How many professions do you have? 1. wood worker 2. metal worker 3. furnace maker 4. chimney sweeper 5. electronics technician 6. camera man 7. cutter 8. media producer 9. this space is meant to be filled by you Awesome man, awesome!
The rattling is known as 'Panting' in large boilers. Basically, the furnace uses all of the air available and then pulls a partial vacuum which then pulls in a gob of air and the cycle continues.
@@TheyForcedMyHandLE If I had to guess, adding more air to the original stove would have lead to it burning faster and faster, until it was "panting" again, but burning more fuel while doing it. Or more air would lead to the fire just burning hotter and hotter until it either overheated the workshop or set the place on fire
Good post my friend. That's really good to know. Seems like you could put a one way valve the would let the vacuum suck open the valve to let air in, and stop that from happening.
I had coal boilers do this when the front door was opened , it would start huffing , a bit scary to say the least , it would be caused by stirring up the coal and releasing gases causing a sucking of air then a flash burn . Shutting the door would bring control back . I've seen pictures of this type of stove that was used during the big lumber cuts in early America , all that saw dust helped heat buildings at the mills .
BEST THING FOR CLEANING THE GLASS believe it or not forget fancy expensive cleaners its "TEA" cuts straight through burnt on smoke. Used this non abrasive solution for nearly fifty years. Great vid
It's great to see someone do so many different things (woodworking, improving an oven, building a CNC machine and doing some electrical work...) and doing it right, not just "somehow".
Woofing is what's happening there. Same thing happens with room sealed fan assisted gas boilers when they ignite with a thump. It's caused by a lack of air, or rather a lack of oxygen to feed the level of combustion. When some of the sawdust falls down, the sudden increase in temperature ignites the secondary gasses being given off by the wood. That rapidly uses up the available oxygen and if the air supply can't keep up with it then it creates a vacuum which pulls air back down the chimney. When the air drawn down the chimney hits the fuel it reignites and the process repeats. Woodburners really need a throat plate in the chimney to balance the in/out. Makes them more efficient too as the higher temperature will allow the secondary combustion of the gasses. That spanner idea was awesome. Now i need to create a need for one.
how do you install a throat plate in the chimney? ive only ever had my outdoor furnace woof a few times in the past 8 years but im curious about any improvement i can make.
The fire is not drawing air down the chimney causing the puffs of smoke in to the room. Only atmospheric conditions will cause the chimney to work backwards. I agree the problem is not enough oxygen to ignight the gasses of combustion (normaly it goes up the chimney and knowone notices) but when you get sudden ignitions, well gasses, confined space = explosion. A lot of stoves have a Terchary air vent to constantly supply a small amount of oxygen over the top of the fire. Normaly some kind of tube with several holes. It will allso will improve efficiency.
@@lewis24666 The fire will draw air down the chimney regardless of atmospheric conditions if a vacuum is created and you have the situation i described above.
I watched you making your sawdust pooper this morning and RUclips decided I might like to see more. Thoroughly enjoyed watching and reading, I'll be back. I am glad you had knee pads in your not pants pockets x
I love the fact the fireplace was half blocking the emergence exist in the old instillation, I do not know why but that makes me smile :) great job on the rebuild I really enjoy your videos. Thank you Sir :)
As a retired fire safety inspector that whole set up gives me the heebie geebies especially that fire door and stacked rubbish.....how you haven't lost everything before now is mind boggling.....great job though!
So, a 13,000 Pound turntable got me here a few weeks ago and your never ending adventures keep me coming back. You, sir, are one clever, talented, funny man. Keep up the...well, just keep it up. Thanks.
Same with me. In fact after watching the 13,000 Pound turntable I ran out and bought a new turntable myself. Been playing all my old vinyl from the 80's.
Had one of these in my woodwork shop, they are brilliantly economical. Mine was the same shape but I used a cavity twice the size, just use a bigger pipe and reduce the air flow. Never had a problem. Always kept the oak chips for the local fish smoker and got a load smoked salmon or trout as payment ! You are a fantastic craftsman.
I used to use up the dry sawdust by putting it onto the fire when the fire was going well, just a shovelful at a time at the side, not on top. It always slowly burnt, eked out the firewood and also meant not wasting it. Thats a great-looking stove.
Saw Dust mixed with a small amount of wax, paraffin is best but bees wax works too, load up a metal mold of some sort and use a press to press it into super dense blocks, the wax keeps it together and makes it burn nice and slow, you can break them up too if you want them to burn more easily and faster. It's what i've been doing with my saw dust, shavings, and chips for years now.
@@wilhallman2890 Yes ! Any for of compacting the wood dust is fine. Antic Windmills could explode because of flour dust. Any solid flammable compound should never be in a dust form. Just like flammable gases or vapors, this is a huge hazard ! Manage the wood dust please, this is dangerous ! Merry christmas
Is there anything you can’t do, and do it better than most anyone else anywhere? I’m totally in awe of your many skills. Watch every video so I can marvel at your work. Thank you for many hours of learning.
Are there no end to your talents? Another great vid thanks, you never cease to amaze me with your never ending skills. Thanks again keep up the great work and keep us mere mortals entertained and informed!
Is there nothing you can't do lol ! I find your videos mesmerising , you sir are a genius ! From the way you film your videos to the content it's pure art ! Keep them coming I love them ! 💕
found this by accident at 2am while sat up with toothache as a mechanical engineer I have been sat watching this and they hydraulic press video love it keep it up mate subscribed
You sir are a true craftsman! We have a lot in common. If I may, I'm sure by now you have found out that the thin tubing you made your fire grate out of will not last long. Second; if you move your thermal mass away from the stove by a foot or so all around you will enjoy much better heat spread through out the room.
While the burning sawdust was pulsating, all I could think about was the explosion at a grain elevator in Chicago in 1935 that killed six people and injured another 38. (No, I wasn't around then, but in the '50's - '80's my father worked just down the street from the location, so I saw the rebuilt silos frequently). Almost any powder suspended in the air will be explosive.
When i was a kid we used to collect this one certain pollen from a "flower", although actually it was more like a stalk or something. When we had enough, we packed some of it into a straw and blow it into a campfire. Nice flames and sparks! :) Yeah, we had to invent things to do while we were camping in the lakes as a child but still we never a dull moment, we always had fun things to do. That and the explosion risk in the old grain mills (we ground our own flower up until the early 90's when small farms were killed off) made us understand at early age that enough of any powder in air could be dangerous.
A beautiful piece of work there, sir. Everything that you do is a piece of art. I couldn't help thinking by the end that you could put a kettle on top and make a nice cup of tea... or toast some pikelets on a cold winter day...
Stumbled across your channel a week or so ago watched almost all your videos ..well done man ...everything you do .is done to the fullest beautiful to watch big love from Lancashire UK 🇬🇧
Great!! Indispensable "calibration tools" but remember "what welding warps, welding unwarps", applying some welds, or heat spots, to "counter" deformations. Liked and suscribed!
on exhaust you need damper for dialling slow burn cycle, its dialled by adjusting intake and damper. otherwise a lot of heat escaping through a pipe. hello from eastern Europe )
That sort of burner along with Salamanders keeps us guys in business. BTW, that metal gate over your fire exit door defeats the whole point of a panic bar.
Puffing caused because of lack of air in burning chamber, also you use only one set up for your whole welding process, that is why door wont to fix your frame, for dot welding less rod speed, for frame welding less power and rod speed. Good to weld only like an inch on each corner and move to another to spread the heat (that is why metal get twisted). Don`t get me wrong, watching your skills was enjoyable and I`m impressed. Great job + good humor, keep it up!!!
Thank you for sharing this tour. I’m amazed at both the amount and quality of work it shows. This is one of the most educational, entertaining channels on RUclips. Happy New Year!
Nice mods to the stove. Looks like with the pellet maker, you'll have a better deal. The only thing I'm wondering is why you didn't build a draw for the lower door? It would catch most of the ash and be easy to empty. You could even put a sheet metal "Sheetpan" in front so that any ash that dropped would be contained.
I have an idea for the sawdust. Sell it to a local auto shop that cannot afford oil dry or pig mats. I used sawdust for oil spills and it's probably the best stuff i've ever used.
An idea for you... there are molds you can make where you mix sawdust and water, compress and then dry and you have a brickette you can burn. Good for you, I salute you trying to use everything you have so there is no waste. That is what our grandparents did.
excellent video my dude, you are so skilled it really is inspiring to watch + the production value of your videos are excellent. I can't imagine the extra work it must be for you, but I can and do watch them for hours on end, thanks again
Great video, so many great techniques on display. You could put the sawdust in a retort, something simple as a stainless steel stock pot. You'd get energy and charcoal dust out of it.
That's another amazing job. But you know, I'd take a guess that you don't have quite the same affinity for metal work that you do for wood work. Thanks again. Tom (I saw you renovating the stairs - brilliant work as well).
Why line the whole firebox with firebrick? I just use a couple of rows around the bottom sides to stop the steel burning out and leave the rest of the sides bare, so they can radiate the heat into the workshop. As for the sawdust, I have watched your later sawdust poo machine video, but a simpler method is just to put the sawdust in a bag which easily fits in the woodburner, and put the bag on an established fire. Will slowly burn away for ages...
Put your sawdust and shaving inside small brown paper bags (lidl bakery bags ) and then put them on your fire. They burns and doesn't put the fire out.
The reason it is doing this is because when the sawdust falls down the centre it's mixing fuel (wood dust) with oxygen combined with heat (accelerates the reaction) in the correct ratio for an explosion. Just like in a car engine, where the piston is pushed to harness the energy. In this case it's just pushing the energy back out the burner and disturbing more sawdust in the process. Hence the stuttering repeat explosions. This is why sawmills, flour mills, cotton mills have historically exploded... combustible fibres mixed in the correct ratio with air... BANG!
I wonder if there is a way to compress the saw dust into some sort of a brick it would be so much easier and less messy, hope somebody with experience knows how to! Awesome video and amazing work, good job!
Loving the subtitles! I’ve always called it a precision alignment tool! You may want to put a wee bend in the door closer, I can see it catching shins at the wrong time.
I think re-bar would be a better choice for the 'fire basket' as tubes will burn through. Re-bar is probably also cheaper, and leaves the tubes for something they would be more suited to. Pulsating is caused by insufficient air supply. As the wood burns, is gasses, and the gas builds up until it ignites, then the explosion as it ignites blows out the flame, and the process repeats. Once the gas has all been burned, the solid material will then burn quietly. I am in the process of designing a masonry stove, to replace my ancient cylindrical steel top loader, so some of your ideas like the door construction were very inspiring. The Russian stove builders put a 5mm gap between the firebricks, and the outside skin, to prevent burning. In 1960, when I was in my teens, I was also very good, and passionate about woodwork, and a handmade furniture craftsman who knew my work, offered to take me on as his apprentice. At the time it seemed to me that in the future, all furniture would be machine produced, so I joined the RAF instead. BIG double mistake! First, I've regretted it into my retirement, and the RAF was a disaster, as I was the proverbial square peg in a round hole. .
Love this vid. How can you go from putting a high polish on a £13 grand record player to bashing the crap out of a metal door? You are my new favourite channel. Cant wait to see more creations
Nicely done, thanks for the video. I hope their a CO monitor somewhere in the shop - it is pretty much the only safety device I would never be without.
most detectors won't sound below 50ppm which is an awful lot of carbon monoxide, you could stick your head in a boiler flue and still not hit 50. you're absolutely correct you should fit a detector but also have your workshop regularly inspected by someone with a flue gas analyser to measure ambient levels of co to ensure you aren't subjected to prolonged periods of low level exposure.
Works well. I can feel the radiated heat down here in OZ. 😎 I need it. It is cold tonight ( 10c) . Already suggested below. Sawdust brickets is the next project.
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer! I would just like to say that as a man in his mid 50's that grew up in the city, this is what was missed by my generation of city denizens. I now live in the country and find myself woefully behind my neighbors because of that lack of tools in my tool belt. I am learning, have a pretty good grasp on wood working and am now looking to expand my basic knowledge to metalworking and welding. I am very grateful to you for these videos and the way you walk us through the project, never over thinking, never over people's heads, just a straight path to solution while showing us that it doesn't take a rocket scientist to do these things (even though I have a suspicion that you are one for your day job, as well as a wizard). Thank you for the content, I am truly enjoying your videos, even when you poke fun at us muricans.. lol
My welding teacher when we first met him asked: "What are the most important tools to a welder?" 27 wrong answers later he said: "A hammer and a grinder." "Why." _"Well, you're here to learn to weld, so you can't weld for shit."_ Absolute legend of a teacher.
FWIW, if you replace the bottom of the steel chimney with a refractory brick chimney, you will create a secondary burn chamber where, when it comes up to temperature in 5-10 minutes, all smoke/creosote/etc. entering it will ignite so that none will enter the steel part of the chimney. (Basically, creating a 'rocket mass heater'. You should look that term up to see how to make your burner even *MORE* efficient.) Cheers!
its a great improvement.. air inlet from the bottom. burn better wood. no piles of glowing coal the door, heat goes up. if it smokes, much less chance you get smoke in the room bricks inside, isolating the fire.. higher burning temps = better efficiency.
You may find that letting a bit more air pass around the outside of your stove will produce more heat. There should be at least 150mm each side and 75mm at the back but the more the better. Your thermal store will actualy make it harder for your stove to give out its heat so more will disapear up the chimney.
My friend in Italy, Lucio, decided to install a burner for the pith left over after pressing olives for olive oil (the absolute cheapest fuel available locally). He wanted it to be as convenient as his gas central heating so he fabricated a screw feed to move the pith from the loft area above to the burner. So, next time you need a heating project.........!
Nice job. Did you look at rocket stoves ? Top tip. For cleaning the glass try one of those plastic scrapers that hold a Stanley blade. Does it quickly and very satisfying.
Interesting video, thanks, maybe something to reflect the heat, on the back wall, check the outside when it's running, you may be surprised at the temp of the wall . Regards.
id add some holes in the bottom of your stack of bricks so you can get some convection going up the sides of the heater.. and those TEG fans that sit on top of the heater also help improve efficiency a bit
If the stack is pretty hot, ya might consider putting a barrel "bell" to get more heat into the shop. Stove pipe goes into the bottom of an upright drum, and the stack exits from near the bottom.
@@1873Winchester Nope, The bell gives the heat in the smoke time to radiate into the room. It reduces the stack temp thus reducing loss uot the chimney.
@@joshward7896 Interesting, so it's more of a rapid space heater then to quickly heat the room. If you did what I mentioned you'd get something like the traditional mass heaters here, they work quite differently, it takes up the heat slowly and gives it away slowly. I wonder if I could do something like that with my sauna heater, where I do want a rapid heating.
@@1873Winchester I wonder which one is more efficient. Radiating heat faster seems like it might take more advantage of the lost heat from the chimney. But if take in account, fuel cost, I think the sand barrel should work nicely.
Sorry, but I still use inches when I can! Got something to do with being 67 and growing up learning pounds, shillings and pence and yards, feet and inches! When all changed I conceded the money side but refused point blank to relearn measurement. Great video by the way!!
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Not big into reading whats going on in the video but you have a way to make it worth the read. This is my second video ive watched from you now the first on was making your berquite press wich i thought was pretty cool as well.
Did you build this burner? A fire of the type your making should feed air through a single hole in the centre of the fire and out the top. Panting is a lack of oxygen due to poor feed or excessive fumes trapped inside. Not so sure about the fire door behind the most likely cause of a problem either.
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How many professions do you have?
1. wood worker
2. metal worker
3. furnace maker
4. chimney sweeper
5. electronics technician
6. camera man
7. cutter
8. media producer
9. this space is meant to be filled by you
Awesome man, awesome!
The rattling is known as 'Panting' in large boilers. Basically, the furnace uses all of the air available and then pulls a partial vacuum which then pulls in a gob of air and the cycle continues.
So, besides rebuilding the entire wood burner he could've just increased the air inlet size? Or, not that easy?
@@TheyForcedMyHandLE If I had to guess, adding more air to the original stove would have lead to it burning faster and faster, until it was "panting" again, but burning more fuel while doing it.
Or more air would lead to the fire just burning hotter and hotter until it either overheated the workshop or set the place on fire
Ty for the awnser
Good post my friend. That's really good to know.
Seems like you could put a one way valve the would let the vacuum suck open the valve to let air in, and stop that from happening.
I had coal boilers do this when the front door was opened , it would start huffing , a bit scary to say the least , it would be caused by stirring up the coal and releasing gases causing a sucking of air then a flash burn . Shutting the door would bring control back . I've seen pictures of this type of stove that was used during the big lumber cuts in early America , all that saw dust helped heat buildings at the mills .
BEST THING FOR CLEANING THE GLASS believe it or not forget fancy expensive cleaners its "TEA" cuts straight through burnt on smoke. Used this non abrasive solution for nearly fifty years. Great vid
It's great to see someone do so many different things (woodworking, improving an oven, building a CNC machine and doing some electrical work...) and doing it right, not just "somehow".
Woofing is what's happening there. Same thing happens with room sealed fan assisted gas boilers when they ignite with a thump. It's caused by a lack of air, or rather a lack of oxygen to feed the level of combustion. When some of the sawdust falls down, the sudden increase in temperature ignites the secondary gasses being given off by the wood. That rapidly uses up the available oxygen and if the air supply can't keep up with it then it creates a vacuum which pulls air back down the chimney. When the air drawn down the chimney hits the fuel it reignites and the process repeats. Woodburners really need a throat plate in the chimney to balance the in/out. Makes them more efficient too as the higher temperature will allow the secondary combustion of the gasses. That spanner idea was awesome. Now i need to create a need for one.
how do you install a throat plate in the chimney? ive only ever had my outdoor furnace woof a few times in the past 8 years but im curious about any improvement i can make.
The fire is not drawing air down the chimney causing the puffs of smoke in to the room. Only atmospheric conditions will cause the chimney to work backwards.
I agree the problem is not enough oxygen to ignight the gasses of combustion (normaly it goes up the chimney and knowone notices) but when you get sudden ignitions, well gasses, confined space = explosion.
A lot of stoves have a Terchary air vent to constantly supply a small amount of oxygen over the top of the fire. Normaly some kind of tube with several holes. It will allso will improve efficiency.
@@lewis24666 The fire will draw air down the chimney regardless of atmospheric conditions if a vacuum is created and you have the situation i described above.
im here for the subtitles
They are the best!
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Its too smal font
I watched you making your sawdust pooper this morning and RUclips decided I might like to see more. Thoroughly enjoyed watching and reading, I'll be back. I am glad you had knee pads in your not pants pockets x
They are classic "Fine callibration" was my personal favourite!
I love the fact the fireplace was half blocking the emergence exist in the old instillation, I do not know why but that makes me smile :) great job on the rebuild I really enjoy your videos. Thank you Sir :)
As a retired fire safety inspector that whole set up gives me the heebie geebies especially that fire door and stacked rubbish.....how you haven't lost everything before now is mind boggling.....great job though!
So, a 13,000 Pound turntable got me here a few weeks ago and your never ending adventures keep me coming back. You, sir, are one clever, talented, funny man. Keep up the...well, just keep it up. Thanks.
Legit what brought me here as well
@@justincredible1724 Ditto, me too..!
Same with me. In fact after watching the 13,000 Pound turntable I ran out and bought a new turntable myself. Been playing all my old vinyl from the 80's.
@@Tony-pk6ql I’ve had one of them all in one players and slowly rebuilding my collection
Yes me too!!! wonderful jobs he's doing, I love these kind of craftsmen
Oh man the subtitles (CC) was amazing.
Made the video to a highly entertaining one!
Thanks.
Had one of these in my woodwork shop, they are brilliantly economical. Mine was the same shape but I used a cavity twice the size, just use a bigger pipe and reduce the air flow. Never had a problem. Always kept the oak chips for the local fish smoker and got a load smoked salmon or trout as payment ! You are a fantastic craftsman.
I used to use up the dry sawdust by putting it onto the fire when the fire was going well, just a shovelful at a time at the side, not on top. It always slowly burnt, eked out the firewood and also meant not wasting it. Thats a great-looking stove.
Saw Dust mixed with a small amount of wax, paraffin is best but bees wax works too, load up a metal mold of some sort and use a press to press it into super dense blocks, the wax keeps it together and makes it burn nice and slow, you can break them up too if you want them to burn more easily and faster. It's what i've been doing with my saw dust, shavings, and chips for years now.
oh nice, I was thinking he should make pellets, but this is probably much better
@@wilhallman2890 Yes ! Any for of compacting the wood dust is fine. Antic Windmills could explode because of flour dust. Any solid flammable compound should never be in a dust form. Just like flammable gases or vapors, this is a huge hazard ! Manage the wood dust please, this is dangerous ! Merry christmas
7 months later, he's done it.
@@teebu Yes I saw that 2 minutes after this video. I also left a comment on that last one but we are only two to get what I meant now haha
Is there anything you can’t do, and do it better than most anyone else anywhere? I’m totally in awe of your many skills. Watch every video so I can marvel at your work. Thank you for many hours of learning.
Good show! Jolly good show! you have an incinerator for small things also. Be careful with the cresote.
Blocking a fire door with a dangerous wood burner...the very epitome of lunatic British eccentricity!
Eccentric is you are rich. Batshit crazy if poor.
@@melanisticmandalorian "normal" if from Florida
I thought that was quite an Irish thing to do. We love that shit. Adds a sense of invigorating danger to the escape from a burning building scenario.
The meticulous precision of your highly calibrated adjustment tools is incredible! LOL!!!!
Don't worry about the exploding oven. The emergency exit is protected behind bars .
I just saw that 😂😂😂
lmao
Came for the skill, stayed for the humor. Dad always said, "Don't force it just get a bigger hammer!" Great content.
My Dad called it "Brute force, scientifically applied".
We call it the Neanderthal way.
The precision application of brute force... With the right size 'persuader', of course.
Ah yes. The trusty "vernier hammer". Never fails.........
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem.
putting an exploding wood stove in the way of a fire exit is a particularly nice touch! ;)
Are there no end to your talents? Another great vid thanks, you never cease to amaze me with your never ending skills. Thanks again keep up the great work and keep us mere mortals entertained and informed!
Is there nothing you can't do lol ! I find your videos mesmerising , you sir are a genius ! From the way you film your videos to the content it's pure art ! Keep them coming I love them ! 💕
found this by accident at 2am while sat up with toothache as a mechanical engineer I have been sat watching this and they hydraulic press video love it keep it up mate subscribed
You sir are a true craftsman! We have a lot in common. If I may, I'm sure by now you have found out that the thin tubing you made your fire grate out of will not last long. Second; if you move your thermal mass away from the stove by a foot or so all around you will enjoy much better heat spread through out the room.
I could have watched you working on your wood burner for hours, you are a man of many talents.
I really enjoyed the high tech calibration tool :) Nice job, cheers.
Welding. Woodwork. Cabinet crafting, electronics. Is there anything I left out?
As they say: a talented person is talented in everything.
While the burning sawdust was pulsating, all I could think about was the explosion at a grain elevator in Chicago in 1935 that killed six people and injured another 38. (No, I wasn't around then, but in the '50's - '80's my father worked just down the street from the location, so I saw the rebuilt silos frequently). Almost any powder suspended in the air will be explosive.
Mythbusters proved that danger when they got a dustball of powdered coffee creamer to go up in a rather spectacular fashion.
Yeah was thinking the same, tiny particle size of the fuel maybe re-combusting at a critical temperature.
When i was a kid we used to collect this one certain pollen from a "flower", although actually it was more like a stalk or something. When we had enough, we packed some of it into a straw and blow it into a campfire. Nice flames and sparks! :) Yeah, we had to invent things to do while we were camping in the lakes as a child but still we never a dull moment, we always had fun things to do.
That and the explosion risk in the old grain mills (we ground our own flower up until the early 90's when small farms were killed off) made us understand at early age that enough of any powder in air could be dangerous.
The 'pulsing' is probably deflegrations and their subsequent shockwaves building towards a fine particle / powder explosion.
That was my instant thought when he was pouring the sawdust into the furnace, that is fine dust that could go boom with the right ignition source.
A beautiful piece of work there, sir. Everything that you do is a piece of art. I couldn't help thinking by the end that you could put a kettle on top and make a nice cup of tea... or toast some pikelets on a cold winter day...
Stumbled across your channel a week or so ago watched almost all your videos ..well done man ...everything you do .is done to the fullest beautiful to watch big love from Lancashire UK 🇬🇧
Great!! Indispensable "calibration tools" but remember "what welding warps, welding unwarps", applying some welds, or heat spots, to "counter" deformations. Liked and suscribed!
Hello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming.
on exhaust you need damper for dialling slow burn cycle, its dialled by adjusting intake and damper. otherwise a lot of heat escaping through a pipe. hello from eastern Europe )
That sort of burner along with Salamanders keeps us guys in business. BTW, that metal gate over your fire exit door defeats the whole point of a panic bar.
Puffing caused because of lack of air in burning chamber, also you use only one set up for your whole welding process, that is why door wont to fix your frame, for dot welding less rod speed, for frame welding less power and rod speed. Good to weld only like an inch on each corner and move to another to spread the heat (that is why metal get twisted). Don`t get me wrong, watching your skills was enjoyable and I`m impressed. Great job + good humor, keep it up!!!
to have a furnace in midle a of a workshop full of dust and wood ; you sir are a true madlad
man you aint no dumby . you seem to manage that shop well. very nice. the finesse of a true carpenter and persuasive with a hammer. decent welds too
Thank you for sharing this tour. I’m amazed at both the amount and quality of work it shows. This is one of the most educational, entertaining channels on RUclips. Happy New Year!
Nice mods to the stove. Looks like with the pellet maker, you'll have a better deal. The only thing I'm wondering is why you didn't build a draw for the lower door? It would catch most of the ash and be easy to empty. You could even put a sheet metal "Sheetpan" in front so that any ash that dropped would be contained.
I have an idea for the sawdust. Sell it to a local auto shop that cannot afford oil dry or pig mats. I used sawdust for oil spills and it's probably the best stuff i've ever used.
Not allowed in Britain nowadays.
@@boldford that's sucks.
Love your sense of humour. Had me chuckling to myself over and over.
An idea for you... there are molds you can make where you mix sawdust and water, compress and then dry and you have a brickette you can burn. Good for you, I salute you trying to use everything you have so there is no waste. That is what our grandparents did.
That hydraulic ram at the end might be a clue that he's about to make his own.
@@retiree1033 hope he does..Engineers without Borders sows people how to make these all over the world.
Excellent work and a beautiful finished result. To be able to see the fire is mesmerising!
You are so incredibly talented. I’m through almost all your videos and it killing me.
You have a finely detailed Calibration device & Technical Eye, very well adjusted 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Ha!!! We sent a man to the moon and built the SR71 blackbird on the imperial system.
Continue on the good work.
Some are here to watch a build video... And the rest of us are here chortling at the snarky white text.
Seriously, glad you got that sorted out.
excellent video my dude, you are so skilled it really is inspiring to watch + the production value of your videos are excellent. I can't imagine the extra work it must be for you, but I can and do watch them for hours on end, thanks again
Great video, so many great techniques on display.
You could put the sawdust in a retort, something simple as a stainless steel stock pot.
You'd get energy and charcoal dust out of it.
Russ, is there anything you cannot do?
Wow, this is a great job done, looks robust and tough, very well improved. Lovely done and thanks for sharing!
I look forward to the next chapter, hydraulic sawdust briquette maker!
Matthew Foster.. Ah right, I was wondering about the hydraulics, good eye mate 👍
Dooooo eeetttttt
You must be a soothsayer... :¬)
Wow your knowledge of stuff is just amazing keep up the fab work.👍👍👍
That's another amazing job. But you know, I'd take a guess that you don't have quite the same affinity for metal work that you do for wood work. Thanks again. Tom (I saw you renovating the stairs - brilliant work as well).
Why line the whole firebox with firebrick? I just use a couple of rows around the bottom sides to stop the steel burning out and leave the rest of the sides bare, so they can radiate the heat into the workshop. As for the sawdust, I have watched your later sawdust poo machine video, but a simpler method is just to put the sawdust in a bag which easily fits in the woodburner, and put the bag on an established fire. Will slowly burn away for ages...
Put your sawdust and shaving inside small brown paper bags (lidl bakery bags ) and then put them on your fire. They burns and doesn't put the fire out.
The reason it is doing this is because when the sawdust falls down the centre it's mixing fuel (wood dust) with oxygen combined with heat (accelerates the reaction) in the correct ratio for an explosion. Just like in a car engine, where the piston is pushed to harness the energy. In this case it's just pushing the energy back out the burner and disturbing more sawdust in the process. Hence the stuttering repeat explosions. This is why sawmills, flour mills, cotton mills have historically exploded... combustible fibres mixed in the correct ratio with air... BANG!
One of the most entertaining videos you’ve ever made.
Nice work mate. Dave Engels and you in one morning...a great start to Saturday!
I wonder if there is a way to compress the saw dust into some sort of a brick it would be so much easier and less messy, hope somebody with experience knows how to!
Awesome video and amazing work, good job!
Loving the subtitles! I’ve always called it a precision alignment tool! You may want to put a wee bend in the door closer, I can see it catching shins at the wrong time.
I think re-bar would be a better choice for the 'fire basket' as tubes will burn through.
Re-bar is probably also cheaper, and leaves the tubes for something they would be more suited to.
Pulsating is caused by insufficient air supply. As the wood burns, is gasses, and the gas builds up until it ignites, then the explosion as it ignites blows out the flame, and the process repeats. Once the gas has all been burned, the solid material will then burn quietly.
I am in the process of designing a masonry stove, to replace my ancient cylindrical steel top loader, so some of your ideas like the door construction were very inspiring. The Russian stove builders put a 5mm gap between the firebricks, and the outside skin, to prevent burning.
In 1960, when I was in my teens, I was also very good, and passionate about woodwork, and a handmade furniture craftsman who knew my work, offered to take me on as his apprentice. At the time it seemed to me that in the future, all furniture would be machine produced, so I joined the RAF instead.
BIG double mistake!
First, I've regretted it into my retirement, and the RAF was a disaster, as I was the proverbial square peg in a round hole.
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Just in time for the great British summer! Good job mate
Love your sense of humor!
Love this vid. How can you go from putting a high polish on a £13 grand record player to bashing the crap out of a metal door?
You are my new favourite channel.
Cant wait to see more creations
Nicely done, thanks for the video. I hope their a CO monitor somewhere in the shop - it is pretty much the only safety device I would never be without.
most detectors won't sound below 50ppm which is an awful lot of carbon monoxide, you could stick your head in a boiler flue and still not hit 50. you're absolutely correct you should fit a detector but also have your workshop regularly inspected by someone with a flue gas analyser to measure ambient levels of co to ensure you aren't subjected to prolonged periods of low level exposure.
Works well. I can feel the radiated heat down here in OZ. 😎 I need it. It is cold tonight ( 10c) . Already suggested below. Sawdust brickets is the next project.
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer!
I would just like to say that as a man in his mid 50's that grew up in the city, this is what was missed by my generation of city denizens. I now live in the country and find myself woefully behind my neighbors because of that lack of tools in my tool belt. I am learning, have a pretty good grasp on wood working and am now looking to expand my basic knowledge to metalworking and welding. I am very grateful to you for these videos and the way you walk us through the project, never over thinking, never over people's heads, just a straight path to solution while showing us that it doesn't take a rocket scientist to do these things (even though I have a suspicion that you are one for your day job, as well as a wizard). Thank you for the content, I am truly enjoying your videos, even when you poke fun at us muricans.. lol
My welding teacher when we first met him asked: "What are the most important tools to a welder?"
27 wrong answers later he said: "A hammer and a grinder."
"Why."
_"Well, you're here to learn to weld, so you can't weld for shit."_
Absolute legend of a teacher.
"A grinder and paint will make you the welder you ain't"
You can use the ash to do thermal shield bricks
They don't burn and don't get too hot so just mix with water on a mold and you get free thermal shield
It’s great seeing guys like you on this site because there’s inspiration in every video and a comical side too. Great video mate 👍🏼😉
New Yorkshire welding shop! Really enjoyed this one.
FWIW, if you replace the bottom of the steel chimney with a refractory brick chimney, you will create a secondary burn chamber where, when it comes up to temperature in 5-10 minutes, all smoke/creosote/etc. entering it will ignite so that none will enter the steel part of the chimney. (Basically, creating a 'rocket mass heater'. You should look that term up to see how to make your burner even *MORE* efficient.)
Cheers!
loved the irony of the fact that your woodburner used to be in front of a fire exit................
its a great improvement.. air inlet from the bottom. burn better wood. no piles of glowing coal
the door, heat goes up. if it smokes, much less chance you get smoke in the room
bricks inside, isolating the fire.. higher burning temps = better efficiency.
Good work and humour. Perfect balance.
Gotta love that plasma cutter. It is a VERY useful tool for metalworking.
Love your work and your style / humour.
Nice one.
very nice job, now it looks like a hole new woodburner. thanks for sharing
Great use of the finely tuned "eyeometer" when you have to go to the calibration tools. :)
can't beat a bit of percussive maintenance with the ol' thumb detector :)
Is there anything this lad can’t do 😂 I thought I was a jack of all trades but u put me to shame brother. Love ur channel
You may find that letting a bit more air pass around the outside of your stove will produce more heat. There should be at least 150mm each side and 75mm at the back but the more the better.
Your thermal store will actualy make it harder for your stove to give out its heat so more will disapear up the chimney.
….and i thought my welding was bad….!! But boy have I learnt something today…my welding is pretty dam good….👍🏻
You are a master in calibration.
My friend in Italy, Lucio, decided to install a burner for the pith left over after pressing olives for olive oil (the absolute cheapest fuel available locally). He wanted it to be as convenient as his gas central heating so he fabricated a screw feed to move the pith from the loft area above to the burner. So, next time you need a heating project.........!
So that's how you did it. I watched this project backwards. Very nice job. Can you cook and clean house too?
Nice job. Did you look at rocket stoves ?
Top tip. For cleaning the glass try one of those plastic scrapers that hold a Stanley blade. Does it quickly and very satisfying.
A man of many talents👍👍
I *knew* you were going to call the second hammer the Medium Calibration Tool. Very good.
Interesting video, thanks, maybe something to reflect the heat, on the back wall, check the outside when it's running, you may be surprised at the temp of the wall . Regards.
aside from the serious environmental drawbacks of burning wood & sawdust, sawdust ash can be used as binding agent to make sawdust briquettes.
You have to assume the 10 thumbs down are from people with no sense of humour, fun, adventure or a life :-)
Don't go there, I made a similar comment on the turntable video and it ruffled a few feathers.
id add some holes in the bottom of your stack of bricks so you can get some convection going up the sides of the heater.. and those TEG fans that sit on top of the heater also help improve efficiency a bit
You would be amazed how many people use the old imperial spanner’s every day in there work
If the stack is pretty hot, ya might consider putting a barrel "bell" to get more heat into the shop. Stove pipe goes into the bottom of an upright drum, and the stack exits from near the bottom.
You fill the drum with something? Like sand or olivine stones or something with a high thermal mass?
@@1873Winchester Nope, The bell gives the heat in the smoke time to radiate into the room. It reduces the stack temp thus reducing loss uot the chimney.
@@joshward7896 Interesting, so it's more of a rapid space heater then to quickly heat the room. If you did what I mentioned you'd get something like the traditional mass heaters here, they work quite differently, it takes up the heat slowly and gives it away slowly. I wonder if I could do something like that with my sauna heater, where I do want a rapid heating.
@@1873Winchester I wonder which one is more efficient. Radiating heat faster seems like it might take more advantage of the lost heat from the chimney. But if take in account, fuel cost, I think the sand barrel should work nicely.
Sorry, but I still use inches when I can! Got something to do with being 67 and growing up learning pounds, shillings and pence and yards, feet and inches! When all changed I conceded the money side but refused point blank to relearn measurement. Great video by the way!!
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I saw the ram, the tube and the solid bar, and believe that somebody clever is going to make compressed sawdust logs for the furnace
Not big into reading whats going on in the video but you have a way to make it worth the read. This is my second video ive watched from you now the first on was making your berquite press wich i thought was pretty cool as well.
Did you build this burner? A fire of the type your making should feed air through a single hole in the centre of the fire and out the top. Panting is a lack of oxygen due to poor feed or excessive fumes trapped inside. Not so sure about the fire door behind the most likely cause of a problem either.