Big DIY Rocket Stove shop heater PT1

Because it gets cold in QLD Australia....

[@hamishlittle]

Really proud of you mate!!! Very excited to watch this all unfold. Your giftings are really going to shine in this new season!

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks Hamish 👍

[@chrischerry2787]

Congratulations!! You are living the dream of a lot of the people that watch your videos. Well done 👏 👍😊

[@brimstonefootsteps4332]

My son left medical school for welding school and hasn't been happier. He made the decision on his own and decided to chase his own dream instead of the one we placed on him. Welding in a dying art and I am very proud of him for walking his own road. Great video on taking what could have been considered nothing and seeing the potential life in it.

[@therealfinn1839]

please don't take this the wrong way welding is definitely not a dying art

[@brimstonefootsteps4332]

@@therealfinn1839 It sure does seem to be in my neck of the woods. Most trade skills have turned into liberal art degrees. My hat is off to anyone who can still fix or make something "real" anymore,

[@yamati150]

I love the fact that you're stick welding!! I have a hatred of MIG welding. I know, it's faster, but stick is old school and I love it!! I actually weld with TIG about 99% of the time because I usually am working with stainless or occasionally clean mild steel, but I appreciate using an old rusty PC of mild. Nice job!!!

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Yeah I love stick welding too, any chance I get I'll stick metal together with the old stick.

[@cybercamp2900]

You continue to inspire me with more than your welding skills, so much so that I am building my version of the rocket stove. Always enjoy and appreciate your work/life. 🙏🏻

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks mate 😊

[@stanisawmajewski9786]

Jestem technkkiem obróbki skrawaniem i lubię jak ludzie robią coś dobrego i spasjią 👏

[@MathewBoorman]

That looks really impressive. Really impressed that it leaves almost zero scrap, the offcuts getting used again. I had already picked up some heavy 150 tube, and planed to do something similar, but glad I did not progress yet, as your design is much better than I was planning,

[@sunegroennebaek5283]

I would love to have a tiny Rocket Stove. As small as possible but still big enough to heat a tiny house….. and think if you could make the exhaust in the dimension of an of-the-shelf chimney it would be great. You could expand your business to sell plans for your builds. Living on the opposite side of the world shipping is killing engagement….. Love your work and cool approach to KZbin.

[@Paul.Douglas]

Those are absolutely the straightest freehand cuts I've ever seen!

[@sarcasmo57]

Great job mate and good on you for supporting local industry.

[@anthonycolbourne4206]

13:38 That could pass for a piece of modern art right there! Love the angles on this one.

[@dzizus7440]

Nice to see what your ideas are. I made a rocket stove this spring, and cooked twice a delicious goulash soup in a cast iron cauldron. Hungarian bograch soups. Perfect. Twigs in the amount of a bicycle basket will be enough for about 2 hours of cooking. Greetings from the EU.

[@stankrieger3598]

Good luck with this new business. I am 70 and thinking on starting me a small craftey business. But any way God's speed on this adventure keep me in touch

[@navigator902]

Oh wow, glad your back mate... when I lite up my rocket stove.... Hope all are well including your wonderful family.... Cheers! So glad to hear of your inspiration... such a good thing.

[@bogdangdumitru]

Good speach man! So nice of you to carry on the family tradition. Doing the thing you like for a living, it's huge. Keep up the good work. All the best!!!

[@christophermclean5620]

Great work man it's good to see people chasing their dreams and accomplishing their goals. I'm jealous of your brother.

[@aussysurvival]

Well done mate. Good to see the skills being preserved. All the best. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘

[@russelldold4827]

Congratulations on completing your apprenticeship - fitter & turner is also my "mother trade". Although I later qualified as an engineer, I've never been sorry about my time on the tools, and now enjoy my workshop in my retirement. I'm a long-term subscriber, looking forward to Part 2!

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks Russell 👍

[@579Jacob]

Hey Russell, do you mind me asking what engineering discipline you entered and how you started after already having a career? In terms of affording the schooling for engineering, and the time needed while working? At least in my case I have considered the military for these benefits, and just curious how you made it. Thanks.

[@russelldold4827]

@@579Jacob Hi Jacob, I was fortunate to serve my apprenticeship as a fitter and turner with a South African mining company who supported anyone who applied themselves in their technical college studies. I was able to complete 4 block release study courses (equivalent to an engineering diploma in mechanical engineering) before passing my practical trade test. While working as an artisan and later as a technician, subsequent further studies through night classes at my own cost gave me entrance to write the examinations by which I qualified as a mechanical engineer at the age of 30. My wife and I agreed to hold off on starting our family until I qualified as an engineer - we were married for 7 years before my daughter was born. The South African system then allows one to study specific subjects in the electrical engineering field and thereby obtain certification as an electrical engineer. Certainly a career in the military would offer similar opportunities for advancement if you showed the necessary application in your studies. Good luck!

[@mkase4697]

As usual, a nicely put together video. Nice to see you can wield that old buzz-box welder with your usual skill. Interesting design too. I have been hoping you would have another go at your water heater system. Any chance it is in the pipeline? I built a wood burner water heater system which I use to pipe hot water into a radiator in my workshop. Next step is I am collecting materials and chewing over ideas for a home heating system with a rocket stove heart. Hopefully I can pinch some more good ideas from you in the future! Keep up the good work!

[@mrlordmark72]

Congrats on apprenticeship, I just bought the J stove from your website a few weeks back it works brilliant.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks for your support Mark You're a legend 👍👍👍

[@thecreativetake]

Awesome build! Very well made!!

[@Blougheed]

this video taught my that I in fact am NOT good using a plasma cutter.. wow! well done!

[@stephenbellini1225]

Congratulations really pleased for you, after listening and watching your vids I know you’ll go far and only expand

[@paulgoodridge7957]

Been following you since you started very competent clever i wish you and family well and your business do well thanks from Wales.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks Paul

[@anniebooo]

Congratulations, well done! All the best! Annie

[@not-pc6937]

Great video as usual- good luck on your new life direction 👍you’ve taken the jump and I’m sure your gonna land on both feet - cheers and keep ‘em coming 😁

[@DerekWoolverton]

Congrats on striking off on your own. Customers are more of a headache than bosses, but you can wake up and decide not to be paid any day of the week you want. With a family in the US, insurance is the biggest headache/cost for going it alone. I always cheated and had a wife that worked.

[@Tunzbig]

I got the same linc 180c, nice work anyway, gotta love rocket stoves is always a million ways to make one :)

[@jvcyt298]

I really didn't think that the draft from the flue would be that good, but I was pleasantly surprised. I guess that you could pipe the exhaust outside without any problems as well.

[@bigdaddy741098]

Good luck with the new venture 👍👊

[@BDL090754]

No its not rediculous, It's just another masterpiece, ( from a fellow victorian aussie, ) I'm gonna have to get me one of those plasma cutters, such a time saver. - Thank you for the video.

[@milkrecu]

Wow. That looks like a keeper. Inspiring. Perhaps a sauna stove if I can keep the water out. Keep up your good work and congratulations on freedom however terrifying it may be at times.

[@officialWWM]

Awesome watching you grow and succeed. Congratulations on your duel trade.

[@joels310]

The one-line opener! Congrats on becoming a business owner!!!

[@trutube7417]

The burn pit and the angle pulling the flame in very nice. Probably be able to burn for a while before cleaning

[@huxmetalworks7371]

Great job love your work thanks for sharing

[@davekauffman8727]

Love the rocket stove, built one out of cinder blocks in order to burn up a lot of old broken pallets on my property without a lot of smoke, worked wonderfully. That hand soap reminds me of Lava here in the USA, might even be better, who knows? God bless!

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks bro 😊

[@polehenge8237]

Nice freehand plasma cutting mate. Not bad for a sheetie😉

[@LittleAussieRockets]

The urge to switch to a grinder was strong, but I overcame 😅

[@dougl8248]

Hey man I love the sign in the background. HAVE GOT to make one for myself.

[@therealfinn1839]

I'm a boilermaker that's been in the trade for over 30 years all I'm going to say is this guy is pretty bloody good I honestly think you are not dual trade you are triple trade add boilermaker as well mate .Thats some of the best plasma cutting if ever seen free hand with massive thick chalk lines and your welding is pretty good as well.So Can This Guy Weld Yes

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thank you 👍

[@CPaulCounts]

Congrats on everything you're accomplishing!

[@Memento-_-Mori-_-982]

Good luck on your new venture!

[@seanyowies8532]

Congratulations on your new trade qualification.

[@Marsmate88]

Perfect timing for selling your own solid bar sand soap. Solvol have stopped making it recently and they only do the liquid soap. I prefer the bar soap as you can use the bar to scrub at tough spots.

[@hoilst]

WHAT?!? That's a bloody outrage, that is!

[@dah4x4]

Nice job! Heading to your website to buy one!

[@sgntbilco]

Hard work and diligence, I'll subscribe to that, with a shed as your office, it doesn't get better than that too. Good on ya!!

[@Altruistic-Viking]

Love the sign in the background 😄

[@spiderbrandt4066]

I can relate I'm a 70 year old Fitter and Turner I have a small shop and I still love it , I like your heater I mite make one I didn't get what the pipe with the hols is for ( air flow ? ) , I'm in Qld and yes it dose get Cold here as I wright this I'm cold .

[@enoniemschybaniewiem1847]

Those welds are beautiful.

[@306champion]

Good on ya mate, I'm sure you'll do really well. Must be the first time I've seen on the old arc welder.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks mate 👍 I love that old welder. Can't kill it.

[@tolbaszy8067]

Great video! You have superb skills and excellent camera sense. How you have succeeded while being left-handed is remarkable! Do you weld mower decks? Thanks for sharing!

[@karakrantz1391]

Glad you now have a GREAT boss :)

[@billpemberton3982]

Have you seen Lawrence Harrops rocket shop heater? His channel is Loz Harrop from the U.K. Very happy to hear you're doing it all on your own now. Cheers Mate.

[@catgynt9148]

Congratulations on your new employment position and the opportunities waiting for you to discover them. Which of your daughters will follow in your family tradition.? At some convenient, future time can you discuss your choices of cutting metals with torch vs plasma vs grinder cutting wheels. What you demonstrated in today’s video is an interesting example. The plasma cutting is significantly faster and exponentially more expensive than slower cutting wheels and drilling. Wishing you and your family a blessed week, a gentle harvest season and a profitable journey. Peace brother

[@shitheadjohnson2797]

that looks like it works amazing.

[@Srulio]

All the best for your future ventures

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks 👍

[@beachfiredude]

Great upload Thanks

[@victoryfirst2878]

Could you please tell me your logic in the shape of the rocket stove ??? How about the heat output ??? What is the percentage more of a standard 4 by 4 inch stove ??? Nice work and thanks.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

I neglected to go into that. I have found that when the burn tube is 90° to the riser the air flow doesn't always start off in the right direction. Adding the 15 degrees slope to the burn tube has given the hot air a head start in the right direction. It also stops ash from working it's way into the bottom of the riser. The tube in the bottom of the riser was intended to be air intake for secondary burn. It's value is yet to be seen. The slot behind the hopper is for air, when there is too much fuel in the hopper, this slot should still allow enough air into the burn tube for a clean combustion. I will cover the rest in the second video 🙂 Heat output was great 🎉 warm up time was a bit long but once running it was really good.

[@cybercamp2900]

@@LittleAussieRockets thanks for the insight. I hope to show you mine in a month or so. You were my great inspiration 👍🏻👍🏻

[@victoryfirst2878]

@@LittleAussieRockets Thanks for the pertinent information requested. Look forward to see the second video and congratulations for bringing life into this world. Peace and good luck too. vf

[@stevenmchenry9276]

Hey Aussie, great video

[@Mark_Linford]

Excellent Job done :)

[@thisguy1890]

Very interesting mate. Get amongst it aye.

[@markfoster6110]

Come to Canberra where you can learn about cold !! Great job look after yourself . Take care

[@LittleAussieRockets]

You can keep your weather thank you very much 🙂🥶🥶🥶

[@markfryer9880]

Plasma cutters are available for sale at Aldi this week in Melbourne Australia. Good to see you back on KZbin. Don't know why I didn't get the notification until I scrolled over your video today, 4 weeks late? You think that your the boss, when it is really the wife! Mark from Melbourne Australia

[@davidrickard3143]

love your channel! explain< explain! I get what your doing! green horns don't. more info will go far mate!

[@philerasmus]

Very interested in your work. Thinking about alternative ways to heat the chill Pommie home I was wondering if anyone had ever to reproduce the simplistic method used by the Swedish Admiralty in the 19th century? They had a furnace to heat cannonballs and red hot cannonballs were carried around the admiralty building and positioned in holders to provide heat in the various offices. It occurs to me that a system like that with an efficient rocket stove at the core could avoid the issues with in-house installation and flues etc. Yes cannonballs are hard to come by these days... but a foot length of railway track might be a handy alternative. There could be one in the stove and one in the house, swapping them over then it cools.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

That's is an interesting history lesson. I have been toying with the idea of using a hot air engine to pump water heated through a rocket stove. Lot more work in the setup but not as hazardous as handling hot balls.

[@kevindechambeau7762]

Great job.

[@Joe_Bandit]

How can you see to follow your lines so well? When I'm plasma cutting I can't see a thing once my visor darkens.

[@victoryfirst2878]

When one loves what one does one never works a day in his life. PERIOD !!!!!!

[@bobboyer9440]

Is it safe to use this stove as a source of heat? Not sure if the insurance companies would agree.

[@janisvaskevics93]

Hi, Frank!😁

[@micksmith9113]

This project looks awesome, when can we see it in action?

[@jimfitzgibbon5492]

I would like to see how you ran your exhaust with out losing all the heat threw that?

[@gavinh1449]

Just curious why you switched from stick welding to mig?

[@geneticdisorder1900]

Frank is a weird looking squirrel ! 😅

[@mikeintn6360]

I noticed you left a front and back gap on the magazine feed tube, assuming for draft air compensation. Have you found those gaps improve the draft and does it allow heavier loading of the mag tube with wood (like closer to 100% full)?? Thanks for your reply

[@LittleAussieRockets]

The gaps allowed me to put a door on the hopper. I wanted to direct more airflow up through the grate into the coal bed to get a more complete combustion. From my testing on other stoves where I haven't had the gaps, these extra holes helped in getting a more complete combustion, not having as much charcoal left unburned.

[@raymondrobertson3869]

Hi this is Raymond from Scotland. Can I pick your brains. I am building a stove same as your shop heater and can only get 4” box section do I use the same sizes for the Venturi vortex or do I take a third of your sizes as mines is only 4 inch box. Keep up the great videos Regards Raymond

[@Hazzy238]

There's a heater called a smudge pot . Something you would consider putting your version of?

[@kiyotakakaneko3602]

Is there any secondary air effect?

[@vincentdegraaf2222]

Granulation’s and good luck🍀

[@willwork2fish261]

Is this safe to use on a enclosed shop?

[@davidwarren9738]

I love you videos... I wish I lived close to you. I'd probably try to come help you (free labor) every day after work. Lol Question: is there a reason you didn't weld completely around the wood supply areas. I see one gap on the top side and the sides on the bottom where the ashtray is. Love this stove and will be building it soon. But I wanted to ask questions before I welded it solid and screwed it up.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks, David So the openings are there for airflow. Basically, if I completely overload the hopper with fuel, there will still be enough air to create a clean burn, so far it works great but I would add another 300 mm to the riser if I was building it again.

[@bobodean1]

I am wondering why you are stick welding??

[@tips8762]

Smart wood stove

[@mutantryeff]

Beware of the welding fumes as they are reported to cause tinnitus

[@intergrale4x4]

Can you see the chalk with the welding mask on ??? I've tried loads a pens and markers but still can't see where to cut

[@cybercamp2900]

@intergrale4x4. … Look for “soapstone” made to do just that and works perfectly 👍🏻

[@correorodi]

you rock little aussi !!

[@aliyucel7123]

Hello, is it okay if I take out a 3 inch pipe from the side for smoke?

[@hiruyuuy1095]

Hi, bought plans for the stove, missing size of the hole between burner and riser, also diamension for the pipe welded to the bottom of the riser. Look like something missing in the plans.

[@LimitedGunnerGM]

For your fans in the USA and abroad, will you eventually make your designs for sale or some of your stoves flat packed for shipment overseas? I’d love to help support your new endeavors!

[@LittleAussieRockets]

I'm actively looking into this. 👍

[@WVFG]

Hi mate, just subscribed to your channel, one question, "Do you always work this fast?"

[@tomislavbudrovac8690]

Thanks Sir.🤑

[@danielfrank1721]

How do you use the rocket stove inside without a chimney?

[@LittleAussieRockets]

In part 2, I show how I plummet into the shed

[@johnlamons7482]

I was looking for something that I can actually make. I can't measure in metric. Would you know how many inches on everything?

[@craigsymington5401]

STOKED for u bro!

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Thanks Craig 🙂

[@markjackson7467]

Check out pulse detonation heaters - really efficient

[@valachimus]

Recently found and am enjoying your channel tremendously. Quick question: What is Frank? Pet? Friendly local wildlife?😄

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Frank is a Australian possum, he's wild and has taken up residence in our work shop. Friendly for the most part, and fun fact the female has a pouch like a kangaroo's.

[@cornel-5285]

hello Frank!

[@yodab.at1746]

Nice build.... But to me, there's something missing. Nearly every rocket stove I've seen built has a fundamental flaw, not in the design of the body of the stove or the build, they're all great. It's a misunderstanding of the principal of how a rocket stove operates and the benefits of a correctly operating one. The concept of a 'J' tube was to cut down on smoke when cooking using wood as a fuel. Rural Indian households would traditionally use an open fire for cooking, the smoke issued led to high levels of lung disease. Using a J tube led to better combustion and cut down on smoke. The rocket stove advanced this idea so that the exhaust gases would have almost no particulates. This is achieved by extremely high combustion temps. To achieve this, maximum draw is used, the combustion chamber is insulated and the first part of the stack is lagged. This is to retain as much heat in the combustion chamber and stack to achieve fast and total combustion of the fuel. The exhaust gas is what is used for heating, rather than the body of the stove. Hence the sound of the running stove and the adoption of the word 'rocket'. Designs for space heating sometimes incorporate a barrel that sits over the body of the stove and stack, the exhaust outlet can exit the side horizontally because the draw for the combustion is created by the extremely hot stack inside. The best rocket stoves have a ceramic chamber a thin walled insulated ceramic stack because this part needs to heat quickly for ease of starting the combustion and achieving a draw quickly. If the stack is simply vented normally without the barrel chamber, the draw will tend to happen naturally, but if covered by a barrel as used in a mass heater, then the draw needs to develop quickly. Hope this is useful 👍

[@LittleAussieRockets]

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge, when I find time to finish filming part two, I will address some of these problems.👍

[@joeegriff6566]

“She’s wet”…helluva way to start the video😂

[@noelanderson5580]

What brand of plasma cutter are you using please??

[@LittleAussieRockets]

My plasma cutter is a work zone from Aldi.

[@noelanderson5580]

@@LittleAussieRockets Works well then. Thank you.

[@willyouwright]

Bussiness ideas. Reduce how much you need to do. I.e. only build hard bits the rest can be assembled. Small assembly means lower freight cost. Also reduce cost of materials used. If people buy more of the cheap stuf and are just as happy. Raise the price of the good stuff. Your value is in your skill. If it's crappy repetitive work. Look at robotics or offer it to the customer to diy.. in bussiness time is money. Your time is valuable and should be reserved for complex or creative tasks. Also make sure the people around you are growing.. look for fundamental equations in your bussiness, I.e. how your trying to change stoves. Perhaps it's performance to weight. Or cost to weight ratio. Automate as much as possible.. Hope this helps