Post by laura on Jan 24, 2017 18:29:54 GMT -8
Hi everyone,
I've been reading many of your posts about rocket stoves and just purchased some bricks and other supplies to begin.
I'm in love with the EcoFogao from Brazil, would order one now if I could - unfortunately they don't ship to the US. I've decided to try and make one. Would greatly appreciate your feedback and advice.
The concept appears pretty simple. The heat rises through the rocket stove, passing through some baffles under the cooktop to heat it up. Leftover heat is directed under a hollow oven, and then out through a chimney. This gives you a cooktop + oven. Kind of similar to a barrel construction, except that it is a hollow barrel (oven) that collects the rising heat.
I found some 7.5 inch diameter round cardboard tubes for casting cement at Lowe's. Thinking I'll use the cardboard tube to cast the core, burn out the cardboard, leaving a fireclay mold to be surrounded by perlite insulation.
My questions is, with a round 7.5 in diameter, what should the dimensions be for the J tube and distance gap between the walls and the oven?
Any thoughts appreciated!
I've been reading many of your posts about rocket stoves and just purchased some bricks and other supplies to begin.
I'm in love with the EcoFogao from Brazil, would order one now if I could - unfortunately they don't ship to the US. I've decided to try and make one. Would greatly appreciate your feedback and advice.
The concept appears pretty simple. The heat rises through the rocket stove, passing through some baffles under the cooktop to heat it up. Leftover heat is directed under a hollow oven, and then out through a chimney. This gives you a cooktop + oven. Kind of similar to a barrel construction, except that it is a hollow barrel (oven) that collects the rising heat.
I found some 7.5 inch diameter round cardboard tubes for casting cement at Lowe's. Thinking I'll use the cardboard tube to cast the core, burn out the cardboard, leaving a fireclay mold to be surrounded by perlite insulation.
My questions is, with a round 7.5 in diameter, what should the dimensions be for the J tube and distance gap between the walls and the oven?
Any thoughts appreciated!
