Wood gas stove or "Let's make some Wood gas II"

[motombocolombo]

or a lil 'hobo stove'?

[NocturnalBreather]

does this make charcoal while burning? and what are the pros and cons compared to a rocket stove?

[Rhinoch8]

Hey! What about ash disposal when long time use? I made one (with bigger vents : the twigs sit on a grid, i'm surprised you vents are so small. mine is basically and open chimney draft!) and i had to shake it every 10minutes to get rid of the clogging effect ash had on the little holes!

[N8urNut]

Can you make me two of these please. lol. This is really neat. love how simple it is.

[i8uwithalime]

Your video I think is one of the better ones I have seen. TY

[hiramcook]

My pleasure.

[holdenrulz]

i thought wood gas was using wood in a container with a hole for a pipe the container goes in a fire and the pipe has gas come out

[flintstone9812]

Wood gas or not but perhaps just as important, the stove appears to burn without making visible smoke. A very important feature if you wish to maintain privacy.

[Covertmaddroxx1]

Id watch what you use because you cant just go and throw salt treated lumber in and use it, for one that would be dangerous, and two certain types of wood will actualy give you a different amount of burnable wood gas

[hiramcook]

Thanks. That's good to know and keep in mind. In this case I just used some pine 2x4 scrap I had around the house.

[lakewood85]

Sorry man you are just increasing combustion due to an increase in air flow similar to how a blast furnace works. You are not generating wood gas and then reburning that gas to heat your water. You are doing one step similar to a campfire only slightly more efficient.

[margauritaville]

I am with Wexellence. This is more efficient than the same sticks in a stack. A woodgas stove would capture the volatile gasses and burn them elsewhere or re-route them into the initial combustion. You just have good airflow.

I may build one anyway because it is very KISS. and probably works good to cook... woodgas, not so sure.

[Wexellence]

thats not wood gas. thats just burning wood. idk. i might be wrong

[jc0chen]

Could you show us how you drill these holes and connect your soup can to the lid of stew tomato can?

[hiramcook]

I don't get your meaning.

[fatturdburger]

Thank you 4 a great vid, I have made a stove like this but i added a 12 volt pc fan that I run off a solar pannel.

With a small rucksack full of twigs I can run the stove 2/3 times a day for close to 3 weeks, so if your thinking of making 1 hurry they are easy 2 make & run you won't b dissapointed!!!

[hiramcook]

Hi. Check out some of my other vids and you'll see I've already used a solar panel on these stove. Right now I'm working on a small solar battery setup that you can charge during the day and then run stove after sundown or on cloudy days.

Thanks for the input.

[shazzzam79]

@hiramcook what about using the heat from the wood to power the fan? An idea... easy to say another to make it happen....

[4ancientarts]

nice one friend! I am interested in these most

[darek512]

oh man, you are NOT saving the time while aren't showing lighting and showing 3 minutes of burning flame !

[coolvid13]

can you send me somthing on how to make it

[skaterdude1229]

nice but how did you sticked the top lid with the smaller can ??

[bubbiesbro2]

i was looking for the lite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[buttkracken]

I like the heat of home charcoal better that a wood fire. The smoke smell is driven off earlier and you get almost pure heat. I burn my charcoal in a small clay flower inside a tin can with holes for air. The clay pot has no soot stains on it and looks new. The tar vapors are driven off when the charcoal was made and all thats left is clean burning carbon. It will burn down to almost %0 ash.

[Taino187]

Nice! and if it runs for 15 minutes or so thats enough time to boil a 3 to 5 minute egg or just water in general to make a stew or soup or tea or coffee, good stuff! =)

[madmaxivy]

Good design.I will make one.great info.

[taliesin369]

I just built one of these without the screw pot standoffs. Nice design, Hiram.

[hiramcook]

Thanks. One of the changes I want to make is removing the standoffs. I thought they would work like a tripod but they get loose from the heating so I'm going to try something else.

[taliesin369]

Your design is nice for many reasons. 1- The re usability of the cans, which can be purchased at any food store. 2- The fact that the most damaged part, per use, is the inner can. If it gets burnt out, simply pop it out, get another, drill the holes, and you're rockin' again. I made my inner can from a corn/vegetable can, a very universal size. 3- If ported right, I have found that feathering a few sticks can be enough to light it with. The drafting seems to really get it going.

[scottnebo]

it looks as if after the major flame dies down everything in there is just charcoal, so your stove is extremely efficient. you see almost no smoke how it should be really

[jaybee66]

Very nice.

[jmoyet]

theres no audio after the 5 minute skip.

[hiramcook]

After 5 minutes you're just watching the fire burn down.

[jmoyet]

oh ok