Hi John,
My
project has been buildt so far almost without any fixed
plans, if you know what i mean. It is a
free project guided by inspiration and by the available materials. All stuff that i bought so far, was bought trying to spend as less money as possible.
About the smoke, if i fire up my stove with matches and some
straw or pine needles and small tree branches, the smoke will come up the feeding tunnel. If i use a blow torch for 30 seconds, to start the fire, an initial draft is established towards the riser and no smoke will come up the
feed tunnel.
The exaust is (after 10 min of burning time) mostly steam. If for example it burns out of fire
wood, when i add some more while the stove is still hot, it will smoke a little, but only till the burning gets going again.