eriklupus said:
only prob i see is refueling will be a pain
How so? You add wood at the top opening. Way easier than changing propane tanks during a boil, lol, and you get to burn junk.:rockin: Fire, Fire, Fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The blue cover over the coil would be attached and could easily be one handed while pitching a couple of chunks of wood/fuel into the thing. Also, I haven't drawn the top view yet, but the blue cover is solid under the handle to allow for more heat inside on the coils.
As for using a couple for burners under the kettle, I think they would be easy as well to reload. The guy that made this originally has some pretty impressive stuff, I just want to implement the idea into my setup.
If I could burn trash to boil water cleanly, I would start making distilled water and add salts
. I could catch rainwater, filter it in-line and run it slowly through the heater on its way to the boil keg, put the collector and condenser on top and throw the burner under it. Reload every 30 minutes or so, and swap for another burner after the first is ash filled. Actually, you can use the charcoal from the first burner to start the second and save fuel plus get a great burn. I enjoyed my research on the stove type the last two days.
I enjoy looking at gadgets and new/old science stuff but do so with a open-but-cautious mind. Some stuff is complete crap like greater-than-input-engines and things. This burner/stove is simple: First and foremost, it burns great for cooking. Secondly, it is very efficient and cheap/free to operate, which makes it both great for the environment and your bank account. I mean they drove cars on the same theory of gas burning as this tiny stove works on back in WII (Europe anyways) when gasoline was in short/no supply.
This one he built has a high flame which I do not like, but I plan on more directional holes in the top of the burn chamber so that it burns more in the stove before it reaches the top opening of the burner. He also has holes directly underneath the burn/ash bed blowing out more directionally upward. I think I can get it hotter and more compact a flame doing it my way. This guy didn't have a machine shop to go have fun at. I keep driving these guys nuts with my projects questions, but they like to talk about how they wish they could help but.... I think I can get this one done on a mill all by myself in the corner of the shop.