Arkansas Rocket Stove

Quickly thrown together rocket stove using parts from an old forced hot air heater. It is amazing how much heat it put out given the small amount of wood we burned in it. After it achieved operating temperatures the smoke output was minimal.

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• Maine
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[sweatyss]

that doesnt make sense. where is the smoke? where does the smoke go?

[CGFWS]

@sweatyss The smoke stack is insulated which causes the stack temperature to rise high enough to ignite the smoke. Old school wood stoves allow the majority of the wood's energy to be released into the atmosphere as smoke unlike these heaters which are designed to ignite it.

I used that stove as an outdoor heater and glove warmer. The metal bucket on top of the stove pipe acts like a radiator. It gets cold in Maine during the winter and that stove took the edge off.

[the1969info]

Hi I was wondering what are you using to insulate the tube, is it actual insulation??

[CGFWS]

@the1969info Fine ash from a wood stove will work. Regular insulation isn't a good idea to use in these stoves since the stack temps can get high enough to make it decompose and produce bad smells and gases.

The best thing to use is refractory cement with a good heat resistant insulation (Perlite) mixed in.

[chainlinkdreams]

"duplicate that"...haha, 6" stove pipe, metal 5 Gal. bucket and some insulation!! I don't thind a retard would need a tutorial on how to "duplicate that"!!

[jmg1957]

peace

[paulwheaton12]

for cooking? for outdoor heat?

[calionstallion]

What do you think about this one? You can see where the heat hits the top of the barrel...The rusty spot.

[calionstallion]

Rob, I wanted to show you my latest version of the rocket stove...It's not perfect but I think it turned out alright. I tried to use a skirt around the pot but I made it too small and it choked down the fire..

[calionstallion]

You thanks for giving me an idea for using the basic rocket stove elbow to make a space heater...