How to build the best rocket stove from scrap metal off grid use.

How to build the best rocket stove from scrap metal off grid use.
Today I got some scrap material and decided to build a rocket stove to use when I go camping at the ranch. This is a very basic but efficient rocket stove. I had seen these years ago and finally built my own. Rocket stoves use small fires made from twigs and all the heat goes up directly to the stove top. You can cook, boil water or even use to provide some heat.
At the end of the day I enjoyed the build.
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Cut Weld N Grind
Jorge Serna
P.O Box 15186
Zapata Tx 78076
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[@ChucklesKeys]

I love your design of your stove. I'm going to make one like it, I hope.

[@cutweldngrind]

I am currently working on a bigger version and cant wait to try it out. If your subscribed you will be notified once video goes live, probably in the next 10 days. Glad you liked the rocket stove and thanks for watching.

[@stephenbinion6348]

Very nice. I especially like the content without patting yourself on the back every two seconds like so many other channels

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks. I been trying to shorten the videos and get to the point ti make watching easier. The rocket stove worked awesome and yesterday I picked up a 10x10 skillet that fits perfectly fir cooking off grid. I'm working on another project today so let's see how today goes. Thanks again.

[@chrislee253]

@@cutweldngrind hay Jorge me and my pops goes camping a lot we have a log rocket stove just curious how much would you charge to. Make the same one so I can surprise him he would love it bro its dynamite by the way thanks 👍

[@davidhardin6649]

Nice stove and video. To the point and no crazy music...

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks. The stove works great. I usually use it to heat up water for coffee but should work for cooking too. Thanks for the awesome comment.

[@11557bexley]

Great job

[@olafschermann1592]

Easy and looks great. Thanks for sharing!

[@cutweldngrind]

It was a fun project and I got to test the famous rocket stoves. I been wanting to build one for years. Thanks for watching as it helps me grow the channel.

[@Digitonic1]

Another Awesome Jorge Serna Product 😃😃👍👍

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks. It was a fun build for sure and I been wanting to build one for years. I think I am out of scrap metal now so I will have to hit the scrap yards to see what I can find.

[@BeardBelly]

The opening at the back is a good design feature!

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks. I did make another rocket stove a bit more simple and seems to also work great.

[@MadeInMyGarage]

nice job!

[@jwall70]

very nice, work at a shop with scrap metal like this, really want to build one like this

[@alejosserna3923]

Great stove

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks, It works great and I really need to do another video showing it cooking steaks.

[@jamiegriffin1461]

Very nice!

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks

[@stag3t-muspsa910]

Great job thank you I'm gonna build one this week...were did you det the handle

[@hauntastic158]

Love the idea for the Handle as well as the over all design!! though would have added a flume or choke to backside yo control air flow and temp

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks for the suggestions. This was the first one I made and mostly from scrap materials. I have one made from 6x6 square tubing that I want to try cooking on next week. I just finished a grill today so that I can test it actually.

[@totalpkg6912]

cool

[@axcreates_official]

Well done my friend. Looks awesome 👏 👍

[@cutweldngrind]

Before I forget at 6:04 you can see the small offset smoker I was building its behind the 20" round pipe grill. Its made from 3/8" wall pipe. At 4:20 you can see the 20" x 12" pipe for my fire pit/grill that I wanted to build and its in progress I guess lol. The Rocket Stove came out great after years of wanting to build one. I am officially out of scrap metal so that makes August a tough month with slim to none builds. I need to find some material now.

[@axcreates_official]

Jorge Serna I would like to see you finish the smoker.

[@cutweldngrind]

@@axcreates_official I was about to say which one from the 3 but just remembered. Wait a minute I also have the mini grill that I started lol....

[@cutweldngrind]

@@axcreates_official On your video at the :33 mark is the tool you use a machining tool or a portable drill press. I want something like this and have seen other video use them. Thanks

[@axcreates_official]

@Jorge Serna That’s a mag drill I’m using. Works great, but I still want to get a drill press.

[@officialWWM]

That thing looks heavy!

[@cutweldngrind]

Looks heavy, is heavy but its lighter than the 6x6 model. Thanks for watching

[@officialWWM]

@@cutweldngrind I guess at least it’s not going to fall over :)

[@deiondyson512]

Badass

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks, glad you liked the build. I have a different design on my channel that I built like 2 months back incase you want to check it out

[@cutweldngrind]

I tried the rocket stove this morning but most of the wood was wet after another storm. It works great with dry twigs as I tried it again and you can feel the heat it puts out. I made some coffee and will work great for cooking off grid. Hope you enjoy. Comment, share and subscribe.

[@Paulman50]

I've never seen one of those over here, might have a go at making one to see how they run. Ive only got 4 inch round in the shed but I spose it would work the same. I put some tags on my Vidio as you said to see what happens, I'm not sure there is any difference. My test run tags included " worlds best, free stuff, how to get rich fast, " and a few other waky ideas 😁👍.

[@cutweldngrind]

I actually have some round pipe but I know I will have a hard time coping or notching the pipe for that 45 degree angle. The pipe I have is also very heavy wall some is 1/4" and other about 3/8". Try putting tags like these on one of the tracked vehicle videos if they match your video: remote controlled tracked vehicle, remote controlled tracked vehicle with camera, diy remote control robot, How to build a tracked robot, rc track robot, diy rc tracked vehicle, rc tank track, rc track vehicle. You can also add smaller 1 or 2 word tags if wanted. The better the tags or ranking of them the higher up they appear in the youtube search pages. I actually stayed up last light making my video have a better SEO score, search engine optimization. I started as a hobby about 6 years ago and now I see a little $ flowing in but its not much. I learned so much from the few video I have seen from you. I need more tools and also an excavator. Well I have reached the bottom of the scrap pile and not sure if to start building stuff from mud now. I see a trip to scrap yard soon.

[@Paulman50]

@@cutweldngrind the lathe is the big one, I started with a big old English lathe, 1.5 tone, best bang for the money out there.

[@justinm.lodukim2789]

Nanti saya akan buat satu pcs ni tuan,

[@treythorsen225]

AWESOME! How could I make a stove that allowed me to got the coals so I can use them in my smoker?

[@fromthepeanutgallery1084]

Nice stove, good skills and tool brands. How thick is the hand grinder chop wheel?

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks for watching. I cant remember the thickness of the cut off wheel. I like to buy tools when ever I get a chance and now need a bigger shed.

[@CruiserMac]

I did a video on the one I made, not really used it too much yet . I put a baffle in mine like you did, not sure if that was the right thing to do yet or not. Turned out nicely though !

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks. There is many designs out there and actually several years past before I actually built it. It works great with twigs but when I added split hardwood it produced heat but not as much as thinner branches/twigs. I wanted to buy a small griddle to try cooking some breakfast on it. I just love the way food taste when cooked with wood.

[@CruiserMac]

@@cutweldngrind Yes, I love cooking stuff over wood. You might be on to something as I did the same thing split up some hardwood and did not get as much heat as I thought I would. Maybe they run better on twigs, have to try that.

[@chrispep]

buddy of mine made one without the vent lmao

[@MischaGielen]

How long can you make the chimney? Would like to use it as a compact stove for heating without all the heat going out the roof. Can it be used with a 4m long zig zag chimney? 4m just as an example.

[@blazinggazelle6957]

Looks almost identical to the design I use. Works pretty good. Does produce a lot of carbon which covers the bottom of pans. I need to add a small battery operated fan to mine to get it to burn hotter, hopefully that will reduce the soot.

[@cutweldngrind]

I think if you add the fan it will make the rocket stove hotter for sure. I was going to use round material but found the square tubing which did the job. I bought the small skillet for it but haven't cooked a steak on it. I use it mostly for boiling water to make coffee. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel.

[@kurtilingus]

Seconding having a fan around but not just for aiding your stove, they're absolute game-changers for starting & maintaining a fire under *any* conditions so long as you have a quality fan suited for the job. I use small-ish blower fans (i.e. Biscuit fans) that are considered huge for their intended use in cooling pcs & can move a crazy amount of air for their size. Got a few delta 2.6 amp ones for a great deal that could easily put a breeze into a large room that arent much bigger than my palm that I've used to stoke kindling into an inferno bonfire practically within seconds. Good times

[@cowboyblacksmith]

A forge blower hand cranked is what you need, that’d work so nicely.

[@bobross9332]

Old boy scout trick is to put a generous amount of liquid dish soap on the bottom of the pan before you put it on the stove, the soap will dry and crust on the bottom and when you go to wash it, it just falls right off.

[@walterlamb4756]

Cover the bottom of your pot with soap, and the black will come off easily when you wash it! An “old Indian trick”!

[@kennethpierce7304]

I really would like to see how you welded the top of the 45* next to the upright. Looks like that might be hard to do with a mig welder. The shielding cup would interfere. Let me know, please.

[@cutweldngrind]

I can't recall but I did remove the shielding cup as I am still running flux wire. I had to watch video as I cant remember lol.

[@kennethpierce7304]

@@cutweldngrind you made a good looking rocket stove. Thanks for replying.

[@joeyb7373]

Wow mr.serna your so smart keep up the good work any chance you will be selling those stoves but good job

[@cutweldngrind]

I haven't made much due to prices of steel. The shipping would also be expensive so I haven't put much time in trying to sell. I will be making another one soon.

[@joeyb7373]

@@cutweldngrind yeah those rocket stoves I seen in utube the guy making them is j and j welding he sells them for 500.00 according to him there are high in demand by the way my grandmother name is carolina serna iam from corpus christi

[@cutweldngrind]

@@joeyb7373 $500 sure would leave some decent cash in my pockets. I live in Zapata so a bit further south. I may look into trying to sell 1 to see how it does.

[@joeyb7373]

@@cutweldngrind this guy lives in mirendo city I think that close to Laredo check out his channel

[@KMARGEL1108]

Me too in my channel i have this kind of rocket stove Im a welder here in japan

[@cutweldngrind]

These rocket stoves work great. Glad to meet a welder from Japan. I will check out your channel.

[@BigLou956]

Awesome stove brotha, I can see that stove in action making breakfast at the beach.... Good to have outside during the cold days for some hot coffee for sure...👍 Is your grinder a 7 or 11 amp?

[@cutweldngrind]

I have a few Dewalt grinders in 4.5": 6.5A, 7A, 7.5A, and 10A. I use the 7 and 7.5 amps ones in most of my videos. The ones I will give away are the 7.5A paddle style which are still in the box. I was so anxious to use this Rocket stove and it had just rained that morning. I think the "Mesquite" thicker hard wood kept burning slowly but the branches actually gave that rocket effect. Thinner material just released heat faster and I really liked the way it performed. I will build a cooking grate for it soon then try some food on it.

[@BigLou956]

@@cutweldngrind nice, I've been wanting a dewalt grinder for a while now... I have the HF Chicago grinder but those run on brushes and don't last long... I believe the dewalts are brushless and 1000 times better....lol. Looking forward on your next build/project....👍

[@cutweldngrind]

@@BigLou956 I ordered 20 flap disc online in 4 1/2 inch but I also wanted a bigger 6 or 7 inch grinder. I had an old Makita 7" but cant find it anywhere. I sometimes would find deals at pawn shops but lately there is just junk. I have a few other videos to upload but they are not builds and some are reviews or modifications. Well I need to find some metal.

[@BigLou956]

@@cutweldngrind 👍👍

[@jerod5636]

@@cutweldngrind you can blame the internet for that. It ruined digging around in pawn shops for deals.

[@TheAgBanker]

Would it take too long to heat the water with your 6" rocket stove?

[@bigbattenberg]

Hi, what is the cross section of the material used? I have some 100x100x3 mm lying around, it will probably work.

[@cutweldngrind]

Its 4" x .125" wall so 100mm x 100mm x 3mm sounds about right.

[@jorgedellelce846]

Los Roker son de utilidad limitada, aparte requiere constante atención, para mantenerlo con llama constante..

[@burton54ify]

Very nice Jorge!!! I have a technical question: Why didn't you use the Dewalt cut off saw for the rest of the straight cuts you needed instead of the portable bandsaw and grinder.

[@cutweldngrind]

I'm not sure at the moment why I went that route. Maybe the diagonal cut exceeded the cutting capability on the chop saw. I usually use a plasma cutter on my projects so maybe I just wanted to try other tools but a chop saw would probably give me straighter cuts. Did you build one or planning to build one?

[@burton54ify]

@@cutweldngrind Ok, just curious. I hadn't planned on building one just yet but I must say your design and instruction is especially inspiring. I'll let you know when I get around to it. Well done sir!

[@paedailylife7886]

i want to do the same as you.. wish me luck

[@cutweldngrind]

You will be fine. It's an easy project I made with scrap materials. I believe you will build it and it will work good.

[@paedailylife7886]

keep in touch... i have done build it... its time to edit before publish... tq for u.. give me a lot of idea

[@rolandorobles6871]

Can be made with a bigger square tubing like 6 inches?

[@cutweldngrind]

I have seen 6 and 8 inch square tubing ones on Facebook market but I have not attempted one. I have to build another using 4" square tubing but will try a diffrent design.

[@rolandorobles6871]

@@cutweldngrind thanks

[@danielcristobal6577]

Whats the ideal height for rocket stove? Is shorter the better? Or heighier one is the better? Tia..

[@cutweldngrind]

I have not done much testing as this was the first 1 I built. I used some measurements found online. My neighbor has one the same height but he used a smaller tube diameter. I believe the taller the stove the least efficient it is.

[@johnbackman7372]

Where did you get the handle on the back?

[@cutweldngrind]

I got it from Laredo Discount Metals a store in the city. I am not sure if they could be found on ebay or amazon. I don't own a torch so this was a perfect item to buy at an affordable price. I might build another rocket stove soon a bit bigger than this one.

[@irishlush364]

How long was the hole you cut where the 45 welds up?

[@cutweldngrind]

I am not sure of the size I cut out but I drew lines where the middle piece meets the vertical and horizontal piece. I then cut maybe 1/4" inch inside of those marks as to leave little edge for wood to get stuck.

[@joerobinson3878]

Nice stove, but wear some PPE please.

[@cutweldngrind]

Thank you, I will try to be more safe out here.

[@AS-ug2vq]

Hello what's the total length of square hollow tubing we need for this project? Is 3ft sufficient?

[@cutweldngrind]

On the long piece I went 19" and the small piece was 12" on the longer side. I dont remember the angle on the cut but the short piece top side is 8.5 and again long piece is 12. I just drew a line and cut it off.

[@cutweldngrind]

Yes, 3 ft will be enough.

[@slackjawedyokel1]

I see you drag the toes of your boots --so do I --I have to JB weld the toes of my boots

[@cutweldngrind]

I been wearing slip on steel toe boots for about 20 years and finally moved to lace up. Here in south Texas there is a ton of stickers so the laces just catches every sticker possible. The good thing is I don't do concrete work and they last longer now. What size boots you wear?

[@slackjawedyokel1]

@@cutweldngrind I tend to work on my knees down on the slab when doing larger welding products -as I crawl around it seems I drag the toe of my left boot -I build it back up with some JB liquid metal -sand it -quick shot of flex seal and good as new for a week🤣

[@wilmadickfit8663]

To cook them tortolitas I hear in the background on that rocket stove

[@cutweldngrind]

I have to make another rocket stove but these work great for heating. I can add a bigger skillet on top and cook some Flour Tortillas or Corn tortillas. I need to get back to my projects as I have been slacking lately.

[@harryballs112]

Looks the goods but your wire speed is a Bit high to suit the v ,good vid mate

[@cutweldngrind]

I will try a diffrent speed as I was just going by the label recommendations. I am still fairly new to wire welders but thanks for the heads up.

[@harryballs112]

As far as I know bud any mig under 400 dollars should run 19 v and wire speed to suit , please don't take offence to my comment I have been an amiture welder for 20 yrs and still fuck shit up , I'm sure there is plenty of people on the feed that will correct me but just thought I'd try and share what little I know lo l

[@cutweldngrind]

@@harryballs112 Not a problem. I do sense a feeding issue on this machine compared to the 2 125 machines I have. This 140 speeds up and down and the other two welders keep a constant speed. I do mostly arc welding but again as a hobby only.

[@harryballs112]

I have used a foam ear plug before the rollers , just feed your through it and it guarantees a clean feed

[@cutweldngrind]

@@harryballs112 I will try that out as well and another user talked about a lubricant with a sponge on feeding line. I cant recall what lubricant it was but mentioned it was for the mig feeding system.

[@fredrikoskarsson5604]

Is it too small with 80x80mm

[@cutweldngrind]

I have always used 4" which is close to 100mm. There is a few videos online of others using smaller material like you mentioned.

[@botihi7971]

What is the material thickness you use ?

[@Polarss562]

1/8

[@hawghawg381]

Now do a low country boil.

[@cutweldngrind]

Sorry I haven't been active on my KZbin projects but maybe I can try that soon.

[@bumslayer76]

So what are these for? Why would I need this? Not bashing but I’m trying to figure out why people use these?

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks for the comment. These are used mostly by people living off grid to heat water or cook with little fire wood. You burn thin pieces of wood and get high heat as long as the fire is burning strong. If the fire is low it looses efficency. I use this to make coffee off grid and a few twigs can boil water quickly.

[@kiyotakakaneko3602]

please make a rocket stove that can burn PET bottles.

[@cutweldngrind]

I am thinking on building another rocket stove next week using 6x6 steel versus the 4x4 tube. I also plan on making it look nicer than my scrap build ones.

[@karimhayes3134]

how can you unlike this

[@Fbiking40]

I'm not sure that it's a "rocket" stove. The air intake is too small and we don't hear the sound of the rocket and the flamme is not powerfull. But you made a good job for this creation. 👍

[@cutweldngrind]

Subscribe to the channel if you haven't and let me start drawing up a better design. I will make it 6x6 tubing and make it spit fire 5 feet in the air. I plan on starting the build next week as my other PC used for CNC fried today. Thanks bud.

[@vincentlee1783]

Looks like it didn’t get that hot, you prob should have not messed with the air flow and cut out the back

[@cutweldngrind]

The stove works great but I realized I was using thicker pieces of hard wood and the flame would not burn to hot. I tried it with twigs and you can see the flame and feel the heat it puts out. I have another design on my channel feel free to check it out.

[@bmulli12]

Needs better air inlet

[@eduardodaquiljr1621]

it looks that you missed the air box,just below the burner.

[@cutweldngrind]

I need to look that up as I am not sure what the Air Box is. I do plan building another bigger version so will look into that.

[@samuraijose817]

Dies it warm a room up

[@guyring8912]

Make me one?

[@cutweldngrind]

If you lived close by I would give it to you lol.

[@garypitt7020]

I didn't see the water boiling, or even look hot,

[@cutweldngrind]

I didn't run a long test as I needed hot water for coffee and not boiling. I can make a video if needed on boiling water.

[@garypitt7020]

@@cutweldngrind don't worry your self man , thanks for your video, your time is appreciated.

[@psrkrishna1968]

రాకెట్ స్టవ్ మీచేత చేయుంచుకోవిలి

[@psrkrishna1968]

మెటీరియల్మీరే తెచ్చి రాకెట్ స్టవ్ కీ ఎంత అవుతుందో తెలుపగలరు మీ ఫోన్ నెంబర్ తెలుపగలరు

[@iPigee]

Um ok….?

[@Cheapers-Vac]

Yeah...nope. no scrap metal there.

[@colt10mmsecurity68]

You’re not even close to off grid, since you’re using electricity for your welder. Not even close.

[@cutweldngrind]

I'm not off grid just trying to say this would work out good to take to an off grid location. I also have electricity off grid by using my 3kw solar system which can power a welder if needed for short amounts of time. I also have running water from a water well that runs directly off solar panels. I prefer to be on grid as things are easier.

[@colt10mmsecurity68]

@@cutweldngrind I hear ya. At least you’re prepared. That’s better than most. 👍

[@gevkapadia6409]

Cut out loud and corny music. Also and very important: when Fixing a door with 3 hinges, showing how to fix the first and last screws is enough. We definitely do not want to see12 holes being drilled and 12 screws being tightened. These shows are for professionals and not morons.

[@terrafirma9328]

NOT the best. 👎