Elvis Halilovic

Winter is here, yesterday we got some snow and temperatures plumeted. I reliased that my 60l pocket rocket is not enough to heat my workshop sufficiently, since it is quite a
big space. 6x8m and about 2m high. I tried everything, with the fan and all but still not enough, and the wood I have for scraps (small chunks) is not particularly suited for this type of stove, since it clogs up everything after a while. Adding mass to the stove...

I'm posting a picture of the stove, the legs allthough look flimsy are in fact strong and safe.

In the next picture I'm adding a stove that my father built from tire rims welded together, it's a regular
type stove but because of the large surface area it generates a greater amount of heat than the pocket rocket. It's situated In the next workshop 6x5m in size, and it heats well enough to work in. The main drawback in this
type of stove is the huge amounts of smoke it generates.

So now I'm thinking of merging a rocket type heater and using wheel rims instead of a barrel? Does anybody have any info how will a stove like that behaves since it does not have any single flat surfaces?


Thank you for the help!

Thank you for the help!

A pocket rocket is a good temporary fix for my needs. I used a 60l barrel, and put some steel legs underneath to raise it about 50cm. The workshop is warm enough to work in
comfortably. In the morning just to get the place up to temperature I ad a small fan to blow the air around, and it helps a great deal.

But when testing a lot of the heat still goes out trough the chimney. Would fins welded to the outside of the barrel help radiate heat, and hopefully reduce some of the heat
goung out?

Even my father, sceptic at first, concluded that this should be in his garage, so that's a major sucess!

Thank you again,

Elvis!

Adrien, thank you for your reply.

Today I got my barrels, and the temperature plumeted below 0°C, getting cold, so I'm really keen on making one.

I haven't seen the pocket rocket design before, what are the differences between a regular rocket stove design and this one, except that this one is probably easier to make?

If I understand correctly, you just stack the wood in the feed tube that must be 3 to 4 inches from the bottom, and the chimney is just put on top of the barrel and that takes care of

the draft? Does it need any insulation for the burn or nothing?

I really appreciate your help!

Elvis

Good day to all. Let me first introduce myselft since I am new to the forum. My name is Elvis Halilovic and I come from Slovenia.

This year I finished a project called the floating city on a lake in my hometown of Velenje, you can see some pictures of that here, Floating city
It's supposed to be a self sufficient floating modular platform, but for now it's in the first stage, from the the supposed finished setup. It has a greenhouse, composting toilet, water purification system and a holey rocket stove. Still missing wind turbines rocket stove heaters and a few other details.

I am allso a woodworker and since winter is closing in I am going to need sufficient heat for my workshop. I have a sawdust rocket type burner, but that isn't enough since most of my wood comes planed,
hence I do not have enough sawdust to keep me trough winter, while scrap wood is abundant.

I've drawn a simple plan just to ask if my proposition would work. The idea is, that the horizontal feed would have an air gap on the bottom that can be regulated in order to provide air to the fire,
instead of the clasical side burn. The reason why I don't want to use the top feed system is because a lot of my scrap is tiny pieces and my idea is they would just clog up the air intake. Just
my thougts, please correct me if I'm wrong.

All the dimensions of the tubing, is more or less guesswork accordng to what is at hand to work with, I can't seem to be able to find any formulas regarding cross section sizing etc.

Any information and suggestions are wellcome.

Thank you!

Elvis