Some heat can make! Some…
Admittedly I HAMMERED the stove with heat, experimenting with fire size, wood types, torture tests, the whole thing…. When the flu flow wasn’t optimal, not enough air was passing into/through the primary firebox. Not only was I building and having too big fires, coals were building up (instead of smaller more complete burns with less coal build up) and while the vertical pipe withstood the heat (effortlessly) the standard steel couldn’t take it.
This rebuild will be moving the heat, ideally, into the water heater and bench. I’m also adding fire brick to the bottom of the primary firebox to buffer the heat to the horizontal tubing, making it tougher for wood loading, ash cleaning. The ceramic fireboard is dainty, I’m not!!
The secondary air intake went to the shop last night, once back I can work on the next iteration of the riserless core, seal the top with the prescribed material (the glass stove top from an electric stove) and connect it to the flu. Prolly take a couple weeks as I don’t want to rush, do want to focus on the details
All the firewood is off the ground, (the trailer load in the background is almost complete and will return with ash likely on Wednesday), the chicken shack pad pile is about maxed, and getting seriously baked in this dry breezy weather!
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