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Nice work V8'..!    

(..and this is coming from someone who was a fabricator welder/service engineer ,working with hydraulic lifting gear and MoD demount systems.. )

Glad your effort has paid off  for you..

..so do your reckon you'll need to fit some means of regulating the airflow("woodburning stove style")or have you found that it's okay as it is?

Edit: just to point out that,in the interests of safety,I am wearing safety goggles and a hard hat while I'm typing this!

Quote: Edit: just to point out that,in the interests of safety,I am wearing safety goggles and a hard hat while I'm typing this!

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Post last edited on 30/08/2010 17:49:05

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Sum answers- yea I drilled holes in the base, inside the ring that the bottle stands on, had about 10 6mm dia to begin with, then added about 12 10mm ones to improve the flow of oxygen. In the top theres just 6 10mm holes, sounds like an uneven balance, but it seems to work. I dont intend to regulate it at all, at the moment.

   Yea, we've got a four year old here full time, and his 3 yr old nephew part time- and your description was quite apt - chaos and mayhem, I call them. The top/bottom are just a snug fit, I may fit a couple of over centre catches for transport purposes.

  I did try it yesterday- beef and spuds, not a full success, I need to go away from cheap brickettes I think, it  all tasted a bit 'woody', and didnt have enough water in the moat, as it boiled dry and the drippings vapourised and added a burnt fat piquancy too. Mmmmmm. Still, John Browning didnt it right first time, every time -----

Hey there V8'...I just wondered how this project progressed?

..did you end up doing any further tweaks or mods'?

(..I hope you're not like me..I tend to get most of my projects up to the stage where I can see what they'll look like and how they'll work,only for them to then they end up tucked behind the shed,3 parts finished!.. )

Chris

I just made a Thermos flask stove. (hobo stove) See you tube for how it's done. It's another form of Kelly Kettle or Swedish volcano stove really. Works a treat. I had a small flask that was no good, so nothing to loose and FREE.

NO danger at all, other than the normal work shop hazards.