Thanks for the video on how you burn in your shop. I'm gonna do a build like this soon for my own. I've burned in wood stoves, but never a double barrel setup. Like to watch quick little videos of good ol boys keepin it simple. Take care, Gordon.
TSIRHC SEVAS two barrels haha.. just kidding friend. The difference is you get twice the heat. If you have a bigger space to heat the double ones are really good. Also, check out some you tube videos on the ones with pipes and a fan on the top barrel. That is what I have. It puts out tons of heat. I installed a ceiling fan in my shop and I swear the thing will run you out of the shop if you don’t keep the fire down. Haha Hope that helped friend. :)
they are a good working stove I once rigged up a 5 gallon pail to drip old engine oil on my fire it made the wood last a lot longer. The stove was in a drafty old farm shed where we repaired farm equipment
Great video old timer. Forget the thumbs down and negative comments people leave. This video was awesome! I answered a few questions some people had for ya. Hope you don’t mind. I liked and going to subscribe to your channel. I like the way you roll friend! :)
Once the axe is planted in the wood, you can just lift and drop the piece of wood without ever removing the axe and it’ll cut through. You don’t need to hit it w a hammer. I hope to make a stove or two at some point. Nothing like having some good Woodstove heat in the shop.
I use wood pellets to start my stove, an ice cream tub full and a propane torch to light it, if you can use outside air for combustion, every cubic foot of air the goes up the flue has to be drawn in from outside around windows and doors cracks.
If you have a side that radiates heat towards heat-sensistive surfaces or objects, stack a small wall of cinder-blacks there, and they will become a thermal moderater, holding some of the heat and continuing to release it into the room after the fire is out.
Those double barrel stoves have been around since Heck was a pup. You could improve the fire box with a great to keep the fire out of the ashes. It wouldn't be that hard to cut that area out where the draft is and make an ash tray that slides in and out for cleaning. I would raise the door up near the top of the bottom barrel to make room for the draft and the ash tray. The great could be made out of some scrap three eights or half inch angle iron or something similar. That chimney damper was used to keep all the heat from going out the stack. That is the way Montana sheepherders do it.
A grate is not neccesary for these stoves, all it does is burn the wood faster if you have good dry wood you wont need it and it will hold coals longer, I used one for years
@@timidater4803 Bricks on the bottom are totally unnecessary too. I've used barrel stoves for 40 plus years and have never had to replace a barrel because of it burning out the bottom. Creosote eating holes in the side around the flue pipe is normally my problem.
You can find them on Craigslist, around here they can be found for $10 to $20 each, you can look for a business that uses product in 55 gal drums and they will give them to you free.The single barrel kit does a fine job too.
i saw a comment on here about creosate clogging the top barrel. but what if u got the barrels with the clamp style removable lids. and then make like a screen or creosate catcher in the top barrel. and with the removable lids....bam u got urself a creosate makin machine for the fence posts ?
Nothing like good ole wood or coal heat! It will warm your bones. I’m thinking about making one of these for an outfitter tent. The top barrel is like a smoke chamber to gather more heat, correct?
My old house had a Fisher wood stove & that thing would put out some heat, now I am never home enough to even make it feasible to have one. Good thing I have a never ending supply of waste oil:)
I had a waste oil stove in there when I was driving OTR, it was a "cheap" one at $2200 at the time, it was a lot of trouble to get it going and the oil had to be warm or it would not burn, I had to mix gas in the starter pan with a piece of cardboard for a wick. When I went to local I started the stump and tree work on the side and quickly went back to wood and sold that oil burner and a couple of barrels of oil for $700 and threw in one of the two magnetic electric oil pan heaters I had to buy to make the thing work. Never again buy another one like that. The high dollar ones are more automatic but would never pay for itself in my case, I only change oil twice a year now that I'm local and I always have wood from the side job.
I have been running it in my furnace for a year with no problems, once in a while I will dump in 5 gallons of diesel just to thin it out but since my oil tank is already in the basement it does not get cold enough to make it real thick. I made up my mind I was not paying 3 bucks a gallon to heat a house I rarely am at. If it screws something up I have 2 replacement burners I got from a friend but so far no problems, my next place will have an outdoor wood fire unit to heat my water & heat the house:)
Got mine up and running. Did my first burn to burn off the pain. Got it really hot (over 600F) but every time I shut the door the fire goes out. This is with the damper is open and the little air regulator on the front is wide open. Any suggestions? I've had a wood stove in my house for years and never had this problem
once your shop is completely organized- Are you going to perform automotive repair again for side money? or just continue to just work on Big trucks and equipment? Lotta Potential Gordon, Love all your Videos
Tbh watching how you handle stuff makes me wonder how you still got all fingers and eyes. Keep fucking about, and learn the hard way then, good advice is wasted on you.
Plenty of heat from a double barrel stove man, I used to have one in my shed a few years ago. Once a was cleaning up paper an rubbish from working on a car an accidently put an aerosol can of lube oil in it, when I got the fire going the aerosol can exploded an blew the door of it, it was a scary monet. Any great video.
That stove is way too close to that door (who puts their woodstove in front of their door?) Those wooden shelves are too close to the stove too. It looks like a fire just waiting to happen! I'm sorry but I always look for things that cause problems down the road.
Nice video for anyone who has never used a wood stove. I think the paper + kindling + oil + blowtorch is a little overkill, if you have a torch some paper and wood is probably fine. If you just have a small amount of fast kindling then the structure of your wood matters more. It's hard to tell how close your sill plate is but I have seen that burn when the stove gets very hot so you can either move the stove or place some brinks in front between the wood and the stove.
Aaron King using what he uses makes it quicker for the fire to start for him. I’m sure he don’t want to be on his hands and knees no more than he has to. If the plate got too warm I’m sure he would have made a change or two.
Once it is burning good and loaded full, it will burn 8 to 12 hours. A little stove won't last long because it won't hold much at a time. If you are loading that often, you must have the damper wide open or not have one at all. You could start a house fire if you don't use a damper. Thanks for watching.
I do it almost like you do it, only difference is , i leave dampner open a little wider and longer. It puts more heat out but burns more wood. My shop is an uninsulated metal barn thats 30 X 50 though.
Find businesses that may use products that come in barrels. Try Facebook marketplace too. I'm fortunate that a gas station/general store where I live has a mountain of them $10 a piece
If there’s no smoke from the seams of the chimney or elsewhere on the stove, it isn’t choked enough to matter. Been doing this for years. Never had an issue.
my 2 cents yes. That is correct. Double barrel = double the heat. If you have bigger space to heat they work better. Check out other videos with pipes and fans on the top one. :)
i have had a barrel last 3 years with no brick and i burn pretty hot fires in my double stack. Now i lined with actual firebrick and i think i will get many years before it burns out. The top or sides might burn through but the bottom still has paint from the original barrel on it.
The smoke heats up the top barrel, which basically doubles the warm surface area of the stove. That surface area is what heats the surrounding air, so more surface area can significantly improve the heating efficiency of the system.
Thanks for the video on how you burn in your shop. I'm gonna do a build like this soon for my own. I've burned in wood stoves, but never a double barrel setup. Like to watch quick little videos of good ol boys keepin it simple. Take care, Gordon.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@57bagre what is the difference between single and double barrel setup?
TSIRHC SEVAS two barrels haha.. just kidding friend. The difference is you get twice the heat. If you have a bigger space to heat the double ones are really good. Also, check out some you tube videos on the ones with pipes and a fan on the top barrel. That is what I have. It puts out tons of heat. I installed a ceiling fan in my shop and I swear the thing will run you out of the shop if you don’t keep the fire down. Haha
Hope that helped friend. :)
DON'T use cement block, it explodes small particles if it gets too hot, otherwise, excellent explanation of the operation.
they are a good working stove I once rigged up a 5 gallon pail to drip old engine oil on my fire it made the wood last a lot longer. The stove was in a drafty old farm shed where we repaired farm equipment
Good idea. Thanks for watching.
My dad had the same in his shop in the late 50s. He also cut the top drum and had an insert in it where he would heat up water and other stuff .
It's been a good heater for me. Thanks Wilbert.
I have a single barrel in my house been in my house for two years now no issues
Great video old timer. Forget the thumbs down and negative comments people leave. This video was awesome! I answered a few questions some people had for ya. Hope you don’t mind. I liked and going to subscribe to your channel. I like the way you roll friend! :)
Thank you sir.
Hello Gordon - sure wish I had that double barrel wood stove here in the East where we are having another shot of a deep freeze .
We're getting another week of deep freeze too. Thanks for watching Pete.
Once the axe is planted in the wood, you can just lift and drop the piece of wood without ever removing the axe and it’ll cut through. You don’t need to hit it w a hammer. I hope to make a stove or two at some point. Nothing like having some good Woodstove heat in the shop.
This guy is Mr. Gordon from Half-life.
Thanks Gordon, Exactly what I needed!
I hope it works good for you. Thanks for watching.
I use wood pellets to start my stove, an ice cream tub full and a propane torch to light it, if you can use outside air for combustion, every cubic foot of air the goes up the flue has to be drawn in from outside around windows and doors cracks.
If you have a side that radiates heat towards heat-sensistive surfaces or objects, stack a small wall of cinder-blacks there, and they will become a thermal moderater, holding some of the heat and continuing to release it into the room after the fire is out.
Good idea. Thanks for watching.
Those double barrel stoves have been around since Heck was a pup. You could improve the fire box with a great to keep the fire out of the ashes. It wouldn't be that hard to cut that area out where the draft is and make an ash tray that slides in and out for cleaning. I would raise the door up near the top of the bottom barrel to make room for the draft and the ash tray. The great could be made out of some scrap three eights or half inch angle iron or something similar. That chimney damper was used to keep all the heat from going out the stack. That is the way Montana sheepherders do it.
I agree it is possible to do all of that but too much work for as little as I use it in here. Thanks for watching.
A grate is not neccesary for these stoves, all it does is burn the wood faster if you have good dry wood you wont need it and it will hold coals longer, I used one for years
@@timidater4803 Bricks on the bottom are totally unnecessary too. I've used barrel stoves for 40 plus years and have never had to replace a barrel because of it burning out the bottom. Creosote eating holes in the side around the flue pipe is normally my problem.
Nice work Gordon. I'd like to build one of those stoves some day but I've had trouble finding barrels around where I live.
You can find them on Craigslist, around here they can be found for $10 to $20 each, you can look for a business that uses product in 55 gal drums and they will give them to you free.The single barrel kit does a fine job too.
i saw a comment on here about creosate clogging the top barrel. but what if u got the barrels with the clamp style removable lids. and then make like a screen or creosate catcher in the top barrel. and with the removable lids....bam u got urself a creosate makin machine for the fence posts ?
Nothing like good ole wood or coal heat! It will warm your bones. I’m thinking about making one of these for an outfitter tent. The top barrel is like a smoke chamber to gather more heat, correct?
Yes it does help heat. Thanks for watching.
What if you filled the top drum with water and used a pool pump or the likes and a fan? Would the hot water help heat the air better?
You can't. The pipes run through each other you would just fill the bottom with water to.
Thank you for the advice Sir very useful
Putting the stove on 4 cinder blocks would be alot easier
I've got to use my everlast welder to make me one of those.
Better to buy the kit from Amazon or Northern tool and use your Everlast plasma cutter to cut the holes.
How do you cope with the smoke smell all the time? Or how do you reduce the smoke smell
You can only minimize it at best, so you find a good woman that doesn't mind the smell, mountain man cologne!!!
My old house had a Fisher wood stove & that thing would put out some heat, now I am never home enough to even make it feasible to have one. Good thing I have a never ending supply of waste oil:)
I had a waste oil stove in there when I was driving OTR, it was a "cheap" one at $2200 at the time, it was a lot of trouble to get it going and the oil had to be warm or it would not burn, I had to mix gas in the starter pan with a piece of cardboard for a wick. When I went to local I started the stump and tree work on the side and quickly went back to wood and sold that oil burner and a couple of barrels of oil for $700 and threw in one of the two magnetic electric oil pan heaters I had to buy to make the thing work. Never again buy another one like that. The high dollar ones are more automatic but would never pay for itself in my case, I only change oil twice a year now that I'm local and I always have wood from the side job.
I have been running it in my furnace for a year with no problems, once in a while I will dump in 5 gallons of diesel just to thin it out but since my oil tank is already in the basement it does not get cold enough to make it real thick. I made up my mind I was not paying 3 bucks a gallon to heat a house I rarely am at. If it screws something up I have 2 replacement burners I got from a friend but so far no problems, my next place will have an outdoor wood fire unit to heat my water & heat the house:)
Those outdoor wood heaters are nice too but expensive and a lot of work to install.
Got mine up and running. Did my first burn to burn off the pain. Got it really hot (over 600F) but every time I shut the door the fire goes out. This is with the damper is open and the little air regulator on the front is wide open. Any suggestions? I've had a wood stove in my house for years and never had this problem
We have he same problem! I think u need to let the bigger chunks burning more before u completely close it that’s what we did and it seemed to work
I like those barrel stoves! Nice routine youve worked out. Got any truck repair videos coming sometime soon? 😁
A truck starter repair on the bench in a couple days. Thanks for watching.
Gordon's Channel Perfect! I'll probably be doing one soon! Thanks !!
once your shop is completely organized- Are you going to perform automotive repair again for side money? or just continue to just work on Big trucks and equipment? Lotta Potential Gordon, Love all your Videos
Never going back to cars full time, they're too complicated these days. I'll stay with old vehicles of any kind and small engine machines.
How much was kit
PRETTY DAMN SLICK THERE HICK 👍🏼
Never hit an axe or knife with a steel hammer, it´s a good way to lose an eye. Use a wooden baton or a bronze mallet.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? GET A LIFE!!!!!!
Tbh watching how you handle stuff makes me wonder how you still got all fingers and eyes. Keep fucking about, and learn the hard way then, good advice is wasted on you.
Hello Gordon. What height does your top barrel measure?
once full how long does it burn, 6 hours?
Plenty of heat from a double barrel stove man, I used to have one in my shed a few years ago. Once a was cleaning up paper an rubbish from working on a car an accidently put an aerosol can of lube oil in it, when I got the fire going the aerosol can exploded an blew the door of it, it was a scary monet. Any great video.
That sounds like something I might do, I'm surprised it didn't blow the flu pipes apart.
My barrel got red and sometimes yellow. 2 weeks later after daily burn barrel became weak like paper.
You got to put sand in the bottom and make sure you get a strong barrel.
or metal rack on sand
you should do like i do filler up with dry kndling let it burn for while than fill it up with large logs for a very long hot burn
how long could they last? i am planning to leave the stove heat my 50 m2 greenhouse unattended?
TSIRHC SEVAS I’ve seen some of these last for at least over 5 years.. lots of greenhouse setups on you tube..
Good luck friend
Nice setup 👊
Thank you sir.
Ever thought about putting a metal fan 5' or 6' away to distribute the heat
sorry I forgot to show you the fan on the ceiling.
That stove is way too close to that door (who puts their woodstove in front of their door?) Those wooden shelves are too close to the stove too. It looks like a fire just waiting to happen! I'm sorry but I always look for things that cause problems down the road.
PainterD54 Common since tells me he doesn't use that door.
How often do are you in that shop - I guess that's the work shop
every repair job needs tools, almost all my tools are in there, I don't think a week can go by without going in there.
Nice video for anyone who has never used a wood stove. I think the paper + kindling + oil + blowtorch is a little overkill, if you have a torch some paper and wood is probably fine. If you just have a small amount of fast kindling then the structure of your wood matters more. It's hard to tell how close your sill plate is but I have seen that burn when the stove gets very hot so you can either move the stove or place some brinks in front between the wood and the stove.
Aaron King using what he uses makes it quicker for the fire to start for him. I’m sure he don’t want to be on his hands and knees no more than he has to. If the plate got too warm I’m sure he would have made a change or two.
Kind of wet wood makes crackling sound if I'm correct
wet wood "hisses".... crackling is for other reasons
how long is your burn time per load.I dont have much hard wood so keep feeding it every 30-45 min is best I've done
Once it is burning good and loaded full, it will burn 8 to 12 hours. A little stove won't last long because it won't hold much at a time. If you are loading that often, you must have the damper wide open or not have one at all. You could start a house fire if you don't use a damper. Thanks for watching.
I do it almost like you do it, only difference is , i leave dampner open a little wider and longer. It puts more heat out but burns more wood. My shop is an uninsulated metal barn thats 30 X 50 though.
where do you get cheap barrels...this was great until I saw them being sold for $110 at the big box stores. Thx
Scott Lawder try Craigslist, I got my kit from northerntool.com
Find businesses that may use products that come in barrels. Try Facebook marketplace too. I'm fortunate that a gas station/general store where I live has a mountain of them $10 a piece
Look on craigslist,or your local auto shop will give you one for free or a few bucks.
How long can you get on burn time?
Up to a day depending on how it's loaded and the kind and condition of the wood.
Concrete blocks inside the stove lining the bottom? Would that be safe?
If they're not too big. I like clay bricks.
Cement will blow up in there thank goodness it’s inclosed
Sheila Mclaughlin nah. Just make sure you bust them up in smaller pieces.
2:16 if you closed it, what happens to the carbon monoxide, risky?
If there’s no smoke from the seams of the chimney or elsewhere on the stove, it isn’t choked enough to matter. Been doing this for years. Never had an issue.
A carbon monoxide detector would also help Alleviate concerns
What's the purpose of the upper barrel ?
Just extra metal surface that gets hot radiates more heat,guess'n?
my 2 cents yes. That is correct. Double barrel = double the heat. If you have bigger space to heat they work better. Check out other videos with pipes and fans on the top one. :)
That a Boy Gordon!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel like the drum wouldnt last a year. I used an old BBQ pit to burn trash in maybe once a week and it was just beer boxes. It died in two years.
They last a long, long time. Just put bricks in the bottom to keep the fire off the bottom and it will last many years.
i have had a barrel last 3 years with no brick and i burn pretty hot fires in my double stack. Now i lined with actual firebrick and i think i will get many years before it burns out. The top or sides might burn through but the bottom still has paint from the original barrel on it.
wow, I burnt the lid out super quick. Was pretty thick too.
if you dont use any brick , leave a bed of ashes in the floor because it helps insulate and protect the bottom on the barrel you are using
@warren michael
Or sand
So what's the point of the top barrel
The smoke heats up the top barrel, which basically doubles the warm surface area of the stove. That surface area is what heats the surrounding air, so more surface area can significantly improve the heating efficiency of the system.
@@philips.5563 Oh damn makes sense nice explanation bro appreciate it..... At first i thought he was gonna smoke some ribs lol
Most ppl don't seem to get it's best to start the fire from The top of the wood pile better cleaner burn
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Those combustible materials are quite close to that thing. Yikes.
That's what I'm thinking
You really dont oil to start a fire inside I use a weed burner to start the fire.
Do not light your stove with motor oil or gas or a mix.kindling and wood will work fine.
Hello Gardon I wonder if you can work on my truck I leave in St Louis if you can leave me your email if u can't I understand thanks
Email link is on "about" page.
Sorry, I didn't know the link wasn't working, I'll try to fix it later. gordonrdiy@yahoo.com
Gordon Robertson Thanks you Sir
Really???oil to start a fire????learn the up side down method...best way ever
I hope your insurance man doesnt watch this video,,, just sayin
skeets it’s a shop. Only matters if it’s not in his house