Home Made Stoves?

[jljmonky]

Pipe weighs about another 3/4 lb. .004 stainless shim stock. 12" wide 10 foot length on amazon for ~ $62. I use about a 5 foot section for this stove. The collar you see was a stainless travel mug.

 

[Rizzy]

The mailbox Stove worked good!

 

[elkfuler]

Some cool ideas here indeed. I've made a couple stoves but not really ones you'd want to move around much - just pack em in to a favorite drainage, ridge, etc n leave. Used old metal tool boxes upside down like the mail box. Used rigid clothes dryer vent for pipe. welded on nuts to receive threaded rod legs. Cut door n damper holes etc, etc,. I need to put together a take apart/lays flat stove though. The aussie design above looks good but def needs a door imo.

 

[Hunt'nFish]

I've seen the serving tray stoves before, they work well but can draft a bit much and/or smoke a lot if they warp on the seam joint. But well done all the same. The nice thing though is the halves nest in each other well.

I've seen a variation similar to the dog bowl stove, only they used plates and sheet SS as the walls. However not much room for cooking on top. Perhaps oval SS serving plates/platters is the ticket....or 9x13 cookie sheets.

Rizzy, nice to see a successful burn. Been watching this thread since it started. Wondered how it would work out. Although I didn't see how it could fail.
I was out elk hunting solo and had a lot of time to sit and stare at the stove... a Kni-Co Tundra Takedown, and kept working simplifications, size reduction and Titanium construction around in my head. Damn if I only had access to my old employers model shop. Material, shears, brakes.... everything needed to pull off a build.
Anyway, nice job guys.
Hunt'nFish

 

[ScottP]

The steamer trays seem like a decent idea but kinda bulky and heavy. I wonder if stainless steel salad bar containers come in better sizes?

They stack inside one another though, so are pretty small. Its like 2/3 of a loaf of bread. The 1/3 size trays fit the stove pipe perfectly, and all the parts so it packs nicely. I haven't held one of the collapsible types to compare though.

 

[bbrown]

I ordered all my parts from Ti Goat a couple days ago and should have them this weekend. Not sure I even need a stove but it should be a good off season tinkerin project.
Thinking its gonna be a bit of a hybrid from all the other cylinder stove styles and if it works out well it should even be convertible from 12" to 16" to 22".
I will post up the build with pictures and costs (so far only in it $72). Got a pretty good idea so I am hoping the learning curve is short.

 

[jljmonky]

I went with the dog bowls in that size for use in my paratarp. I built a larger one that I use in my 8 man using old pans and old SS paper towel dispensers. I have worked up a new design and will hopefully be finding materials and a break to get this one built...

 

[desertcj]

Pretty cool idea here! Thinking about building one of these for late season hunting. A stove just isn't needed in the Sierra's untill about October. I want to shorten a mailbox up to 14" like this one and carry the stove pipe inside of it in ~1ft sections. I was looking at using exhaust tubing, but it's way too heavy at 2lbs/ft! Is there any reason why I shouldn't use 3"x .050" aluminum tubing? It's about 1/2lb per foot and the melting temp of AL is 1200 degrees.

Edit: Never mind. AL tubing is stupid. I'll just get the stuff from Ti Goat. .004" thick sounds like you could cut the crap out of yourself with this stuff though?

 

[bbrown]

Definitely go with the stuff from Ti Goat.
I thought the same thing but it's not bad at all and actually more stout than I thought too.
just got done wrapping up making a second one and they are fun little projects.

 

[desertcj]

I should have done more digging on these things! Now I want to go to Walmart and look at all the stainless containers....haha. "What do you think of this honey? Classy right?"

 

[Rizzy]

I got a roll of 10" aluminum flashing to try for a pipe but it wasn't wide enough, so I never tried it. I should have got the 14" instead. Either way it's thick and you will want to get a a piece of 2" ABS to help form the pipe with.

I ended up using 3 2' sections of 3" ducting with a 2 foot section of the flashing on top for a total of 8 feet. It worked surprisingly great.

 

[jljmonky]

OKAY! I just finished my template for my new stove. Here are the pictures of the mock up in poster board...

The concept was a stove that could hold heat better, there is a 1 inch void on the left and right sides and a 2 inch void underneath. The intent is to fill it with soil (sand would be best) before putting the top on at my camp site. The bottom is designed with a very slight curve to promote coals falling to the middle but not so much that it won't pack well. I still have to cut the door template and the dampers, punch holes for the legs, it will sit about 4 inches off the ground. It is 12X12X8 and the firebox is 12X10X6. I will give it all to a local sheet metal worker with a shear and press, I need help deciding on the thickness of the stainless to use.










Any thoughts?

 

[wilkes]

One of the only things I have ever made. I built it with stainless steel in a modular design. It all sits fairly flat in the pack and is put together fairly quickly in 2-3mins. Works VERY well. Very proud of this one.