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Simple pot skirt on Rocket stove for higher efficiency
approtechie
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This easy-to-make pot skirt gives a big boost in cooking efficiency to this Rocket stove, and probably to many other types of wood stoves as well. Previously, without the s...
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2-minute 6-block Rocket stove
approtechie
1,740 views
This is a very simple Rocket stove that I made from six concrete blocks in about 2 minutes. I found it to work very well after the initial lighting and it burned clean and ...
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In-the-ground Rocket stove experiment
approtechie
2,402 views
I've been experimenting to see how a Rocket stove could be made simply and inexpensively by building most of it underground.This version is somewhat like a Dakota fire hole...
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DIY vortex gasifier wood stove
approtechie
3,774 views
This is the latest version of my pyrolyzing gasifier stove made from two sizes of coffee cans and a piece of stovepipe. I used a junked computer fan powered by a 9-volt bat...
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Oscillating cable drive teaching model, waterwheel and remote pump
approtechie
1,592 views
The Amish have long used this method to pump water from wells located some distance away from their stream-driven waterwheels. This is just a model to show the principle of...
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Stirling engine running on diy wood gas stove
approtechie
3,947 views
After watching all those gasifier wood stove videos here on YT I just HAD to make one and try it out on my Stirling engine. It needs tweaking yet but runs the engine fine f...
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Improved Stirling engine on oil lamp, propane
approtechie
1,674 views
After well over 100 hrs. of running time the crank finally broke. I redesigned it so there's less flex in it, put larger ends on it with larger bearings (3/16 x 1/2"). I al...
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From cow poop to shaft power!
approtechie
2,630 views
Biogas from a small digester I built runs my Stirling engine fan very well! You can see the beautiful blue flame, untreated biogas direct from the gas holder burning cleanl...
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Resonant water piston Stirling engine
approtechie
2,550 views
This little water piston engine seems to work quite well and could possibly be used for pumping water using solar energy. It runs pretty consistently at about 2 cycles per ...
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DIY Stirling engine heat pump/refrigerator cools to 36°F
approtechie
4,364 views
This little Stirling engine continues to surprise me! I thought it would be interesting to try it out as a heat pump (Stirling engines are reversible in function from engin...
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