I built mine 22 years ago. I brought the air in from the back and made a jacket on the back of the stove for the incoming air to pass thru to heat it up. Could make it use air from outside if I wanted. I used a cast iron door from a rusted out Ashley airtight for the ash pan and the main door. I put a baffle so flames cannot go straight up the stack. I put a damper on the exhaust. I used the cast iron grate from that Ashley stove so the incoming air hits the bottom of the wood fanning the fire. The thing works pretty good. I wish I had a half door for adding wood since a big door lets a lot of smoke out when adding wood.
A man who knows!!!
Half door on side for loading.
Smaller door on front for shaker/ashpan.
Natural convection cross flow for preheat.
Always recommend outside air for combustion chamber. Living space air for combustion requires outside air come inside, cooling off what you're trying to heat.
Tequila! I think if I commented on anything here, it’d be I’m jelly of your welding and fabrication skills!! Carry on and post more detailed pictures please.
So many websites stealing my stuff copyrighted to Hearth. At least they linked my Everything Fisher thread at the end of article.
The real Fisher Stove Story; Enjoy
https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/chapters1-2-2-pdf.317864/
https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/chapters3-4-1-pdf.317865/
https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/chapters5-6-1-pdf.317866/
https://preview.redd.it/m7t1n57e058c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7faff4e6bdbeedb01e7469d743ac19acf908fa30
Here’s a picture of mine to make you feel better. I shortened a 55gal barrel and got the US stove kit so I can use my shed as a work shop this winter in the north east. Run almost exclusively on cut up pallets and scrap construction lumber.
We used to make em out of 50 gallon drums back in the day. And do stove hits when marijuana was still illegal. That was as good as life would ever get.
The farmhouse I grew up in had a DIY stove made out of a 55 gal drum in the basement with a sheet of asbestos set against the wall behind it. Kept us warm for many years.
It's a miracle we didn't burn the house down...
Yeah. If you're in need of a wood-stove for a sauna, and you're willing to have it burn shorter or with more particulates, a basic diy job is fine. Steel, stick-welder, river rocks, good enough!
I mean, I never really spent much more than 30-45 minutes in a sauna anyway. Though since my time in da UP, eh, it does appear more modern secondary fire sauna stoves do exist.
For home-heat, I absolutely do want a stove that burns long and cleanly though.
The heat shields on the side and the back, they look like drip trays for automotive use, what are they exactly? You definitely have the right idea with the backwall being wood...plywood?
Lets see a picture of the hinge on the door.
Good job! How much firebrick did you use?
Well done. It will throw off heat really well. Nothing wrong with the look. It looks great. Season that steel after your burn in. Painting it will ruin it…. just oil it.
https://preview.redd.it/9wjk6b9mt48c1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a1dd8bdcd2c2d018002693e1dee4242bf3230ec
Recycled hinges off older stove. Not sure of brand.
My dad made cast iron stoves. He sold his for around $1,000 but everyone has to start somewhere. He only made a few each year, but did it for 30+ years.
That’s not too bad. In my opinion: 1). Round the corners of the top. 2). Put a 3 inch ledge under the door,!weld into place. 3). Put some steel squares under the legs and weld in place to spread the load a little.
The high temperature paint for automobile exhaust system works fine, or just use the old fashioned stove black.
Almost always more reliable and better built if you know what you're doing, but damn near impossible to get insured if you insurance company knows it's homemade.
that is the dopest stove. idk what you’re talking about. and nice install. own that. nice work. have you seen the “ideal hybrid”? it won a design award and is stainless steel and looks a lot like your stove. the real question is how efficient is it?
Well done sir. Neat clean lines--modern industrial look. You should be proud. Do you plan on painting it? Have you considered knurled knobs for the primary air supply?
Why a heathen? Does it function properly and keep you warm? Okay then.
I'd round the top corners though.
I made a wood heater for my shop years ago from a horizontal round Brinkman Smoke-N-Grill. It's a top/side loader using the original hinged lid with a latch. Looks a little unorthodox but it's kept the shop warm for years. Yours looks just fine.
It's better than the one I haven't built! So don't let anyone get ya down about it, it works & is safe , you like it? That's all that really matters, but a nice pat on the back for hard work is always nice to get! So good job 👏 I hope you get many fires out of it.
Your love effort is truly worth appreciation.
My step father ran his own Custom Fabrication Shop. Together we created stoves that were the equal of Jotul. He taught me welding, I taught him thermodynamics and combustion fluidics.
What manner of internal baffles, secondary combustion, and thermal "banking" have you built in?
Would love to see the orifice construction underneath the those air inlet, pipe caps on a 1/4-20 threaded stud. Straight holes or teardrops. We had pipe nipples with deep vee grooves cut in them, with the deep pipe caps threading/spinning down them. Unscrewing them increased airflow in a logarithmically increasing amount. Have a much higher responsiveness to such simple manual control. When motorized l, it made for a very easy remote thermostatic control. Use flexible shafts. Much more forgiving and allows the motor to be thermally shielded.
Cheers.
Good work
P.S. consider using angle iron and sheer cut segments to construct. Easier than those deep bends. Also allows for faster modification of shape and internal features. Like placing internal, consumable, firewalls to take the burnt of the combustion oxidation/reduction erosion. Would also allow a gap for slide in/out fire bricks.
I hunt in a relatively hard to get to 100 year old camp in Nova Scotia. There is one built enterprise stove for cooking. And two others in the other building which were made by hand. One with split doors the other has one. And another out front which gets tipped over and serves as a grill with a wee short run of stove pipe. Open top.
Anyway. The handmade stoves are 30 years old or so. And work as well as my pacific energy insert at home. But. You don’t get to see the fire.
But. Here’s to fellahs that can build these things well.
WOW. I wish I could do that. My wood stove is getting old, and that would be great. Coffee pot on top keeping the coffee warm. Put some more information, please Maybe it would inspire my son or grandson. Love it.
I'd like to see some more pictures of it please. Inside and out if possible. I'm thinking of doing the same think and I'm collecting ideas
Ditto
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Buenos Nachos
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Mosquito Deleto..... no work-O !!!!!
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Stupid science bitch!
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Same
Sameo
Where are we at but ditto
See what you started….
Lmfao!!! 🤣 I love reddit
I built mine 22 years ago. I brought the air in from the back and made a jacket on the back of the stove for the incoming air to pass thru to heat it up. Could make it use air from outside if I wanted. I used a cast iron door from a rusted out Ashley airtight for the ash pan and the main door. I put a baffle so flames cannot go straight up the stack. I put a damper on the exhaust. I used the cast iron grate from that Ashley stove so the incoming air hits the bottom of the wood fanning the fire. The thing works pretty good. I wish I had a half door for adding wood since a big door lets a lot of smoke out when adding wood.
A man who knows!!! Half door on side for loading. Smaller door on front for shaker/ashpan. Natural convection cross flow for preheat. Always recommend outside air for combustion chamber. Living space air for combustion requires outside air come inside, cooling off what you're trying to heat.
This is like posting side boob on r porn like give us the goods man
Tequila! I think if I commented on anything here, it’d be I’m jelly of your welding and fabrication skills!! Carry on and post more detailed pictures please.
Please
I like it. Has a modern look
No sir. That right there is top tier. Well done.
Bobby Fisher’s first stove was made on his back porch, with a stick welder. In the rain.
...uphill both ways.
Isn’t that the only way to weld?
Naked, no mask, in the freezing cold!
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
His ground clamp was just a puddle of rainwater that collected at the bottom of both hills
http://www.woodstovewizard.com/fisher-wood-stoves.html Pretty cool story
So many websites stealing my stuff copyrighted to Hearth. At least they linked my Everything Fisher thread at the end of article. The real Fisher Stove Story; Enjoy https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/chapters1-2-2-pdf.317864/ https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/chapters3-4-1-pdf.317865/ https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/chapters5-6-1-pdf.317866/
The man, the myth, the legend.
Bobby Hill's ran on propane!
"That boy ain't right"
I don't know you!
That's my wood stove.
I’m a little worried about being a slut
Honest question: any relation to the chess person?
No. His name was spelled Fischer from Illinois.
Oh nice, like the skis
No, but checkmate anyway, sir. We are done here.
My 5 year old son just glanced at my phone and said, "that's a nice stove." Stamp of approval 👌
https://preview.redd.it/m7t1n57e058c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7faff4e6bdbeedb01e7469d743ac19acf908fa30 Here’s a picture of mine to make you feel better. I shortened a 55gal barrel and got the US stove kit so I can use my shed as a work shop this winter in the north east. Run almost exclusively on cut up pallets and scrap construction lumber.
That's fucking cool. Great job for the space
I love the simplicity great job it looks tremendous
Why? It's a stove. It burns wood. It works. You belong to our 1% of all American households that heats with wood. That's all that matters.
Wow I did not know I was in the 1% why are people always telling us 1% folks to give away our money? We're just trying to stay warm. 😀
Lol. Yeah, I recently read some U.S. Census Bureau figure to that effect. Only 1% - I thought it would be more.
Me too.. 1% club lol
Only 1% of us actually stay warm.....holy fuk thats sad
The government doesn’t need to know how I heat my house, so that number could always be higher.
No way, the best woodstoves ive ever seen in 50+ years in Michigan were all home made ones.
We used to make em out of 50 gallon drums back in the day. And do stove hits when marijuana was still illegal. That was as good as life would ever get.
The farmhouse I grew up in had a DIY stove made out of a 55 gal drum in the basement with a sheet of asbestos set against the wall behind it. Kept us warm for many years. It's a miracle we didn't burn the house down...
Leo Nippas first sauna stove (made in the yoop) had to be homemade. I'm slightly jealous of OP's stove, and I have a 77 Jotul 115
Yeah. If you're in need of a wood-stove for a sauna, and you're willing to have it burn shorter or with more particulates, a basic diy job is fine. Steel, stick-welder, river rocks, good enough! I mean, I never really spent much more than 30-45 minutes in a sauna anyway. Though since my time in da UP, eh, it does appear more modern secondary fire sauna stoves do exist. For home-heat, I absolutely do want a stove that burns long and cleanly though.
That's awful. You should give it to me and go buy something else. Great work bro.
Are you kidding? you MADE a stove. Holy shit! That's more than we've done... we just bought ours.
You're unrefined. Pull up a chair. You're welcome here
To me if I don’t see the fire 🔥 thru the glass it takes away 50% of the joy of a wood stove
Functional is the new sexy.
Ur giving urself tooooooo little credit it looks good-now start using the shit out of it n give it some more of that firewood "character"😉
Did you put any sort of liner inside for longevity?
Fire brick
No, that’s pretty cool!
No, that’s pretty cool!
It's beautiful!
Sick!
Love it ! It’s like that type of metal artwork, Brutalist.
I think I would have to wear leather chaps around those corners. Ouch!
I like it
I like it
I want one! Nice job!
Beautiful stove!
Looks Good
The heat shields on the side and the back, they look like drip trays for automotive use, what are they exactly? You definitely have the right idea with the backwall being wood...plywood? Lets see a picture of the hinge on the door. Good job! How much firebrick did you use?
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You sir, are not uncivilized heathen as your title would suggest.
shit is great man, we love to see it
now finish the top like a black top griddle and make breakfast on it.
Need more pictures, looks clean
just don’t gash a leg passing by
I love it! Want one. But please radius those sharp corners on the top.
Well done. It will throw off heat really well. Nothing wrong with the look. It looks great. Season that steel after your burn in. Painting it will ruin it…. just oil it.
Nice job! It’s nice to see that there are still craftsman and fabricators out there. It appears that it sadly coming to an end.
Metal box, burn wood, make heat. Looks good to me.
I want to do this with a pellet stove though. I run a stove in my shop and converted house to pellet stove. Love your stove,bad ass
Looks square, did you weld it yourself?
As long as it works 👍😊
Burn tubes?
I like it ! How does it heat?
I like it
Fuck that noise!
I bet it rocks - so rock on dude. Great stuff.
Nothing wrong with Hand Crafted👏🏻
I think it looks fine. I always wondered how a arched top would do on a wood burner.
I like it!
Theres nothing wrong with having a home made stove, you just need to make sure you have the proper clearances.
Looks good to me , I've had to make them outta ole OJ can's . A lil heat is better than None .
Not about looks about doing the job. Looks warm.
What are you talking about? That is a fine unit, made better still by your own hand. Were that I be as uncivilized as you.
Personally. I think that’s pretty cool myself. Show a picture of the door if you can
https://preview.redd.it/9wjk6b9mt48c1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a1dd8bdcd2c2d018002693e1dee4242bf3230ec Recycled hinges off older stove. Not sure of brand.
Best stove ive ever used was homemade
Why? That's badass! Be proud. Good work.
Looks great! Now if you want to go full on hedonistic you should post my example and claim ownership. Yours looks great.
It comes with a hibachi on the top. Nice
Yeah I'll bet you do. It's a masterpiece and a thing of true beauty and you know it. Looks fantastic, I'd be proud as hell.
The fact you made your own, you are miles ahead of most of us. Well done, you uncivilized heathen.
If you could repurpose it to serve also as a blackstone, it would be in 36% of homes
Nice
You can’t beat it if you can’t heat it!
Dude you could sell these and people would buy them like hotcakes. Me being one of them
Neat Is there a copper coil somewhere to heat up a tank of water to store somewhere?
Awesome i love it
Awesome!
That’s a beauty.
My only concern is, does it have baffles? HUUGE way to help prevent fire in your pipes, and helps lock more heat in as well.
I also identify as a James/Jim and I approve this stove!
Good on you heathen looks are not everything . Now go outside and howl at the moon.
It's great
Good for you
Are you warm? That's all that matters
Cool!
My dad made his own stove. That thing was such a beast it practically cooked the neighbors out. Pro tip : don’t let your kids melt icicles on it😆
That things is a beauty.
Nice job. It's a lot cleaner look than the one I built.
Oh, I feel like I'm getting a real clue.
Steel is steel is steel is steel
I love it!
Very cool! Any provisions for a baffle or secondary combustion inside?
❤️
My dad made cast iron stoves. He sold his for around $1,000 but everyone has to start somewhere. He only made a few each year, but did it for 30+ years.
Looks like it will never fail you and that my friend, is what matters!
Good lookin unit....i am jealous
Didnt even know u could do that! U weld it?! Thats awesome!
The only thing I would do differently is round the corners to prevent injury but otherwise looks awesome!
Corten?
Very cool
I used to have something similar in our cabin! Worked great!
Looks good from here. If it burns well, and exhausts well, then we'll done!
Very cool
I think it looks great. We build one a few years back, and didn’t add additional support under house and it fell into the floor
Why- the stove is bad ass- just make sure your wall has the correct insulation - or it will catch fire
Would love more pics… looks cool… almost like u could put a lot of soup on top & slow cook it on a cold winter day…
Heck no! You’re the man for posting your stuff here!
Way too cool
Love it!
Obviously one was raised by welding wolves
That’s not too bad. In my opinion: 1). Round the corners of the top. 2). Put a 3 inch ledge under the door,!weld into place. 3). Put some steel squares under the legs and weld in place to spread the load a little. The high temperature paint for automobile exhaust system works fine, or just use the old fashioned stove black.
Had a 100 gallon tank with an oil drip feeder in my shop. Used motor oil and a few cords made winters much more bearable. So, Bravo, Mr!
Almost always more reliable and better built if you know what you're doing, but damn near impossible to get insured if you insurance company knows it's homemade.
that is the dopest stove. idk what you’re talking about. and nice install. own that. nice work. have you seen the “ideal hybrid”? it won a design award and is stainless steel and looks a lot like your stove. the real question is how efficient is it?
A homemade stove is rad af
https://preview.redd.it/qu6xvgcja78c1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4789fb2663f4f9e5c0ebeda1e98244277aaa00d1 We are heathens.
Looks good I see future pancakes,eggs bacon and ham on that
I like it. Comes with cook top. 😁
Hey dude, not the most ornate stove, but that looks highly functional. I think it's awesome. Merry Christmas 🎄
You should feel like an enwisend space wizard. That's cool.
oof those top corners. you don't have kids!
That’s awesome
I'm calling it the kneecap slicer 5000
Does it work?
I would cut out a window and put mica glass in it half enjoyment of a fire is watching it the other half. Is it keeping you warm?
I like it Love to see more pictures and info
🙏
Good job that’s pretty badass
Well done sir. Neat clean lines--modern industrial look. You should be proud. Do you plan on painting it? Have you considered knurled knobs for the primary air supply?
You rock!
CyberStove?
Why a heathen? Does it function properly and keep you warm? Okay then. I'd round the top corners though. I made a wood heater for my shop years ago from a horizontal round Brinkman Smoke-N-Grill. It's a top/side loader using the original hinged lid with a latch. Looks a little unorthodox but it's kept the shop warm for years. Yours looks just fine.
Nicely done
Round those top corners off for safety.
Grew up in the bush, we would cook on ours when the power was out. This looks ideal for that!
It's better than the one I haven't built! So don't let anyone get ya down about it, it works & is safe , you like it? That's all that really matters, but a nice pat on the back for hard work is always nice to get! So good job 👏 I hope you get many fires out of it.
Sweet dude
I love this
Your love effort is truly worth appreciation. My step father ran his own Custom Fabrication Shop. Together we created stoves that were the equal of Jotul. He taught me welding, I taught him thermodynamics and combustion fluidics. What manner of internal baffles, secondary combustion, and thermal "banking" have you built in? Would love to see the orifice construction underneath the those air inlet, pipe caps on a 1/4-20 threaded stud. Straight holes or teardrops. We had pipe nipples with deep vee grooves cut in them, with the deep pipe caps threading/spinning down them. Unscrewing them increased airflow in a logarithmically increasing amount. Have a much higher responsiveness to such simple manual control. When motorized l, it made for a very easy remote thermostatic control. Use flexible shafts. Much more forgiving and allows the motor to be thermally shielded. Cheers. Good work
Gorgeous
P.S. consider using angle iron and sheer cut segments to construct. Easier than those deep bends. Also allows for faster modification of shape and internal features. Like placing internal, consumable, firewalls to take the burnt of the combustion oxidation/reduction erosion. Would also allow a gap for slide in/out fire bricks.
Looks like you did a nice job.
Dang that's nice! I'll take 10! 👍👍
Looks downright civilized for a heathen.
I hunt in a relatively hard to get to 100 year old camp in Nova Scotia. There is one built enterprise stove for cooking. And two others in the other building which were made by hand. One with split doors the other has one. And another out front which gets tipped over and serves as a grill with a wee short run of stove pipe. Open top. Anyway. The handmade stoves are 30 years old or so. And work as well as my pacific energy insert at home. But. You don’t get to see the fire. But. Here’s to fellahs that can build these things well.
WOW. I wish I could do that. My wood stove is getting old, and that would be great. Coffee pot on top keeping the coffee warm. Put some more information, please Maybe it would inspire my son or grandson. Love it.
Look like you done a great job
I know I'd cut the hell out of myself on those top corners....
It looks warm and pretty safe what more you need that's awesome
That’s spectacular. Nothing wrong with it at all.
🏆
It heats up, right? You haven’t passed out from carbon monoxide poisoning, right? Then it’s a good stove…
Nice setup!