Painter D

Hi I'm made one from a 24x24 safe. Looks like this one. I need help with the airflow. I think I got the same pipes this post. I have a very small air whole. Smoke come out of the chimney but also come out when I open the safe door when the fire is on. Is there a place where I can see how to do this right?

Thanks for taking a look.

+Gary T Thanks a lot Gary, I really appreciate it.

Thanks!

+b. c. Thanks for watching the vid.

I used to make Webster wood stoves. We welded them from the inside. In the back they angled upward going to the pipe. Do you see any smoke problems with that flat design? Because it would be very easy to make a wood stove with that flat design. To make it cook better you should extend the top a couple inches over each side so you don't see the welds.

bob bot i dnt. i put a kind of baffle in mine to draw smoke away from the door when opened... i may try an angled back sometime now.. what is the theory/benefits to that??

I welded stoves for six months on the inside to make them nice and pretty. I would hate to see someone's lungs if they did it for 20 years. I held my breath but I decided I'm going to do something else.

@@bobbot2881 Only OCD makes seeing welds a problem.

Thanks for checking it out.

Thanks a lot.

Thanks for taking a look.

like it very much

I stick welded it but a mig would work fine

Tristan Schönet The air flows in through the side damper. I used scrap material. I used a cutting torch and welder. I have used it to boil water.

Great! I'm definately going to make one too!

If you take the top and let it overhang around all the sides you would not see the welds and give you a bigger surface. You could weld the inside nd then put one inch angle on the corners and take them in place t make it look good. Not hard to make them ook nice.

you should have a negative pressure in the fire box due to draft from the chimney. The higher the chimney, the more it will pull. My air inlet is too small in this vid and had to keep the door cracked open. Needs to be about the same size as the outlet with a damper mechanism. Air inlet placement needs be located so that air flows through the fire. Without air flow you will have positive pressure in the firebox as you have. The purpose it to stoke the fire with oxygen.

@@RPMechanics thanks

The stove pipe has to be high enough to make a natural draft and the inlet large enough for adequate flow.

Regular hot rolled steel

1/4"

Looks like stainless to me.

It's not stainless, just steel.

my shop is 20x30 and it wouldn't keep it warm on cold days. I would say 12x12 or so.

No I haven't tried to.

@@RPMechanics when you or of you do, please update.

Thanks, I appreciate that.

shhh! what he doesn't know won't hurt him... and running it thru ply wood... it'll only burn the shop down. 😆

+OILFIELD MAN Yes I could make you one but you would have to travel to Maryland to pick it up.

+RP Mechanics How much and what part of Maryland

hold on! I'm in Woodlawn near security mall! I'd like one too!

shh. don't ruin his day already, after all... he's in for a nasty lesson, and rebuilding after the fire.

Hi. I wanted to ask you . I saw your comment. Figured your knowledgeable. I just made one from a 24x24" safe. It's for my garage. What size should the exhaust pipe be ? And where should the opening for the air flow be.

I boiled water on it one time

@@RPMechanics pls make a video

It's beautiful.

Gee, thanks.

I bet it puts out a lot of heat, which is exactly what it was intended to do.

Better than I could do. I like it. Would be great for a shop.

Hey, thanks Rick.

Don't worry about guys like @pipedreams57 They got nothing better to do that critique guys on youtube. He didn't even elaborate on his comment. He must be a professional back yard wood stove builder...lol.

Thanks!