I know this video is old. But a few suggestions as I have made similar set-ups with great success. Get some fire brick and line the bottom barrel up halfway. Holds more heat and keeps it from burning out on the bottom. Run em long end from front to back as much as you can. And as high as gravity will hold them. You can also buy a non asbestos product to seal your flues and dampers. Now....you want to really hotrod it? The Singer treadle was awesome. Good place for coffee, soup, bacon and eggs, or a pot of chili or pot roast. If you have or want water in your shop you can wrap the bottom or top barrel (bottom is the hottest) with copper tubing and hook a 12 volt car battery to run a re-circulating pump. Put a water heater in the shop disconnected and keep it circulating. Endless hot water for free. You can power the pump battery off of a solar panel that won't cost much. I've done this and it works. In Virginia where I live is a place called Shirley Plantation on The James River. Built in the 1700s They had their chimney flue wrapped in pipe with a pump system. So the kitchen stove made hot water too. Best of luck brother. It ain't too hard to stop paying money. Keep your money, your guns, and your FREEDOM.
I got on this you tube video by accident and i was keen to watch it I love what was made.Please everyone that wants to do this be very careful a lot off people have been killed everywhere from cutting into a 44 gallon drum you have to make sure it has no residual flammable chemicals in it before you put a ignition source into it. If you are unsure fill it up with water before you cut it.It may save your life
In addition to that, be sure you KNOW what was in the barrel during it's useful lifetime, or pass it by. Some chemicals can kill you fast, or slow at trace levels. Just because it says "Diesel" on a label doesn't mean that was the only thing ever stored in it.
Finn CZ fill it with water and dawn dish washing liquid. Fill it until it over flows. Let it sit over night. Drain and rinse again. That should lower the risk of an explosion.
I have one in my shop, I lined the bottom with fire brick and installed a old fireplace grate. It is almost 10 years old. Best wood stove I have had! Great heat!!
Ruger is such a special dog. How fortunate you are to enjoy such a rewarding relationship. My beautiful puppy passed away last year after I rescued her 15 years ago and I still miss her companionship.
My dad and I had one in our Radiator Shop, 30 years ago... we had the double barrel option. One day the Hardware next door was being re-plumbed, and something that would never happen today, they threw out a bunch of 1 1/4 copper pipe, we grabbed it, hole sawed about a dozen holes in either end of the top barrel, and brazed the pipe into them. Then we put 1/4 inch eyelet bolts into the lip on either end of the barrel, put some pipe with caps thru the eyelets , with about 18 inches of over hang. The pipe would slide (the overhang) to either end, and we'd put a box fan on it, to move the heat which ever way we wanted it to go. It headed a two bay with large work area, Radiator shop!
Ruger is such a special dog. How fortunate you are to enjoy such a rewarding relationship. My beautiful puppy passed away last year after I rescued her 15 years ago and I still miss my girl.
Without our dogs to accompany us, the great times wouldn't be so good and the tough times would be unbearable. Looks like you have an irreplaceable, devoted friend there with you. Thanks for sharing your stove build with us.
Great stove. My Grandpa told me about one they build back in the day for a huntin cabin. Took a 15 gallon drum and put it inside a 55 gallon drum and then packed mud around the 15 gallon one. Great thermal mass. Once it was warm it was easy to keep warm..
I lived in a Cedar Log House in Sicamous ,BC for over a year with only a log burning barrel like this one in the basement of that 2 story home . It was bricked in around it and made that cellar so toasty warm , and the heat rose up through the wood/ log floors and into the upstairs . -25 outside and walking in my socks inside with no need for a sweater at all. It used to belong to the Rauma Family who built it in 1935. I loved it there . Also had a Finnish log sauna that was just incredible . My thanks to all who were involved in building that beautiful , warm ,wonderful little ordinary home
Built and used a couple of nice Barrel Stoves back in the 1970s. Did the cutouts with a jig saw with metal cutting blades. Lined the bottom with fire bricks so as not to burn out the bottom. Also ran a hot water coil through the stove. You did a nice job!!!
I really liked how you presented this video. No blabbering about how to do anything the video speaks for its self. it would be great if more presenters followed you. GREAT VIDEO
ive built and used many of these. only downside is they don't last real long. like a burn barrel they burn through. especially if you use hedge or high btu wood. best to clay the inside like you would clay a coal forge. or atleast put sand in bottom and fire brick up the sides, or they wont last all that great if you use them regularly. if just from time to time they will last awhile.
Yes this is true, but they are a good cheap solution for say a weekend cabin kind of thing, or a workshop in a not so cold climate. I agree on the clay, but I'd say use some refractory cement, it is cheap-ish and easy to do, and the other thing I'd add is a rack on the inside to keep the burning wood over the bottom of the barrel, it would make it last longer, burn better and easier to clean out if you do it right. Speaking of a clean out, that is something else I'd add is another smaller door to clean the ash out of the barrel, yes a shovel works, but a clean out is much nicer. Still for $60 and a few hours work, that is a great stove and the singer hot plate does make it a LOT more useful. Cheers from Tokyo Japan!
I put about 1" of sand in the bottom, put firebrick over the top of that as well as firebrick about 8" up the sides. The barrel was still solid after 20 yrs.
Agree. But what is the point of this ? If its for heating then rocket stove with chimney to throw out the smoke is better option. And you can cook over it too ! This one is just a wasteful way of doing it and you cannot use it inside your home nor to cook .
As a person who uses treadle sewing machines, cutting that frame up was "heresy." That being said, I think you did a fantastic job and the grate made it look truly vintage. Can't wait to build one for myself.
I've made several of them over the years for myself in my shop , my barn and for friends... and we always put on a cook plate ....but I always used flat plate with angled edges which means on the front of the stove we always had a warming plate where we could keep coffee hot or bring water in a tea kettle to a boil And if you put sand or gravel in the bottom as a liner the barrel will not burn out as quickly
I've watched so many videos about this and the initial fire where people burn off the paint off the barrel always left me cringing because they only burn the paint off the top of the barrel with paint still on the bottom and they install it indoors but I like how you burned it off with the torch. I'd do that or my initial fire would be outside with the barrel upside down to burn the paint off the bottom first followed by a second fire right side up to ensure all the paint is gone before installing it indoors. Awesome job!
I've seen the double stacks. I may do this if it ends up in the shop. I'm thinking it may end up in the house... Ledoux... the last name of single most influential musician in my life... I'm sure you get his often.
I really like the Barrel-kit.. IF u cant Build one.. Buy one. One thing i dont like is I think Exhaust port should be on Rear round area of drum.. maybe 3/4 to 7/8 up from bottom. This way the drum will hold more heat instead of going directly Up stove pipe. All in all I really Like it. Nice job.
What made the video for me was the Singer foot plate from the old sewing machine (I have one from my great grandmother) and you relaxing with your dog at the end. Great video.
I had the good fortune to work behind a company that laid steel pipe. I got a scrap piece of 32' x 40' x 1/4 wall pipe. I debated for a while and ended up building it vertical instead laying horizontal which gave a pretty nice access to empty ashes below and used a section of catwalk cut round as the wood tray and the flat top gave a nice place to heat things up on and it took up less room in the corner. Liked this video.
HAHAHAHA.......what a great idea. I remember my mother had an old "Singer" sewing machine. It was made out of black cast iron and solid oak. Back in them old days mom would buy paper clothing patterns at the local " F. W. Woolworth" store and made some beautiful clothes.
I purchased a A-Frame that sat vacant for several years in Arkansas,Over last 5 years I have transformed property .Did everything alone,learned electric,plumbing,wells,everything! Nothing is more rewarding that educating yourself and making it happen.IM 53 and have very bad back,but dreams overcome physical challenges.I paid $10,500 for house and 5 acres,be happy to share my transformation photos,keep up your dream,love your videos!I also have 6 rescue dogs that I care for,they are my life!
Great job...always place a port of water on top of the barrel to add humidity to the dry air produced by the barrel when heating a space, the pot of water acts as humidifier to help you keep your nostrils moist and breath better in a closed heated space.
Grade A number 1 class stove!!! Yes, it would probably handle any situation, but if placed in the house, might want to put a piece of steel on the floor with thick plywood under it and a sheet of aluminum in between to keep from torching your house. But you've probably already thought about that. Thanks !!! Think it's a great stove, and a percolator coffee pot would look right at home on Singer! 😌
Cool. I did not know they made kits to turn barrels into stoves. The gauge thickness in newer metal barrels is a lot thinner than thickness of barrels past. You have this one now----but in the future when you have to replace the body, if you can find a non-rusted heavy barrel from the past it will last longer. Fire bricks and/or sand should also extend life of metal in the barrel and add to the thermal mass.
+fawcems Not an expert, but I have quite a bit of experience with steel barrels from 25 years of dealing with them in the food manufacturing industry. And as a child growing up in the woods I had a lot of experience with wood stoves and fire bricks. But, I had no knowledge of or experience with kits to turn barrels into stoves.
" Brother " you read my mine, I was starting to doubt you but then you slowly brought the can of paint into focus and there it was in black and white... Hi Heat THERE on the can for the world to see.😆😆😆 My Faith restored I proceeded, I started sharing your creation with everyone...😉😉😉
It was a lovely surprise to see Rueger in this video. I have missed him. (November 26, 2019). I also miss my pets that have passed on. A nice reminder is also a treat. Thanks for including him in this video.
Now if you put a gasket around the stove door and fill up any cracks with stove cement you will have a nice air tight wood burner like mine.I also lined the stove half way up the sides inside with fire brick and put a removable grate inside the stove to cook on.On top of the stove i put a vogelzang large box wood coal grate that looks very similar to your home made grate.You did a great job.
Made Barrel Stove from unpainted Barrel around 1983 or 1984, (33 or 34 yrs.), that cost $10, with Sotz air-tight door, legs, & collar kit; which has been in use in the Pacific Northwest ever since; approx. 8 - 9 mos. of the yr. The bottom & partway up the sides have been lined with 1 inch firebrick. Have been careful not to get any oil on Barrel, in spite of cooking on it all the time. Make sure stove is on solid flooring - shored-up wood floor or concrete, as weight adds up with wood & people hovering around to get warm. Best stoves ever! Yours looks great, never painted mine, & love how you use treadle on top; a nice solid plate makes a great cooking surface too. Thanks for sharing. Peace & Love, from Oregon - Originally from Seattle/Renton/Maple Valley area.
Nice job. I actually did these about 8 years ago. I bought the double barrel kit. I had a top and bottom drum. I would light the fire in the bottom drum and use the top to help dry the wood faster. We also used to put a skillet in the middle of the 2 to cookup some fish and potatoes. I love these kits.
I like. Good job. My plan would include some hardware mesh rolled to form an outer shield to keep from accidentally bumping into it. Don't want to get anyone burned
Very Creative. Love It!!! Use what is in plain sight. Recycle Junk. You get the award of the week for those two!!! Think Outside The Box. Improvise Adapt. Overcome.
I grew up in a 2 story, 5 bedroom house in mn that we heated exclusively with a barrel stove just like this one. Just put the stove in the basement and have a airflow vent between the basement and the upstairs floor. Just ad one more thing. A secondary heat blower from the chimney stove pipe that will harvest any heat going up the chimney. If i recall correctly, over an average winter we burned an 8'x8'x8' stack of wood (maybe a little more.)
I am 54 now but back when I was 10 built a very rough model of what you have here---never had a kit or angle grinder or torch set up----but that barrel stove heated my shop for 30 yrs using only scrap wood and dead falls from a 2 acre lot---best times of my life! I had only a hammer, jigsaw, barrel and pipes---fashioned my own door out of scrap sheet metal...legs of bricks... cost: absolutely 0.
Love that Blue Grass Blues in the background!!! Awesome music. Cool design too, except it would be better if they made the kits to come with an ash drawer to make it easier to clean out. Great video.
My great great great grandpa made that sewing machine!!! I am a descendant to the singer sewing machine man... Wish he would have left me some money!!! lol...
Fantastic!!! I love it, and yes, I would use that in my home too. Nothing better than wood heat. I would use some fire bricks and maybe a rack inside for the wood. Lasts much longer and much easier to light and also to clean out. You will have plenty of heat with that baby. Sheila
Sheila6325 I had one of these in my home, just add a few inches of dry river sand in the bottom stops it burning through, heated a 3000 sq ft house in Australia
Add a second barrel on top to reclaim the heat from the exhaust. Also, my grandparents used to have heavy black iron pipe running inside and did two things, heated hot water for household use and also radiant heat.
G'day RPR, Outstanding! You, sir, are a surgeon with that angle grinder. Great work. I'm in Oz but I'm going to try to get one of those kits. Thank you!
Memories my friend I made one of a stainless heavy wall tank in 1979, it's still in his shop to this day, he bolted a glass woodstove door on it, never been painted, so it's a glass like blue brown colour, takes a while to heat, but raidiats many hours after fire out, you did nice work, thanks for the memories
I remember this video. Holy 💩, I've been watching your channel for over 4 years ? 😱 Guess the only thing left to say is, IT'S BEEN WORTH EVERY MINUTE. THANK YOU.
I took an old treadle type Singer sewing machine on a reno job that I did once and still have it [would never chop it up for a stove or anything] It works well and has the bobbins and associated threads and whatnots with it and it still works . My youngest sister who appreciates the older stuff from better times gone by so she'll probably end up with it.I like what buddy did with making his stove though.
By taking another barrel same size, cutting ot the end to make a tunnel in the center usin smaller daimeter barrels welded end to end. And a set of legs/supports like underneath the lower barrel. Pipe between the 2 straight up from bottom to top barrel. Add a pipe connection at the front and you get a heater that will run you out of a 6000 square foot building. Add a fan to blow thru the tunnel, and you can't use all the heat...
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I know this video is old. But a few suggestions as I have made similar set-ups with great success. Get some fire brick and line the bottom barrel up halfway. Holds more heat and keeps it from burning out on the bottom. Run em long end from front to back as much as you can. And as high as gravity will hold them. You can also buy a non asbestos product to seal your flues and dampers. Now....you want to really hotrod it? The Singer treadle was awesome. Good place for coffee, soup, bacon and eggs, or a pot of chili or pot roast. If you have or want water in your shop you can wrap the bottom or top barrel (bottom is the hottest) with copper tubing and hook a 12 volt car battery to run a re-circulating pump. Put a water heater in the shop disconnected and keep it circulating. Endless hot water for free. You can power the pump battery off of a solar panel that won't cost much. I've done this and it works. In Virginia where I live is a place called Shirley Plantation on The James River. Built in the 1700s They had their chimney flue wrapped in pipe with a pump system. So the kitchen stove made hot water too. Best of luck brother. It ain't too hard to stop paying money. Keep your money, your guns, and your FREEDOM.
I got on this you tube video by accident and i was keen to watch it I love what was made.Please everyone that wants to do this be very careful a lot off people have been killed everywhere from cutting into a 44 gallon drum you have to make sure it has no residual flammable chemicals in it before you put a ignition source into it. If you are unsure fill it up with water before you cut it.It may save your life
In addition to that, be sure you KNOW what was in the barrel during it's useful lifetime, or pass it by. Some chemicals can kill you fast, or slow at trace levels. Just because it says "Diesel" on a label doesn't mean that was the only thing ever stored in it.
Finn CZ fill it with water and dawn dish washing liquid. Fill it until it over flows. Let it sit over night. Drain and rinse again. That should lower the risk of an explosion.
Could have held a bad carcinogen😳 don’t want to be exposed to anything cause cancer years later
True.
I was thinking of writing this until I found this comment.
Well said
I have one in my shop, I lined the bottom with fire brick and installed a old fireplace grate. It is almost 10 years old. Best wood stove I have had! Great heat!!
Ruger is such a special dog. How fortunate you are to enjoy such a rewarding relationship. My beautiful puppy passed away last year after I rescued her 15 years ago and I still miss her companionship.
My dad and I had one in our Radiator Shop, 30 years ago... we had the double barrel option. One day the Hardware next door was being re-plumbed, and something that would never happen today, they threw out a bunch of 1 1/4 copper pipe, we grabbed it, hole sawed about a dozen holes in either end of the top barrel, and brazed the pipe into them. Then we put 1/4 inch eyelet bolts into the lip on either end of the barrel, put some pipe with caps thru the eyelets , with about 18 inches of over hang. The pipe would slide (the overhang) to either end, and we'd put a box fan on it, to move the heat which ever way we wanted it to go. It headed a two bay with large work area, Radiator shop!
Ruger is such a special dog. How fortunate you are to enjoy such a rewarding relationship. My beautiful puppy passed away last year after I rescued her 15 years ago and I still miss my girl.
She will be waiting for you when you pass. 🇨🇦
You have to love those old singer treadle sewing machines. My mums was from the 30s, I can hear it now.
Jennifer Holden that is wonderful. Nice memory!
Who doesn't appreciate the hard productive creativity of a man? Good work brother.
women !!!!!!!! modern women .... generally nowaday
Buying a kit and putting it together isn't all that creative.
Thanks for showing how to do this with very few tools and no welding.
Thanks for watching!
Love what you did with the Singer footplate. I've a lot of fond memories around those old sewing machines.
Without our dogs to accompany us, the great times wouldn't be so good and the tough times would be unbearable.
Looks like you have an irreplaceable, devoted friend there with you.
Thanks for sharing your stove build with us.
Thanks Ron! Yep. He's my buddy! He's a lot like me. Easily distracted, disappears from time to time, a little stinky etc but he's a keeper.
Beautiful, I made three of them yesterday one for the house, one for the greenhouse and one for the barn. Thanks.
Love the use of the Singer sewing machine! Great recycling of antique parts!!
Thank you.
An artist with the angle grinder...
That's what I was thinking
I agree, but he should have kept the guard on the machine.
MISANTHROPE1964 a masochist, I think. I coulda shoulda woulda done it in half the time, probably with a fifth the cutting wheels.
Great stove. My Grandpa told me about one they build back in the day for a huntin cabin. Took a 15 gallon drum and put it inside a 55 gallon drum and then packed mud around the 15 gallon one. Great thermal mass. Once it was warm it was easy to keep warm..
I've seen guys take a 30 gal and put it in a 50 then pour concrete in between. One heavy stove but it never cools off!
@@RedPoppyRanch , it should be "refractory cement", in that case...
I lived in a Cedar Log House in Sicamous ,BC for over a year with only a log burning barrel like this one in the basement of that 2 story home . It was bricked in around it and made that cellar so toasty warm , and the heat rose up through the wood/ log floors and into the upstairs . -25 outside and walking in my socks inside with no need for a sweater at all. It used to belong to the Rauma Family who built it in 1935. I loved it there . Also had a Finnish log sauna that was just incredible . My thanks to all who were involved in building that beautiful , warm ,wonderful little ordinary home
That's awesome!
great job. you proved yourself a tradesman in your layout and handy work with the grinder.
Thanks for the compliment...
Love all the action with minimal talking!!
Nice job with the angle-grinder. It amazes me how good some people are with those things.
Took years to get comfortable with it.
Fuzzy Johnson At least when you miss, it self cauterizes. lol
"No mom, I'm not cutting myself. I'm into metal fabrication now." -"I don't care what kind of music you're into!"
Cuts into flesh like a buzz saw, real quick. Recent experience.
Tru-dat, when I first took my guard off, I went to Emergicenter for
stitches. Much more respect for the tool now, never got stung again.
Love the idea of the old Singer treadle recycled for use atop the stove, a real nice touch.
Thank you!
It's wonderful how creative and self reliant people can be when not ham strung by California regulations. I love it...
Absolutely!
Genius. I have an old Singer sewing table like yours. Never ever would have thought to use the pedal like you did. Thank you.
Very well done sir!! I like how you took the time to hit those edges. The pride is in the details you can't see!!
Built and used a couple of nice Barrel Stoves back in the 1970s. Did the cutouts with a jig saw with metal cutting blades. Lined the bottom with fire bricks so as not to burn out the bottom. Also ran a hot water coil through the stove. You did a nice job!!!
I knew I watched this for a reason. The dog in your lap at the end was just icing on the cake. Who says you can't buy love.
He's the best...
I love watching these videos. I grew up in the country, I now live in the suburbs. I miss the good ole days!!
Cheap, simple and effective, it ticks all of my boxes. Great video, with minimal talking. You've just got another subscriber 👍
I really liked how you presented this video. No blabbering about how to do anything the video speaks for its self. it would be great if more presenters followed you.
GREAT VIDEO
Favorite part is the dog chillin on your lap, love it when people love their animals. PS the stove is amazing as well.
Love that dog...
love it, and especially how you let your 4 legged companion sit in your lap and spread the love, great video
ive built and used many of these. only downside is they don't last real long. like a burn barrel they burn through. especially if you use hedge or high btu wood. best to clay the inside like you would clay a coal forge. or atleast put sand in bottom and fire brick up the sides, or they wont last all that great if you use them regularly. if just from time to time they will last awhile.
I think so too, just need that little extra
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Yes this is true, but they are a good cheap solution for say a weekend cabin kind of thing, or a workshop in a not so cold climate.
I agree on the clay, but I'd say use some refractory cement, it is cheap-ish and easy to do, and the other thing I'd add is a rack on the inside to keep the burning wood over the bottom of the barrel, it would make it last longer, burn better and easier to clean out if you do it right. Speaking of a clean out, that is something else I'd add is another smaller door to clean the ash out of the barrel, yes a shovel works, but a clean out is much nicer.
Still for $60 and a few hours work, that is a great stove and the singer hot plate does make it a LOT more useful.
Cheers from Tokyo Japan!
I put about 1" of sand in the bottom, put firebrick over the top of that as well as firebrick about 8" up the sides. The barrel was still solid after 20 yrs.
Agree. But what is the point of this ? If its for heating then rocket stove with chimney to throw out the smoke is better option.
And you can cook over it too !
This one is just a wasteful way of doing it and you cannot use it inside your home nor to cook .
Awesome job . I like the singer treadle. . nice touch ! Thanks for sharing
As a person who uses treadle sewing machines, cutting that frame up was "heresy." That being said, I think you did a fantastic job and the grate made it look truly vintage. Can't wait to build one for myself.
Tina Gallagher - - agreed, please share PIX if you pursue this project!
I saved it... It was going to the scrap yard.
Red Poppy Ranch = good save!
i agree that peddle was excellent repair salvage for another sewing table
Yeah man. I was going to say I love the save, and it's damn near my favourite part of the stove! Great job!
Very good stove project you did. Didn't see any welding at all!. Love that. Great work! and cuts! Really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!
I've made several of them over the years for myself in my shop , my barn and for friends... and we always put on a cook plate ....but I always used flat plate with angled edges which means on the front of the stove we always had a warming plate where we could keep coffee hot or bring water in a tea kettle to a boil
And if you put sand or gravel in the bottom as a liner the barrel will not burn out as quickly
I've watched so many videos about this and the initial fire where people burn off the paint off the barrel always left me cringing because they only burn the paint off the top of the barrel with paint still on the bottom and they install it indoors but I like how you burned it off with the torch. I'd do that or my initial fire would be outside with the barrel upside down to burn the paint off the bottom first followed by a second fire right side up to ensure all the paint is gone before installing it indoors. Awesome job!
Add a barrel on top and double your heating capacity. Outstanding ingenuity though. Keeping you and your family in my prayers. Godspeed!
I've seen the double stacks. I may do this if it ends up in the shop. I'm thinking it may end up in the house... Ledoux... the last name of single most influential musician in my life... I'm sure you get his often.
I really like the Barrel-kit.. IF u cant Build one.. Buy one. One thing i dont like is I think Exhaust port should be on Rear round area of drum.. maybe 3/4 to 7/8 up from bottom. This way the drum will hold more heat instead of going directly Up stove pipe. All in all I really Like it. Nice job.
Howard Russell
hey howard, thanks for the idea
Ledoux? Artist? Can't find that music online.
Put the 2nd barrel on top with the stove pipe at the backend the heat will stay in better.
What made the video for me was the Singer foot plate from the old sewing machine (I have one from my great grandmother) and you relaxing with your dog at the end. Great video.
That stove is beautiful. Thank you for the video. Good time lapse and camera placement. Also impressed with your freehand angle grinder skills.
Thank you Court!
you made me think of my grandmother sewing and patching our jeans as kids...the song is beautiful...ty for sharing such a neat idea for a stove.
dude thats some great cutting. I've never seen that way of cutting a hole, like pie slices
I had the good fortune to work behind a company that laid steel pipe. I got a scrap piece of 32' x 40' x 1/4 wall pipe. I debated for a while and ended up building it vertical instead laying horizontal which gave a pretty nice access to empty ashes below and used a section of catwalk cut round as the wood tray and the flat top gave a nice place to heat things up on and it took up less room in the corner. Liked this video.
Thanks for watching.
HAHAHAHA.......what a great idea. I remember my mother had an old "Singer" sewing machine. It was made out of black cast iron and solid oak. Back in them old days mom would buy paper clothing patterns at the local " F. W. Woolworth" store and made some beautiful clothes.
I purchased a A-Frame that sat vacant for several years in Arkansas,Over last 5 years I have transformed property .Did everything alone,learned electric,plumbing,wells,everything! Nothing is more rewarding that educating yourself and making it happen.IM 53 and have very bad back,but dreams overcome physical challenges.I paid $10,500 for house and 5 acres,be happy to share my transformation photos,keep up your dream,love your videos!I also have 6 rescue dogs that I care for,they are my life!
Great build and video. The hot plate addition is a great idea.
Thank you!
Very, very nice! The Singer peddle is the icing on the cake!!
Great job...always place a port of water on top of the barrel to add humidity to the dry air produced by the barrel when heating a space, the pot of water acts as humidifier to help you keep your nostrils moist and breath better in a closed heated space.
One of the best time lapse productions I have seen in a while.
Love to watch a craftsman at work!
Thanks Dave.
Yes I agree your edit was superior.
wow...you're amazing! I love this.
you have a slice of heaven, cold day, hot fire, (sleeping dog in your arms) best friend and the sun setting on it all......
Grade A number 1 class stove!!! Yes, it would probably handle any situation, but if placed in the house, might want to put a piece of steel on the floor with thick plywood under it and a sheet of aluminum in between to keep from torching your house. But you've probably already thought about that. Thanks !!! Think it's a great stove, and a percolator coffee pot would look right at home on Singer! 😌
And update your home owners insurance. You're probably not covered with one of those in there.
This is the best DIY Job and smart design I ever seen May Singer should learn this product and put it in their Production Line Immediately
Thanks Charlie!
Cool. I did not know they made kits to turn barrels into stoves. The gauge thickness in newer metal barrels is a lot thinner than thickness of barrels past. You have this one now----but in the future when you have to replace the body, if you can find a non-rusted heavy barrel from the past it will last longer. Fire bricks and/or sand should also extend life of metal in the barrel and add to the thermal mass.
++1 on fire bricks
The thicker barrels are harder to find but I'm going to keep an eye out.
+Red Poppy Ranch
They are straight wall, they don't have the two ribs.
You didnt know about barrel stove kits but you're an expert on steel barrels???
+fawcems Not an expert, but I have quite a bit of experience with steel barrels from 25 years of dealing with them in the food manufacturing industry. And as a child growing up in the woods I had a lot of experience with wood stoves and fire bricks. But, I had no knowledge of or experience with kits to turn barrels into stoves.
Great job. This kind of video makes me smile.now I'm on the lookout for a proper barrel
Thanks Stan!
" Brother " you read my mine, I was starting to doubt you but then you slowly brought the can of paint into focus and there it was in black and white...
Hi Heat THERE on the can for the world to see.😆😆😆
My Faith restored I proceeded, I started sharing your creation with everyone...😉😉😉
It was a lovely surprise to see Rueger in this video. I have missed him. (November 26, 2019). I also miss my pets that have passed on. A nice reminder is also a treat. Thanks for including him in this video.
Great video! Its beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks!
Just LOVE people who are always thinking...and it looks good too. Impressive...thank you for sharing.
Love the doggy. Gettin his daddy love. Awe ...
Yep. He's a keeper.
I'm impressed that you were able to do all of that work in less than nine-minutes.
Dogs. Where would we be without them?!
You are an artist, son. And my heart is warmed and inspired by the creativity of we magical humans. Thank you.
Kind words. Thank you Irene!
Now if you put a gasket around the stove door and fill up any cracks with stove cement you will have a nice air tight wood burner like mine.I also lined the stove half way up the sides inside with fire brick and put a removable grate inside the stove to cook on.On top of the stove i put a vogelzang large box wood coal grate that looks very similar to your home made grate.You did a great job.
I'd love to see a picture of your stove.
Thank you!
Made Barrel Stove from unpainted Barrel around 1983 or 1984, (33 or 34 yrs.), that cost $10, with Sotz air-tight door, legs, & collar kit; which has been in use in the Pacific Northwest ever since; approx. 8 - 9 mos. of the yr. The bottom & partway up the sides have been lined with 1 inch firebrick. Have been careful not to get any oil on Barrel, in spite of cooking on it all the time. Make sure stove is on solid flooring - shored-up wood floor or concrete, as weight adds up with wood & people hovering around to get warm. Best stoves ever! Yours looks great, never painted mine, & love how you use treadle on top; a nice solid plate makes a great cooking surface too. Thanks for sharing. Peace & Love, from Oregon - Originally from Seattle/Renton/Maple Valley area.
Just want to say that I think it's awesome for a channel like yours to be growing! Keep up the good work!
Thanks Joe!
Nice job. I actually did these about 8 years ago. I bought the double barrel kit. I had a top and bottom drum. I would light the fire in the bottom drum and use the top to help dry the wood faster. We also used to put a skillet in the middle of the 2 to cookup some fish and potatoes. I love these kits.
I hope to use it a lot.
I like. Good job. My plan would include some hardware mesh rolled to form an outer shield to keep from accidentally bumping into it. Don't want to get anyone burned
Very Creative. Love It!!!
Use what is in plain sight.
Recycle Junk. You get the award of the week for those two!!!
Think Outside The Box.
Improvise Adapt. Overcome.
Thank you!
I grew up in a 2 story, 5 bedroom house in mn that we heated exclusively with a barrel stove just like this one. Just put the stove in the basement and have a airflow vent between the basement and the upstairs floor. Just ad one more thing. A secondary heat blower from the chimney stove pipe that will harvest any heat going up the chimney.
If i recall correctly, over an average winter we burned an 8'x8'x8' stack of wood (maybe a little more.)
I am 54 now but back when I was 10 built a very rough model of what you have here---never had a kit or angle grinder or torch set up----but that barrel stove heated my shop for 30 yrs using only scrap wood and dead falls from a 2 acre lot---best times of my life! I had only a hammer, jigsaw, barrel and pipes---fashioned my own door out of scrap sheet metal...legs of bricks... cost: absolutely 0.
Love the no cost projects...
U am me both......free heat is always a bonus too---Idaho and Wisconsin prob have some similar winters---right now we are at minus 4 degrees.
Love that Blue Grass Blues in the background!!! Awesome music. Cool design too, except it would be better if they made the kits to come with an ash drawer to make it easier to clean out. Great video.
Can you just add a diy ash drawer?
Nice workmanship, they should be teaching girls this in High School.
Great music great video 💯
My great great great grandpa made that sewing machine!!! I am a descendant to the singer sewing machine man... Wish he would have left me some money!!! lol...
and...on top of everything else..you are also an industrial artist!
Great video! Too many videos are made by long winded gasbags that love the sound of their own voice!
amen to that ;-)
Don't forget the hand waving and fidgeting with pieces parts
Amen to that
Slab Side you hit that nail on the head sir
Yup. I have to stop watching.
That thing was breathing!!! Nice vid with no wasted talking. Who the F would give this a thumbs down?
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic!!! I love it, and yes, I would use that in my home too. Nothing better than wood heat. I would use some fire bricks and maybe a rack inside for the wood. Lasts much longer and much easier to light and also to clean out. You will have plenty of heat with that baby. Sheila
Thank you Sheila. I will find some fire bricks before it goes into full time action...
Sheila6325 I had one of these in my home, just add a few inches of dry river sand in the bottom stops it burning through, heated a 3000 sq ft house in Australia
good looking stove
I really like how it turned out.
Thank you. Me too!
wow , what a video!
I like how you painted it... Even though it was going to be a barn stove... thanks for a great video... God bless!
Excellent video. I am buying one.
Good job. Turned out nice. This is one of my bucket list projects so thank you for increasing my knowledge today.
nice work I think this will be my next project..
Unreal work with that grinder... wow, that inspires me to cut some stuff up!! Great vid!
Thanks Phil. I've learned to use that thing like a weapon and I have the scares to prove it.
Dude that is awesome!
Man that's Awesome wood stove.
Thank you Sebastian for the music! Lovely!
Add a second barrel on top to reclaim the heat from the exhaust. Also, my grandparents used to have heavy black iron pipe running inside and did two things, heated hot water for household use and also radiant heat.
I will likely add the second barrel. Thanks Eric.
Honestly looks like a work of art.
G'day RPR, Outstanding! You, sir, are a surgeon with that angle grinder. Great work. I'm in Oz but I'm going to try to get one of those kits. Thank you!
Best of luck Bill!
Memories my friend I made one of a stainless heavy wall tank in 1979, it's still in his shop to this day, he bolted a glass woodstove door on it, never been painted, so it's a glass like blue brown colour, takes a while to heat, but raidiats many hours after fire out, you did nice work, thanks for the memories
Finally! Action and minimal talking!
Trucks Trips and Travel amen!
Believe me... This is how I prefer it!
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I kinda like when the sound is sped up, especially when hammering..
Where's Granma's sewing machine?
I remember this video. Holy 💩, I've been watching your channel for over 4 years ? 😱 Guess the only thing left to say is, IT'S BEEN WORTH EVERY MINUTE. THANK YOU.
The top damper is going to be gone in 3 months. I ran a double Barrel stove for 15 years, just keep about 2-3 inches of ash in it.
I took an old treadle type Singer sewing machine on a reno job that I did once and still have it [would never chop it up for a stove or anything] It works well and has the bobbins and associated threads and whatnots with it and it still works . My youngest sister who appreciates the older stuff from better times gone by so she'll probably end up with it.I like what buddy did with making his stove though.
2:59 love this Heavy Swamp Blues
My brother, THAT was an EXCELLENT video! Thank you for sharing !
By taking another barrel same size, cutting ot the end to make a tunnel in the center usin smaller daimeter barrels welded end to end. And a set of legs/supports like underneath the lower barrel. Pipe between the 2 straight up from bottom to top barrel. Add a pipe connection at the front and you get a heater that will run you out of a 6000 square foot building. Add a fan to blow thru the tunnel, and you can't use all the heat...
Your dog makes the video special.💞
Awesome kit project. Would you please tell me the artist/name of the song playing when you were stripping the barrel of paint?
Sebastian Forslund - By your side
Thank you.
I use those roofing torches to start fires too. No more kindling needed! Great video and project. Thanks for sharing.