Inexpensive Wood Stove Out Of Old Fuel Barrel

Inexpensive Wood Stove Out Of Old Fuel Barrel ENERGY Wood Burners (65) 27-5-36 Cary Urka, Brethren, Mich.: "I built an inexpensive wood stove out of an old fuel barrel. I mounted the barrel on four metal legs, then cut a door into one end of the barrel and installed a baffle inside. A stovepipe chimney extends up to the building's roof. I use my forklift to haul the stove outside the shop where I clean out the ashes. A fan blows down toward the stove to help spread the heat around. A furnace filter mounts on the back side of the fan and filters the air before it goes through the fan motor. I lined both sides of the stove with fire brick and also welded a couple of angle iron stiffeners lengthwise to both sides of the stove to keep the sides of the barrel from buckling. The stiffeners are spaced 6 in. apart and located just above the fire brick. "I wash all my equipment outside the shop using an Alcoa hot pressure washer that mounts inside my shop. The washer's hose reel mounts about 3 ft. off the floor. I feed the hose out through a hole that I cut into the building wall and attach a wand to it. The washer's on-off controls mount outside the building. Lets me wash equipment outside the building during the winter without ever having to open the door. The pressure washer is equipped with its own fuel burner to heat the water. The gas tank and fuel burner coil mount behind the pressure washer tank. I attached a big pipe to the tank to deliver the burner's exhaust outside the building."

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