers have run "sheepherder" stoves in their canvas tents and cabins for 100's of years without issue, this is no different. And yes, there are enough gaps in my tent to provide make-up air with no worries.
How is the carbon monoxide level in your tent due to that fire? Do you need a CO alarm device? It would be unpleasant to wake up dead one morning. Maybe there is adequate ventilation through the small openings in the tent.
No idea on the warmth since I didn't have a thermometer with me but it was toasty enough that I could change without freezing...if I had to guess I would say 60's easy.
Yup... the top gets quite hot and will easily boil water or cook food. Especially if I load it with oak and open up the air to stoke the fire. (I have tons of black oak in my neck of the woods...) I don't think it cooks as quickly as open flame but I'm generally not in too much of a hurry anyway when I'm in the woods...
Nice, I did a stove on sqweakyhingeTV. What did you use at the top of your tent? Looks like a steel rectangle plate? I was thinking of using a Kevlar flap. I'm interested on how hot the stove pope is at the top of your tent.?
I used a mig welder, A Hobart "Handler 140" to be exact. If you don't have a welder you could easily build this with a rivet gun or even screws. I've seen other ammo can stove projects done without a welder.
I'd have to say that's pretty good. I have only slept in the snow once when I was a boy scout, your smart to elevate over the ground. This is really something, an in tent heater thing -great!
I the stovepipe from Home Depot. It's the standard 3" variety that you assemble. It comes "opened" in the shape of a "C" and you need to bend it into the tube shape and lock in the seam. It also comes back apart again which is nice because it allows you to store more stovepipes in the can if you want to.
I am doing this with a 20mm can when I took out the rubber gasket I noticed the lid fit really loose, am I going to have to weld all the way around it to seal it so it doesn't leak smoke?
fatguyaaron 1 week ago
@fatguyaaron: I don't know what the 20mm can looks like but on my lid the edges wrap around the sides when the lid is closed so it wasn't an issue. I will also add that since I made this video I added a 1" filler piece to the top of the opening to act as a "smoke dam" when I open the lid to add wood. It helped significantly with reducing the smoke that escaped when adding wood.
RubiconDave 1 week ago
@fatguyaaron Thanks for the quick reply.
fatguyaaron 1 week ago
what abt a small door on the side or the back to clean wood out so u dont have to take the pipe off while its up in the tent at the end of the vid ? grate job i have thought abt maken 1 myself this summer n trying it out with a 40mm or a bigger one ive got
curtispa 1 month ago
@curtispa I don't need another door... additional doors mean more opportunities for leaks. Stoves work best when they're as close to airtight as possible. The only air coming into the stove should be from my air regulator at the front. As far as ash removal is concerned I just wait until the stove is cool and then remove the front door and dump it out. Removing the stove-pipe to dump the ash is really not that big a deal.
RubiconDave 1 month ago
VERY COOL STOVE thanks for sharing Subbed ya
WhitetailBushcraft 2 months ago
great design.... one of these days I need to make one. we have camp and shoot weekends during the summer each month, and I bet everyone would love to see something like that
weaponeer 2 months ago
Where do you get you stove pipe? Is it galvanized? How much did it cost? Im having a lot of trouble finding it.
bwarrior 2 months ago
@bwarrior I got the stove pipe from Home Depot. I'm sure you can also find it at Orchard, Lowes, etc.... It's just simple galvanized single wall flue pipe. It comes "opened" and you'll need to hand mold it into a tube and lock the seams together. I believe the pipe was only 3 dollars a section.
RubiconDave 2 months ago
@RubiconDave Thats what I thought Dave. I went to Home Depot and the guy I talkied to there seemed pretty knowledgable. He told me I could d=not use the galvanized pipe for that purpose and told me it was because that pipe would emit a poisonous gas when heated up by fire. Said deffinantly not in a shelter or cabin. He told me to use the black pipe that is used on traditional stoves or fire places. Home depot does not carry this by the way. I called a fire place shop and in the 3" it has to be
bwarrior 2 months ago
@bwarrior I use the galv pipe all the time with no ill affects... read my post farther down regarding the galvanized pipe. Someone already brought up that point.
RubiconDave 2 months ago
@RubiconDave Special ordered but she did confirm that you should not use the galvanized pipe. I have had alot of trouble finding the correct pipe and it is quite a bit more exspensive.
bwarrior 2 months ago
Brilliant Idea!.....I love outdoor self innovation Idea's like these, it's far better than spending mucco money for something that is made in China and lasts only one season (If your lucky!)
townkevin59 3 months ago
that is so cool
robertmccallum1 3 months ago
do you worry about whether or not the ammo can is Galvanized?
drjamyma 3 months ago
@drjamyma
The short answer is No... That is of course If you're worried about the Zinc Oxide fumes and possible "Metal Fume Fever" from simply burning wood in it. I believe the temperature must be much higher than what this little stove is capable of to actually get the galvanized metal to melt. ( I once read well above 1500...) That being said, The can did not appear to be galvanized. Once the paint burned off it easily rusts.
RubiconDave 3 months ago
Thanks for answering, I just bought an ammo can and it wan't until i was reading why galvanized stove pipes were bad with regards to zinc oxide, i started to think... damn I never thought if the ammo can itself had been galvanized. My can does have a nice ring of rust on top of it... I'll burn the paint off and reevaluate.
drjamyma 3 months ago
Brilliant, I love the details of the stoves legs and air grill. Thank you for posting.
TheFlowerchimp 4 months ago
That's freaking Ingenious,I love it and now I'm going to make me one,THANKS FOR A SHARUN
THETRUECRASHMONKEY 6 months ago
The stovepipe exits outside the tent and it's tall enough to provide enough draft so I don't worry about leakage. This is no different then running a chimney in a home. Hunters, trappers, and settlers have run "sheepherder" stoves in their canvas tents and cabins for 100's of years without issue, this is no different. And yes, there are enough gaps in my tent to provide make-up air with no worries.
RubiconDave 6 months ago
How is the carbon monoxide level in your tent due to that fire? Do you need a CO alarm device? It would be unpleasant to wake up dead one morning. Maybe there is adequate ventilation through the small openings in the tent.
TubeClift 6 months ago
Comment removed
TubeClift 6 months ago
No idea on the warmth since I didn't have a thermometer with me but it was toasty enough that I could change without freezing...if I had to guess I would say 60's easy.
RubiconDave 6 months ago
Very nice! How warm did it make your tent? What would you estimate it increased the ambient temp?
kengerace 6 months ago
some great tips for building a good stove thanks
dawg65779 7 months ago
Yup... the top gets quite hot and will easily boil water or cook food. Especially if I load it with oak and open up the air to stoke the fire. (I have tons of black oak in my neck of the woods...) I don't think it cooks as quickly as open flame but I'm generally not in too much of a hurry anyway when I'm in the woods...
RubiconDave 10 months ago
Looks like the perfect size for what your doing. Can you cook an egg on it?
froelichwind 10 months ago
A spark arrestor or screen would be a good thing but this is in the dead of winter and the fire danger is very low so I didn't use one.
RubiconDave 10 months ago
I don't know much about this stuff nut maybe a screen at the top of your stove pipe. That would stop embers from flying especially on your tent.
jacobman1521 10 months ago
Nice, I did a stove on sqweakyhingeTV. What did you use at the top of your tent? Looks like a steel rectangle plate? I was thinking of using a Kevlar flap. I'm interested on how hot the stove pope is at the top of your tent.?
SqueakyHingeTV 10 months ago
@SqueakyHingeTV
It's just light gauge aluminum I had floating around. The square fits inside the ammo can so it packs up nicely.
RubiconDave 10 months ago
@blkft12
I used a mig welder, A Hobart "Handler 140" to be exact. If you don't have a welder you could easily build this with a rivet gun or even screws. I've seen other ammo can stove projects done without a welder.
RubiconDave 11 months ago
I'd have to say that's pretty good. I have only slept in the snow once when I was a boy scout, your smart to elevate over the ground. This is really something, an in tent heater thing -great!
gregory747 11 months ago
I the stovepipe from Home Depot. It's the standard 3" variety that you assemble. It comes "opened" in the shape of a "C" and you need to bend it into the tube shape and lock in the seam. It also comes back apart again which is nice because it allows you to store more stovepipes in the can if you want to.
RubiconDave 11 months ago
Great video can't wait to build my own. Quick question tho , Where did you get the stove pipe from?
Thx.
LOADEDF1ST 11 months ago
@LOADEDF1ST
I got mine at home Depot but you can find them at any hardware store (Ace, Lowes, OSH, etc...)
RubiconDave 10 months ago
Great idea! Thanks for the how to!
jakebramlette 1 year ago
Nice job!
Edzherenow99 1 year ago