Richard Maltese

Thanks, for the discussion there's some great info here. I'll start with a 4 inch and see how that goes, maybe I'll try it with cob as you suggest Glenn.

Now that I've become a little familiar with the concepts I'd like to try and build a stove. But here's the thing, it seems like a waste to build a full scale one as a beginner.
I remember reading somewhere that the smaller the stove the higher the max temperature must be to drive the combustion. Is that true?
And is there a (simple) method for calculating these numbers?