Andy Koehler

Im sorry I should have been more clear I was just brain storming. Im sure I can get clay, im collecting all my material then my clay. Thank you for the great knowledge I really appreciate it!

Hi everyone
I was just sitting here and I got to thinking.
What about oil dri from the automotive store as clay to make cob?
Its made out of clay with no chemicals added.
Could this be a option for people in city's

I got my hands on a dump truck full or red clay! I don't think I have a need for that much but it was the deal and for free I couldn't pass it up!

I gave up on making beer with a rocket stove, I'll just stick with my electric brewing, now I know how it works and how well it works I'm going to build me a big one for my shop, thanks everyone that helped me through this

Hi guys
I have collected most of my material to build my 8" rocket mass heater, I have my 8" riser out of quarter inch steel, my drum my bricks,30 feet of 8" stove pipe
Perlite, but I have no idea what kind of clay, I asked my father if we had clay on our property he told me no, he said he can get me a truck load of orange clay, is orange clay ok to build a rocket stove, if not what kind of clay would you suggest?
I'm in south jersey if that matters I have also read the rocket mass heater book a few times and purchased some plans from Ernie site so I could see what I was getting myself into and it looks like a fun build
Thanks everyone
Andy

It's getting there, it works quite well! I insulated the riser and welded a piece of 10x10 on the top.
Now it's time to build a real one in my garage!
Thanks everyone

Thank you very much!
I picked up a piece of 10x10 box tubing. So should I cut open the side of my stove and cut the 4" out of the middle and keep the 6x6. Or keep it all together and weld the 10x10 around the 6x6 and my plan was to hing the top plate of 10x10 so I could stick a pot on top to boil water and I was going to use a 4" tube to vent it. My plan is to build a nice rocket mass heater for my garage this one I was just playing around with and maybe get a little bit of warmth in my garage
Thanks again

I will post some new pictures tomorrow. I was wondering should I do a 10x10 mass around the 6x6 I was gonna weld a 1/4 plate stainless steel on the top of the 10x10. Do you think it will be enough? Or should I leave the top open to cook on and boil water?
I'm sorry about all the questions

Here is the dimensions. It's all built out of 1/4 steel.

Thank you very much! what is csa? Can I use sand to insulate I know I should use perlite? Should I put a ash drop in the bottom? Or should I cut off the L and make it straight and weld and plate 1" high. I couldn't get the fire out of the top unless I burned leafs the fire was sucking inwards and no smoke was coming back the wood I had was wet so I couldn't really give it a great test run I hope with better wood I can use the stove to cook and boil water for beer.