Rocket Stove Workshop

[ronaldo77782]

Cool

[samljer]

great stove but this design is terribad.

off the top of my head, lower the exhause, and raise the stopper so the pots dont sink down.

thats very counter productive.

[LondonPermaculture]

crappy comment

[The87wing]

crappy music- crappy stove

[eyechubcunt]

I would watch that no one breaths in the highly toxic fumes given off by the galvanizes ducting, during the first burns.

[slocar1]

I really liked the video stills and singing, great stove great idea glad to see you are enjoying your allotment, if we were spotted building something like this at our leisure garden site, the committee members would throw the rule book at us.

Too many rules and regulations, immagine getting complained to about weeds in me onion bed.

[sok8888]

Looks like there are lot of soot produced. I thought rocket stove is supposed to be clean?

[Jigaboo123456]

PS The clip  was pretty self-explanatory, though, clear and concise.Two questions:

is the 90 degree bend really necessary-expense and hassle, maybe just a through-pipe would work as well? Also, what if you squeezed the pipe a little, half way along, to give a venturi effect?Theoretically it would speed up the air-flow, if you try it let us know, please. The song, though--has to be the worst I've ever heard,Shoot the singer and re-cycle him as compost -a fiitting end!

[Jigaboo123456]

Gos almighty, taht song sucked so bad I switched the sound off--it's lack of spirit, tunefulness and rhythm was only " beaten" by it's mung-bean eater's doleful and pretentious lyrics. I Tried one of these suckers, but, like most "green" technology, is hugely over-rated. I had made it up to leave at a spot in the hills above the tree-line- -obviously the more heat from wood you have to carry there is much better, but, as I said, the results were not much better than an open fire wisely used.

[howshawthebrave]

Just ought to tell anyone watching this to be very careful not to use galvanised steel for any of the components as it produces zinc oxide gas when heated to high temp and the consequences of inhaling it are likely to be fatal.

[Ja72corbin]

@howshawthebrave dito dont be stupid people spend the money and buy the black color pipe at a heating store or hardware . its just as thick and built to resist creosole and wont kill you!!

[solvssod]

I love the last picture . the shape of things to come be ready eddie

[junits15]

that is a huge can, (thats what HE said!) what the hell is it from?

[kieronlea]

ahh its cooking oil, they sell them in wholesaler stores

[junits15]

@kieronlea thats alot of oil

[bunnyspangle]

I like the song. Modern urban folksy.

[WoundedEgo]

It seems that rather than use a flu to conduct heat into mass, one could use water to circulate - you could need a pump, though.

[WoundedEgo]

Can this be used to heat a home? Or is this just for outdoor cooking?

[bornfromground]

yea it can be done but you need to route the exhaust through long flue pipes that are routed through a thermal mass such a as a stone bench or wall. the hot flue gases will create the draft to get the smoke out the top while all the heat is being absorbed into the stone or clay bench, t hen the thermal mass radiates the heat into your living space.

check out the book:

Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves YOU Can Build by Ianto Evans and Leslie Jackson. or just search around google.

[WoundedEgo]

I bought that book. It is not terribly practical or legal the way he does it.

One thing he says is that the elbow should not be rounded, as you have it, because there needs to be a place to create turbulence.

[thatbudguy]

hey man, just checking out some ideas for some rocket stoves and i came across your question about using them in homes. that guy was right about everything he told you but he did forget to mention cob. cob is an amazing thing for stuff like that. you can even build a whole house form it, a really nice house too... all it is, is cley rich soil, sand, straw and water..check it out!..

[WoundedEgo]

Hey, thanks so much for the tip.

So far, my thinking that my best shot for cooking is a solar oven, and for home heating, I'm going to try forced air through black Coroplast. A wood stove, when I get a chance to build one from an old water heater, ala Mother Earth News. And maybe forced air through aluminum cans.

The Rocket comes in handy in many scenarios but not my preferred choice for heating a home. I have the book, too.

I've been thinking Cob might be great at least for smaller structures.

[Gundog23]

Wow... your backyard looks like a wildfire waiting to happen...

I built a backyard foundry that I melt aluminum in that uses dead wood from the woods behind my house. DIY projects ftw.

[Brough1111]

rao singing idealist

[SpacedTime]

Those rocket stoves really work great.

Nice song too

[butopiatoo]

Wow! What are you guys/gals smoking? Must be some "good" stuff...

Might be helpful to post a DESCRIPTION of WHAT, WHY and HOW of this contraption. Certainly wouldn't be as "effecient" or useful as a masonary heater that you fire and get heat from for a loooooong time.

I guess you could train a monkey to feed it twigs and small bits of wood overnight while you slept.

[mountainjustice]

@butopiatoo its for cooking

[mcgovern12]

great pictoral video and a most inspiring 'Orff' song.  I'm wondering how small of a metal canister you can use where the stove pipe would still be large enough (and well insulated enough) to combust small twigs. thanks again!

[Jupiter276]

Do you have a larger scale workshop?

[crock703]

How long does it take to start the fire in the stove?

[PcPrinciples]

Great! Love the music too! Wondering if you could make some instructions up - or link to something? Be good to access to more info / detail. Wasn't clear about the stones.

[Cr8Joi]

Beautiful song.

[eddiequest2]

interesting idea - stupid music - not too fond of burning trees, however.

[robotnik77]

Is that rocket stove based on the same idea

as the GTZ rocket stove they are selling in

the 3rd world countries --- the stoves that

eliminate deaths from smoke & CO? Also, the

burnt fire stock (wood, etc) --- is the

leftover turned to agrichar/biochar that you

can use to enrich soil & sequester carbon?

[LondonPermaculture]

I'm not really familiar with the GTZ - but I think that it and this depicted here both use the principle of a well insulated combustion chamber that efficiently burns the fuel with minimum smoke.

[kode1303]

Hey! That's a good stove! But if ya wanna be a real tree huggin' socialist you'd build a CLAY stove - it takes a LOT of energy to process those metal tubes and cans. Song made me giggle ... thanks.

[quercusrobur2002]

Yes but the energy has already been used to process the tubes and cans, the point is they are then being recycled and reused with minimum effort and further energy into something useful rather than dumped in landfill or left to ie about rusting - the problem is the solution! Also alot more portable than clay stove which is static once built...

[reffup]

most enoying song ive ever heard.. great vid tho

[cdltpx]

Sodacan Hydrogen Gasifier Part 1. Look at this video and incorporate this into your rocket stove. I bet it would vastly improve BTU output conserving fuel. This process he uses seems to fit hand and hand with the rocket stove because the rocket has that space higher up that can burn as in this mans example.

[cubcamper]

Great little stove thanks to Larry Wianarski.

[mrsyafi]

I had this stove made in my home and use it for several month, then I and my wife got tired of cutting the wood into small pieces. I had 5" rocket Stove, its really efficient.

[zezt]

Great video and real fun song. IS great seeing Permaculture videos from UK

[mesuno1]

I just used one of these on a school camp to make hot chocolate, tea and coffee for 50 soggy kids. Packs out a hell of a lot of heat (my petrol stove wouldn't come close to keeping up) and burns even wet or green twigs. Nice slide show right up to the bit where you used split kindling rather than all the twigs you were standing on which rather misses the point!

I hope you get a lot of use out of it, I know I will be getting loads out of mine.