Recycled PC Stove Build & Hot Tent

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Jared

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Am I right in guessing its about 8" x 9" x 15", around 17L in volume?
 
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British Red

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Yup, got a couple of cans in the cupboard from when we bought the chiminea. Test burn first though :)

Yeah - you ptrtty much have to burn off all the existing paint otherwise the stove paint will flake off with it. Looking forward to the next update...I would avoid filling it with coal though....or at least have a video camera handy!
 

bigroomboy

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So Shewie whats the design advantage of this one over your helsport stove for this tent? is it lighter or did you just want to make one? or just a different design?
 

Shewie

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Am I right in guessing its about 8" x 9" x 15", around 17L in volume?

It's 8.5" x 8.5" x 18"


Yeah - you ptrtty much have to burn off all the existing paint otherwise the stove paint will flake off with it. Looking forward to the next update...I would avoid filling it with coal though....or at least have a video camera handy!

It'll get the Nitromors treatment I think


NO coal without a base to lift it off the bottom.

No coal, just wood, false floor too :)


How did you cut out the front damper?

With a Dremel


So Shewie whats the design advantage of this one over your helsport stove for this tent? is it lighter or did you just want to make one? or just a different design?

I wanted something which wasn't as tall as the Helsport, less tippy on the toboggan and easier to pack in the canoe. Plus it was just a good excuse to build something :)
 

Shewie

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Duuuude, looks good, though I reckon the door lock would be fiddly when frickin hot.:D

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


I would have thought that to southey but I think they use the exact same set up on the snowtrekker stoves in the US, simple but it must work OK

I've been loosely basing this stove on the Snowtrekker/Kni-co so fingers crossed it'll work okay


Good stuff mate ,,, looking forward to the burn

Twodogs

Cheers Cliff


I like it, I like it a lot :) Good job!

Cheers Col


Fantastic tutorial. :)

Thanks Martin


How heavy is it?

Not sure yet, I'll wait until the legs are on and then I'll weigh it, compared to similar stoves I think it'll come out fairly light, I'll guess around 4kg but I might be way off with that.
 

mousey

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I've been thinking of making a lightweight enclosed fire box for a while now, I can't afford to buy a commercial one and they all seem really heavy. 4kg would be pretty light compred to others I've seen.

Alot of inspiration there, I'm slightly awed at how quickly you've got on with it!

maybe next year I'll get round to doing one myself.
 

CheeseMonster

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Fascinating, as an IT consultant I'm now eyeing up all the computers around me thinking what I could make from them... not sure my clients would appreciate that though!
 

Jared

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It's 8.5" x 8.5" x 18"

Cheers.

SFF case I have here, is 7.5" x 7" x 10" (WxHxD) or around 9L... might be a bit too dinky.

It's not steel either, but aluminium so might have to look elsewhere.
 
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Still Waters

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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
 

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