Rocket stoves, or wood gas stoves, are nothing new. But there are many ideas and plans out there. It can be confusing when trying to decide which version to make. We decided to make a simple rocket stove using common materials - soup cans. A wood gas stove has an insulated burning cha...
Rocket Stoves are a great choice for people looking for an off-grid option for cooking, boiling water, and producing heat. They are a versatile solution for these 3 applications and more. There are a large range of designs available to build a DIY rocket stove for home or camp. I recentl...
It started to cook fast. I would say that this homemade rocket stove works just as good as ones that cost substantially more. It is really lightweight and it was very easy to get a fire going and keep it going with very little fuel. I just used the little twigs, sticks, and dry...
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The central feature of a rocket stove is an ‘L-shaped’ chamber that is designed to moderate airflow into the fire and maximise fuel combustion. Rocket stoves are open where the wood is fed in, allowing lots of oxygen to be drawn into the unit. As the fire starts, rising hot air mov...
Now onto the fun part, the assembly of the rocket stove. This assembly is pretty straight forward and if I leave out any details you should be able to figure out the assembly from the pictures provided. First I took a pair of tin snips like the one listed above and cut a section of...
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To build the tableware frame, I cut one 19-in. length of ¼ in.-thick board to butt against the outside wall of the drawer (with recesses carefully drilled out to accommodate the two screw heads sticking out of that) and then a 19-in. length of ½ in. board for its other end...
How to Build a Jet Engine!: I have wanted to build a functioning, jet turbine engine for quite a long time. To me, there's something awesome about the way in which so many different aspects of a jet engine come together to make a functioning unit, that i
would only be used to get the stove going when it’s cold. The only trick with this secondary firebox is that it should be sealed up tight once the main stove is running inside because any air leak in the system would reduce the draw. It’s like sucking on a straw with a hole in...