i,m having a couple of woodburners made from a friend ,one from a gas bottle and one made from steel plate along the lines of the windysmithy ones. anyway what i am not sure about is what to use as a chimney, i want the chimney to be as light and practical as possible , the stove will be used inside canvas tents .so any ideas and what diameter of pipe ,i saw one of the forum members used food cans ,and wrapped them in light metal as found on olive or oil cans ,which looked quite good.
home made woodburning stove advice please.
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I've used tins pop riveted together before as a chimney but I think your best bet would be something more substantial.
Soloman made an excellent stove and I think he used 3" spiral welded tubing as a chimney.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=527946&postcount=1
And all sorts of and couplers are available to :
http://www.ductstore.co.uk/acatalog/Spiral_Tube___Fittings.html
Hope this is of help gill, would love to see some pics when they're done
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ATB,
Pete.
Soloman made an excellent stove and I think he used 3" spiral welded tubing as a chimney.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=527946&postcount=1
And all sorts of and couplers are available to :
http://www.ductstore.co.uk/acatalog/Spiral_Tube___Fittings.html
Hope this is of help gill, would love to see some pics when they're done
.ATB,
Pete.
Not sure to be honest but I think it may be possible to buy stailess steel foil and make one?
Bob-about made a firebox and added a stainless foil chimney, looks good:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=530634&postcount=1
Like Pignut, I'm sure you can buy thin sheets of stainless steel foil of various grades for use as shims.
I have no idea of cost or where to buy, maybe an engineering works :bluThinki .
I think 4" would be more than adequate diameter.
Cheers, Pete.
The Kifaru Stove has a 9 foot pipe can roll down into a 2" X 14" tube made from .004 tempered stainless steel foil.
Works out something like 4 inches diameter (14" / pi)
Hollinbrow says they sell SS foil in small quantities... but its not listed, guess would have to call and find out.
http://www.hollinbrow.co.uk/metals-for-crafts.html
Works out something like 4 inches diameter (14" / pi)
Hollinbrow says they sell SS foil in small quantities... but its not listed, guess would have to call and find out.
http://www.hollinbrow.co.uk/metals-for-crafts.html
I also like making my own kit - it somehow makes me feel like I'm more in control, but in reality I needed the steel, the hacksaw, the file, the drill bits, the pillar drill, the vice... not quite what you might call going it alone. But I did make a Nimblewill Nomad stove and wrote about it on nbc and posted a video of it in use on youtube.
http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/b...iews/making-nimblewill-nomads-wood-stove.html
Having now used it more, I'm considering drilling holes along the top sides to insert wires to make a grill so I can put smaller items on top, as well as provide a more secure base for my canteen.
http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/b...iews/making-nimblewill-nomads-wood-stove.html
Having now used it more, I'm considering drilling holes along the top sides to insert wires to make a grill so I can put smaller items on top, as well as provide a more secure base for my canteen.
a local happy plumber/heating engineer should be able to help you if they take out what is called a vertex flue you can used both air inlet and products of combustion outlet for a flue both about 2 1/2" diameter they are made from ali i use it on my home made tent stove works a treat
