randyt
04-15-2011, 06:07 PM
I needed a cheap wood stove for my pole barn. So I took one of those 55 gallon drums that I had scrounged up and made a cheap stove, emphasis on cheap.
The top was cut off a couple inches down and then the barrel was cutoff below the second rib. The top piece was slid in to the barrel, after a few adjustments with a hammer and fastened in place with a few large self tapping screws.
for legs I took a couple pieces of bed rail and made a couple X frames, these were double bolted to the barrel. In hindsight I should have made a couple H frames. The H's may have been a little sturdier.
for a door and opening I framed the opening with bed rail to stiffen the opening. Old hinges and a piece of steel made the door. A chunk of bed rail and a spring for the handle made the latch.
For a stove pipe opening I cut a 5 inch hole in the top and with a hammer beat a flange up to accept 6 inch stove pipe.
I need to work on the draft control and maybe give it a splash of hi temp paint. There's also a class A chimney scheduled to go through the roof but I'm waiting for a chance to make a flashing for it.
pay no mind to the pan of oil on the floor, it gets moved when the stove is in use. Also before I get to carried away I'll be installing some type of reduced clearance shroud around the back and side. Most likely sheet metal spaced off the wall 1 inch.
here's a couple photos
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh227/randytlee/001-7.jpg
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh227/randytlee/009-4.jpg
The top was cut off a couple inches down and then the barrel was cutoff below the second rib. The top piece was slid in to the barrel, after a few adjustments with a hammer and fastened in place with a few large self tapping screws.
for legs I took a couple pieces of bed rail and made a couple X frames, these were double bolted to the barrel. In hindsight I should have made a couple H frames. The H's may have been a little sturdier.
for a door and opening I framed the opening with bed rail to stiffen the opening. Old hinges and a piece of steel made the door. A chunk of bed rail and a spring for the handle made the latch.
For a stove pipe opening I cut a 5 inch hole in the top and with a hammer beat a flange up to accept 6 inch stove pipe.
I need to work on the draft control and maybe give it a splash of hi temp paint. There's also a class A chimney scheduled to go through the roof but I'm waiting for a chance to make a flashing for it.
pay no mind to the pan of oil on the floor, it gets moved when the stove is in use. Also before I get to carried away I'll be installing some type of reduced clearance shroud around the back and side. Most likely sheet metal spaced off the wall 1 inch.
here's a couple photos
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh227/randytlee/001-7.jpg
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh227/randytlee/009-4.jpg