Recycled PC Stove Build & Hot Tent

[Shewie]

Im enjoying following this thread along as i love watching people making things from scrap

When its finished if you want it welding up and your up my way give me a shout and ill weld it up for you

Thanks mate, I might take you up on that offer one day

 

[British Red]

I'm going to add a metal spring coil to the end of the knob, hopefully that'll help when it's hot

Just a thought by covering your knob in high temperature silicone would be very effective.

Aldi are selling it for £3 a tube. You could also seal any gaps in the frame.

Just a thought.

 

[Shewie]

Just a thought by covering you knob in high temperature silicone would be very effective.

Aldi are selling it for £3 a tube. You could also seal any gaps in the frame.

Just a thought.

You know I picked a tube of that stuff up on Monday when I was in and then put it down again, I'll call back tomorrow me thinks and check it out. I can't remember what the temp rating was?

 

[British Red]

Generally its about 1200C

 

[Still Waters]

Just a thought by covering your knob in high temperature silicone would be very effective.

Aldi are selling it for £3 a tube. You could also seal any gaps in the frame.

Just a thought.

A spring does make a big difference i used springs off an old exhaust coupling on a gas bottle stove i made

Maybe a mix of both ideas and use a spring coated in high temp silicone?

 

[Stew]

A spring does make a big difference i used springs off an old exhaust coupling on a gas bottle stove i made

Maybe a mix of both ideas and use a spring coated in high temp silicone?

I would think you would want to leave part of the spring clear of silicone to allow the heat to dissipate more easily.

 

[Shewie]

She's chugging away in the garden right now, I fed small bits of pine in for half an hour or so, trying not to get it too hot at first but enough to burn the zinc off. For the last hour and a half she's been burning forearm thick pieces of hardwood with no bother. The draw seems to be perfect but it's early days yet, with both the flue and door dampers closed down to half shut it just ticks away nicely. I've still to finish the legs attachments but I'm just playing around with different ideas to see which works best.

Ready to burn ..

Front legs set lower than back to encourage draw and avoid a tent full of smoke ..

Smoking paint and a gap showing, I'll fix that with some angle iron at some point ..

Chugging away ..

This one came out kind of monochrome for some reason ..

Hardwood burning nicely ..

Smoke drawing well ..

Flue damper ..

In the tent I'll configure the flue differently with the adjustable elbow much lower down, the flue will exit a side wall rather than the top like a lavvu, the pipe will be supported by two crossed sticks and a wrap of wire. I'm off to see Ian tomorrow so we'll see how the stove fits in the tent and take the measurements for the jack piece. I'm still undecided about where to put the stove in the tent, whether to put it by the door on one side like the Snowtrekkers, or to tuck it away back centre.

I'll be giving it another burn over the weekend so I'll get some pics in the daylight.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Bloody hell that look great Rich! top draw chap really top draw!

 

[resnikov]

That looks brilliant mate. As usual you have some great pics and a good explanation of what's going on. Well done

 

[bilmo-p5]

Looks good, Rich. Looking forward to seeing it for real tomorrow.

 

[British Red]

Excellent work - looks great

 

[Shewie]

Bloody hell that look great Rich! top draw chap really top draw!

Cheers Dave, I'm quite chuffed with how it worked out in the end

That looks brilliant mate. As usual you have some great pics and a good explanation of what's going on. Well done

Cheers mate

Looks good, Rich. Looking forward to seeing it for real tomorrow.

See you tomorrow, it looks a bit rougher in the flesh though

Excellent work - looks great

Thanks Red, I picked up some of that Aldi silicone today but it's only rated to 300*c so I'm not sure, and the beige paint of the PC case wouldn't budge with Nitromors, not one single blister or bubble, it just wiped clean off. I sprayed the whole thing with stove paint last night, it looks like it's reacted a bit on the top and sides so it might come off now.

 

[British Red]

Hmmm 300C is enough - my flue can get up to 450F on full roar....much bigger firebox ......don't think yours would get to 300C

 

[Bodge]

AMD or INTEL? Nice job Rich.

 

[Still Waters]

That looks brilliant give yourself a well deserved pat on the back fella

 

[Twodogs]

Nice one ,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[TinkyPete]

looks awesome and has been very interesting reading...

 

[Anzia]

This is just fantastic! Great pics

 

[Shewie]

Hmmm 300C is enough - my flue can get up to 450F on full roar....much bigger firebox ......don't think yours would get to 300C

I'll give it a go then, I'll report back

AMD or INTEL? Nice job Rich.

Cheers Bodge

That looks brilliant give yourself a well deserved pat on the back fella

Thanks mate

Nice one ,,,,,,,,,,,

Cheers Cliff, if it lasts me until April I'll be happy, I'll get me a Kni-co then

looks awesome and has been very interesting reading...

Cheers Pete, it was good fun hacking, filing, drilling, hammering and finally burning

This is just fantastic! Great pics

Thanks mate

 

[Jared]

Nice

Just got to get a fry pan and get some bacon going on the top