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Post by hndtohnd on Mar 1, 2013 7:36:43 GMT -8
So let me start by saying....HELLO! I am glad to see there are people other than myself that have been bit by the Rocket Stove bug. Misery loves company! ;D I had a vision in my head of a multiple flue version, so I jotted it down onto paper and came up with the monster you see in the pictures below. After much reconsidering and mentally redesigning it a dozen times, I came up with a version that should allow me to boil three stock pots of water at the same time. (I do this to make HOT BOILED PEANUTS) ;D I am far from being done with it and I will continue to post updates here for your comical relief as I complete it.  Hopefully that day is very near or I may be cooking on this myself after the wife kicks me out to the garage PERMANENTLY!  The vision I had in my head...   Some of the parts...     |
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Post by peterberg on Mar 1, 2013 7:59:30 GMT -8
hndtohnd, welcome to the boards.
Some of us don't use broadband internet, just a dial-up provider.
It's not easy to view pictures larger than the screen, also reading text is better when you don't need to scroll left and right for each sentence.
Could you please edit the pictures to a much smaller size? Thanks.
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Post by petect on Mar 2, 2013 10:09:57 GMT -8
Welcome hndtohnd. What you have done is to put 3 simple "J" stoves into your barrel. Hopefully you have already fired it up, learned some things, and had some fun.  If you spend some time at the RS section of permies
you will find various J stove designs. I think that you will quickly see that most of them have a feed tube, which is/are missing from yours. Also pay attention to ratios of tube lengths and diameters at various parts of the stove - this will help increase the stove's efficiency and put the "rocket" into your stoves. The other part of the efficiency equation you will want to work on, is directing the hot gasses from your stoves so that they make good contact your cooking pots, and transfer maximum heat to them. Lots of discussion about this at Permies also. Have fun, come back soon, and enjoy your beans. Pete |
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Post by hndtohnd on Mar 5, 2013 6:33:51 GMT -8
Thank you for the awesome tips Petec, I will look into that info... I was itching to see if it burned at all after your post, so I fired it up! What the heck, it's just fun. I recorded a short video of it and will continue to post as I paint and finalize it in the future. I didn't attach the shelf inside the tube yet so the weight of the wood started sagging it down and that is why you will see a piece of wood underneath the shelf. Temporary Redneck support! ;D
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Post by petect on Mar 5, 2013 7:25:48 GMT -8
hndtohnd
I just stuck a sketch of a J tube rocket at the bottom of the Glossary page. If you add feed tubes to your rockets, you will probably be able to increase their burn times as they will allow them to hold more fuel.
BTW It looks like you are using galvanized tubing. If so, make sure you fire it outside until the zinc is burned off, as the fumes aren't very healthy.
Pete
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Post by hndtohnd on Mar 5, 2013 8:32:02 GMT -8
;D Thanks petect...Got it.
So if I am understanding that diagram correctly, I need a smaller entry point than the burn chamber.
I will experiment with some thoughts and see what happens....
Again, thanks. This is my very first 'rocket style" stove and to make matters worse...I added MY THOUGHTS...that's dangerous. lol
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Post by Donkey on Mar 5, 2013 8:44:17 GMT -8
Also.. when you get the thing humming away, it will burn out the metal tubing pretty quickly.
Nifty idea, by the way.
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Post by petect on Mar 5, 2013 11:07:40 GMT -8
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