Making a DIY wood burner
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 12:23 pm
Making a wood burner for the workshop.
I've used a 47 kilo propane bottle.
Made sure it was empty of gas, then unscrewed the valve from the top. Filled it with water to expel any trace of gas - remember propane and butane are heavier than air so will sit in the bottom.
Cut a slit vertically with a 1mm disc cutter disc.Attached the hinges across this as to make sure the door will nice and square when its all cut.
Then cut the rest of the door out. Nice tight fitting door
the threaded lug where the valve was, is drilled off with a circle of small holes around the outside leaving a hole for the flue.
Temporary catch made for the door to keep it closed.
Lit up with some wood (outside) which burned off most of the orange paint - will now need a wire wheel in the angle grinder to clean it properly.
Heat it gave off was great, plan is to install it inside the workshop, and probably make it also heat an old radiator, by winding 8 or 10mm copper tube around the base of the flue to heat the water. Will need to be vented for expansion.
It's a low / no cost job, and my sticking point now is the flue pipe.
Proper vitreous enamel stuff is expensive (fifty quid a metre) and my workshop is two storey so that's a no go.
So - anybody done similar, or have any ideas for a flue?
Also need to keep the neighbours happy so not sure how high the flue needs to be, and how high off the roof.
Pics to follow when I figure out my new PC - to get the photo's off my phone..
I've used a 47 kilo propane bottle.
Made sure it was empty of gas, then unscrewed the valve from the top. Filled it with water to expel any trace of gas - remember propane and butane are heavier than air so will sit in the bottom.
Cut a slit vertically with a 1mm disc cutter disc.Attached the hinges across this as to make sure the door will nice and square when its all cut.
Then cut the rest of the door out. Nice tight fitting door
the threaded lug where the valve was, is drilled off with a circle of small holes around the outside leaving a hole for the flue.
Temporary catch made for the door to keep it closed.
Lit up with some wood (outside) which burned off most of the orange paint - will now need a wire wheel in the angle grinder to clean it properly.
Heat it gave off was great, plan is to install it inside the workshop, and probably make it also heat an old radiator, by winding 8 or 10mm copper tube around the base of the flue to heat the water. Will need to be vented for expansion.
It's a low / no cost job, and my sticking point now is the flue pipe.
Proper vitreous enamel stuff is expensive (fifty quid a metre) and my workshop is two storey so that's a no go.
So - anybody done similar, or have any ideas for a flue?
Also need to keep the neighbours happy so not sure how high the flue needs to be, and how high off the roof.
Pics to follow when I figure out my new PC - to get the photo's off my phone..
