MY STOVE I BUILT.13 YRS AGO

Here she is. Keeps my 1600 sq ft 2 bedroom farm house in the 75-86º range with nut and stove size anthracite. Avg 12-20 hrs per coal bucket at 350-425º

Cool, I mean hot! Im assuming the two holes that go thru it are hot air with a blower, and possibly part of a inside baffle? What is the handle above load door? What is the handle above ash door? What type of shaker system?

You might be asked about heat shielding and floor shields. Not a bad look unit at all.

FANTASTIC

so, i've got questions. the load door and ash door draft's i understand and the rocker handle i'm going to assume has to do with the grates, is the handle above the load door an internal bypass damper ?, what is the small draft inlet to the right of the load door ?

if you don't happen to have it running we need to see the insides too please.

steve

Amazing work. I wish I had such talent!!!

That's a work of art! I have the same questions as have already been asked.

Yes thanks for all the comments & questions !! It truly is a work of art as I am a welder/fabricator by trade! To see what i build on a daily basis u can checkout Arrowtank.com. Ok...theres an internal baffle system...the handle above load door is to pull the baffle forward to direct the heat directly up the chimney to aid in warming the chimney to get positive draft. Once its pushed back, the heat has a 50" path before it even gets to the flue at top of stove! Chimney runs very cold with coal (usually around 150-200º) while the stove is at 400 ! The handle at right of load door is a secondary combustion chamber pipe that puts air at the rear of the stove... preheats the air over 250º as it goes thru the pipe a few inches avove the coals , to get combustion of smoke when burning wood ( extra heat from the smoke). Its work great, especially in a "Flooded situation" when burning wood or bituminous coal so u don't have a explosion from the smoke spontaneously igniting. I consider it a safety feature! Keeps the chimney much cleaner too. The handle above the ash pan door is to "Shake it down" I'll try n load some internal pics tomorrow if its cool enough. Kinda hard to slow it down when its -10º outside. I'm in east central Mn !! Keep warm n safe !

The pipes in the sides are extra heat extractors. Ok...on the back of the unit is 1/8" aluminum 1" away frim rear of stove. In the back of each pipe in the center is 2.5" x 5" x3/8" tubing welded to each pipe then protudes 1/4" thru the rear of stove. When the rear of the stove warms up, it starts " drawing cooler air off the floor and pushes it out all 4 ends of the pipes ! Therefore the rear of the stove stays cool to the touch. One guy asked about floor shields. It has a tapered firebox lined with 10 firebricks. The front and rear of the tapered box area has 1" steel plate to keep from burning out ! The refractory bricks keep the floor nice n cool. All the heat is radiated out the sides, front and top !

Yes, more pictures!

I dont understand or need to understand the science of it but I like it. I dont care what I want to burn I just want to be able to burn it ok.... I think you accomplished that very well!

DS Machines kinda somewhat has a similar air transfer with the cold air moving up thru pipes/holes on a stove model they sell.

Just looking at it the ONLY thing I'd do different is a 1-2" mica window on the door but that hardly matters. Good job! I cant weld but can fab about anything.

Snowtan excellent repurpose of tire irons I know you wrote the bottom is 1” pl that is massive what is the rest of stove 1/4”pl ? What’s your approx weight ? What is the door and gasket construction

The front and back of the inside of the firebox is plated with 1" plate...not the whole fromt and back of the stove. The stove is 1/4". The firebox beneath the firebrick is 3/8". The baffes are also 3/8. Top two steps are 1/2". Total weight is 820. And yes good eye...tire irons are a good strong alloy...even under heat !!

outstanding,

a 820# heavy steel stove with long internal heat extraction flue path, super heated secondary and double heater features.

plus, dual fuel.

yep, "that dog will hunt and bring it home on it's own"

steve

Nice stove, enjoy.

Very, very nice! As Steve said, it is a beast.

I have seen a lot of very interesting systems as a result of our delivery service... I have even seen a few hand-built.

Unfortunately, most of them look like something that Butch threw together as he was late for a hot date, using salvaged sheets of rust and a handful of 6011. Most of these were only built with wood in mind and then someone tried to get coal through it then and could only burn up half of it. You Sir, did it right.

Job well done.

Nice setup you have great job.

I think this is fake! Where's the dust????