Ideal features for YOUR ideal stove...

[Beetle-Kill]

As it looks like we're going to build one, and my shop foreman asked if I had shop drawings on it yet -(Nooo... not yet.) , I'll ask. You've all thought about it at one time or another- If I could build my own stove, what would I do different/ or incorporate into an existing design? This question is only limited to a few parameters-

• Free standing
• 6" flue pipe
• Secondary air, with manual air control
• Primary air with air-wash for glass- manual control
• A Cat and by-pass system (optional)
• 3+ CF true box measurement

Outside of the Cat, I should just go with an NC-30, but what fun would that be? OR.. modify one?

So, if you could, how would you build a stove? Let's roll.... Thanks, JB

 

[Beetle-Kill]

Oh yeah, final configuration is not an issue. It could be a barrel like an Elm, or angled like some of the Buck's. Even as plain as the BKK, doesn't matter. Ideas are what matter at this point. Thanks again, JB

 

[eclecticcottage]

Hum. Well. For ME, a burn time like a BK stove with the ability to have a nice low and slow burn but without black glass that looks like a Thelin (parlour stove) but has the clearances and ember only hearthpad protection of my Republic. Yeah, that'll happen, lol. Oh, and a blower that doesn't rattle would be nice!

Basically though, I'm pretty happy with my stove, but I still have an eye on the Sirocco 30. That's pretty much what I'd want in a stove, except I want the door opposite of how it is (hinges on the right). And not a fan of the price, lol. Pretty much the same as mine in looks but I like the ability to burn low and slow for shoulder season. We need the burn times and bulk of the Republic when it's in the teens/lower 20's, but in the 40's it can be a little much.

 

[Jags]

A cast iron beauty (free standing with real legs) that has:
6" flue
Ember protection only
Tubes AND a cat
Thermo controlled
3.8 cu ft firebox (true useable dimensions)
Quiet fan.

 

[mellow]

I always thought it would be nice to have a vertical rack you could put your wood in and it would auto feed into the stove, kinda like one of those baseball pitching machines.

 

[bryan]

Oh, and a blower that doesn't rattle would be nice!

I truly silent fan would be such a blessing. Even as quite as a oscillating fan would be nice.

 

[eclecticcottage]

I truly silent fan would be such a blessing. Even as quite as a oscillating fan would be nice.

I don't even mind the sound of the blower/air being moved. It's the rattling...and how it changes tone that makes me crazy.

 

[mellow]

Sounds like you need to get Dyson involved.

 

[eclecticcottage]

I always thought it would be nice to have a vertical rack you could put your wood in and it would auto feed into the stove, kinda like one of those baseball pitching machines.

Pellet stoves meets wood stove?

 

[mellow]

Pellet stoves meets wood stove?

Pretty much, I think an actuator could be made to open and close a top loading door to allow wood to fall in piece by piece, using a weight scale on the bottom of the firebox could help trigger when to load more wood.

 

[jeff_t]

Are you planning some kind of thermostatic air control? Being able to control the secondary air is also a great idea.

I also like the idea of a heavy, stainless, insulated baffle, like Pacific Energy uses, as opposed to tubes and a ceramic baffle board.

 

[Beetle-Kill]

Jeff_t, not really sure what I'm planning right now. Trying to get a basic design worked up and incorporating the secondary and Cat into a workable plan. Probably going to end up looking like an anti-ship mine, with knobs and levers sticking out of it from all directions.

 

[jeff_t]

If it was MY stove, and it had both a cat and a secondary burn system of some kind, I would want to be able to shut off that secondary air supply for a cat-only burn.

I can't wait to see how many times you start over

 

[Beetle-Kill]

Bingo, hence knobs and levers and whathave you. And yeah, it would be a miracle if it came out right the first time.

 

[DevilsBrew]

At the moment, an outdoor wood gas stove with a window.

 

[Sons924]

What if it was completely transparent? So you could see every internal part of the stove with the fire burning in it. And built in thermometers.