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Post by Vortex on Feb 3, 2018 10:48:36 GMT -8
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Post by coastalrocketeer on Feb 3, 2018 13:55:50 GMT -8
Wow... Just truly gorgeous design and craftsmanship there Vortex!
I doubt anyone's significant other would object to having such timeless beauty in the house!
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Post by Orange on Feb 4, 2018 11:50:44 GMT -8
nice details Vortex!
Since your stove is lined with smooth metal surfaces it doesn't radiate heat too much, so heat from the stove is mostly transfered slowly through convection. Is that true?
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Post by wrekinwanderer on Feb 4, 2018 12:42:44 GMT -8
Beautiful Trev, stunning - the other half adores it.... Me too - but I just got to have an oven! Using firebox just not the same.... Are you sure you can't sneak one in somewhere...... Mike
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Post by Vortex on Feb 4, 2018 15:11:31 GMT -8
Thanks for all your comments guys. Wow... Just truly gorgeous design and craftsmanship there Vortex! I doubt anyone's significant other would object to having such timeless beauty in the house! Yeah, better looking than most barrels, though some of the stainless ones aren't to bad. nice details Vortex! Since your stove is lined with smooth metal surfaces it doesn't radiate heat too much, so heat from the stove is mostly transfered slowly through convection. Is that true? The word lined makes it sound like the metal is on the inside, but it's only an outer layer (except the top of course). The original stove has 3 sides of masonry covered with steel plate, and one side just masonry. I know the theory but have never actually noticed any difference in radiance or convection from them, they both seem to radiate and convect equally. Beautiful Trev, stunning - the other half adores it.... Me too - but I just got to have an oven! Using firebox just not the same.... Are you sure you can't sneak one in somewhere...... Mike A traditional oven (where the fake oven door is) would not really work in this type of stove, it just wouldn't get hot enough for most baking. (Notice how many threads there are from people asking how to make an oven that works?). It is possible to configure the stove in the Aryan/DSR style with a small oven above the firebox, but I don't really see the point as using the firebox isn't as bad as it sounds. It stays at baking temps for a couple of hours after all the wood is completely burned away - and there's no soot so it's actually cleaner to use than a black oven.
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Post by patamos on Feb 16, 2018 10:47:34 GMT -8
Trev, i'v been sifting back through this thread to find the discussion of weight. Thought i might save some time and ask: Do you have a sense of what the gross weight of this stove is?
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Post by Vortex on Feb 16, 2018 13:08:36 GMT -8
Hi Pat, I presume you're talking about the new stove? I was weighing everything before it went in, but after the summer break I forgot to continue with it and couldn't remember which parts I'd weighed and which I hadn't, so I just thought I'd do it all when I move it into position. I was upto 550KG (1212LBS) before I stopped and that was before the internal chimney or any of the firebox parts went in. The final tally will be somewhere between 750KG and a Tonne (1653LBS to 2004LBS). I'm hoping to do the changeover Monday or Tuesday so if you can wait till then I can give you the exact amount.
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Post by patamos on Feb 17, 2018 13:44:20 GMT -8
Sounds good. I'll be building a similar set up for friend later this summer. It'll be on second floor above a load bearing wall, so shouldn't be much trouble boosting the support. Been meaning to send pics of the vortex with bench i've been working on, but man, i'm just cyber swamped these days...
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Post by Vortex on Feb 22, 2018 2:19:59 GMT -8
Pat, I was wrong about the weight, the total was just over a Tonne, 1001.3KG / 2007.5Lbs Not bad for something that's roughly only half a cubic meter in volume. Old stove has been dismantled. New one is half rebuilt in position, hope to finish it tonight. More soon.
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Post by drooster on Feb 22, 2018 12:11:16 GMT -8
Pat, I was wrong about the weight, the total was just over a Tonne, 1001.3KG / 2007.5Lbs Not bad for something that's roughly only half a cubic meter in volume. Old stove has been dismantled. New one is half rebuilt in position, hope to finish it tonight. More soon. It is convenient that you built it right there, you just have to pick it up and turn around.
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Post by Vortex on Feb 23, 2018 7:11:40 GMT -8
If only... I wanted to put it on some paving slabs as the floorboards were a bit scorched below where the firebox was on the old stove. Otherwise I would have got the car jack and some thick lengths of timber and jacked it around into position, would have been a lot easier than dismantling the whole thing and rebuilding it a few feet away.
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Post by Vortex on Feb 23, 2018 10:24:16 GMT -8
I'm delighted with the new stove It's phenomenal! I'm having to get used to an airtight door and 3 different air controls - it makes it very controllable - I'm gradually learning which combination is best at the different stages of the burn cycle. The 2" thick dense firebox core with 1" thick ceramic insulation board around it seems to have been a good decision, it gets up to temperature quicker than the old stove, and with the combination of the air tight door it keeps the wood gasifying slowly for many hours. I lit the stove with about 8KG of wood at 5pm yesterday evening, didn't add any more later, and there was still a few embers when I went to bed at midnight. This morning at 9am the hottest part of the hot plate was still too hot to keep your hand on. My biggest concern with the stove is how well it works... The chimney temperature has never gone over 55*C. I keep expecting to see condensation running out the bottom, but so far so good. I'm using about a third less wood to keep the house at the same temperature. The only problem with the hot plates is finding somewhere to move the kettles to where they'll stop whistling! Still a few finishing bits to do. Picked up the new stove glass today (been using the one from the old stove bodged in with some tinfoil). Door catch to make (the iron works surprisingly well). Secondary & tertiary air controls to make...
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Post by drooster on Feb 23, 2018 10:25:26 GMT -8
How about strapping poles to it and employing four unfeasibly bulky gents to flip it around?
Edit : Oh. done already.
Great!
:/
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Post by wiscojames on Feb 23, 2018 11:30:17 GMT -8
So pretty. I could sell my wife I'm cooking with wood if that was the stove we had. Can you pop over and make one for us?
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Post by 1967gto on Feb 23, 2018 12:20:29 GMT -8
Beautiful job! Have you tried it with the door open?
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