My Wood Burner Pictures

It is so cold in my business unit lately that I decided to build a Wood Stove
Here is my interpretation of the 'recycled' Gas Cylinder Stove
This will be used solely for burning wood, so I did'nt bother fitting a grate or a lower Ash door.
I will put a couple of inches of sand in the bottom beforehand to prevent the heat burning thru' the bottom



There is a removable baffle plate fitted into the top of the stove to prevent the fire going straight up the chimney (you can see it on the bench)
The door has the usual Pyrex (casserole) Dish mounted in the door so I can watch the flames
The pyrex lid is sealed around the edge using fire rope.



There are two dampers fitted, one in the left side, and another above the door.
These use a 1/2" bolt so I can screw the damper in and out to fine-tune the fire
The Hob on top of the stove is 1/4" plate and is welded to a steel ring with 4 x 1" pegs welded in each corner to help the heat to warm the hob.



The chimmey / Flue is 114mm (4 1/2") Diameter.
Tomorrow it will be having its maiden burn-off (outside!)
Once I get the old paint burnt off, I will be fitting it into place on Saturday and finally giving it a coat of Black Stove paint
I was very lucky in sourcing the pipe and plate steel etc for free
Total cost to build the Stove to date is £4.70
That was for the gate catch and hinges.
More pictures to follow when I get it installed and painted.....

Andy

I love the Pyrex window!!!!!
Looking forward to seeing how it goes...

good work there, looking at all these wood burner projects is making me consider one myself, just need a bottle.

Lovely job.

Grand job, your pyrex window gave me an idea for my waste oil burner.

superls said:

good work there, looking at all these wood burner projects is making me consider one myself, just need a bottle.

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i've got about 20 mate. pm me you can have a couple for a fiver

woodburner

Hi Gents
This is my first post on the forum .so please forgive me if I've not sent proper!!
Like to show you my first woodburner project (as you can probably tell I need to sort my welding out!!

Bumping this, and to say thanks Andy for advice elsewhere, more "tweaks" for me to do then.

rocketroy2112 said:

Hi Gents
This is my first post on the forum .so please forgive me if I've not sent proper!!
Like to show you my first woodburner project (as you can probably tell I need to sort my welding out!!

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Is that an Alladin pressurised paraffin radiant heater on the bench? Used to have one of those at home when I was a lad c.1950's!

Alladin

Hi Mate
Yes it is an alladin that I bought afew years ago off ebay!!
Great for keeping the chill away in the shed. Had to make the gas bottle woodburner because this recent cold snap we have had, the alladin did not cut it!!
Fired up the woodburner for the first time yesterday and within twenty minutes I was working in a sauna!!

Best Regards
Howard

Neat, modern looking stove you made, can you advise if top or rear flue exit and, how did you fix flue to stove?

Picture make it look it could be top or rear flue, plus, is that a baffle plate so far up flue pipe?

Cheers.......

The Flue exits out of the rear at an angle of approx. 20° upwards.
The steel pipe is welded to the stove, then there is a joint on the vertical section sealed with fire rope where it connects to an aluminium chimmey
The flue and chimmey are straight thru.
There is a baffle plate in the top of the stove that directs the smoke and heat to the front of the stove, it then passes above the baffle plate before it exits out of the rear flue

Andy

Just a thought, are the bowls that are in washing machine doors pyrex? Would they be heat proof enough for a wood burner see through?

Bsmith said:

Just a thought, are the bowls that are in washing machine doors pyrex? Would they be heat proof enough for a wood burner see through?

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I thought they were mostly clear plastic, certainly in our washing machines.

not sure if its pyrex but mines a glass of some sort.

No doubt they have changed to plastic now, we had our last washing machine about 4 years ago, still glass then. I use the one from the previous machine for a water bowl for the dog

I found one of those lids in the cupboard from a casserole dish that broke years ago. Our washing machine is not two years old and it has a glass bowl in the door but I wouldn't say it's Pyrex, probably tempered glass though.

I found one of those lids in the cupboard from a casserole dish that broke years ago.

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Thats where I got mine from!
I have got to do another Modification to the stove, the hinges have gone again
I came to open it this morning and the door was really stiff.
These are the second hinges I have fitted, I think the hinges need to be set away from the door as far as practical to keep the heat at the minimum
They also need to be quite heavy duty, these hinges were chunky gate hinges with 10mm diameter pins and they have still seized up

Andy

I just have 2 bolts welded on my stove and 2 pieces of tube on the door, I can lift it off. Think maybe you could do similar Andy? If you want to off-set them you could weld them onto pieces of flat bar maybe?

Normsthename said:

The Flue exits out of the rear at an angle of approx. 20° upwards.
The steel pipe is welded to the stove, then there is a joint on the vertical section sealed with fire rope where it connects to an aluminium chimmey
The flue and chimmey are straight thru.
There is a baffle plate in the top of the stove that directs the smoke and heat to the front of the stove, it then passes above the baffle plate before it exits out of the rear flue

Andy

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Hi Norm, I was actually asking rocketroy for more details on his flue setup, your setup is unmistakable, I just wondered how RR did his?

Cheers........