DIY Mini Wood Stove Project How to Build with Propane Tank

[@campnoutdoors1621]

For the paint just clean where you need to weld. Do your first burn outside and all the paint will be gone in an hour. Thanks for sharing I'm getting ready to build one as well

[@daniellastiwka6787]

I want to build one for my ice fishing tent, some great ideas, good video.

[@woodsarmoury]

Cool, thanks

[@Highnz57]

I keep thinking Jordan peterson is explaining the build process.

[@danielhanawalt4998]

An old air compressor could be used instead of a propane tank. Might find one at a scrap metal yard.

[@dennisgray7509]

Like this one. I’ve got a 300 gallon propane tank and gonna try to heat my entire shop.

[@brianmurray667]

Love the design. You did a good job of breaking down and demonstrating the steps involved.

[@woodsarmoury]

Thanks for the comment.

[@colt10mmsecurity68]

This looks nearly exactly as what I made a few years back and posted in the Internet. However I made mine modular. The door, legs and chimney flue all come off easily. The legs screw on the bottom. Also, the very ends of the bottom of each leg, I welded a stainless steel bolt, so as not to leave a rust stain on the patio floor. Grinding all of that pint off was a complete waste of time, effort and money. Simply load that stove up and burn it 2-3 times and sit back away from it. The paint disintegrates off through the burn. Then a simple wire brush or wire wheel to the surface and any residual paint magically disappears. Then wipe it down when cool and paint it. Easy. I’ve made 6 of these things. What I do now though is weld two tank end to end, making the stove longer for larger pieces of firewood. I’ve given them all away as Christmas presents to family.

[@andrewg3262]

been saving bed frame pieces for a project....bingo here it is.

[@woodsarmoury]

Good old bed frame... I scavenge them when ever I can.

[@kwmedia1]

GOOD IDEA BRO!!!

[@campingwithcharlie3011]

Nice vid it’s going to help me build mine

[@woodsarmoury]

Thanks. Not really a detailed "How-to" but more of a collection of ideas. You can really get creative on these stoves.

[@jeffreypinder9398]

Great video. Very nice job.

[@woodsarmoury]

Thank you very much!

[@madman432000]

I would leave the door round, or mostly round maybe cut flat on bottom to retain ash.

[@jeffreyallanmiller2646]

Cool video. Thanks for sharing.

[@jackhamman7620]

I'd invest in either a plasma cutter, or an oxygen acetylene torch. Mainey because so you don't have to keep cutting with a grinder. Also, the plasma cutter, and the oxygen acetylene will cut through thinner steel like butter.

[@Reman1975]

I keep meaning to build something similar for a while, but my twist on it is to use a long 47KG (100lb) gas cylinder I've got stashed away, and wrap the top half of that in a welded on and baffled "hot box" of 6mm (1/4") steel, then weld on a couple of stubs of 4" pipe as an inlet and outlet, and run some semi flexible stainless flue pipe (Wrapped in insulation) off those, and into the house through a sheet of ridged foam insulation board cut to fit in an open window hole. Maybe with a 100mm 12v computer case fan and a car battery to push air through the loop? Though I'm kind of hoping having the inlet and outlet at different heights of about 2' might start a thermal syphoning effect. The reason for me intending to go down this route is that, here in the UK, heating costs (Electric AND gas) have gone through the roof in the last year. There's also worrying official talk about the possibility of rolling power cuts starting at some point in the near future to stretch out our (soon to be limited) oil and gas stockpiles. Most of our power stations are oil or gas fired here, so thats why electric might go too. There's no way I can install a wood burner IN the house, but I could easily stick one a few feet from the back door in a makeshift sheet metal and angle iron hut, and then it's just the basic logistics of getting some of that heat into my home. For fuel, at the minute, a lot of companies are still happy for people to take as many they want of the stacks of single use pallets that they end up having all over their yards, so at some point I'm going to start taking my utility trailer, my cordless reciprocating saw, and a stack of batteries to some of these places and loading half a metric ton of chopped up pallets at a time. I'm thinking that once people start getting cold, they're going to start looking into opening up their old boarded up fireplaces and THEN they'll be looking for cheap stuff to burn. So "Free to collector" stacks of pallets might become a thing of the past. Another reason why an outside wood burner and heat exchanger makes sense to me is that it can be pretty risky to burn old pallets. They can be treated with all sorts of toxic pesticides, and even when you find one's that have markings to show they haven't been treated, you've still got no way of knowing what harmful chemicals might have been spilt on them, or if they've been stood in a puddle of something dangerous in a factory. Keeping all that risk of me coughing my lungs inside out a good few feet away from the house (with a long chimney sticking above the roof line) is worth me getting a bit cold every hour or so to stuff more smashed pallet chunks into an outdoor wood burner.

[@johnvarnes43]

Good stuff nice stove

[@melissahoffman4687]

The back end would make a great round door for you to open and close to empty your ashes.

[@debbiemacintosh2392]

Would you ever make one without welding & standing upright

[@woodsarmoury]

I have made an upright version, and I can say this design works better. I have never made one without welding

[@Garrett12volt]

What kind of paint stripper were you using? Aircraft non methylene chloride has always been great-very expensive. Open up the pours with a DA, brush it on, cover with plastic for 24 hours and it melts off like slow cooked ribs

[@jonlange7899]

Ya I put the tank in a big fire after I safety cut it open. It made the clean off process faster, but I definitely needed a mask.

[@TheJayjaytwins]

Maybe a couple test burns outside to get the paint off once it’s built and want to make sure the damper and airflow are good

[@bethwalley9449]

What about sand blasting it to get the paint off?

[@kaleemKhan-tm8bj]

Thanks it's is was a nice video nd very good work I appreciate it.Regards

[@JusticeAlways]

I have exact same size tank...going to try building one. Propane has gotten expensive. Curious...is this guy in Canada? Seems to have the "accent" 👍😄

[@woodsarmoury]

Good ear… I am Canadian

[@ajp368]

Nice job!!

[@carmencarnegie3399]

Hi I just watched your video on making the propane tank stove how far in did you put your smoke stack in like 2 or 3 inches in from where it rounds on the back.

[@woodsarmoury]

Maybe 2 inches... its pretty close to back.

[@dave1secondago]

great build what size flue pipe 5 or 6 inch

[@Xmonders]

Nice job sir 👍

[@robertclark5752]

what angle is your legs cut at 22 1/2 ? I am using a air tank for mine.

[@woodsarmoury]

Sounds about right... I just "guesstimated" or "eye-balled" the angle and fitted until it sat level.

[@robertclark5752]

@@woodsarmoury Thank you. Was just figuring a picnic table legs are about 22 1/2 degrees. Have a good day.

[@stavrosloparnos9158]

Make a fire in the tank add a blow get it supper hot bure for 30 minutes let it cool then just use a wire wheel to clean it up

[@chadrossiter156]

Theres a product called zip it they use it to strip paint off airplanes you mite want to try it

[@woodsarmoury]

I will look into it. Thanks

[@edjharris1]

What size chimney pipe? Ya think you have enough draw ?

[@woodsarmoury]

4in pipe and the draw is good

[@Up_North_Adventures]

Aircraft remover...thats best to get powdercoat/paint off

[@dalethompson5842]

Chemical striper!

[@adeh503]

Nice design, its a shame you sped through the door making process, handles and catches etc, it looked good what you'd done there, but way to fast to follow

[@woodsarmoury]

Thanks, sorry about brushing over some stuff. Always a struggle to find a balance and keep video short enough for the average attention span.

[@adeh503]

@woodsarmoury All good man, I'm making one of these myself and liked the way you'd done the door set up etc with the square frame 👌

[@Ed19601]

You skipped the process of including the flat top. Suddenly it was there

[@user-ev3xm7np8x]

Could try liquid drain O

[@benhoneyborne2475]

How big did you make the opening and how did you mark it out before you cut it

[@rob-artfarmingnz6138]

Use tape or a marker pen. The opening cut doesn't need to be perfect if you're going to frame it afterwards.

[@jorgemendiola6959]

The only problem is that the tank material is too thin. After a few uses it will rust at the bottom.

[@robertclark5752]

If you leave some ashes in the bottom it helps protect the the tank. I have also seen some people put sand in the bottom to help.

[@Yamiunclammy]

Why are u scraping the paint off ?all u need to scrape is where ur gonna weld then just start a fire after it's built.then u can let it burn off on its own.

[@woodsarmoury]

Probably easier.

[@marcarcher5426]

Liked the video! The heavy metal music not so much.

[@woodsarmoury]

Videos tend to be boring without music… but I will keep it in mind. Always appreciate the input

[@charliebeck1448]

Why not just build your stove light a fire in it that will burn the paint of it then clean and paint it

[@dalethompson5842]

Why don't you make your stove taller? Now you will always be on your knees, servicing or filling with wood.

[@Hardknuckle_LBZ23]

Airplane cleaner works great

[@DOUGCOWANAKAtabsman]

i just burn inside of it and then buff it off

[@davidstorm8879]

just build a fire inside it, and it will burn the powder coat off with no problem

[@tedcorey3054]

Paint stripper .

[@woodsarmoury]

Yeah probably work... I think next time I have a bunch of purged tanks Im going to toss them in a bonfire and see if that works.

[@everyday80sdude86]

Are you selling these?

[@magicmikeinc]

Im afraid the door will warp in time. Needs some lateral and or vertical strength pieces welded to it.

[@woodsarmoury]

Not so far, but I see your point and this could be an issue. Thanks for the comment.

[@magicmikeinc]

@@woodsarmoury i was thinking weld a square inside the door that fits fairly tight to door hole. You could make a gasket from header wrap. Brace and air tight in same step. Im building a double 55 stove today. Everything is sky high over $100 for two cement siding 4×8 panels to go behind it so I can put it close to wall of my metal building without smoking the paint off it. I dont know whays going to happen but this economy has me worried. Nice work have a great day.

[@louiseeckert1574]

LouiseAustralia 🦘