get a hot fire going using only twigs and some end pieces of cedar shingles from the addition project
The burn box-note the resembulance to the original bat mobile from the tv series? totally unintentional.
The stove out on it's test drive. I decided to see how long it takes to boil 2 cups of water.
Success- the whistle started to blow in about 15 minutes! I see a few improvements to make but I would say it was a success. Next I will try a meal on the rocket stove but first need to find a griddle- wait I have some from the George Foreman! or best to check the thrift shops! Or Could use my cast iron skillet! I am told you can make a rocket stove out of a large tin, like those shitty popcorn tins everyone seems to think I need at Christmas (like in this case), and instead of stove pipe, you can use tin cans for the chimney and a coffee can for the burn box. Or there is a version made from a coffee can and two tin cans for the burn box. Now I have a use for all those twigs and scrap wood from around the yard and house!
3 comments:
very cool.... i have not seen this version before! i need to go get a popcorn tin and make a video for you:)
Neat idea!! Thanks.
That looks awesome.
I've been showing different rocket stove designs to my husband, and he's decided he's going to use our old woodstove (we're replacing it with a more efficient model ... I know - goes against your "repair" challenge :) as a "rocket stove", specifically to be used for boiling maple syrup in the spring ;).
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