Log Fires - the future?

[magnet]

Use a bit of sugar to get the fire going. Those sachets you get at cafes are just the job

 

[Cobbler]

Old brake fluid I’d handy on bonfires ….

 

[gaz1]

I used to.list gypsy stoves on ebay for 2 guys who made them but did not like painting them.
Then they stopped suddenly. No unusual for them. They could sell as many transporter beds as they could make but got fed up and stopped.

What's the crack with gypsy stoves I can't see any on Facebook (used to be loads round here) or on ebay.

gypsey stoves can get you fined as they are not eco designed most stoves have to be secondary air unless old style like the rayburns or aga cookers as they are excepted from the new regs

hence why i built the rocket stove myself but i get twice the heat output than a normal stove for 1 log compared to

5 logs new stove
6 logs old type stove
16 logs for a chimney log fire

 

[ukracer]

Photo?

gypsey stoves can get you fined as they are not eco designed most stoves have to be secondary air unless old style like the rayburns or aga cookers as they are excepted from the new regs

hence why i built the rocket stove myself but i get twice the heat output than a normal stove for 1 log compared to

5 logs new stove
6 logs old type stove
16 logs for a chimney log fire

What if you sell them as an ornament only?

I doubt you can build a decent rocket stove with the same material?

 

[gaz1]

What if you sell them as an ornament only?

I doubt you can build a decent rocket stove with the same material?

actualy you could just by adding a stainless steel tube within the stove itself and it becomes a rocket stove

the gypsey stove is just the external side of it 5mm thick with a 6/10 mm top plate ( heat exchanger ) with an internal vortex or a straight up 2/3mm box inside of it
then a firebox on front with either a vortex tube or straight up tube in firebricks connected to it
exhaust is at bottom instead of at the top

and thats your rocket stove

 

[ukracer]

actualy you could just by adding a stainless steel tube within the stove itself and it becomes a rocket stove

the gypsey stove is just the external side of it 5mm thick with a 6/10 mm top plate ( heat exchanger ) with an internal vortex or a straight up 2/3mm box inside of it
then a firebox on front with either a vortex tube or straight up tube in firebricks connected to it
exhaust is at bottom instead of at the top

and thats your rocket stove

I wish my visualisation was better.
I just can't see things without pictures.

 

[gaz1]

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stick a box infront of this picture as this will become your firebox whilst the stove becomes the heat exchanger built out of 2/3mm steel

 

[ukracer]

stick a box infront of this picture as this will become your firebox whilst the stove becomes the heat exchanger built out of 2/3mm steel

Ah Ah Those use Box section.

 

[Farside]

That's settling down nicely, now.

 

[mtt.tr]

I am surprised weights and measures haven't poked their nose into the log industry, a "load" can be just about anything. I knew of a loggist that threw an upturned wheel barrow into his truck before he put the logs in, he would turn up to make a delivery with what looked like an impressive load. When he was pointed at where they wanted them stacked he would wrestle the barrow out from under them

Bob

I guess as long as you dont define a particular weigh or volume a load is what ever you wish

 

[8ob]

I guess as long as you dont define a particular weigh or volume a load is what ever you wish

Our old tipper trailer was 60 cube, that would be brimmed with handleable sized chogs ready for splitting/rashering down and I would deliver them locally for about £350-£650 depending on what it was. So really we were working to the cube, typically about 20-25 ton.

Bob

 

[Justme]

Started burning the larch a few days ago, it burns very clean, no smoke and little ash, but it doesn't burn that hot. Early days but don't think I would use it again given a choice.


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Larch is the best softwood for energy value per kg. Burns hot. It was virtually all I used and sold last year. If I could buy more by the lorry load in lengths I would. Are you sure its proper dry?

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Yes, it's bone dry, ~10%

 

[Justme]

Yes, it's bone dry, ~10%

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Have you split it & then tested the fresh exposed face?

Testing the end gives a false reading.

Larch also feels very light when dry.

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Will give it a try tomorrow.

 

[DennisCA]

Mix the larch with some birch IMO

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Have you split it & then tested the fresh exposed face?

Testing the end gives a false reading.

Larch also feels very light when dry.

Made no difference. Larch may be the best softwood to burn but not a patch on the harwood I've been burning for the last two years.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I work from home so my sideline is stoker

You fully recovered now?

 

[fizzy]

You fully recovered now?

Almost. Still get tired from time to time. Have to be careful what i eat.Just waiting for my gallbladder and a kidney stone to be removed. Terrified the infection will come back again.

 

[fizzy]

Oh and I still have an enlarged spleen which the Docs can't work out. I reckon possibly malaria as it has been found that it can remain dormant in the spleen for decades. Not bothering me much so leave it alone!