Ok well I seem to be batting two for two on closed threads so let me start again...
Hi!
Im new to the forum and I want to burn wood to make heat. I am an engineer (software, so all that bootleg stuff you have is the reasin I cant afford a $2000 wood burning stove) but nevermind, cos I enjoy creating things and looking at problems in a new way. So, I have a fireplace. Its a very nice fireplace and I can plumb air to the front og it without any difficulty. It has nice glass sliding doors that do a fine job of making a reall cool looking fire that sends all its heat up the chinmney (about 2% thermally efficient)
So my first idea was a fireplace insert, but what if I change my mind as I want to do? Im stuck with a minimum $100 loss. So my second idea was a craigs list pre EPA. After looking for two months I concluded people are just listing junk. So next idea was a nast cheap Chineese made boxwood. For $130, how can you go wrong? Well this evening my forum welcoming comitted wasted no time in pointeing that out.
So I am going back to my basic needs. Burning wood, extracting heat. Hmmmmm.
Then I saw this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGcVHVB3eg&feature=related
Perhaps what I should do is just bend up some steel/copper pipe into a grate and and mount it in the flames. Then throttle the fire with the air intake (very doable) and use a house fan with a car radiator in a cabinet.
Are there any engineers here that do inventive stuff like this or is this forum comprised mostly of expensive manufactured wood stove consumers?
Hi!
Im new to the forum and I want to burn wood to make heat. I am an engineer (software, so all that bootleg stuff you have is the reasin I cant afford a $2000 wood burning stove) but nevermind, cos I enjoy creating things and looking at problems in a new way. So, I have a fireplace. Its a very nice fireplace and I can plumb air to the front og it without any difficulty. It has nice glass sliding doors that do a fine job of making a reall cool looking fire that sends all its heat up the chinmney (about 2% thermally efficient)
So my first idea was a fireplace insert, but what if I change my mind as I want to do? Im stuck with a minimum $100 loss. So my second idea was a craigs list pre EPA. After looking for two months I concluded people are just listing junk. So next idea was a nast cheap Chineese made boxwood. For $130, how can you go wrong? Well this evening my forum welcoming comitted wasted no time in pointeing that out.
So I am going back to my basic needs. Burning wood, extracting heat. Hmmmmm.
Then I saw this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGcVHVB3eg&feature=related
Perhaps what I should do is just bend up some steel/copper pipe into a grate and and mount it in the flames. Then throttle the fire with the air intake (very doable) and use a house fan with a car radiator in a cabinet.
Are there any engineers here that do inventive stuff like this or is this forum comprised mostly of expensive manufactured wood stove consumers?