acafro
07-10-2016, 04:10 PM
Well this is about a year late seeing as I started this build about a year ago now. Seeing as the majority of my ideas came from here I figured I would add it to the mix to give some others ideas, and some feedback on what did and did not work for me
Here are some pictures of the process.
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Some things that didn't work well:
I left barely enough room to place fire bricks in the firebox, I would recommend using 1 1/2" angle iron instead of 3/4" in the fire box leaving plenty of room for brick.
I used 1/8" rivets for the skins and found out the stress of the angle iron expanded quickly shearing the rivets 3/16" rivets seem to work great.
I use a barrel stove door which worked out very well last season, but would like to upgrade the door at some point to something a little more tight and a tad larger.
added some adjustable legs using 5/8' threaded rod and some nuts so each leg could be adjusted individually so I could level it out in the driveway.
I also made an axle for some wheels for it with some left over angle iron and round stock to get it in and out of the shed.
I used a squirrel cage blower to add AUF. (a must have IMHO)
if anyone has improvement suggestions or questions I'd love to hear them both!
Here are some pictures of the process.
14377
14378
14379
14380
14381
Some things that didn't work well:
I left barely enough room to place fire bricks in the firebox, I would recommend using 1 1/2" angle iron instead of 3/4" in the fire box leaving plenty of room for brick.
I used 1/8" rivets for the skins and found out the stress of the angle iron expanded quickly shearing the rivets 3/16" rivets seem to work great.
I use a barrel stove door which worked out very well last season, but would like to upgrade the door at some point to something a little more tight and a tad larger.
added some adjustable legs using 5/8' threaded rod and some nuts so each leg could be adjusted individually so I could level it out in the driveway.
I also made an axle for some wheels for it with some left over angle iron and round stock to get it in and out of the shed.
I used a squirrel cage blower to add AUF. (a must have IMHO)
if anyone has improvement suggestions or questions I'd love to hear them both!