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Wood Gas ROCKET STOVE: for base camp

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Uploaded by on May 14, 2009

AFTER A FEW PACK-STOVE BUILDS I CAME ACROSS THESE PARTS AND WENT TO BUILDING A BASIC PORTABLE WOOD GAS ROCKET STOVE.
It's a great back up stove and works for drive-in and back-country camps as well.
Minimal fuel and cooks smokeless, can't beat it.

- Used (Inert)Argon mini-cylinder
- 3" stainless steel Flue tube
- Mild steel 1/8" plate for pot stand
- Running on only 1/4 of normal insulation(wood ash) deceasing draft and flame height

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  • If you could have sealed the tank around the feed tube & chimney, you could have added a schrader valve and pulled a vacuum like on a thermos bottle.

  • @InvalidMemberAccount

    Interesting idea... this stove was just a test set up, to see what works. My new design runs a 3.5" intake/flu pipe vs. 3". The new stove is sealed around the top and filled with vermiculite for insulation. Vermiculite is plenty light and insulates very well, much better than wood ash.

    I have been meaning to get a video up of the new streamlined version that I made last spring. keep an eye out for it soon!

    Peace

  • what kind of insulation are you using?

  • just ordinary wood ash, it's only about a quarter way full in the video but is still enough to create a decent draft for cooking on.

  • Very very cool rocket stove. You've got it down to a pure form. Thanks for sharing!

  • hey thanks bro, anytime. I think i got pretty lucky on scavenging the parts and having access to a welding shop helped a lot.

    I've been working on finding some more tanks, I'm thinking either a smoker or potbelly stove would be fun for the next project.

    -take care

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  • Great Rocket Stove!

  • now -THIS- is a rocket stove

  • @bornfromground Potbelly would be good for home or emergency, after a tornado you could use you splintered house to fuel your rocket stove ! You need to add a pot shield also, better efficiency !

  • what is the weight of it? could it be built lighter for ultralight camping?

  • For your next stove you can use a water heater tank like I did. Nice stove

  • That's the best design I've seen yet (Plus you have the coolest music!)

  • what is the height of stove...sorry I cant read on video

    stove is super

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