Home made corn burner - how to build a burner and get it lit!

After seeing various corn stoves and furnaces for sale, I wanted to figure out how to burn it myself. It turned out to be rather difficult to get it right, so I decided to put up a video to help anyone else who might want to try it out. I had to shorten the video to fit within the 10 minute limit, but if anyone wants to see the full version of the first lighting and subsequent flameout, just let me know. Always good info to be found in failure!

This is just straight field corn that you buy at any feed store. The trick it HEAT and then airflow. The margin for error is very small and it will flame-out instantly if you let the fuel supply drop too much. Not enough air creates a lot of smoke but can usually be recovered by adding more air. Be patient, after a couple of days you will be burning corn at will.

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[sirtom68]

Thats a super clean efficient looking burn. any new projects?

[zz3astro]

@sirtom68 I've been playing around with pine straw burning this year. I have an unlimited supply of pine straw down here LOL. It burns very hot but needs good air flow. Also wanting to make a waste oil burner that fits in my wood stove. Just need to invest in a good plasma cutter so I can start making a real burner design.

[sirtom68]

@culturaldissident You got that right !

[windsunvolts]

at 5:54 the sound of a beer can opening, or it could be my imagination.

[TheNWONOW]

Retarded with a capitol R

[Wallabydam]

last i checked it was $2.50 a bushel here on th east coast, $8 is Exspensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ozzirt]

At $8 per bushel that equates to $320 per ton.

Where I come from that is ridiculously expensive for heating.

[lordhoho]

next time use a piece of 2 inch pipe to feed the corn so you dont drop half of it on the ground

[Sweaverific]

why would you want to burn corn?

[culturaldissident]

Finally! someone found a good way to use monsanto's GMO corn HA!