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Post by JohnV on May 20, 2018 12:57:46 GMT
and I thought I was over the top with a logburner, a Rayburn Royal and a Bubble PJ
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 11:12:41 GMT
Works great. OK its not winter but a few little wood fires in there to stress test the casting before using in anger is a good plan. Like this Had a few little bits of scaffold board in there it chucks a lot of heat out. Casing temp up to 250'C no ill effects. Its bloody great ! I made the little crescent shaped aluminium plate to block off the vent.In the picture it is rotated to allow a "half air" setting. I'll copy it in steel sometime as ally is a bit weak. I also removed the coal grate and started the fire in the cast iron ash pan - pretty sure this is how it is meant to be used when burning wood. Works perfectly and can be turned off by blocking the vent opening. Draws nicely no smoke into cabin.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 12:11:28 GMT
Next thing is a flue damper which I can make and then I will be making a small electric fan with an RC plane prop on it which will live under the stove as when burning wood the fire bed is right at the bottom so there is a lot of heat radiated towards the floor. I put a 5mm steel plate on the floor to deal with this but it would also be the ideal place for a snall high volume fan.
RC plane props are excellent air movers. Wired to a digital temperature relay with the probe attached to the bottom of one of the legs of the stove. The legs do get warm just not as warm as the stove body so will be a good switching point for an automatic fan hopefully. Should help keep cool air passing across the base of the fire as well.
I wondered about an upside down eco fan but as eco fans don't work its not worth it.
I'd love to do a peltier lamp at some stage as well. And burn shit.
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Post by bargemast on May 23, 2018 13:06:51 GMT
Next thing is a flue damper which I can make and then I will be making a small electric fan with an RC plane prop on it which will live under the stove as when burning wood the fire bed is right at the bottom so there is a lot of heat radiated towards the floor. I put a 5mm steel plate on the floor to deal with this but it would also be the ideal place for a snall high volume fan. RC plane props are excellent air movers. Wired to a digital temperature relay with the probe attached to the bottom of one of the legs of the stove. The legs do get warm just not as warm as the stove body so will be a good switching point for an automatic fan hopefully. Should help keep cool air passing across the base of the fire as well. I wondered about an upside down eco fan but as eco fans don't work its not worth it. I'd love to do a peltier lamp at some stage as well. And burn shit. Be very carefull when you do that the direct way, as you could easily burn your bum doing that
The height is about right to use the thing as a crapper.
Peter.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 14:54:27 GMT
Next thing is a flue damper which I can make and then I will be making a small electric fan with an RC plane prop on it which will live under the stove as when burning wood the fire bed is right at the bottom so there is a lot of heat radiated towards the floor. I put a 5mm steel plate on the floor to deal with this but it would also be the ideal place for a snall high volume fan. RC plane props are excellent air movers. Wired to a digital temperature relay with the probe attached to the bottom of one of the legs of the stove. The legs do get warm just not as warm as the stove body so will be a good switching point for an automatic fan hopefully. Should help keep cool air passing across the base of the fire as well. I wondered about an upside down eco fan but as eco fans don't work its not worth it. I'd love to do a peltier lamp at some stage as well. And burn shit. Be very carefull when you do that the direct way, as you could easily burn your bum doing that
The height is about right to use the thing as a crapper.
Peter.
It is exactly the right height. Have you not heard of asbestos? What you do is get a bit of it about 20mm thick, preferably the brownish type and cut a ring out of it with a jigsaw. Sand the inside edges down - keep a close eye on it for the correct pattern to fit your arse. Cut another 4 rings smaller so they fit in the stove. These rings insulate said arse from fire. Cut a final disc for the base using steel plate. Insert this unit into fast burning stove and do the business. Put arse shaped lid onto top asbestos ring. Wait while the fire incinerates the waste on the steel disc. Once done unit can be remove from fire and normal lid replaced. Sorted
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Post by thebfg on May 23, 2018 15:09:35 GMT
Now that is speculative pricing! Mine had the flue elbow but that also meant somewhere on top of the stove to cook/keep things warm - also I think they were in some used in P-way huts. I've been looking at the concrete huts when on trains recently and wondering what type of stove they had. I expect they will have succumbed to the vandals. I did get a peek in one near Putney as train was going slowly and it looked like it might have been an open hearth in there. I had a peek in one not so long ago. I will dig out the photo
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Post by bargemast on May 23, 2018 15:27:05 GMT
Be very carefull when you do that the direct way, as you could easily burn your bum doing that
The height is about right to use the thing as a crapper.
Peter.
It is exactly the right height. Have you not heard of asbestos? What you do is get a bit of it about 20mm thick, preferably the brownish type and cut a ring out of it with a jigsaw. Sand the inside edges down - keep a close eye on it for the correct pattern to fit your arse. Cut another 4 rings smaller so they fit in the stove. These rings insulate said arse from fire. Cut a final disc for the base using steel plate. Insert this unit into fast burning stove and do the business. Put arse shaped lid onto top asbestos ring. Wait while the fire incinerates the waste on the steel disc. Once done unit can be remove from fire and normal lid replaced. Sorted I wonder why I didn't think of that so simple and most obvious solution, or did I ?
Peter.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 15:37:57 GMT
It is exactly the right height. Have you not heard of asbestos? What you do is get a bit of it about 20mm thick, preferably the brownish type and cut a ring out of it with a jigsaw. Sand the inside edges down - keep a close eye on it for the correct pattern to fit your arse. Cut another 4 rings smaller so they fit in the stove. These rings insulate said arse from fire. Cut a final disc for the base using steel plate. Insert this unit into fast burning stove and do the business. Put arse shaped lid onto top asbestos ring. Wait while the fire incinerates the waste on the steel disc. Once done unit can be remove from fire and normal lid replaced. Sorted I wonder why I didn't think of that so simple and most obvious solution, or did I ?
Peter.
Yes that's why I said cut it with a jigsaw and keep a close eye on it Pretty sure it was banned a while ago anyway but I suspect the same outcome could be achieved with master board .
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 15:40:37 GMT
I've been looking at the concrete huts when on trains recently and wondering what type of stove they had. I expect they will have succumbed to the vandals. I did get a peek in one near Putney as train was going slowly and it looked like it might have been an open hearth in there. I had a peek in one not so long ago. I will dig out the photo I'd be interested to see that. From the brief glimpse I had when passing one slowly in a train it looked like some sort of open hearth but I would have though they might put an enclosed stove in there so perhaps the one I saw had had he stove liberated.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 15:44:13 GMT
A nice feature of that lower opening is it is the ideal size to stick a blowtorch in there to get the fire going rather than fanny about with paper or firelighters. Kindling in from above a few seconds with blow torch Bobs her uncle and Charlie's her aunt. What I need now is a small paraffin blowtorch that'd be a lot nicer than the crappy made in China butane one I have.
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Post by Jim on Jun 2, 2018 10:23:59 GMT
Crapping in the stove would also mean you can cancel your periodic depilatory crack and sack waxing.
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Post by Jim on Jun 2, 2018 10:31:50 GMT
A nice feature of that lower opening is it is the ideal size to stick a blowtorch in there to get the fire going rather than fanny about with paper or firelighters. Kindling in from above a few seconds with blow torch Bobs her uncle and Charlie's her aunt. What I need now is a small paraffin blowtorch that'd be a lot nicer than the crappy made in China butane one I have. Lovely though they are, I have my dad's petrol one and a paraffin pump up, it would be quicker to put a splash of paraffin on the wood, with a splash of meths to help it start.
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