Category: Rocket Stoves

I hate to say this, but I fell down on the job of taking pictures of the rebuild, so I’ll do my best to fill in the gaps with descriptions. Again apologies for not following the construction more closely with pictures. The level separation between the firebox and the secondary burn chamber was made using…

So it’s getting pretty cold outside, and when I built the last version of my stove I promised a breakdown analysis after I had used it for a season and had a chance to sort out my experience. Now that I have rebuilt the beast it seems the time is here to write about it.…

The double shoe box rocket is elevated off the floor about 18 inches, and instead of an exhaust on top- in front, it is channeled horizontally under a glass stove top from left to right. Having the water tank inside the bell was an idea suggested at http://donkey32.proboards.com   that led me to my design, which…

Note the opening to the left of the tank, exhaust gases travel counter clockwise around the tank once the insulated top is installed Two water connections to the tank, hot through the upper pipe, cold through the pipe that exits the enclosure botom   I prefer to think of the junk you see as a…

Hello again from winterland– no snow but plenty of cold, it has even gone down below 20 degrees F already. Inside, the lowest it got was in the mid 50s. With a new stove build in progress, the place has relied completely on sun for passive heating, and yesterday, the first full sun in several…

testing outside, sand covering exhaust–that paint just won’t burn, maybe it’s high  temp:-) Maintenance with a 100 feet of copper makes lifting a 55 gallon drum that much more difficult–notice the paint is gone, sealing the bricks of the firebox, better riser, higher heat, but that means citra solve paint remover and delays replacing mud…