Nice job I've been burning wood pellets in a home made rocket stove for 8 years, absolutely love the heat. Burn (1) 40 lb bag a day in the dead of winter in SE Michigan. Have to repair the burner every year, it's so hot it eats 3/8 stainless bolts at the front of the burner. Other than that it's almost zero maintainence. There is a build video on my channel, and a repair video where I had to patch up the burn tube after about 6 years or running. Thanks for the video !
You could weld up and make the top of the hopper a .50cal ammo can that has the rubber gasket so you don’t have to tape the bag to the hopper. Excellent build and idea! Thank you
Id love to see a pea coal test on this rig too if you are in area other than Oregon. Burning coal is a crime here even though wood stoves are common lol
See if you can find stove door gasket small enough to replace the rubber gasket to increase the heat tolerance. I guess the idea is to never have a fire in the pellet hopper anyways
This is a great idea. I have a project. I think I will put a slider door down low where I can shut off the feed and stop burning before going out to hunt.
Very good design I would weld a bolt on the transport plate for easy removal also I would have a metal screen on the intake side just for safety so nothing will fail out that way even though it's pulling air through
Just built my stove, this is what ive been looking for, need something to go from midnight to 8. Or if i goto work. Perfect concept. Pellets are 3$ a bag here.
If you can make the basket height adjustable, I think you could effectively make it last even longer. This is cool. If I get time, I'm going to try and make one of these, too.
@@Yuugata31 it is partially adjustable. I can bend the ends of the grading and adjust the height with the bolt through the bottom. Thanks for watching 👍 You should give it a try.
That's an awesome idea! I've got an old camp stove but it's nothing like that. I heat with wood and I bet this could be built a little bigger for home size stoves. Be much safer to leave burn at night and while away.
I have heard that a few small chunks of wood, or charcoal briquettes soaked in kerosene or charcoal starter put in the basket first makes an easy start.
@@wannagohikinwannagohikin9750 I'm actually surprised more people haven't made their own. There are so many things you can try. I've manipulated mine multiple times just to see if I can get better results.
I like that design because you can put real wood in it. For me I would have a tray on the bottom where it would catch all the ash from the large pieces of wood if you don't have pellets, much easier to clean.
Get a lid from a SS pot from Walmart for the hopper. How do you shut it off, if necessary, while pellets remain. Maybe put a hinged lid on the intake. Do embers ever fall out the intake? Smoke during shutdown? Just some thoughts.
@@jacksprat7087 Thanks for watching, I don't have a good way of shutting it off, I only use this I'm my tent a few times a year so I just have another person slip a metal plate between the hopper and the burn chamber inlet and I set the partial full hopper off to the side. Then I put another piece of metal on the inlet side and that keeps it from smoking. Embers don't fall out the intake.
In regards to feeding. I can see the angled metal tube that slides in the side rails has a diamond mesh to keep on fire pelletts dropping diwn into the stove. How high up the tube does the fire go into the stored pelletts? And i did not see what kind of seperator was in the big white tube that holds the extra pelletts. Is that the same diamond pattern mesh so it doesnt all try to fall into round burn tube all at once? There must be some type of feed control in the bigger container of pellets? Be difficult to put a full container on unless u put the big one on tube empty then fill it??
@@gabrial3377 it doesn't burn up into the tube, that is why I put the plastic bag on top and tape it. Having the top of the hopper sealed keep oxygen from getting into the hopper and catching fire. The only mesh is the mesh u see at the bottom holding the pellets. There is no mesh inside the hopper. Hope this makes sense. Thanks for watching 👍
I have the same stove and the same issue of needing to stoke it thru the night. this is exactly what I need for my stove. PERFECT! what are the dimesions of the steel.? looks like 3x3 squar and 3" round. Also, did you ever consider just making a replacable door for the stove? I was considering that for ease of welding.
@@steveehabibi1 ya I considered using the door but the way my stove sits in the tent, I can't attach the hopper to the door. I believe it's 3x3 or really close to it. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the great video, I hunt out of wall tent in November. Question: Why does the chimney pipe go horizontally first before vertical, is that important or can a guy go straight up thru roof of tent instead? Thanks and appreciate if you post more if you stumble upon more ideas
@@gusgalbraith1418 glad you enjoyed it. The chimney first goes up, then out the side of the tent then up again. I bought my tent from the original owner and they had it built that way because they were scared of having a hole in the roof for the stove. They thought water would pour in. I think a chimney straight out the top would be better than mine because it would have two less 90 degree elbows which cause reduced draft. I think you would be just fine.
Thanks for the quick response appreciate, gonna start building the pellet burner and try it out next month . Can always put the plate back on and burn wood like normal if I don’t build the pellet system correctly, then I could fine tune it in the off season
Great idea. I really like your approach. I've always shied away from hot tents because you have to stoke the fire all night. I'd rather invest in a good down sleeping bag and sleep through the night, but this idea gives me pause. So it ran 22 hours with the damper wide open? Is this how you run it in a tent for adequate warmth? I'm just curious if you could get by with less airflow through the damper and extend the burn time or if it wouldn't burn hot enough with the damper partially closed.
@@The_Channel_Of_Chad I wanted as much air flow as I could get, so the ash would get sucked into the stove and not built up in the burn chamber. I typically light it when I get back to the tent around 6pm and run it till I get up at 6am. 22 hours is way more than the 12 hours I need continuous heat. For my application it's plenty but with some fine tuning you may be able to get it to what your looking for.
What if you made the burn chamber with two solid steel plates that are each 1/3 the size of the burn chamber so you could drop those in one on the right one on the left and leave a spot an inch and a quarter in the middle that wouldslow the burn if need be I just be curious to see what it would do if you cut the burn surface by 2/3 if that would give you a 30 hour burn? Good job.
@@davidcox9115 when I use it in my tent I sometimes light it and burn wood for a while then switch to pellets before bed time. It really works well if you start a fire first, then start the pellets 😀. I will try messing around with the damper
I have a small almost tiny Chubby my dad bought from some surplus magazine 15 years ago. I wonder if i could replace its front door with your hopper system and heat my shed with it? seems like it's a rocket stove hybrid lol
Why is the bag on the stack? Maybe a metal cap is better. Have you ever had the hopper catch on fire and burn up... smoke in the room.....? Thanks. I have been thinking of building one off my wood stove to use when I don't want to add wood every few hours.
@@idahopotato5837 I can't find a metal cap that would fit snuggly with the hopper, that is why I just use the bag and tape it. I haven't had the hopper catch fire or smoke us out with the bag on the hopper. With the bag, there isn't any oxygen to sustain the fire and the flow of air to the stove won't let it burn back into the hopper with a seal or bag on top. Thanks for watching.
Your burning about 300 dollars a month 10 a bag per day x30 =300 I buy a cord of firewood for 300 a cord and it last 1 month Same same . It s about what keeps you warm and wood heat is so nice when it’s wet cold snowing.
I hear ya. My main reason for the pellets is because I only use the stove in my wall tent when I'm camping in the winter. I really don't like having to get up because my fire died, light it again then can't sleep because it's to hot, then fall asleep when it's comfortable only to wake up from being cold because the fire is dead. With this stove it stays about 65 in the tent all night long and never changes. I agree, I love wood heat. Growing up we used propane heaters in the tent and nothing ever dried out.
@@chasethehunt2187 Wood burning is like Wack amole, but cheaper, sounds nice, smells good, can burn trash, and wood in the forest, while pellets are not. But I still think a pellet stove would be MORE convenient lol. I'm just a 73-year-old woman that wants to take my last breath in the wild. Thank you for all your information and I'm proud of you that you seek to serve God and are leading your family to the Lord.
@@JustinMiales I'm sure I do loose a lot of heat. That's why I ended up building a stove robber for it, to help with some of that. Thanks for watching 👍
How did you make the cut into the side of the original wood stove? And what did you do to account for the curve of the outside shape of the stove when making the adapter for the square steel to go into?
if you were to add sand to the bottom of the stove part I think it would retain some heat even after it went out like a sand battery otherwise great idea for sure badass
@ thanks to you for the content and great build I love to see people come up with great affordable heating and cooling devices it’s an interest of mine like a hobby I suppose but I’m in to it big time Great work again exciting to see more about it
Can you tell me how much heat increase do you get using your pellet stove activity ?? I am looking to build me one just like you Sir. Very informative video for others to learn. Good day.......
@@victoryfirst2878 I wouldn't say there is heat increase compared to using regular wood but it is consistent heat. When it's in the thirties outside, it keeps the tent in the 60's all night. Hope that answers your question
Ya, so it's called a stack robber. It goes inline in your flue piping and what happens is the heat coming up out of the stove has to weave through the tubes and out the top. This causes the tubes to heat up and if you put a fan on one side, it will bow the hot Air in the tube out the other side and into the living space. I hope that makes sense.
No, I don't think it had much of an effect. It would act like a damper just because it has some restriction to the airflow but I don't think it's enough to make much of a difference
Let's look at the math - cost of heating your home. I have heated with pellets for a few years until recently. Pellets are now costing $300 per ton - that's $6 per 40lb bag. If one uses 1 bag per day - not unusual for winters in Montana - the cost now would be $180 per month!! My electric rate is $0.07/KWh. I am now heating (and cooling) with an inverter type mini split - a 24,000BTU unit. It costs me close to $40 per month to rum!!. The least expensive fuel in my area is natural gas which does not service my address. Propane has to get to approx. $140 per gallon to break even with electricity factoring in the relative efficiency of the heating system.
I have a few more questions. First, do you have the 90° elbows inside your tent to allow your stove to be more centered and then more heat dispersion in the tent? Or do you have your chimney hole on the side wall of your tent? And second, can you provide some numbers on building this? What angle did you go with for the burn tube? How long is the burn tube? And how far back is the feeder tube from the stove?
The chimney hole is in the side of the tent. The first elbow is in the tent and the second elbow is on the outside. I'm not sure on the measurements, it's all packed away with my gear again. I have also been modifying if over the last couple years and things have changed from what my original numbers were when I built it, I never remeasured it other than the first video I did on it.
Given how many pellets are left in there and the fact that it's not burning good means that you have some design issues with this. I think it's due to the ash buildup on that right side. You need to have something to be able to poke in there to make that Ash fall off cuz you're blocking way too much of the oxygen going to the pellets now and preventing them from burning because of that.
@@jonathancrista1506 I pay around $6 or $7 a bag so $50 a week. I only use it a couple weeks a year so to be able to sleep through the night without having to stoke the fire and have a warm tent all night is totally worth it to me.
@@chasethehunt2187 what elevation and temperature did you deal with? I'm planning a late November hunt in Colorado at 9k feet elevation. I'm worried the high elevation and thin air may cause inadequate drafting. I have the 12x12 Alaknak and a Colorado Cylinder Stove that heats it well burning wood. Just worried about how the pellets will preform before I go cutting into a $600 wood stove haha
I typically use it around 3k to 5k elevation. Not sure how it would do at 9. I had a fire in my stove a few years ago at 10,800 and it burned just fine but it wasn't pellets. My tent is 12x14
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@@ThailandAmazing I haven't been able to find a lid that fits tight. That's why I tape the bag on. The bag won't let oxygen into the hopper so the pellets in the feeder won't burn. It also keeps air from entering and making a draft the will smoke out the tent. If I can find a lid I will definitely give it a try.
The cost of wood pellets for 40 lbs to heat only one day is insanely expensive No way is pellet wood stove more cost affordable than conventional wood stove
@@silcarifarm7067 I pay around $6 or $7 for a bag. I only use it a couple weeks out of the year in my wall tent. So $50 a week to be able to sleep all night and not be cold or have to re-stoke my stove is totally worth it. Thanks for watching 👍
@@peterpiper1965 Thanks for watching, I only use this while in my wall tent camping. It costs me $7 a night to have a constant temperature and I get to sleep through the night without having to wake up every 3 hours to re-stoke the stove. Definitely worth the $7 a night for me.
This is frig’n genius… if you have build plans and there’s any way you’d share them please send me some, or let me know where to get them
Nice job
I've been burning wood pellets in a home made rocket stove for 8 years, absolutely love the heat. Burn (1) 40 lb bag a day in the dead of winter in SE Michigan. Have to repair the burner every year, it's so hot it eats 3/8 stainless bolts at the front of the burner. Other than that it's almost zero maintainence. There is a build video on my channel, and a repair video where I had to patch up the burn tube after about 6 years or running.
Thanks for the video !
@@mark_osborne sweet, I'll definitely take a look. Thanks for watching
Try to get ahold of some 310 stainless bolts. They handle higher temperatures. They are pricey though.
You could weld up and make the top of the hopper a .50cal ammo can that has the rubber gasket so you don’t have to tape the bag to the hopper. Excellent build and idea! Thank you
Thanks for watching, interesting idea!! It definitely needs to be air tight and that should do it
Id love to see a pea coal test on this rig too if you are in area other than Oregon. Burning coal is a crime here even though wood stoves are common lol
@@WillyBShootingis it really a crime to burn coal in Oregon
See if you can find stove door gasket small enough to replace the rubber gasket to increase the heat tolerance. I guess the idea is to never have a fire in the pellet hopper anyways
Darn good idea
It's so great to see guys innovating stoves and heating.
@@lennywinbox1734 thank you. It's definitely fun to mess around with ideas and make them happen.
This is the idea that I have been looking for to build a gravity feed smoker that is portable to smoke meat in
Totally agree with previous comments I had real backdraft issues with my own design it appears you have a perfect self feed setup.
@@patrickwhite5576 thanks, it definitely took a lot of tinkering to get it to where it's at
Nice build!
Thanks @dylanrideout4921
This is a great idea. I have a project. I think I will put a slider door down low where I can shut off the feed and stop burning before going out to hunt.
@@turdfurgeson8006 ya, I should do something like that too. Thanks for watching
Very good design I would weld a bolt on the transport plate for easy removal also I would have a metal screen on the intake side just for safety so nothing will fail out that way even though it's pulling air through
Just built my stove, this is what ive been looking for, need something to go from midnight to 8. Or if i goto work. Perfect concept. Pellets are 3$ a bag here.
@@Lfs1891 our pellets are double that but it's still worth it to me. Thanks for watching 👍
If you can make the basket height adjustable, I think you could effectively make it last even longer. This is cool. If I get time, I'm going to try and make one of these, too.
@@Yuugata31 it is partially adjustable. I can bend the ends of the grading and adjust the height with the bolt through the bottom. Thanks for watching 👍
You should give it a try.
nice set up well done Sir ;)
That's an awesome idea! I've got an old camp stove but it's nothing like that. I heat with wood and I bet this could be built a little bigger for home size stoves. Be much safer to leave burn at night and while away.
@@jonroland2702 ya, you could definitely modify it to something like this. Thanks for watching
I have heard that a few small chunks of wood, or charcoal briquettes soaked in kerosene or charcoal starter put in the basket first makes an easy start.
@@got2kittys I like the idea, I'll give it a try
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There is a guy in Bourbon Missouri that sells a home heating rocket stove with a gravity feed hopper. The burn chamber looks very similar.
@@wannagohikinwannagohikin9750 I'm actually surprised more people haven't made their own. There are so many things you can try. I've manipulated mine multiple times just to see if I can get better results.
I like that design because you can put real wood in it. For me I would have a tray on the bottom where it would catch all the ash from the large pieces of wood if you don't have pellets, much easier to clean.
@@JustinMiales I have one, I just don't really like messing with it. I hear ya though 👍
What’s really nice you could throw logs in there. The pellet get them fired up. Put plate so when you want steady heat go back to pellots
Ya u could 👍
Get a lid from a SS pot from Walmart for the hopper.
How do you shut it off, if necessary, while pellets remain. Maybe put a hinged lid on the intake. Do embers ever fall out the intake? Smoke during shutdown? Just some thoughts.
@@jacksprat7087 Thanks for watching, I don't have a good way of shutting it off, I only use this I'm my tent a few times a year so I just have another person slip a metal plate between the hopper and the burn chamber inlet and I set the partial full hopper off to the side. Then I put another piece of metal on the inlet side and that keeps it from smoking. Embers don't fall out the intake.
This ...... yah, baby, not having to get up to stoke the stove. Warm tent all night . Im doing this for sure.
@@wild2heart do it! It's awesome
I have a very similar stove and it will burn so much more efficiently if you put a gasket on the door
@@alexpattie9265 thanks for watching, I'm sure your right. I should probably do that
That's a lot of stuff to look around for a tent heater, be good for a house or shop
Make fire proof sand bags to pile on top. Use welding blankets
@@ThailandAmazing would this be to help hold heat?
Big time. To be honest I’d say build a box on top of the heater. The sand get real hot as hot as you can get it
Sand battery. I have a huge lobsta pot on back of my reg wood stove in cellar to create longer heat after fire goes out.
thank you for sharing Excellent
@@armelbourassa1378 thank you
I agree this is genius. I too would like plans for this, & would have no problem paying for them!
@@KenBraden-z7j thank you for the compliment. I will reach out if I decide to make plans for it.
Nice pellet stove build
@@johnkozero6842 thank you 👍
Fantastic stove it’s one of the best I have seen be good with water heater added to it
@@perrycorn2789 I have a water heater for it. I usually just heat up water in a pot on top of the stove though.
Thanks for the compliment
In regards to feeding. I can see the angled metal tube that slides in the side rails has a diamond mesh to keep on fire pelletts dropping diwn into the stove. How high up the tube does the fire go into the stored pelletts? And i did not see what kind of seperator was in the big white tube that holds the extra pelletts. Is that the same diamond pattern mesh so it doesnt all try to fall into round burn tube all at once?
There must be some type of feed control in the bigger container of pellets? Be difficult to put a full container on unless u put the big one on tube empty then fill it??
@@gabrial3377 it doesn't burn up into the tube, that is why I put the plastic bag on top and tape it. Having the top of the hopper sealed keep oxygen from getting into the hopper and catching fire. The only mesh is the mesh u see at the bottom holding the pellets. There is no mesh inside the hopper. Hope this makes sense. Thanks for watching 👍
Hello: This is a great video of the hopper not getting to hot but what was the temp of the stove top itself, how hot does that get. ???? Thank-You
@@charliecharlier2062 I'm not sure on the temperature but it will heat a 12' x 14' tent to 65-70 degrees when it's 30 degrees outside
Innovative! I really like the big cooking surface. Did u make any videos cooking on it yet?
@@anesthesiadreamin no I haven't. I only use it a couple weeks out of the year.
If you can get your hands on some corn from a farmer , mix with the pellets. Good stuff
Really, I've never heard of this? How does corn help?
@@chasethehunt2187 Got a high heat content for the weight and volume.
Dried corn burns like pellets. If you have access to the corn, why not?
Just remember the starch in the corn can coke up and block air flow. Atleast that's what I remember from my grandfather's corn burner.
Tack .
I have the same stove and the same issue of needing to stoke it thru the night. this is exactly what I need for my stove. PERFECT! what are the dimesions of the steel.? looks like 3x3 squar and 3" round. Also, did you ever consider just making a replacable door for the stove? I was considering that for ease of welding.
@@steveehabibi1 ya I considered using the door but the way my stove sits in the tent, I can't attach the hopper to the door. I believe it's 3x3 or really close to it. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the great video, I hunt out of wall tent in November. Question: Why does the chimney pipe go horizontally first before vertical, is that important or can a guy go straight up thru roof of tent instead? Thanks and appreciate if you post more if you stumble upon more ideas
@@gusgalbraith1418 glad you enjoyed it. The chimney first goes up, then out the side of the tent then up again. I bought my tent from the original owner and they had it built that way because they were scared of having a hole in the roof for the stove. They thought water would pour in. I think a chimney straight out the top would be better than mine because it would have two less 90 degree elbows which cause reduced draft. I think you would be just fine.
Thanks for the quick response appreciate, gonna start building the pellet burner and try it out next month . Can always put the plate back on and burn wood like normal if I don’t build the pellet system correctly, then I could fine tune it in the off season
@@gusgalbraith1418 that's what I did too. I had lots of time in the off season. 👍
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@@PaulsPlumbingandHeating thanks 😆
Now you need to make your own pellets from green grass and dried leaves.
@@RandomsFandom be kinda cool to be able to make my own pellets
@chasethehunt2187 look up homemade pellet mill. You can make it all at home
@@RandomsFandom I'll check it out
so i wonder if you would get enough draft with the normal 2 or 3 in camp stove flu pipe
@@robertuffman3041 possibly, I would have to try it to know.
That sure beats the 4 hours they normally get lol.
Great idea. I really like your approach. I've always shied away from hot tents because you have to stoke the fire all night. I'd rather invest in a good down sleeping bag and sleep through the night, but this idea gives me pause.
So it ran 22 hours with the damper wide open? Is this how you run it in a tent for adequate warmth? I'm just curious if you could get by with less airflow through the damper and extend the burn time or if it wouldn't burn hot enough with the damper partially closed.
@@The_Channel_Of_Chad I wanted as much air flow as I could get, so the ash would get sucked into the stove and not built up in the burn chamber. I typically light it when I get back to the tent around 6pm and run it till I get up at 6am. 22 hours is way more than the 12 hours I need continuous heat. For my application it's plenty but with some fine tuning you may be able to get it to what your looking for.
Use a pot top instead of the plastic bag. Just a thought.
@@quailhunt1964 that's a good idea. Thanks
Excellent 👍
@@johnmurryvlogs8603 thank you
What if you made the burn chamber with two solid steel plates that are each 1/3 the size of the burn chamber so you could drop those in one on the right one on the left and leave a spot an inch and a quarter in the middle that wouldslow the burn if need be I just be curious to see what it would do if you cut the burn surface by 2/3 if that would give you a 30 hour burn? Good job.
@@theusconstitution1776 it might. Only one way to find out 😉
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it
What are the two slits in the burn box between the feed tube and stove on top? Do you get smoke coming out of them?
@@hovermn no I don't, I put them in to help with air flow for a better burn. There is such a draft that no smoke could come outta there.
Try turning the damper back a bit when lightning not so much pull of air..cook heater enjoyed the video
@@davidcox9115 when I use it in my tent I sometimes light it and burn wood for a while then switch to pellets before bed time.
It really works well if you start a fire first, then start the pellets 😀.
I will try messing around with the damper
@chasethehunt2187 I am amazed at how long it lasted. Think a bigger version in my cabin will save a lot of cutting wood lol thanks for the video
Very nice that is very cool. I like it..
Hello, is the new burn basket open on the inside? Or is it a basket? My burn deflector plate is plugging as well I will try the basket
@@tommyvvirs1731 it's just a basket, yes it's open to the inside as well (no solid plate) Thanks for watching
I have a small almost tiny Chubby my dad bought from some surplus magazine 15 years ago. I wonder if i could replace its front door with your hopper system and heat my shed with it? seems like it's a rocket stove hybrid lol
You probably could!!
This looks awesome! I would like to build this for my shop stove. What are the dimensions of the pipes?
@@tommyvvirs1731 I believe I mentioned the dimensions in the first video
I'd like it.
Good news is that is a great stove, the bad news is I think I have fallen in love with your beautiful wife.Lol
Haha, I have too
genius level.
@@gregcole4503 thank you
Very cool
@@jabs4554 thanks
Why is the bag on the stack? Maybe a metal cap is better. Have you ever had the hopper catch on fire and burn up... smoke in the room.....? Thanks. I have been thinking of building one off my wood stove to use when I don't want to add wood every few hours.
@@idahopotato5837 I can't find a metal cap that would fit snuggly with the hopper, that is why I just use the bag and tape it. I haven't had the hopper catch fire or smoke us out with the bag on the hopper. With the bag, there isn't any oxygen to sustain the fire and the flow of air to the stove won't let it burn back into the hopper with a seal or bag on top. Thanks for watching.
@@chasethehunt2187can't you just put your fry pan on the top?
@@samgould9930 probably, I would like it to seal tight
Your burning about 300 dollars a month 10 a bag per day x30 =300 I buy a cord of firewood for 300 a cord and it last 1 month Same same . It s about what keeps you warm and wood heat is so nice when it’s wet cold snowing.
I hear ya. My main reason for the pellets is because I only use the stove in my wall tent when I'm camping in the winter. I really don't like having to get up because my fire died, light it again then can't sleep because it's to hot, then fall asleep when it's comfortable only to wake up from being cold because the fire is dead. With this stove it stays about 65 in the tent all night long and never changes.
I agree, I love wood heat. Growing up we used propane heaters in the tent and nothing ever dried out.
@@chasethehunt2187 Wood burning is like Wack amole, but cheaper, sounds nice, smells good, can burn trash, and wood in the forest, while pellets are not. But I still think a pellet stove would be MORE convenient lol. I'm just a 73-year-old woman that wants to take my last breath in the wild. Thank you for all your information and I'm proud of you that you seek to serve God and are leading your family to the Lord.
So what kind of heat does it put out I know my wood stove in my shack it can get up to 130 and it’s only a 10x20
@@joedog135 when letting it run all night it keeps the 12'x14' tent around 65-70 degrees when it's about 30 degrees outside.
I'm going to put a damper in the front of that square thing where the pellets are burning, seems to me 90% of your heat is going out the top.
@@JustinMiales I'm sure I do loose a lot of heat. That's why I ended up building a stove robber for it, to help with some of that. Thanks for watching 👍
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Awesome set up. I have been looking to build a similar type of setup. Do you have plans for the burn pot/chamber construction?
@@northernhumidor5615 no I don't, I never drew anything up. I have changed it and tuned it so much I didn't ever mess with keeping track of it all
@@chasethehunt2187 thanks for responding. Again , fantastic build.
Why not build a metal lid for the hoper? Why use a bag and tape instead
Either way would work but both would need to be taped or somehow sealed.
How did you make the cut into the side of the original wood stove? And what did you do to account for the curve of the outside shape of the stove when making the adapter for the square steel to go into?
and also where did you get the steel you used for the project?
@@bradyhibshman5047 I used a grinder with a cutoff wheel. For the curve I just used the grinder to match the adapter to the curve.
@@bradyhibshman5047 we have a local metal salvage yard. The have lots of new metal and recycled metal for sale. Thanks for watching
if you were to add sand to the bottom of the stove part I think it would retain some heat even after it went out like a sand battery otherwise great idea for sure badass
@@lorenwright3202 thanks for watching, and I like your idea.
@ thanks to you for the content and great build I love to see people come up with great affordable heating and cooling devices it’s an interest of mine like a hobby I suppose but I’m in to it big time
Great work again exciting to see more about it
@@lorenwright3202 Thanks. I'll probably do another video soon of it actually in my tent and working
I'd look at making something so you can see into the hopper and something to be able to close off the hopper
@@mathewb5044 being able to see in the hopper would be amazing. I'm just not quite sure how I'd go about doing it though. Thanks 👍
@chasethehunt2187 plexiglass or what ever they use for smokers... I'd maybe look with a temp gun and see how hot it actually gets
@@chasethehunt218710 inch glass pan lid problem solved
Why are there slits on the top and bottom side of the square part of the tubing?
Just to help bring in more airflow for a cleaner more efficient burn.
Can you tell me how much heat increase do you get using your pellet stove activity ?? I am looking to build me one just like you Sir. Very informative video for others to learn. Good day.......
@@victoryfirst2878 thank you and thanks for watching 👍
@@chasethehunt2187 Could you please try to answer the questions I asked Sir ?? Thanks vf
@@victoryfirst2878 I wouldn't say there is heat increase compared to using regular wood but it is consistent heat. When it's in the thirties outside, it keeps the tent in the 60's all night. Hope that answers your question
@@chasethehunt2187 Does for sure fella. Keep on making videos for us all to learn.
I noticed that you added a box with holes onto your chimney pipe. Can you explain what that is, how it has helped and if it’s needed?
Ya, so it's called a stack robber. It goes inline in your flue piping and what happens is the heat coming up out of the stove has to weave through the tubes and out the top. This causes the tubes to heat up and if you put a fan on one side, it will bow the hot Air in the tube out the other side and into the living space. I hope that makes sense.
@@chasethehunt2187 do you feel this had any effect on the length of burn?
No, I don't think it had much of an effect. It would act like a damper just because it has some restriction to the airflow but I don't think it's enough to make much of a difference
bravo top
Would you share any dimensions or plans of what you did? I would love to try it with my stove. Definitely better than slinging wood every few hours.
@@scottwalton4638 I don't have any plans. I have modified it so many times 🤪. I believe I have some dimensions in the first video I did
Let's look at the math - cost of heating your home. I have heated with pellets for a few years until recently. Pellets are now costing $300 per ton - that's $6 per 40lb bag. If one uses 1 bag per day - not unusual for winters in Montana - the cost now would be $180 per month!! My electric rate is $0.07/KWh. I am now heating (and cooling) with an inverter type mini split - a 24,000BTU unit. It costs me close to $40 per month to rum!!. The least expensive fuel in my area is natural gas which does not service my address. Propane has to get to approx. $140 per gallon to break even with electricity factoring in the relative efficiency of the heating system.
@@rayherriott6517 ya, a home is definitely different. I'm just heating a 12x14 wall tent or a week or two in the winter
How do you control the burn?? Just the damper??
I was thinking more of an angle on the feed tube would feed a little bit better and not have as much ash build up. Just an idea.
@@wiseguysoutdoors2954 I agree it would probably help. Thanks
I have a few more questions. First, do you have the 90° elbows inside your tent to allow your stove to be more centered and then more heat dispersion in the tent? Or do you have your chimney hole on the side wall of your tent?
And second, can you provide some numbers on building this? What angle did you go with for the burn tube? How long is the burn tube? And how far back is the feeder tube from the stove?
The chimney hole is in the side of the tent. The first elbow is in the tent and the second elbow is on the outside.
I'm not sure on the measurements, it's all packed away with my gear again. I have also been modifying if over the last couple years and things have changed from what my original numbers were when I built it, I never remeasured it other than the first video I did on it.
How'd you make the Handel for the cover?
@@stevepope5484 I'm not sure the question. What cover are you referring to?
Given how many pellets are left in there and the fact that it's not burning good means that you have some design issues with this. I think it's due to the ash buildup on that right side. You need to have something to be able to poke in there to make that Ash fall off cuz you're blocking way too much of the oxygen going to the pellets now and preventing them from burning because of that.
@@MrTrevorkemp I've considered something like that but I also want a design that doesn't require maintenance while I'm sleeping
I want to see inside after the burn
Have you ever thought of building and sell these as retro fit kits?
@@craigjones1497 I've had a few people tell me that. I'm just not sure it's worth it.
@@chasethehunt2187 Well, I've been looking for one and can't find one. You may have the lions share of an untapped market.
@@craigjones1497 that sounds good 😊
What is g to be cost of 40lbs of pellets?
@@jonathancrista1506 I pay around $6 or $7 a bag so $50 a week. I only use it a couple weeks a year so to be able to sleep through the night without having to stoke the fire and have a warm tent all night is totally worth it to me.
Keep it simple stupid
Works every time.
Any advice? Still liking the set up? I was wanting to make this exact set up with my Colorado Cylinder Stove Timberline
Yes, I love it. I light it and sleep comfortably through the night with consistent heat 👍
@@chasethehunt2187 what elevation and temperature did you deal with? I'm planning a late November hunt in Colorado at 9k feet elevation. I'm worried the high elevation and thin air may cause inadequate drafting. I have the 12x12 Alaknak and a Colorado Cylinder Stove that heats it well burning wood. Just worried about how the pellets will preform before I go cutting into a $600 wood stove haha
I typically use it around 3k to 5k elevation. Not sure how it would do at 9. I had a fire in my stove a few years ago at 10,800 and it burned just fine but it wasn't pellets.
My tent is 12x14
The real question is would it make a pot of coffee
@@normankaster917 haha, I don't know...
Get a old pan turn it upside down on hopper
@@nancyporter6800 ya, the biggest thing is I want it to seal tight
Need to make pellets
@@knoxmotorsports I buy the 40 # bags for $7 at the local farm store
Could you use wood chips?
@@KevinCorapi I don't think that would work. I would think that wood chips would plug up, I could be wrong though
You need to patent this
@@briannagorman3119 I wish. Even if I did I wouldn't have the money to be able to enforce it
who pellet feeds a wood stove?
@@steventhigpen9750 I do 😂. This way I can sleep all night and not need to get up to re-stoke the stove.
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You need to slow the air flow down
Make lid of metal. Plastic not good idea I guess proto type right
@@ThailandAmazing I haven't been able to find a lid that fits tight. That's why I tape the bag on. The bag won't let oxygen into the hopper so the pellets in the feeder won't burn. It also keeps air from entering and making a draft the will smoke out the tent. If I can find a lid I will definitely give it a try.
For 4 square feet, maybe
The cost of wood pellets for 40 lbs to heat only one day is insanely expensive
No way is pellet wood stove more cost affordable than conventional wood stove
@@silcarifarm7067 I pay around $6 or $7 for a bag. I only use it a couple weeks out of the year in my wall tent. So $50 a week to be able to sleep all night and not be cold or have to re-stoke my stove is totally worth it. Thanks for watching 👍
Dude you need to tip the heat forward so smoke won’t come out door
@@ThailandAmazing I'll need to watch it again, I didn't notice smoke coming out the door. Thanks for watching
Just grab a pot lid that'll sit on the hopper
@@joycemyers8140 I'll see if I can find one. Thanks for watching
@@chasethehunt2187 get a tempered glass one and you'll see your pellet level at a glance. I love that design though
@@joycemyers8140 great idea, I'd love to be able to see the level
Just put a cap on it, stop with the bag and electrical tape......
@@imgadget54 I need to make one. Haven't been able to find what I want yet.
40 lbs a day is NOT affordable or worth it.
@@peterpiper1965 Thanks for watching, I only use this while in my wall tent camping. It costs me $7 a night to have a constant temperature and I get to sleep through the night without having to wake up every 3 hours to re-stoke the stove. Definitely worth the $7 a night for me.
2 days or more
@@jackfrosty79ify usually I use it for a week so it usually costs me about $50