ROCKET STOVES ROCK !

[Ldychef2k]

Nope ! I made mine of red bricks and the half thick pavers for the corners. See my first post above. And here's a picture of the stove I made, this time on a cement block stand that brought it up to a level so I don't have to sit on the ground.

As you maybe can see, you will need two corners with half a brick. They are hard to break or cut, so I used two layers of the half thick pavers so they were easier to break, as I described above.

Do they sell adobe bricks at say Lowes?

Do they really have to be adobe bricks?

WAY COOL!!!!!

(I have a tortillia press like that! You can buy them at the grocery stores in Houston easy...I believe they are cast iron b/c mine is soo heavy.)

 

[big brown horse]

Thanks so much!! I would love to make this tho I was worried about cutting brick, but I get your instructions on the angle of the hammer etc. Thanks!

Yours looks great!!!

Another question I have a wood deck, would it be safe to use on a "riser" of cinder blocks on my wood deck? What about under the roof of my carport, the roof is wooden. I guess I really want to know how safe do you think it is?

 

[Ldychef2k]

The flame doesn't go very high, only about 6", and when you put the pot on the risers, it doesn't go up at all. It's hot and fast, and with the minimal amount of fuel it is well contained.

Definitely raise it up. It changed my life, because you have to tend it closely. Have a pile of sticks on hand, because if you run to get them you risk it going out !

Thanks so much!! I would love to make this tho I was worried about cutting brick, but I get your instructions on the angle of the hammer etc. Thanks!

Yours looks great!!!

Another question I have a wood deck, would it be safe to use on a "riser" of cinder blocks on my wood deck? What about under the roof of my carport, the roof is wooden. I guess I really want to know how safe do you think it is?

 

[reinbeau]

Links in original post are now fixed and work!

Thank you ! What did I do wrong?

You used the word link but didn't insert any words where it says [YourLinkGoesHere]. I'll try to demo it below:

[ url=YourLinkGoesHere][/url ] This is the code you use when you want to make your words clickable. Below is the code for a clickable word link:

[ url=http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/index.php]Home page of Sufficientself.com[/url ]

(remove the spaces before the after the first [ and before the last ] )

That gets you this: Home page of Sufficientself.com

To create a simple URL link, you'd just do this:

[ url]http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/index.php[/url ]

I hope this helps!

Remove the same spaces to get this:

http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/index.php

 

[Ldychef2k]

Wow. I hope this post of yours stays around a while in case I need it ! Thank you !

 

[sufficientforme]

Do they sell adobe bricks at say Lowes?

Do they really have to be adobe bricks?

WAY COOL!!!!!

(I have a tortillia press like that! You can buy them at the grocery stores in Houston easy...I believe they are cast iron b/c mine is soo heavy.)

From all the reading I have done since the OP mentioned them, they should to be fire bricks (made to withstand and hold very high heat) or adobe style bricks so they have the insulating/proper heating properties. Evidently the straw in the adobe burns out leaving the light brick with small pockets for the proper heat distribution. I am no expert, but I love to try new things. You can purchase "firebricks" what you would line a fireplace with at a hearth store, many home improvement stores, I am purchasing from a block company that makes them for around 1.75 and will cut them for free. Also before I saw this project I have seen them advertised on craigslist for around one dollar (of course not any now that I want some) I would ask around, someone just may have some they want to get rid of. I am going to go ahead and purchase them since buying all the supplies to make them and not having a way to fire the bricks would cost more for me. It would be interesting to use regular bricks as the OP has and use them side by side to see if it really is worth spend the extra for the firebricks. I already have the regular bricks we may have to give that a try.

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I love the idea of the rocket mass stove, where the rocket stove heats up a bench made of thermal mass like cob or masonry. Cozy!

 

[valmom]

I am going to bookmark this topic- how do you think it would work to boil maple sap next spring?? We can't actually afford an evaporator, and I did a little bit on the stove last spring and couldn't help think it wasn't a very cost-effective way to make syrup. But, at least I learned how to do it.

 

[Ldychef2k]

It could work, but remember that you have to tend it all the time because it uses fuel fast, and burns hot. I have only used it for meals, and for the longest 30 minutes.

I am going to bookmark this topic- how do you think it would work to boil maple sap next spring?? We can't actually afford an evaporator, and I did a little bit on the stove last spring and couldn't help think it wasn't a very cost-effective way to make syrup. But, at least I learned how to do it.

 

[freemotion]

I, also, plan to do some syrup on it. I will enlist help, and make it a social event. At least get it boiled down some this way, in my big stock pot. My plan is to put the pot on my woodstove first thing in the morning to bring the temp up quickly, then transfer it to the rocket stove and tend that all day in a sunny spot protected from the wind. I have lots of sticks and brush to burn! I hope it works!