very nice rocket strove heater

[photoman290]

we had the ashbox from the range made from stainless. the range was designed to burn coal so we removed the grate and put the wood straight on to the ash box. the stainless only lasted one heating season. not a lot better than mild steel. i dont know what grade it was. think i will use ceraboard next time. the walls are made with that and they are fine.
 just to derail you some more chug i have found a interesting design for a RMH (rocket mass heater) here you go.

http://donkey32.proboards.com/thread/560/half-barrel-system

 cant wait till the field dries out enough to drive onto. have to remove a tree first that's fallen across the path then i can buy some bricks and start experimenting. if i start now i may have something working by the bbb.

[julianf]

Bob,

I offered to Brett, but it seems he is only at the planning stage, so ill offer it to you too, if youre a bit closer...

I have about 6m of single wall stainless flexi liner here (5" dia) that ive not been weighing in as i figure it must be useful.  Its exactly the thing that you would want for a RMH flue.

I also have a load of night storage heater bricks, which would, i think, be ideal for the burn chamber...

Keen?

[photoman290]

hi Julian , the bricks would be very handy. i am planning to use 8" flue so hang onto that. give me  ring if you come down here and i meet you in town. i have had loads of old storage heaters in the past but got rid of the bricks.

[julianf]

I suspect that its likely you will be up this end, before i have call to travel back down to the edge!

But, if it works the other way, ill be sure to bring them.

They seem easy enough to pick up here - i think it may be due to the way the tips are operated here.  Metal is free, but hardcore is charged.  So there are probably quite a few knocking about (i put a note on freecycle, and was offered them by a number of different people!)

[Chug]

yeah I like the half barrel one Bob, love the old scythe damper too!

How about a biscuit tin version of this one, a simple campstove, typically I threw out a few biscuit tins from xmas last week and now aint got one to play with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWAsGAi08iI

or this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmaCPQ1Aq50

[photoman290]

I suspect that its likely you will be up this end, before i have call to travel back down to the edge!

But, if it works the other way, ill be sure to bring them.

They seem easy enough to pick up here - i think it may be due to the way the tips are operated here.  Metal is free, but hardcore is charged.  So there are probably quite a few knocking about (i put a note on freecycle, and was offered them by a number of different people!)

not planning to go much further that penzance fort a couple of months unless a booking we are waiting to confirm comes though in about 3 weeks.  i have put an ad on freegle. all the ones i had went to people wanting to build patios with them.

[julesandtash]

I'm happy to act as an intermidiary if Julian wants to bring them to my place and you collect from me Bob?

[photoman290]

hi jules that would be handy,thanks. i want to come over for a pep talk when i get the processor  finished anyway. i have all the bits just been just wet and windy to work outside. well in the yurt but that's more or less outside anyway. i had it all set up and the morning i had to go away for 3 weeks the roof blew off just as i was setting off!! everything in there is a bit damp. need a bit of dry weather before i try and sort it out. at least the processor  bits are in the coach. i will experiment with red bricks  first then try the fire bricks if they fail.

[julianf]

"breeze" blocks are really nice thermal insulators, and they last a fair while, but not forever - you may like to try them too?