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Building a camp stove #14177818 10/04/19
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon Fireball2 OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon	Decided I needed to build a camp stove. Didn't want a lightweight sheepherder stove, was looking for something more permanent. All 1/4" material except the legs. I'm about 4 hours into it. 10x10 tube x 16" deep main box. Removable legs. Next I need to design the hinges, latch, draft, install the door seal. Kind of a fun project that should last a lifetime. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

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Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14177825 10/04/19
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,706 Weatherford, TX sactoller Campfire Outfitter
sactoller Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,706 Weatherford, TX	Neat little project! Maybe run some angle iron inside to create a little air space? Official member of "The Clan of Turd-like People"

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14177836 10/04/19
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 830 Denton, TX Billy_Goat Campfire Regular
Billy_Goat Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 830 Denton, TX	it does look like a fun project. any concern that the extra metal thickness might inhibit heat transfer a bit? might consider welding on some "fins" to help radiate heat. sure looks like it'll last a while, though! First teach a child to love God, second teach him to love family, third teach him to fish and hunt and by the time he is in his teens no dope dealer under the sun can teach him anything. Cotton Cordell

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14177843 10/04/19
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,918 Kansas/Colorado U USMC2602 Campfire Regular
USMC2602 Campfire Regular U Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,918 Kansas/Colorado	Interesting project, following!

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14177846 10/04/19
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,187 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,187 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	Good stuff, furball. If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

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Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14177903 10/04/19
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,748 Kane WY W WYcoyote Campfire Tracker
WYcoyote Campfire Tracker W Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,748 Kane WY	Hell for stout. But then....

Re: Building a camp stove sactoller #14177909 10/04/19
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon Fireball2 OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon	Originally Posted by sactoller Neat little project! Maybe run some angle iron inside to create a little air space? Yeah, I could. It's going in a 5x10 x 6 1/2 foot high trailer. Pretty small space won't need much of a fire to heat it. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Building a camp stove Billy_Goat #14177921 10/04/19
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon Fireball2 OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon	Originally Posted by Billy_Goat it does look like a fun project. any concern that the extra metal thickness might inhibit heat transfer a bit? might consider welding on some "fins" to help radiate heat. sure looks like it'll last a while, though! It'll take a while to heat up, and it will hold heat for a while too. Probably just going to run me out of the trailer all the time. LOL. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14177923 10/04/19
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 21,747 Anywhere people are Less Stupi... C CashisKing Campfire Ranger
CashisKing Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 21,747 Anywhere people are Less Stupi...	Rocket stoves work for me... SS beer keg and 4" exhaust pipe [Linked Image] http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1310/13785214/24839560/414308489.jpg Refrigerant tank and 3/4" black iron [Linked Image] http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1310/13785214/24839560/414308488.jpg Good luck with your project Last edited by CashisKing; 10/04/19. Reason: Pics If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14177931 10/04/19
Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 16,979 N. California Morewood Campfire Ranger
Morewood Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 16,979 N. California	Nice work. Man, that stove is heavy duty. Might want to reinforce the trailer floor.

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Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14177962 10/04/19
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,760 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon Campfire Kahuna
wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,760 Iowa/NW Ontario	I see a man size angle grinder in the picture. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14178085 10/04/19
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,388 Aurora, Colorado A achadwick Campfire Tracker
achadwick Campfire Tracker A Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,388 Aurora, Colorado	That thing must be HEAVY! How much does it weigh? and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) d.v. Musings on TDS

Re: Building a camp stove achadwick #14178089 10/04/19
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon Fireball2 OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon	Originally Posted by achadwick That thing must be HEAVY! How much does it weigh? I'm going to have to go through with the 3.4 swap on the Toyota or drive the Dodge. I'm guessing it weighs 100. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14178166 10/04/19
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,630 Orygun H Heym06 Campfire Tracker
Heym06 Campfire Tracker H Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,630 Orygun	That will work well. I've used a couple cargo trailers, with wood stoves in them! Last trip was coyote hunting in Eastern Oregon desert, February this year! Stove would run you out, it would get so hot! We added outside combustion air, with a rectangular tube! The trailer belongs to a friend! He didn't want to run out of oxygen!

Re: Building a camp stove Heym06 #14178176 10/04/19
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon Fireball2 OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon	Originally Posted by Heym06 That will work well. I've used a couple cargo trailers, with wood stoves in them! Last trip was coyote hunting in Eastern Oregon desert, February this year! Stove would run you out, it would get so hot! We added outside combustion air, with a rectangular tube! The trailer belongs to a friend! He didn't want to run out of oxygen! I hope to do the Campfire cougar hunt again in the Oregon desert this winter. Last year it was around zero and I slept in the truck. Not happening again if I can help it! _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14178189 10/04/19
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,630 Orygun H Heym06 Campfire Tracker
Heym06 Campfire Tracker H Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 5,630 Orygun	That will work well. I've used a couple cargo trailers, with wood stoves in them! Last trip was coyote hunting in Eastern Oregon desert, February this year! Stove would run you out, it would get so hot! We added outside combustion air, with a rectangular tube! The trailer belongs to a friend! He didn't want to run out of oxygen!

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14178200 10/04/19
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,850 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger
1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,850 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA	Weight??? Should work well, but my 20+ season old light weight folding sheepherder unit is kicking out heat within 5 minutes of tossing the match in. Will take a bit longer to heat that much metal in the early AM's. Regardless of design, I find chimney dampers are the cat's meow for controlling burn rate. Last edited by 1minute; 10/04/19. 1Minute

Re: Building a camp stove 1minute #14178235 10/04/19
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon Fireball2 OP Campfire Kahuna
OP Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,286 Oregon	I've been looking for a 4" chimney damper locally but no luck yet. My hope for this stove is two fold. First, I want it to throw heat as long as possible, so lightweight metal that warps and doesn't have a well sealed door is out. All night burn baby! Second, see #1. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14178258 10/04/19
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,911 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,911 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	As to your intake... Put your intake at the top of the door, with a channel to the bottom of the door on the inside ala Sotz. Never a spark when the wood pops. AND preheats combustion air and causes just enuff turbulence for an efficient burn. Pipe damper a must.... kinda like this, if you can see it...

Re: Building a camp stove Fireball2 #14178260 10/04/19
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,329 Montana J Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna
Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,329 Montana	Nice project. I am MAGA.

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