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sticking metal since 1962
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I found this site earlier today
http://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp using wood as the preferred fuel .
I thought that the simple set up and cheapness could be used by members to heat garages workshops and barns without the normal dangers associated with open flames fire /heaters.
Put the fire/loading tube outside
A simple long exposed horizontal radiant flue pipe could be run along a wall & out the building to give black radiant heat and thermal convected heat plus some reflected heat off the wall if it is painted white.
Add a small fixed fan 9 inside an air tube to blow air along a 6 inch or so wrapped galv H&A type tube that is mounted a few inches above the horizontal flue tube and you can move warmed air around your workshop to where it is wanted .
It would not be too difficult to slightly modify one to run on a drip of filtered oil on a hot plate with the occcasional drop of water splash to really get the flame frazzling . Get it right and it would sound like a 650 Norton on full throttle .
Our ever friendly gas cylinders could be used for the tall heat exchanger/ radiator of the " rocket .
One thing that struck me about using one of these rockets is that the re burn of the combustion products should make it a very clean way of using old oil or fats
http://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp using wood as the preferred fuel .
I thought that the simple set up and cheapness could be used by members to heat garages workshops and barns without the normal dangers associated with open flames fire /heaters.
Put the fire/loading tube outside
A simple long exposed horizontal radiant flue pipe could be run along a wall & out the building to give black radiant heat and thermal convected heat plus some reflected heat off the wall if it is painted white.
Add a small fixed fan 9 inside an air tube to blow air along a 6 inch or so wrapped galv H&A type tube that is mounted a few inches above the horizontal flue tube and you can move warmed air around your workshop to where it is wanted .
It would not be too difficult to slightly modify one to run on a drip of filtered oil on a hot plate with the occcasional drop of water splash to really get the flame frazzling . Get it right and it would sound like a 650 Norton on full throttle .
Our ever friendly gas cylinders could be used for the tall heat exchanger/ radiator of the " rocket .
One thing that struck me about using one of these rockets is that the re burn of the combustion products should make it a very clean way of using old oil or fats