HEAT!

[themoudie]

So who is going to put one of these in the workshop?

Barrel_stove_kit

And timbo, is the seller any where near you? My geography of the north is rubbish! 

My regards, Bill

[Steve Lake]

get that up to 'working temperature' i.e. not quite red hot, and it'll distort, I'm sure of it. but when we were in cornwall last year we visited a rather hippie ish garden centre/nursery, and in their little café they had something similar but made from a calor gas tank, far more substantial and 'up for the job'... took a photo of it ....  put it in the 'future projects... maybe' folder

keep smiling Bill..   it's the only way

[timbo]

Hi Bill, Ballymena is twelve miles from Antrim, and so about fifteen from me. Like the simple concept of this stove. Its a kit, so you supply your own barrel. But I'm sure something similar could be easily knocked up 

[timbo]

I have a waste oil burner, made out of an oil drum, in my shed, and it has gone up to rediculous temperatures without distortion. Though, the actual burn pot in in the bottom, is a car brake drum. In the woodburner above, the bottom of the oil drum has a layer of sand, to absorb heat 

[themoudie]

Aye timbo and SteveL,

I have an old Carron 'Tortoise' stove lined with fireclay in the workshop, but I do like these stoves and have seen a double barrel version consuming half pallets, with the upper barrel a nice cherry colour!    However, I'm not to sure about using a 'clip top' barrel as per the illustration. I think a whole barrel would be better.

As for the bottom of the barrel, to prevent it burning out, a layer of flat 2.5cm firebricks with another lying up the side of the barrel on each side and a layer of playpit sand to blind it all will do the job nicely. The stove in the house has a 1" - 2" layer of sand on the bottom to start the season off and then you just need to remove maybe a shovel of ash a week to keep the level down a bit.

There is also one of these with the addition of a waste oil drip feed into it, but I can't find the link! 

Keep toasty!

My regards, Bill

[Steve Lake]

hey Bill.... here's our trusty Turtle... old battered and much repaired... lined with purpose made fire brick... hugely efficient... with a full charge of 'sunbright doubles' ( them ovals that look like compressed coal dust) it'll still be too hot to touch 48 hours later... also happy burning old rubbish wood I might have lying about.... not used a lot... deepest coldest winter ... so only been lit 2 or 3 times this last winter. Other stove is a 'Clearview' (made in Shropshire), ... this bad boy heats the whole house via a water jacket, tank, pump etc.
usually runs for 5 months non stop from middle of October...  consumes tons of timber (depending on how much heat is required)... thankfully and touch wood (haha)... I have a plentiful supply of free wood... and already have next winters supply stored away.

its just reliant on me remaining fit enough to wield my chainsaw and hump tons of wood around... I reckon on another 6 years 

trusting you and yours are well Bill
pip pip
Steve