Wood heater/stove. What y'all think?

[Paladin]

Thanks Mike! Figured I might have got a tongue lashing from you about my choice of welding rod, lol. It is going to be nice, though may slow down productivity, something about a heater just makes a man want to stand by it???

Thanks again!

As you know this thing, like a bbq pit turns into alot of work/time! Had a bunch of people want a nice pit, till I tell them what they would cost, guess some just have no idea??

Yes, totally agree! Most people, unless they have dabbled with welding or worked in the industry have no idea of what all is involved with a custom pit. When I first retired had a lot of people ask about building them a pit until I would give a ballpark figure of price. They seem to think you can just throw a nice pit together in a day or two, not realizing each piece has to be layed out, cut, cleaned, shaped, and contoured to fit before it's even tacked together and welded! My wife makes custom quilts, all hand stitched, and people are astounded at the price. They seem to expect to pay maybe just a little bit more than they can go to Walmart and buy some mass produced piece of **** from china. Needless to say she hasn't made all that many except for us! I like my ironwork to be unique and one of a kind, just as your heater/stove is! Again, nice work on a job well done!

 

[rt66paul]

One thing for sure, someone would have to be desperate to steal it!

 

[wanderinthru]

It's up and running. Works good, we had 60 mph wind gusts today and it just puffed a little smoke.

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[eskimomann209]

It's up and running. Works good, we had 60 mph wind gusts today and it just puffed a little smoke.

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Granted I don’t know ****... but I do some plumbing. The flue doesn’t need a slope to guide the smoke?

 

[Frankenchevy]

Granted I don’t know ****... but I do some plumbing. The flue doesn’t need a slope to guide the smoke?

Once the fire gets hot, the heat will do a good job of pulling air in and displacing smoke. A 5’ vertical run right off the fire box helps, too.

Longer horizontal runs aren’t ideal, but if you keep it clean it helps.

 

[eskimomann209]

Once the fire gets hot, the heat will do a good job of pulling air in and displacing smoke. A 5’ vertical run right off the fire box helps, too.

Longer horizontal runs aren’t ideal, but if you keep it clean it helps.

Got it, pretty cool setup.

 

[RecklessWOT]

Once the fire gets hot, the heat will do a good job of pulling air in and displacing smoke. A 5’ vertical run right off the fire box helps, too.

Longer horizontal runs aren’t ideal, but if you keep it clean it helps.

yeah smoke won't just get lost and wander around like water will. It always tries to escape to cooler air just by nature of heat displacement. That flue has to be a bitch to get lit when it is dead cold, but once it's burning hot the smoke will find its way outside just fine. As frankenchevy said, not ideal, but also not a big problem unless we're talking 50' or something

 

[Shorty81]

Darn nice set up Shakey. I have a stove in my shop, but I can't cook on it.

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[wanderinthru]

Granted I don’t know ****... but I do some plumbing. The flue doesn’t need a slope to guide the smoke?

Its moving right at 15 feet, and rising right at 6 inches. Which seems to be a little to much rise in they distance. The moisture burnt out of the wood condensate and drips back down the pipe? So it's to much slope, or not enough???

 

[Shorty81]

Like @Frankenchevy said, clean horizontal runs often. The gunk that causes fires don't typically run down fall in the flue. It's a thick oily creosote. It can build up in vertical runs with green wood or cold fires (incomplete combust)

 

[wanderinthru]

yeah smoke won't just get lost and wander around like water will. It always tries to escape to cooler air just by nature of heat displacement. That flue has to be a bitch to get lit when it is dead cold, but once it's burning hot the smoke will find its way outside just fine. As frankenchevy said, not ideal, but also not a big problem unless we're talking 50' or something

The horizontal ish is 15 feet, agree not ideal. But, it is close to center of the building and there was already a round hole there, so???
Just lit it yesterday and you are correct it is a pain to light dead cold. Draws good, little help from a Victor wrench it gets going. Has amazed me its kept 17,500 cubic feet at 63 degrees with very little wood.

 

[wanderinthru]

Like @Frankenchevy said, clean horizontal runs often. The gunk that causes fires don't typically run down fall in the flue. It's a thick oily creosote. It can build up in vertical runs with green wood or cold fires (incomplete combust)

Yes sir, have an idea to put a fitting in the elbow to be able to unplug and blow it out in the fall. Good thing is, flew is 12 gauge pipe, elbow up past the damper is 6 inch sch 40, so? And I'm in a desert wet wood is hard to come by!
Thanks!!

 

[wanderinthru]

Once the fire gets hot, the heat will do a good job of pulling air in and displacing smoke. A 5’ vertical run right off the fire box helps, too.

Longer horizontal runs aren’t ideal, but if you keep it clean it helps.

Do not disagree wanted the vertical run but, that would have made the cook top to small. This thing is made with 100% scrap, or drop. The flew is all old irragation pipe a farmer give me out of his pile.
Thanks

 

[wanderinthru]

Darn nice set up Shakey. I have a stove in my shop, but I can't cook on it.

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On the bright side. You chop a lot less wood than I do per BTU! I've missed chopping wood going to be nice to have a reason to do it!

 

[Shorty81]

On the bright side. You chop a lot less wood than I do per BTU! I've missed chopping wood going to be nice to have a reason to do it! Hell YEAH brother....good for the soul.