Steel for stove

hardwood

I just made a solid fuel stove from an old gas bottle which works great but I'm constantly looking to improve so I'm looking to make another stove from scratch. When going to get steel what should I be looking for? What's the difference between steel and mild steel? My gas bottle looks to be only around 2mm thick, should I go up to 4mm or 6mm? I want to keep my cost down but also want something that will last.

edit: Here's some pics of the gas bottle stove in case anyone's interested, the patch on top is where the flue was originally but I changed it so I could get it further out into the room

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jshojjabrib4rnz/2012-11-07%2021.12.28.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mjhsrz0tlhje5k/2012-11-07%2021.12.55.jpg

paddy147

hardwood wrote: »

I just made a solid fuel stove from an old gas bottle which works great but I'm constantly looking to improve so I'm looking to make another stove from scratch. When going to get steel what should I be looking for? What's the difference between steel and mild steel? My gas bottle looks to be only around 2mm thick, should I go up to 4mm or 6mm? I want to keep my cost down but also want something that will last.

edit: Here's some pics of the gas bottle stove in case anyone's interested, the patch on top is where the flue was originally but I changed it so I could get it further out into the room

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jshojjabrib4rnz/2012-11-07%2021.12.28.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mjhsrz0tlhje5k/2012-11-07%2021.12.55.jpg

How safe and legit is that setup??


I hope to god that you have a working carbon monoxide alarm in the room.;)

hiDEhi

For a stove you will probably need boiler steel. Not too sure where you'd get your hands on it though. It depends how much you use it and how hot it's going to get. Standard steel will in time deteriorate and soften with heat and may warp.
If you can get your hands on some old central heating boilers they'd be good for steel.

hardwood

paddy147 wrote: »

How safe and legit is that setup??


I hope to god that you have a working carbon monoxide alarm in the room.;)

Ha ha, yeah I was a bit nervous about it at the start but it's safe out. Less risk of a spark coming out and although it's not in the pictures there's a carbon monoxide alarm sitting on the shelf right above it now.

@hiDEhi Actually there is an old back boiler stuck in there (radiators are now connected to the gas), dunno how hard it would be to take it out but that'd be three sides of a stove there...

woodoo

Are you not supposed to have 300cm clear around the stove opening. Yours has wooden floor quite near it.

hardwood

woodoo wrote: »

Are you not supposed to have 300cm clear around the stove opening. Yours has wooden floor quite near it.

Am I? Says who? Just kidding, never heard that before, got a metal plate under.

CJhaughey

Make it out of cast iron, better heat retention and longer lasting.
Truck brake drums work well.
I bought an ebook on how to make one from an Aussie site.

Robbie.G

hardwood wrote: »

I just made a solid fuel stove from an old gas bottle which works great but I'm constantly looking to improve so I'm looking to make another stove from scratch. When going to get steel what should I be looking for? What's the difference between steel and mild steel? My gas bottle looks to be only around 2mm thick, should I go up to 4mm or 6mm? I want to keep my cost down but also want something that will last.

edit: Here's some pics of the gas bottle stove in case anyone's interested, the patch on top is where the flue was originally but I changed it so I could get it further out into the room

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jshojjabrib4rnz/2012-11-07%2021.12.28.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mjhsrz0tlhje5k/2012-11-07%2021.12.55.jpg

I don't know where to start it meets none of the building regs.i know it's only a prototype but make sure it's fitted to building regs.

martin46585

Try laying your hands on an old safe, just make sure to empty it first,

ted1

That's mad, what part of siberia do you live in?

demanufactured

Jesus
How did you seal it with the existing chimney.