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Post by SA Hunter on Oct 30, 2018 22:29:05 GMT 10
In this video I layout a pretty simple process for building a rocket stove that will you a lifetime and uses a very small amount of fuel (wood, sticks, pinecones, etc) to cook your meals with.
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Post by SA Hunter on Oct 31, 2018 18:49:10 GMT 10
Here's my first crack at the rocket stove - cost about $15 for the cement & poly pipe, which I can re-use.
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Post by SA Hunter on Nov 3, 2018 8:28:33 GMT 10
Finished product - trying it out today.
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Post by spinifex on Nov 4, 2018 9:25:12 GMT 10
A mighty construction. Did you put some reinforcing in it?
Also doubles as a mini-bunker and the thing you tie to your enemies feet before turfing them off the jetty!
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Post by Peter on Nov 4, 2018 11:01:32 GMT 10
Let us know how it goes. I'll be curious to see if there's any cracking due to the heat.
Speaking of heat, I'd be cautious about materials selected for reinforcing as the expansion of any metal reo products would probably be greater than the capacity of the concrete to hold.
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Post by spinifex on Nov 4, 2018 14:29:22 GMT 10
Is there heat proof reo that can be used? Hemp rope perhaps? Or does that leave air spaces that create problems?
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Post by SA Hunter on Nov 4, 2018 16:28:27 GMT 10
I used it last night - got it pretty hot - no cracks that I can see. The concrete was the cheapo $5.75 mix yourself concrete, sand & stones from Bunnings. Had it burning for about 30 minutes. The heat it put out was unbelievable.
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Post by Tim Horton on Jan 23, 2019 8:04:43 GMT 10
There are a thousand variations of this and they all will work well. After a too long career in metal working, my specialty is building HOBO stoves out of steel 20LB propane bottles. No, you won't blow up.. IF you go about it right.
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Post by Pion on Jan 23, 2019 13:49:09 GMT 10
Good thing to build at an established campsite...no one will steal it, who'd want to carry the bloody thing out!
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Post by SA Hunter on Jan 23, 2019 15:33:13 GMT 10
Not wrong- almost don't want to carry it in as it's too bloody heavy.
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Post by Pion on Jan 24, 2019 20:17:17 GMT 10
True...plan it out, build it onsite...
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Post by Tim Horton on Jan 25, 2019 7:27:51 GMT 10
True...plan it out, build it onsite... Yes.... We did just that also.. We have our camp fire site in the yard by the house, barns and a spot down by our lake. We keep a picnic table there with several plastic lawn chairs roped to it because of wind, a pad of driveway gravel about 3 meters diameter to set a HOBO stove. Perfect place in the bush for an evening of tea, roasted hot dogs, marshmallows and watch the loons and geese with there chicks on the lake.
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Post by spinifex on Jan 25, 2019 19:32:34 GMT 10
OK. What's a Loon? I thought that was canadian money.
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Post by Peter on Jan 25, 2019 22:26:27 GMT 10
It's a type of water fowl. Most importantly, what to they taste like?
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Post by Tim Horton on Jan 26, 2019 12:07:58 GMT 10
It's a type of water fowl. Most importantly, what to they taste like?
No season and don't eat them. Very fun to watch and listen to there many calls. Canada geese are a pest like starlings in some areas. Roasted, boned, grind the meat and add sweet pickle relish, mayonnaise, black pepper, and a small amount of yellow mustard or cayenne pepper if you like. it is good as a sandwich meat. Also good in the "Tiger" sausage my Sweetie makes. Turkey, goose, rabbit meat with summer sausage spice blend, hot smoked to 180F internal temp. With cheese, crackers, mustard, tea.
"Loonie" is the CDN $1. coin. "Twoonie" is the $2. coin.
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Post by SA Hunter on Jan 27, 2019 23:23:43 GMT 10
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Post by kelabar on Sept 15, 2020 14:44:33 GMT 10
Here's one I made up a few years ago. It is just a heap of fruit tins curved up in an 'L' shape and buried in dirt inside a wooden box. The tins on the curve needed splitting halfway down their length and were then pushed over each other at an angle to make a smooth curve. The straight tins were just bedded in the dirt to hold them in place. I plan on doing another one with pics of each stage and a few variations of inlet size somewhen but don't hold your breath. Slotted wood construction means only a saw is needed to build it. Tin snips were used to cut the sides of the tins. The sheath was riveted but could just be two split tins put in place. It is resting on a scrap piece of steel tube buried in the ground. The sheath around the billy seemed to make a difference too, quicker boiling. Worthwhile IMO. The fire is a view into the inlet, it burns normally at the bottom but airflow up the chimney makes the flames roar once in the chimney. The last image is a scraper made from a tin lid, a nail and a piece of wood. Handy for pushing bark further into the inlet (it gets hot in there) and also for scraping the ash out afterwards. As everyone says the heat output is huge. This one was fed with Eucalyptus bark and the flames would jet out of the top. Red gum bark seems the best, thick enough to burn for a while but not too thick so it bogs the fire down. This one does require constant feeding though, a new piece of bark every 10 or 15 seconds, to keep it jetting. Add too much fuel and it bogs down and smokes like a trooper. Possibly having a larger inlet and/or a fire chamber of some sort will allow more fuel to be added at a time so not need as much attention. This and a similar Dakota fire hole would boil 2 litres of water in about 5-9 minutes depending on how steady the fuel was added to keep it jetting.
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Post by shinester on Sept 15, 2020 23:20:04 GMT 10
I did one a while back out of concrete and some perlite to make it lighter/better insulated. I used cardboard tubes instead of plastic.
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