tony uljee

needed to roll the sheet iron pieces ,which i intend to sheet around the flue pipe   ,into a 13 inch tube ,or close to it as possible , tried to  wrap it around a piece of 12 inch wavin pipe but this stuff is slightly thicker than i have used before so it just kept springing back , figured that if i could wrap it around a small diameter it could work , so fixed it onto the old telegraph pole ---some pulling and using rachet tie downs got the result needed

the 3 side pipes protrude into the 3 upright sections ,not quite halfway into them , my rough calculations   of flow using the 5 inch stainless flue sections ,meant 2 of them would not be enough , 3 of them would be more than the 6.25 pipe , but with the bends and turns plus protruding sections  would cut back on the extra  CSA  . I now have all the sections up and the cowl , just to wrap it in rockwool and sheet around the pipe work , closed the stove top surface up and closed the stove door , opened the primary air  and there is a slight draw already  , going to try a smoke test ,or if i can get the top glass in and seal off the whole top assembly for a test fire .

still working away , had to abandon the idea of sheeting the flue pipe with corrugated iron as its just to much forcing the pieces to match up , fortunately the corrugated iron can be recycled into my next project ----a duck shelter----so had to buy some flat sheet iron ---which is on its way---in the mean time i have made up a flue cowl from some scrap , and if it does nt work as anti downdraft ---could be hooked up as a phone mast.

still at the assembly stage of my flue sections , its been fiddly work making all the little bits so i can steady the whole lot against the wind when it becomes a one piece structure, there has been less time to put in  , due to xmass and newyears meals and beer  ---  meant more time off the scaffold than on it. Just getting past our new year freeze up now as well , cant travel on our local roads and couple of power cuts have made things a lot more rustic than we usually live with. But its easing up and should be over by this weekend coming , but this meant more inside time and online distraction , which has resulted in my purchase of a pair muscovy ducks, and in true last minute planning i now have to put up my electric bird fencing, a shelter and some weed whacking of the small field for all of this.

just reading over this and thinking that if it a small house ,that a batchbox style heater would nearly cook you out of the house , so my vote ---and its biased ---is build the walker cookstove ---plenty heat and oven with add on options---some of the explanation and origins of the riserless core can be read on matts   , permasteading.com   site/forums he set up some years ago , theres some info on when he was just starting out on the development of it and another earlier posting on during a stove build that had a riser failure  he noticed and observed from this what might be happening  , and he was then able to work it out and develop it further.

sorry no idea where it came from --p interest ---most likely---heres another similar one---even a bit more stylish ----wish i had the time and skills to develop for these

okay so its the festive season , i am going to wade into this ---so to speak -- a comfortable chair to sit on --like a throne almost ----pre warmed up and all ---sit down read a book ---take in the ambiance ---finished --- clean up ---close lid ---divert valve flap ----to re route hot flue gas over the contents ---desiccate them out ---burn off the smell ---later on access the clean out chamber ---dispose of the ash. This is not my pic , and its not a toilet ---but with some modification -----add in a re routed flue ---a toilet seat and drop down chamber ---clean out grid---- perhaps some festive led light strung up--- i give you the ---christmass krapper

40 miles per gallon , thats less than i used to get driving my 1200 cc ford anglia 105 E , which although basic ---had a roof , wind screen and wipers ---a heater ---seated 4 people comfortably ---and a boot for some luggage----now i did nt play golf ---so i cant recall that it could be used as a golf cart---but it did  go fairly well on the highway  and keep up with the flow---so i can not see the major advancement to this design

managed to get this in and a section of flue through the wall , with the 90 degree outside ,so its another 3 sections of flue to go ---straight up and the top cap ,temporary bracket at the rear was to just keep the flue pipe  in place for the outside section to stay in place and steady it----but i think it will stay now ---as i have a plan for it----also made the secondary air inlet adjustable--- progress has been  slow , been some heavy rain and winds --had to tie down the planks onto the scaffold -----and place two barrels of water  on to the lower planks---keep the whole lot weighted down ---last big storm it lifted the scaffold and tipped it---fortunately into a tree ,so all the planks just slid off to the ground----also had to repair my polytunnel as well ---the back section of twinwall sheet blew out and tore off ---had to salvage the good bits and use some offcuts to repair and strengthen ---so its been an interesting past 2 weeks.  Big thanks for my new status as well

good result, and maybe a first on the forum --a stove built from scratch and worked at to get it going ,improvements made and shown ---and now how its running and performing ----congratulations -----i myself am still working away at mine ---the flue is becoming a major engineering project in its self