Now THAT is how a DIY video should be done. No horrible background music, all video fast forwarded, with succinct voice-over instructions and explanations--and no extraneous, "I-love-to-hear-myself-talk," chatter. Perfect. Bravo--and don't change your instructional style one bit.
This fire pit is one of a few covered pits that is on the list ru-vid.comUgkxAU9pOCSV9Y5JprooHvfxTpOrt4hx8uRM of approved products for Disney Fort Wilderness. The product served its purpose well and provided excellent fires throughout the evening. We were able to open the door and do s'mores, but I had to be careful because the handle was a bit hot on occasions. Additionally, I wish they had replaced some of the standard nuts with lock nuts in some places. We lost the door handle after just a couple of days of usage. Not a deal breaker, just a recommendation. I still give it 5 stars.
Good job! Really creative and functional. You inspired a 50 year old to try something new. Guys like you create businesses and change the world, keep it up!
I have watched a few of these and love how you made yours. I will be looking at building mine a lot like yours and doing a few things that I would like to see on mine. Excellent job, great voice over explaining the detail enough to understand and not making it a 30 min video. 5 stars all around.
Very nicely designed and built. I like it. You could wind some heavy gauge wire for the two handles and cut the protruding metal rods shorter and install the the spring like wire over the rods. That way they would never get hot and look great as well. But nice project. Thumbs Up!
I built one of these for a bread truck Rv that I built, mine was similar but different, my air intake was the same concept but I mounted it lower and used black pipe and a 2” ball valve to control air. A baffle goes a very long way to ensure that more heat and flame stays in the stove vs in the stove pipe. You’ll find that the fire doesn’t burn super efficiently unless you install a grate so fresh air can access the underside of the fire. Also I used 3 or4 inch chimney pipe so I could install a 3/4 thick piece of steel as a cook top! Great stove kept me warm in the winter for several years. Coal burned extremely well in my rig
That's one of the best recycling jobs of a 20 gallon propane tank, I have ever saw. I've been running ideas around in my head for a wood stove in my she-shed. Thanks for sharing your build with us, turned out great!
"She-shed" - my first encounter with the term. I like it. I take it that's a counterpart to "man cave", and may someday dare apply it to my wife's craft /sewing rooms.
@@stephenandloriyoung5716 Your assumption is correct about the she-shed. Mine is an old gardening shed that we've added some new touches, needed repairs, improvements.
Have been collecting old LPG bottles from a filling station, they just give them to me. Time to go into production. I will be adding a coil, and making hot water heaters as well. Your vid was my reminder, thinking about it isn't doing it. Thanks for the encouragement to get my ass in gear. Great little vid.
Different style compared to the one I made, I really like how you made the door with the angle iron, its strong, seals nicely, and most important on these is its not at all "finicky". On builds like these its important to build things in a old military concept where the words "simple" and "functional" are key, and you have achieved this nicely with your build.
I literally applaud hard when I saw he used the old bed frame, I used an old bed frame to do part of a front bumper. Immediately I subscribed of course :)
I built mine upside down of yours, utilizing the threaded hole to add a pipe thru the floor. it not only supports the stove, but is the air intake. I then added a piece of 1/4" all thread with washers on the end as a air control valve. connected a wire coat hanger to the end of all thread at bottom, up thru the floor so i can adjust and also shake to let ash go out. Nice job on yours.
Nice stove, remember to install the chimney sections just like a rain downspout, so if you have any liquid creosote condense inside, it will drip into the stove rather than leak out the stove pipe.
Nicely done. To beef up this stove furthermore just weld a few bars inside to act as a crate. It’ll help separate ash from logs during mid-burn and be a lot easier to clear away ash too. Great idea
I made one a couple years ago, and it does very well in my 20x30 shop. I got away with 3-inch flue pipe, but I do get a smidge of backdraft smoke before it develops a draft. You took more care making yours, so it is quite nice. Plans I would tend to follow if making another one.
I have seen someone use two water heaters (laying down and one on top of the other )to heat their shop , it could take 3' logs and the top tank was just a heat chamber.
Absolutly beautiful!!!! I learned a few tips from this video and I’ve made over a dozen different wood stoves from various sized propane tanks. I’ve even made larger stoves by welding some old propane tanks together. A few tips if I may add…. Adding an air intake lower on your next stove, produces a better burn and heat control. That way the air intake flow is lower near the base of the stove, forcing air up through the fire and getting a more complete burn, as well as an easier burn. Number two: the exhaust I believe is a little too big as it allows too much heat to escape. The exhaust should be no larger than 1.25 X’s the size of the air intake. This also allows a hotter flame to produce more heat if needed. As for sanding or grinding off any residual paint, that is unnecessary and only adds extra work. Just light it before painting it black and all the paint will burn off. Once the stove is cool, lightly sand with a wire brush and then you can paint it with black high-temperature paint. However in due time, even that paint will burn off and if left untreated, the entire stove will rust. However that’s OK because the rust makes it look cool and the stove will continue to last for years and years as long as you keep it covered when not in use. Again excellent stove you made and I like some of your ideas and techniques. Im am going to use your cut out techniques, like the roll of duct tape to measure a hole, but agin I’d make my exhaust hole smaller. Also bro, you really need a plasma AND an oxy-fuel cutting torch. It makes life so much easier.
Those are some great points actually, I’ll definitely keep those in mind for my next build. Nice to hear from someone else doing the same thing. Also ya, I’d definitely like a plasma and oxy-fuel curing torch, pretty expensive though but something I’d like in the future, been checking Craigslist as well. Thanks for the feedback, check out some of my other videos for more crafts and carpentry
That's a nice stove. I like the big door and self-made hinge. On mine, I used the curved plate cutout for the door, as the door. By adding flatstock around the plate perimiter. And 4" water heater exhaust pipe worked for the stove pipe. Those propane tanks make good little stoves. Thanks for showing. 2: 32, Hold It! Is that a Weld Pac 100 ? That's what I have. Fantastic 120 VAC welders, and reliable.
Adding a heat exchange to the chimney pipe would greatly increase the heating ability. To build your own, weld between 11 and 14 conduit pipe into a 10" box horizontally and a 6" stove pipe adapter vertically,-top and bottom- "Note all welds on this part must seal." Weld a Mounting bracket for a small fan at one end of the conduits.
Look dude even gave you a heart damn that's pretty special I'm a retired boilermaker local 105 20 years high pressure to welding 6G with in canal thank you but I like it hard it's pretty sweet really see I have a heart too I'm not a total asshol
Agree! There is no way in hell I would be able to do this. This is what's going to make all the difference when the time comes. You can be book smart, BUT having a good skill set is going to prove to be invaluable.
I learner on youtube and with $150 dollars of equipment from Craigslist. Seem intimidating at first but you’ll learn faster then you think! Thanks for watching.
It's not that hard. I learned at college in my 30's. It's an amazingly easy skill. It just takes $$ to get the welding supplies started. But Easy enough for most people. ALWAYS EYE PROTECTION!!! ALWAYS GLOVES AND CLOTHING PROTECTION!
Love the door! I'm going to attempt to copy your build, and set the propane tank inside a metal drum. Also add a fan to the back of the drum. Very well done! Thank you
Looks like a really nice design. It's a good size for a small cabin or wall tent. I'm wondering if the fire would burn hotter if the air intake was mounted lower, where the base of the fire is. Another feature you may consider is a circular grate fitted to sit just below the level of the door opening. It would be made of heavy duty rod to support the wood. It would allow air to flow underneath and provide a level area on which to build the fire.
Great job and thanks for sharing. Love the tabs you cut and bend to make things fit. Only change I would recommend is making the ash drop larger/different design. Maybe a grate you pull thru a slot. Dem threads gonna be a beeotch after getting hot a few times.
That’s a good idea the threads have been getting worse every use! I think theres a couple change I would make if I was to do it again but overall I’m happy with how it turned out. Thanks for watching!
At my high school these were the standard stoves for in-room heating. They work better as a stove if made horizontal rather than vertical. You can get a larger piece of wood in there that way and a much better bed of coals if you need heat to last through the night.
Great job. That looks great. I've seen one done before that had a Pyrex glass cooking pot lid and that was very successful as the cooking pot is made of heat resistant glass.
That’s a good idea I’ve been thinking of adding some type of glass window the trick is figuring out how to cut the glass down to the correct size. My tile saw might work with the right blade I’m not sure.
If it helps anyone get some ideas, I always use large diameter iron pipe for chimneys on homemade stoves. When I was in high school, we moved into a house that was built in 1973 and we were going to renovate. The main heat source was a woodstove and the conventional thin wall chimney pipe rotted through and leaked a few weeks after moving in, we woke up to this at like 2 am. Ever since then I try to do a DIY version with well pipe of the same diameter, it will literally last as long as the stove and it is much more forgiving to rough cleaning.
@@rafaelellis-rech6950 I would use flat bar stock, form it into the circle, or an oval? yes oval.... like vintage stoves, then weld to center, or towards the rear, hint hint, for the pipe to be in the back, you can make a plate directly on top to cook on, or keep coffee in? or water to keep humidity up with. yes stove pipe will bend to fit the vintage oval connectors.
I love this little stove--You have an unique skill that shines and with the way our economy is going right now your skill may be need more than you know! Keep up the good work!!!
This is awesome, very nice job, I would love one of those! Would you add a small metal grate on the inside to help save the coals when emptying, and to get a little better efficient burn? Really good job here :)
Yes adding a grate would be a great idea haha! I would make the clean out different as the threads have gotten pretty sticky over heating and cooling cycles.
Now that is a great idea! You do some great welding brother. I used to weld and am looking to get back into it but it will be a while before I get anywhere near as good as your welds. Excellent video.... now time to go find a spare propane tank.....
That is beautiful! So artistic abd funcrional! Plus very cool that you used available materials whi h is essentially recycling! Or in this case upcycling! I wish I had your skills! God bless you and everyone!🤗🕊🔥💖✝️💕❣
@@rafaelellis-rech6950 Amen! And to have them look so much better! To create something of beauty and function out of stuff that lots of people consider to be trash! It's been said that one man's junk is another man's treasure. In your case that's certainly true! May the good Lord bless you as you use your skllls to bring beauty into this world! In Jesus's mighty name I pray!🤗🕊🔥💖✝️💕❣
Great job! I watched the whole thing without skipping ahead! I like your design, but a little small. Ever think of using a well pressure tank instead of propane tank?
That is so cool! I have a barn with a lean-to that that I use is a porch, was looking for an economical way to get some local heating. One man's trash is another man's treasure!
❤️ love this! Now, when do I ask ya to make me one? And how much do ya charge to ship to VA? Great JOB really but LOVE the creativity of this in a whole. Would much rather buy one from you than out of a store.
@@shalomsister Don't be too afraid of your local fabricators. Do a google/yelp search for "Small welding shops near me". They are the modern version of the town blacksmith.
@@dperry19661 Amen! Thank you for the suggestion! I want to have a good outdoor stove in case there's ever an extended power outage and I also love the artistic aspect of this work. God bless you!🤗🕊🔥💖✝️💕❣
@@dperry19661 We have a large wood mill in town that years ago, when the logging industry was huge had a large in-house fab shop. When things died down, they were all laid off. They got together and opened their own shop. Those guys can make everything! They will also sell you any materials you want.
Very nice build - I have found with my shop stoves that the stove pipe needs to be replaced every few years so its a good idea to have the first section nice heavy steel that the pipe can slide down into. If the bottow section of pipe is not welded it will be easy to replace. Keep making these videos - you're doing a good job.
I enjoyed this video. I've been looking for a solution to heat my 16 x 16 covered deck during the colder months of the year so I can enjoy some time outside and have a cookout in the middle of winter if I want to. The 1 thing that always holds me back on projects like this is the welding. I just can't justify the cost. Unless I was gonna be using it a lot. I have a full ASE and metric tap and die set and I figure out ways using screws and bolts to replace welds.
Thanks! Could definitely be a viable solution. One thing I would say about welding is that a cheap welder gets the job done and once you have the skills you can use them for anything.
@@the_original_skytiger No, Why isn’t it or wouldn’t it be possible to be used as a portable unit? Hollowed out or pretty much hollowed out with the exception of some extra small pieces of metals used in making the stove. an empty standard propane tank weighs about 17lbs subtract or plus a couple pounds with or without various added and or subtracted bits and pieces of metal and welds the stove should still retain an average pound rating in the neighborhood of 14LB-22LB which isn’t all that heavy to be honest GENIUS 🤥🙄🤭
@@the_original_skytiger Stay blind to the possibilities. If you can load it into a vehicle, it is portable. anything you can do to facilitate that is a benefit....genius?
Nice ! I like how you made it with stuff you had on hand. your style making the video is spot on. Good Job. Im going to watch some more of your vids. Keep them coming
Nice Build and a couple of suggestions. Before you cut out the front for glass....Consider cutting out a design with the torch. Ya Know like carve some trees, maybe a cowboy, some Indian Motif, a wolf or even some flames coming up from the bottom. Then lay the glass. Also ...... does the vent on the side make more smoke come out the Front.
That’s a cool idea for the glass! I don’t have a plasma cutter but I am thinking about investing in one and it would be great for making some nice designs. Haven’t had any issues with smoke coming out the front the chimney being so big provides a lot of draft that pulls all the smoke pretty well.
I've built many of these, just have a suggestion for you specially since you're using 6" pipe, weld a flame deflection plate inside to keep flames from going up the pipe this will also hold more heat in the stove.
I agree they’re great sources of metal, you can get a lot of good stuff if you keep your eyes open. Check out some of my other videos if you liked this one. Thanks!
When I saw how you doing it I started to laugh since I'm building a whole grill with metal from bed frame and using a truck gas tank and little only money im wasting cuz I didn't have are cutting wheels and paint but right on man
As an Upcycle Seamstress. I Love this. I upcycle all sorts of things into others. So many pieces of 2nd hand fodder is great for Wonderful New life projects from clothing to pillows to handbags. So much can be recycled/Upcycled.
Some 1” Angle Iron welded into a rectangle on top,with 1/8” sheet on top of that would give a nice,strong,flat surface for warming up parts,cooking,heating Water…whatever 😎
I have much respect for fellow craftsmen and the art of a craftsmanship. I love seeing young men with a skill set that they work on perfecting. Let's face it, today's younger generations could use more mature and manly younger men.
