This man is very special. I live in upstate ny and I have done a lot of research on what it was like to be a hermit in the Adirondacks a long time ago. I do a ton of backpacking and I am an ADK 46er. I grew up loving the outdoors and I would of paid a million dollars to have someone like him to be a friend or neighbor. He is a dying breed with more knowledge then I think many realize. Much respect my friend , I would love to be able to spend some time in the woods with you. Just good old knowledge of the outdoors. Thanks for the wisdom.....

I built your last stove, the 5 gal bucket stove. I also built your plastic tarp got tent. My daughter and I have enjoyed many winter nights camping here in Vermont thanks to you Lonnie! Last weekend it dropped to -25 below! Your tent kept us warm. Thanks so much for this new upgrade. Off to the shop I go. Incredible Lonnie, your simply incredible. Thanks again so much for your time to make these videos.

Thanks for bring up the dangers of galvanized steel... Worked in a mill for forty years producing galvanized coils and products.. Had quite a few instances of zink poisoning while welding and brazing on it. It is a great product and entirely safe after a couple burns but can surly make one sick if not respected.. PS drinking milk helps the nausua..lol Not meant to scare anyone.. like you stated perfectly safe after a burn or two.. Just wanted to say thanks for offering the warning!

Fantastic project.. I wish my dad was still alive to see this. He was a huge fan of DIY, and loved the process of finding and using ordinary tools and materials to build stuff that looks like it would take more exotic tools. Techniques to bent sheet metal that Lonnie shows are highly functional, and can be done by almost any crafty person with common tools. Bravo for a great lightweight stove project.. with really excellent DIY methods illustrated. Hi to Connie too!

I was totally amazed watching you build that stove with just tin snips hammers and wood blocks and clamps! Quite a change from some of the other channels that have a 5000 square foot garage and $100,000 in tools! Very nice project and excellently done. Thank you so much for sharing enjoy the video immensely!

I absolutely love your hot tent do it yourself videos. In fact it was because of you a couple of years ago when you made the first DIY hot tipi video, got me hooked on them. Thanks for everything you share, you are a blessing to the outdoors community.

That was just great brother, headed to the shop now, with your video on my phone, in hand, to build my own version 😀 THANKS

Remember everyone. He is totally correct and is speaking the truth. Burn stoves made of galvanized steel outside before using them in a walled tent or tipi. The zinc vapors are toxic in an enclosed space. The residual coating will allow for some resistance to rust and won't be toxic unlike during the burn off. Great video brother and glad you included the safely warning!

Father Lonnie giving another inspiring sermon...amen

Your voice is so soothing. I watch your vids at night b4 bed as it sends me of to the land of nod. In a good way of course. 👍🥃🥃cheers from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

One of the best instructional videos on KZfaq. Thank you!

I saw how fast you hammered that block to make that fold....even though most people think you sped up the video, I think your secret is out. Only Santa or his elves can hammer that fast...and you do live pretty far north......

Having been a sheet-metal mechanic for 20 years, I can tell you that better options exist. The 7" round duct pipe that you used is really thin (looks like 30 gauge) and won't last all that long. Options: Look around for heavier gauge (22-26), often used as flue pipe. It will of course be harder to bend/ manipulate, but the end product will be worth your time and efforts. Also, putting a "cross-break" into the sections that are the sides and bottom (a very slight but visible bend in the shape of a X diagonally corner to corner) will add strength and rigidity to the stove without any added weight. However, I suggest going scrounging around any local job sites or scrap yards looking for rectangular duct already made. You can easily find it in the size, shape, and thickness (gauge) that suits your needs, often already including things like end-caps, making final construction much easier as well as your bends are mostly made for you. Approach: There's no need to use a drill to begin a hole in sheet-metal at these gauges, simply lay the corner of a flat-head screwdriver where you want penetration (center of you soon to be hole), and holding it firmly at about a 45 degree angle to the sheet-metal, simply give it a whack with a hammer, opening a small hole, simply drag that screwdriver along and whack again. In this manner you can open a void in the metal as short or as long as you'd like, enabling you to easily get your tin snips in to make your cut of any shape you need - without the need for any electricity... it takes literally only seconds. Finishing: I would suggest also adding red High-Temp silicone sealer to the seams during assembly, to seal the seams and make the stove more efficient. The flue pipe exiting the stove - Use a small end-piece (crimped male end ) and make a several cuts in it's crimped end up to the rolled bead that makes the flue pipe mate against it's next section. Cuts should be about every 1/2-3/4" making a bunch of "tabs". Insert this "starter collar" you just made into your stove's flue opening until it bottoms out against that rolled bead, then reaching into the stove simply bend those tabs out and up against the top of the stove metal, like opening flower petals, making a very secure, semi-sealed but not permanent connection. You can crimp the top of this pipe where it exits the stove if you choose (if you have hand-crimping tool) or just run your flue pipe sections "backwards" with male ends facing down rather than up. This way you have a starting collar already installed, and it also protects your flue opening from getting deformed during transport, and it also helps stiffen up that area where you placed the hole in your stove top. Lastly, you need to insert a flue damper in that starting collar or in the first section of flue pipe on top of the stove. You can make one yourself easy enough with a long heavy nail and a piece of scrap sheet-metal cut into a circle: Use that screwdriver technique (or a drill if you choose), I usually just hammer that nail into it from each side so it mates with the nail perfectly without being too large a hole .. and put two opposing holes into the flue pipe just allowing the nail to slide in one side and out the other. This nail can attach to the pipe as you wish, as log as it's secure and allows you to control the amount of air rising through the flue. Between this, and that perfect air intake control you made, you can control this stove very precisely for temperature and burn rate, getting the most of your fuel. None of this was criticism (I love the job you did) just some pointers you may wish to consider for the next stove. Stay well.

Clearly the best DIY wood stove on youtube. Congrats !

Wowwww, what a fantastic project. Congratulation to this awesome video! Greetings from Switzerland Felix

Great Job, Lonnie. You did a nice job on it with it being made with Stove Pipe instead of flat metal👍🏼 I have've been welding Galvanized steel for over 50 years and I'm still kick'n around......Noth'n wrong with me. Noth'n wrong with me😉

Learnt quite a lot again from this one. I haven't worked much with sheet metals, and I never would have thought to seal the front and back panel with a "double fold" in that way, almost looks like you wouldn't need rivets at all. Tricks like that tend to come in handy in other projects as well. Thanks for the video!

.good tips too keep warm, inexpensively..thank you..this could heat my ice fishing shack..

I have watched a couple dyi hot tent stove builds yours is by far a more superior build than anything else I have watched.....great job and thanks for passing on the torch!

I think this guy is one of the best on KZfaq and stuff is real practical and expensive and you don’t need a bunch of special tools to get the job done.

Now that is real craftsmanship along with brilliant thinking.

I really enjoyed the video, you did a fine job on the stove. About the only thing I might want to suggest is painting it after the galvanize burns off, to keep it from rusting. First thought might be the bar-b-que paint, DON'T waste your money, it'll burn off faster than you can paint it. But what will work is 2000 degree engine paint made by Rustoleum . I used it on stoves here and have yet to see it burn off.

Hi Lonnie: Over the years I have had a number of times arise when I was in search of an answer to camping problems; you have miraculously provided the answer. Once again you have performed your miracle. Thanks for a great video. Brian 78

Lonnie, excellent stove build! I’ve only got one complaint, three days ago (no kidding) I decided, my wife told me to, buy a production sheet metal wood stove and stop trying to build one. $310.00 dollars, and that was one of the lowest priced. Now you put this post out and it’s exactly what I was thinking of. The production model uses the same gauge metal too! My brother and I heated a cabin in the matsu valley east of Palmer all year long for years with a sheet metal stove, “Airtight” brand, that was oval shaped and had about the same gauge thickness metal. We got it hot enough to see through a few times and it worked fine for years! All the best!

Lonnie I am impressed I worked with sheet metal for over 20 years and you done a excellent job with simple tools that most anyone would have this is one of the reasons that I enjoy your videos a real bush man doing real stuff for others. Thank you and Connie #1 camera man

Nice work, Lonnie! I worked in the trades for long time, and I don't know any tin knocker who would do a better job even given more elaborate tools! You never cease to amaze us! Thanks for showing us how to make a really nice affordable stove, and thanks for another great video!

I feel like I'm watching Bob Ross meets Bob Vila meets Old Yankee Workshop and then thrown out into the Alaskan Wilderness. This is great. Thanks for your channel!

Blows my mind finding this channel. Finally a fellow woodsman that thinks outside the box like me.

Awesome job Lonnie! Your ability to take ordinary items and turn them into bushcraft gold is amazing. That thing burns sweet too. Can't wait to make one myself. Thanks for the detailed instructions.

Lonnie you have a great pair of hands what a stove

Wow, that's thinking outside the box, very ingenious. L@@King @ all these wood burning stoves on the market, & they're all over $400 or more. U made yurs from galvanized steel, economical. Love the way U bend the metal w/ hammer & wood, & mallet. Thx 4 sharing on Utube.

Well done, looks like a text book example of DIY sheet metal work!

This is so great! A decent camp stove that anyone can build with basic tools and a small budget... Thank you so much for this one!

Hi Lonny my friend, again great demonstration of skills and craftsmanship, I’ve you live in a area like you both, it’s important know how to build and repair things on your own, thanks for the demonstration, take care, Taro

That was a gold medal DIY project. You should be proud.

Very cool design, you put that together like a natural. Great to learn about the galvanization and how to stay safe by burning it off.

After burning off the galvanizing (Zink) I would and have used high temp flat stove black paint. I see a few of these being made over the summer in my shop to give to the homeless people in our local tent city.

Informative, entertaining, and I can still understand him when I play the video at 2x speed.

Great job Brother! Thanks for stressing about the toxic fumes till burned off! Love and God Bless! Uncle Jeff!

Great stove and the whole process well explained. I was glad to hear you saying to burn off the galvanising outside first. Thanks for taking the time to make a video of it

I'm really impressed with the clean edges, and professional look to it. Who'da thunk you wouldn't need a sheet metal break to get these results.....

Hats off for the functional & beautiful final result using sooo few & simple tools. Thanks for sharing. This, like all of your videos , is very inspirational and it shows what can be done & achieved with dedication, perseverance and a bright mind! This is more in need today than ever and I thank the Lord for generous people like you who share their knowledge. God bless both of You! ATB from Germany, Gereon

On of the best instructional videos I've seen.

Excellent use of the materials, building the stove body by using the same "stovepipe" material originally meant to serve as a tube. Thanks for showing the flange treatment for the stove top Exhaust Hole. It's too easy to forget about the Ductility of the metal. Patience is the tool I forget most often. People need to be reminded of the VALUE of (1) having a few essential tools; (2) knowing a little about how to use'em; and (3) setting aside some space to build useful things from materials that can be salvaged and put to new uses.

very nice sir, I built a 5 gallon can stove, now I am interested in building my version of this stove. Good quality workmanship Lonnie Thanks

Really nice job....I have made a few..the baffle also concentrates heats on the stove top...speeds up cooking time.

Old school craftmanship. 👌

I've learned a heck of a lot about working sheet metal & how to do it without expensive equipment. Also, very well engineered little stove!!! Thank you very much sir!!!!!!! And you did a great job explaining the processes as well. THANKS AGAIN !!!!!!!

Lonnie, you are the man!! Thank you for sharing this 👍👍

Wow Lonnie, another brilliant job. Your emergency super shelter and the DIY adjustable wire cable bail are other great videos in your Good Mentor library. Simple components, patient craftsmanship, resulting in an outstanding and functional stove. Your beaten stove pipe collet was a joy to watch. A great project for a teenager - make something with your hands. A humble suggestion. Two pieces of expanded steel mesh 5" x 19" could form an effective fire grate and protect the base of the stove from burn out and aid combustion. Wishing you and Connie warm nights and delicious meals form this wonderful DIY stove. Kind regards from Greg in Thailand

Lonnie you and your dear wife have been such an absolute blessing to me. You’ve taught me so much. I truly appreciate all you share. Thank you so, so much. God Bless ~Lisa

Great work. There's nothing better that make something by your self.

You can use Muriatic acid to strip galvanized metal as well. Good for applications where burning it might be a problem

Your a world of information Sir!!! Thanks much and blessings to you and your family 😇 🇺🇸

Hi Lonny, I really liked the stove build. I built one that works like that about 12 years ago. Only I used 16 gage steel and pop rivets. A friend of mine had a sheepherders stove that was about the size of a 6" log inside. It was a metal box with a pipe on top. It burned wood so fast that by the time you got it full and put a pot on for coffee it was out of wood. So to save time we put a 4" log in the door and every few minutes we would shove in another foot or so in. My first stove had a baffle inside, tight to the back and an opening at the front of the stove just above the door about two inches back. It did not work so well. So I put the baffle tight to the door end and open at the back and a second one above that tight to the back and open to the door end. The smoke then would have to go to the back of the stove turn go to the front and then along the top of the stove and out the chimney. You could put a good fire in the stove at four o'clock and not have to put more in for two hours or more and the tent stayed warm 75 degrees that whole time with 14" of snow on the ground. If you needed dirt for the bottom of the stove wait for the first fire to burn out and shovel the dirt out from under the stove and put about an inch inside and the ground stayed warm not hot. Good place for wet gloves, boots, socks and so on. I live in Colorado near the mountains. Sorry for the long comment but I thought you would like to know. I can send a picture if you IM me with a email address. Have good adventures.

Your the bob Ross of survival, i love it. Keep up the good work good sir.😁👍

Good insructions. I think I could build one. Thank you for sharing with us. Thumbs up for sure.

Well thought out and simple design! Great work Lonnie!

I absolutely loved this video and was glued to it. This is proper old school workmanship. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Stay well, stay safe and God Bless. Ash 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hello Lonnie & Connie, it's good to see another video, thanks for showing how to make a camp stove, I'll have to try my hand in making one, Y'all have a safe week up in Alaska. God bless you and your Family always. 🇺🇸☕️🔥🌨

Outstanding project - fantastic job Lonnie! 👌👍 Thank you for sharing this...

Thumb up #100! The Mad Fabricator strikes again! Awesome build Lonnie! Cheers

This gentleman is a skilled outdoorsman. Thank you sir, for your teachings. I'm going to subscribe now, because anyone that can show us how to bush craft on a budget, is a ok in my book.

Lonnie, you continue to amaze me!

Fantastic job Lonnie as usual superb craftsmanship and love the use what I had attitude

nice little stove and well built but I can't believe you did that without glove's

Awesome I like this video because everything you're used to make your stove. It's stuff that people has at their house or it's not that expensive for them to purchase at a local hardware store.

It's nice to spend time with simple God-fearing folk living in harmony with nature.

Good job on the stove , looks awesome . I may give this a try . Thanks for sharing .

Mighty fine work there.

what a cool DIY project and with simple hand tools too, even using the copper pipe for stove legs, excellent video

Super cool! Excellent use of what could be just scrap metal to someone else. All that cutting, bending and hammering, no gloves, and not a single cut! I'da gone through a whole box of bandaids! Man's a magician!!!

Good job. And another great video. Thank you so much lonnie

For me I would be aware of bottom burn through after a number of uses. Keeping a nice layer of ashes in the bottom can help that. Also an extra layer of sheet metal bent to go up the sides a little that can be slid in would help and be replaceable. Just some ideas. Nice work at adapting available materials. Thanks.

Very nice workmanship Lonnie. That's a dandy of a stove. Thanks for showing us how to build one.

If i dont look at the vid i keep thinking Johnny Cash is telling me how to build a stove, your voice and calm way of talking is a lot like his! Also, i love how methodical, clear and complete the tutorial is. You explain everything really clear and leave nothing out so even complete newbies wont get stuck. Really good!

Nice one Lonnie!! Lars in Russia, would approve

So well done! These stoves are exactly what I've been looking into lately. Why the thumbs down?

Thank you so much for that video. I wanted a stove but couldn’t really afford to buy one right now. I’ll certainly give a shot at making one . Thank you man!

Duncan here, Sir, I just had to say that I have added this video to my favorites ! Thinking that I need to try and build one. Thanks so much for sharing ALL of your videos with us !!

Well done Lonnie. I did a similar one with duct work and worked real well yours looks more professional though

Lonnie, I thought you'd like to know that I finally broke down and bought a French Coffee Press. Best coffee ever. Smooth, rich, satisfying. Absolutely no bitterness, just the best coffee I've ever had ... even using my regular name brand coffee. I love it. And it's all your fault. Thanks. I love you guys.

I resonate with your fabrication style, just a hammer, blocks of wood, and clamps. No special sheet metal tools required.

Great video my friend. Easy to follow and well described.. If I may say, I especially loved the chipmunk voices and that speed hammer you got there...

Fantastic job, Thank You, I'm dreaming of Alaska

a lot of patience and commitment. Great job brother. God bless.

The likes should be higher with the number of views. I think people were trying to build while watching and autoplay skipped to the next video before they could like it.

This is AWESOME! I can't wait to make one!

Hey great job guys . And a very good video , well thought out .

A lot of time and effort and thinking went into this. Thanks for sharing it.

I cant express how much time this channel has saved me of fiddleing around nothing but the best here keep up the good work can’t wait to start my own stove project

That is some fast hammering

Well done sir!

Looks like a Shepard stove I used for YEARS living off Grid..heat, cooking Wonderful stove...

What a great project how-to video. Glad there was no welding required

That's pretty dog gone cool , good job !

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Man, for an inexpensive build with basic tools and materials you did a remarkably nice job on that stove. I will definitely try my hand at making one. Looks like it would be great for an ice fishing hut. Thank you again for yet another great video.

Lonnie, Interesting video! You have shown how someone can save several hundreds of dollars with your design. Thank You

That was quite the ingenious use of duct work for a DIY hot tent wood stove. One thing I might have done would be to bend the stove pipe 'collar' to the outside of the stove on the top. This will still allow for a good connection for the chimney but not take up as much room in the stove body itself. As for the baffle did you leave a small gap from the back of the stove? This will aid in first starting the stove. How much do you figure this stove weighs?