Kyle Prescott

Glenn Herbert wrote:Are you thinking of the 5-gallon cans (stacked) to contain the heat riser insulation? I believe those would work fine. You would probably want to burn them off outside first, as the outer skin of the riser will mostly not get hot enough to burn clean without long hot fires, if then. I would not try to use them as the outer barrel in a scaled-down J-tube system, as such small-scale systems are supposed to be much harder to get working well than larger systems. I would try a 6" system for starters, as that will work if you get close to a correct build.

I wasnt going to stack them. I was going to use them as the outer barrel of the J tube and go 4 or 5 inch and get all ratios to follow.  They dont work as good you say ? Well if it works a little, its good enough for me as it would be a practice for an official in door 6 inch.

Let me know what you think

will no be wielding anything. I just wanted to use free materials I found around to start practice on a smaller scale RMH. I would use the metal bucket as is, respect the ratios and all.

I just need to know if the bricks will support the heat ( if they are clay ) and what are the chemicals the drum might have contained that I should stay away from. Or can I just go ahead burn it and then use it.

thanks

Hey there people. This question might be answered somewhere else. Feel free to link to the topic.

Im going to start building a  rocket mass heater outside to practice. I wanted to know which are the No-go chemicals that barrel could have contained that I should use. I thought I could just burn and clean them to be sure but I read somewhere even if I burned them this might still be dangerous with certian chemicals. Is this true ? If so could you guys list me the most common chemicals to avoid in 5gal and 50ish gal metal drums. Or if it easier, the top common one that are okay to burn up the barrel and use.

Any other advices will be welcome! ( yes I will be planning my  burn / riser ratios accordingly )

Also if any of you know if the pricks on the picture are usable for a manifold, I would appreciate

here is what I planned to use

Yeah its quite a treasure a got there. person was gonna throw em out

ok so it makes food chunk instead of grounding ??

also some of them start ot have rust on them how should I clean them

these pictures are better. I figured out the cones.

here is more

Hello everyone. I have been gifted bunch of meat grinding hardware but Im kinda lost about it. instead of all having a circle with holes like I saw years ago, most have some sorts of lid on it. when I remove it there are something inside but not sure what it for. See pictures. Could somebody explain to me what it is or point me to good reference about it.

There was also bunch of cones in the box too. they seem to be meant to grate but with what ?