How to build the best wood stove I have ever used!

#woodstove #wood I take a 275 gallon fuel tank and build a amazing wood stove for super cheap.

[@CustomWeldingandFab]

Line the bottom with firebrick, make it last forever

[@daleval2182]

Great advice

[@cooles00]

bottom 3rd of tank needs a ash plate and fire brick for ash removal with ur air vent... great garage build

[@homerbolen6826]

I saw a fuel tank made in to a stove around 1970 it blow me away how much heat it made. I have a 2 barrel stove in my garage for the last 40 years and changed the barrel after the first 25 years still love wood heat enjoy your stove

[@gordbaker896]

Try some baffles inside, so there is an 'S' path for the smoke to travel. Some bent 10 gauge with 6" legs welded to the sides will allow cold floor air to be pulled up the sides for convection heat. Many ways to do things. Hope your smoke pipe damper works OK. Bottom cleanout on the Smoke Pipe? Your door latch seems a bit backwards to me. The secret there is the Area of the stove for Radiant Heat.

[@duanemcconnell1227]

Great job ! Thanks for sharing

[@morgansword]

When I used to have my shop going, got hurt early in life at fifty plus years of age. I live in central alaska and of course its cold here in the winter months. I used a piece of pipe from the oil line called a pig. Their about four foot long and thirty six inches inside diameter. This pipe is half inch material so burning it through is kinda non existent. I save scrap from any metals I found and utilized it in building it. I stood the stove upright so the length of wood could just be dropped in it from the top. About a fourth of the way from the top of this stove was my outlet for the exhaust pipe and used some well casing for that pipe to go to the roof of my building but did use the insulated pipe for the pipe going through the roof. That extended about ten foot above my roof so embers didn't land on my metal roof. I used a proper cap on the pipe that could be removed for cleaning that pipe. I did the fan similar to yours on the backside of everything. I built hangers on the outside of this stove to hang old dead engine heads on it for collecting heat because once warm, they keep radiating heat from them also. I did brace my lid as you did but it opened just below the top of this barrel stove so no smoke gets out into the building. I also made a cleanout at the bottom for cleaning it out..... surprisingly tho, it cremated the wood products so well that a very tiny amount of ash remained after a whole year of burning it. I said alaska didn't I and so heat is most of the year. This stove just idled along for two days at a time using any thing combustible as in paper products that held parts, you know how that stuff builds up plus trash from the house that would of gone to the dump. Even plastic bottles from say soap or other went into this stove and was providing heat. With the way the pipe for exhaust came out the back, it made at burn chamber at its top that just burnt the smoke and everything up, leaving very little smoke out the chimney. Having a lift around made it easy to clean that chimney but even so, there was so little in that pipe that you could place everything in a gallon container after a six month burn time!! I admit that dry material is what you need for a clean heat but it is hard to find here as cottonwood and spruce is our heat source for burning. I used the whole tree as limbs and every part of a log could just be tossed in it. I caught the guys throwing in their pop cans and told them to stop that but when cleaning it out on the insides, nothing remained. They must of turned to ash as well. I also had some lumber mills in my area so their waste was primary for my heating source. Sawdust, wet sap wood and bark from those trees being trimmed for lumber was my heat and they paid me to haul it away!! The sad part was it was great heat but only would burn at the most using that stove eight months of a year, about four cords of waste wood. Were we to chat on a phone, I can tell of many types of stoves we used in the southeast alaska islands. Actually a good listen. Sorry for such a long comment

[@wollywolly2734]

I was in a bar in Fairbanks that had a stove very similar to your set up. It too was from the pipe line

[@roberttaylor8261]

Built this same exact type of stove out of same fuel oil barrel in 79 we lined the inside with 2” thick fire brick lasted for yrs but went throu a lot of wood thou! Also it’s not UL approved so many insurance company’s in Michigan won’t cover them. We later built same type out of 30” gas pipe line pipe didn’t need fire brick so heavy wouldn’t warp. Heat lasted longer once steel was hot.

[@tdchotrods9889]

Thats awesome

[@user-yf6py4db9z]

Nice build !!! Certainly dont have to get up to re heat during the night !!

[@tdchotrods9889]

Right!

[@winstonsmith3685]

Thanks a lot for this video. The wood burners you can buy are too dang small! I already found an old fuel tank and I’m going to start the build next weekend.

[@Freecan67]

We have one of these in our back yard. I fill it and it will burn for 2-3 days. I love when the Flames shoot out the Top. Our fire Dragon!!!

[@solarguy6043]

Nice build and nice stove!! As noted by others, the barrel will last a lot longer if you line the bottom foot or so with fire brick. House bricks can't stand the heat and will break. And one super picky little detail, it's damper, not dampENer. A dampener kills vibrations. A damper controls the movement of air or combustion gasses or some other fluid.

[@UnconventionalMetal]

Awesome idea

[@pitbulld45]

Nice job, thanks for the idea

[@sajeewahettiarachchi2595]

Thanks , good explain ❤❤

[@OldGriz708]

Great job, dude! I have made a few smaller woodstoves over the years out of 55 gallon drums and one from an old 100-gallon well pressure tank. The hardest part of that one was getting the rubber bladder out of it.

[@yvesf5355]

this i a great Video ,beautiful Job ,look's really good ,thanks

[@danielitaliano4531]

Me encanta que la disfrutes...te escribo de Uruguay...

[@johnbutler5208]

Very nice

[@allenols3175]

NICE BRO, MARVELOUS !!

[@user-or4dn7sb1k]

That’s awesome thank u for sharing

[@tdchotrods9889]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamesgoodman6362]

Man, that's bad ass, and I'll be building myself one for my shop outside this summer... Thank you for sharing this video..

[@tdchotrods9889]

awesome just glad someone could get some use out of the video

[@johnvitz310]

Get some ceiling fans up,,,it will be really comfortable in there

[@edwardmacintosh9476]

I love your stove. Great thinking & building up. That beast will give lot of heat and burn quite efficiently with low draftdampner. Perfect for the shop. Well done!

[@tdchotrods9889]

thank you

[@EDDDDDM]

Great video! Gives me an idea for my 30 ‘x 50’ shop. Going a little smaller but your video gave me a spark of inspiration.

[@OldGriz708]

Check with some local plumbers to see if they know of any old 80~100 gallon well pressure tanks. I did a 100 gallon a few years ago and it worked great. I ordered a kit for making a 55 gallon drum into a wood stove and that made it really simple.

[@EDDDDDM]

@@OldGriz708 Great idea, Thanks!

[@larrykrise3609]

great job.well thought out

[@tdchotrods9889]

thank you

[@edsecorr7812]

Great job keep up the good work thank you

[@tdchotrods9889]

thanks

[@billwoehl3051]

Dad built something similar for the house, put it outside across the driveway, we dug a trench for the(culvert) pipes to the house, enclosed it in a block building, added a waist oil tank for ease of starting and we could shove about a half a tree in there, got us through our worst winter of-80° F back in the 80's.

[@tdchotrods9889]

Thats awesome

[@wiliamkirkpatrick1532]

No insurance in my neck of the woods with that set up!!!

[@TrevorByrne-yh1fp]

Fantastic work well done

[@tdchotrods9889]

thankyou

[@nickreagan3083]

Great job

[@tdchotrods9889]

thank you

[@djkingpersia]

Other thoughts if you got that thing full of wood and it's blasting it wouldn't hurt to simply put a floor fan facing toward the entire unit

[@roberttaylor8261]

We built many of these stoves in the 70s an 80s Your door not going to last a day with a good fire in it!

[@Shogomockid]

Nice stove man. Just wondering what your insurance company think?

[@earlfreimuth5799]

You did an awesome job 👍

[@tdchotrods9889]

Thank you

[@cameronbailey7437]

Bad ass stove!

[@tdchotrods9889]

thank you

[@harrycarpenter1727]

Awesome 😎😎

[@tdchotrods9889]

thanks

[@PainterD54]

I'm curious how you get insurance for your shop with a woodstove in it? They won't insure a garage with a woodstove in it here. I've built one like that only with just a 55 gallon drum with tubes above the fire and a squirrel cage fan in the back to blow air thru the tubes and it did work very well. My garbage burner is made out of a 250 gallon fuel barrel and that gets way too hot to stand anywhere near it so I can image how easy it heats that shop.

[@michaelchownyk5255]

I have made several stoves like this. My recommendation is that you increase the size of the inlet. You’ll get a hotter fire and it’ll burn better.

[@justinlebbon8005]

It's missing a griddle so you can have breakfast while you work

[@tdchotrods9889]

Lol right!

[@randallslattman3119]

The pipe fittings on top would work awesome to add a waste oil drip to the wood fire also.

[@OldGriz708]

Great idea 💡

[@Stashisthatyou]

Good day, what size of pipe did you use for the heat exchanger, thanks and great job!

[@vigilantevermin8tor129]

What brand, or where can I find the double blowers? I love wood heat, and this is a BEAST!!! AWESOME!!

[@tdchotrods9889]

I'm not sure of the brand but they are out of a older home furnace

[@wollywolly2734]

Add pipe for water boil !!

[@raydreamer7566]

Read it again - 14 inch above " combustible " surfaces . Cement is not combustible .... Also I put patio slabs with a 1/2 space above the floor under the stove so the cement under the stove will not be encouraged to be overheated causing the slab to crack ...

[@tdchotrods9889]

great idea thank you

[@lisebrown8431]

Looks great. I would have kept it all rustic. It looked really cool either way. Hope you have a lot of wood around your land. It looks like a hungry beast. Have you thought of rope to keep the door and dampers air tight and have more air control. Nice pellet stove concept with fan and pipes.

[@tdchotrods9889]

thank you. yea rope would be a great addition.

[@nickdano7723]

Thank you for the update. I have quite a few 2” ID pipe. In your opinion how many runners should I put in. I have a shop that 35x85. But I actually want to divert the runner’s towards different angles rather then having them all come out straight.

[@tdchotrods9889]

I would put as many in that you can fit. and I think have some at different angles is a great idea.

[@philipjean1086]

Round is the worst shape for a convention stove. The oil tank will provide good convection properties. A piece of sheet metal 4 inches away of from each side and gap between metal and floor would provide air movement without fan

[@djkingpersia]

There's actually another gentleman on KZbin that built a square one but at the top he put a piece of sheet metal that was several inches away from the ceiling but sloped to the front and there was a gap so essentially the smoke and heat would have to travel along that piece of sheet metal towards the front of the heater and then go back towards the back along the ceiling and exit through the chimney so no heat is wasted or a lot less at least

[@zakmikati]

Waw... 👍

[@BackRoadsOutlawsRC]

Hahahahhaa😂😂😂😂 that kicks ass dude!!!

[@cebasmb8250]

How far are the pipes from the front to the back?

[@olivertaylor8788]

Make a co building heat exchangers with blowers on 40 gallon barrels.also different sizes, 5 gallon to 55 gallon exchangers people can buy.

[@nickdano7723]

I have to ask what size pipes did you use for the heat exchanger. Was it galvanized or black pipe? Great build, I plan on making two these for my barns. Love the wrench door lock idea. Soo cool…..

[@tdchotrods9889]

its 2 1/2 black pipe

[@nickdano7723]

Thank you for the update. I have quite a few 2” ID pipe. In your opinion how many runners should I put in. I have a shop that 35x85. But I actually want to divert the runner’s towards different angles rather then having them all come out straight.

[@cars9533]

I built one similar to it 20 years ago, put sand in the bottom, and lined it with fire brick. Sucker would absolutely run you out of the shop 3300 sq. Ff. I got old and tired of cutting wood so I replaced it with a waste oil furnace. I do miss it, though it's stored in another shed if I need it.

[@tdchotrods9889]

that's awesome

[@johne189]

Any thoughts on using steel plate on top of the sand, instead of bricks? Even if the plate was a "consumable" of sorts. It'd seem like it'd help with slide-in log loading and ash rake-out..

[@cars9533]

I think If you could make a heavy grate with holes in it to let the ash fall through to the bottom and 2 doors down low on both ends to push pull the ash out it would be an awesome improvement! Maybe some sand to level the bottom and 1" fire brick on top of that to give it a flat bottom, then 6" or 8" up the grate, Maybe air flow control in the bottom clean out door?

[@cars9533]

Or even an inducer motor wired to a thermostat would be ideal for controlling the heat this monster is capable of putting out.

[@shawnsmith4058]

Most insurance company won't cover a home made stove 😢 been there

[@jefffrayer8238]

None will. Any woodburner must be inspected and meet code before any insurance company will approve which will also be listed in billing. Buildings will not be covered for anything ( hail, storm, electrical/kitchen fire, water damage ) if they discover there is an unreported wood burner. Even though claim has nothing to do with wood burner they can legally NOT cover damage because they insured a home that did not have a wood burner. I don't agree but that's the way it is.

[@sachsenthing963]

Das Konzept ist mir bekannt und ich habe zwei solche Öfen mit Wassertasche und Kochplatte aber ich befürchte , daß dieser Ofen zu wenig Materialstärke aufweist ! Gerne Erfahrungsbericht posten !

[@ChatNoir443]

How could you plumb outside fresh air to it?

[@garysnyder6020]

When and how do you remove the ashes?

[@tdchotrods9889]

whenever there full and with a shovel

[@jameslaw3740]

Only needs a flat plate on top to warm up some food and a kettle, you need a little added moisture in the air but not when you go to paint. What year is the corvette 53 - 55 ?

[@attiliobarcados8178]

free advice : paint the front

[@tdchotrods9889]

i like how it looks

[@user-dg1tl9bp2i]

Im-thinking-of-,making-a500-gallon-oil-tank=wood-stove

[@user-gm9wq5ce7e]

did you ever burn pcs of rubber tires in your wood stove

[@tdchotrods9889]

NO

[@robertsmith3518]

Good luck with your insurance if you have a fire . You must use something fire rated . Old oil tanks if I were to guess wont qualify . Kept in mind if you or a child gets trapped bc of your negligence ,you could face legal issues. You admitted on line your using a fuel storage tank as your heat source. I hope you know what your up against.. Be safe

[@drcornelius8275]

You can live your life in fear or just live. I'm sure there's a committee somewhere coming up with some new rules to run your life though so don't worry. Can you taste ze bugs after your 8th booster?

[@domcrotty5784]

The stove uses a damper. 😊

[@tdchotrods9889]

Yes it does!

[@domcrotty5784]

@@tdchotrods9889 Killer stove! You struck it out of the park, brother!

[@tdchotrods9889]

thank you@@domcrotty5784

[@user-gm9wq5ce7e]

if the wood stove gets tro hot open windows or gurage door

[@user-dg1tl9bp2i]

you-pack-it-full=woodforlong-hot=burn

[@wiliamkirkpatrick1532]

CSA tag affixed to the stove by manufacturer,req.for insurance.

[@user-nd5co8lq4t]

13:57 wrong logic, wall need to be as thin as possible to allow heat to "flow" quickly. a thick wall can't extract heat as fast as the hot air flow in the stove. same prinsiple that make a mass stove wasting energy. more material thickness=more insulation=more heat thrown outside. how can heat be transfered from a hot gas to a hot object? yes a thick wall tube looks colder, but it means less heat is transfered to it. a red glowing hot tube is way hoter, but it means more heat is flowing thru it.

[@happycamper-ux5pv]

im thinking of makeing huge wood stove out 600 gall oil tank that could hold 50mwheel barrels of firewood for long hot burn

[@rysonperry8069]

problem would be cleaning it out regularly... What are you trying to heat with it?

[@happycamper-ux5pv]

you should do like me i make roing fire than pack it full wood for long hot fire on real cold days