Beer Keg Makes Hot Little Stove

Beer Keg Makes Hot Little Stove FARM HOME Miscellaneous Richard Spencer wanted a one-of-a-kind wood stove and that’s what he got when he recycled an old beer keg and other parts he picked up After a year of heating his small North Carolina shop the stainless steel exterior still shines     The exterior turns a gold color when there is a fire in it he says and the stainless steel throws out plenty of heat     The keg’s openings helped him place the door and stovepipe He used an angle grinder and a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade to cut out the door He replaced the wooden plug with heavy gauge wire screen on the inside with threaded rod and an old doorknob to create a damper The door opens and closes on a heavy brass hinge and latches on bolts and steel he fabricated The spring handle off a charcoal pit screen doesn’t get hot     Spencer says he used a cobalt drill bit to cut out a 3-in chimney hole where the cap screwed in on the top of the keg A friend made a heavy steel nipple that he inserted from the inside The protruding bolts hold a 4-in stovepipe in place     “I think I will expand it to a 5-in pipe to get a better draw ” Spencer says     He adds that he cut and shaped firebricks to line the bottom and topped them with a section of heavy barbecue grill grate on bolt legs to hold the wood Wood up to about 10-in long fits in the keg stove     “I wanted something nobody else had It didn’t cost much to make — just time ” Spencer says     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Richard Spencer 18 N McNab Ave Gloversville N Y 12078 ph 518 775-7407

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