Rocket Mass Heater 2015 Kickstarter 4-DVD set

I am so bonkers about rocket mass heaters that two years ago I did a kickstarter for DVDs of a rocket mass heater workshop! Interest was far greater than I expected. MASSIVE! Wow! So my friends and I have carefully collected a lot more footage and we focused on much higher video and sound quality.

So we now have footage of building:

a cob style rocket mass heater in a log structure
a cob style rocket mass heater in a tipi
a pebble style rocket mass heater in an office
a pebble style rocket mass heater in a shop
a pebble style rocket mass heater in a conventional living room
three wood box style shippable cores
three small molded shippable cores
three molded shippable cores with manifold
three batch box variations
an outdoor rocket mass heater that doubles as a BBQ, cooker and smoker
an outdoor rocket mass heater "ring of fire" with glass in the burn tunnel
a batch box style rocket mass heater with careful measurements of the exhaust
an indoor rocket stove with a griddle, oven and hot water
a batch box rocket mass heater with the heat directed into the floor

This new kickstarter is about doing all the production work to use this footage to bring four more DVDs:

DVD 1: COB STYLE

If a person was going to get just one DVD, this would be the one. A cob style rocket mass heater is "the old reliable". We have two projects to demonstrate this technique. One in a log home and one in a tipi. We put one in a tipi as part of an experiment to test how warm a person can be with a rocket mass heater and zero insulation. We interview the couple that stayed in the tipi for the first winter, with a strong focus on how comfortable they were when it was 26 degrees below zero.
Cob style rocket mass heater built in a log home
Cob style rocket mass heater built in a log home
Building a cob style rocket mass heater in a tipi
Building a cob style rocket mass heater in a tipi

DVD 2: PEBBLE STYLE

We will show the construction of three pebble style rocket mass heaters. The difference with these is that the mass is usually a wood bench filled with pebbles and rocks. A different aesthetic. These designs are (relative to cob style) easy to move and modify. They also tend to be lighter, thus, better for installing in places that have a wood floor.

Pebble style rocket mass heaters.
Pebble style rocket mass heaters.

DVD 3: SHIPPABLE CORE

The kickstarter from two years ago showed an early prototype. We were certain that by the time the video came out, people could buy a shippable core and plug it in. In the time that has passed, that didn't happen. We ended up releasing a variety of information on how to make your own - and now, in this video, we supply the "how to" video for a variety of techniques.

A variety of rocket mass heater shippable cores
A variety of rocket mass heater shippable cores

DVD 4: INNOVATORS EVENT

Last fall we put on an event where Ernie and Erica invited several rocket mass heater innovators that they thought were the best in the world. Each innovator was provided with the materials to create whatever they wanted. The results were: "the ring of fire" - a rocket mass heater shaped in a circle with glass to show the burn; an outdoor rocket mass heater/cooker/smoker; A "batch box style" rocket mass heater with measured output cleaner than anything we have ever encountered; An indoor rocket stove, griddle and water heater.

[paulwheaton]

Youtube emailed me to say that somebody posted a message here on youtube saying that kickstarter was weird.  But when I follow the link to here, no message.   Sorry guy - I don't know what happened.  It's been a couple of minutes and gobs of people have supported the kickstarter.   I know it sounds weak, but .... try again?

[Chugosh]

This is so cool!
Good luck to the KS, and I sure want in on it if funding allowed.

[AlphaChimpEnergy]

Off grid living and the preparedness mindset will save the world. It's energy independence and a huge middle finger to big gov over reach. I love it.

Now just get girls in bikinis to teach the material and you'll surpass your goal again..

[obwonchablowme]

Wondering if there will be a waste oil version in the videos. I live in Norway, and have been working with several designs for waste oil heating. Companies have to pay to get rid of it here, and are more than happy to let me haul off as much of it I can use. Saves them tons of money, and gives me free fuel. Have not worked with the "rocket" style stoves yet, but have a design in mind. I know they burn very clean, and think it will make the waste oil burn cleaner than it does in the other types I have tried ( which burn pretty clean). I got a little carried away with my last design, and it melted the cast iron pot I was using as a burn chamber. 

[thewoodensailor]

we want more! Really curious how Ernie made the 55 gallon drum to have a removable top?

[robdmccart]

Thanks Paul, I have your DVD set!  Can you recommend a book on mass heater mechanics/design that I can give to my 80 year old non-techie dad?

[doloinc]

paul wheaton - Can you do a youtube video or series on how to produce biochar and different biochar kiln designs? 

[larrykoelschsr]

So, how is the editing of all the innovators events going? Can we get the goods soon? DVDs that is. How about it Paul?

[Stephanie-khpp]

Well, its October, did you make the dvd? I'm in for whatever you need!!!

[danielstewart]

Just wondering if there is any info on biochar rocket stoves, would like to see some efficient working examples

[denniskwasnycia]

Hi Paul., To get the 4 DVD set, do you go through Kick starter only, or is there another avenue?

[KingRatt]

Are you going to get epa approval since they are now regulating wood burners?

[richardware]

have you finished the dvd collection ? do we sent our email how to get

[cradlemountainmayfly]

Dose it have a combustible air intake? Unless this is establish first this will not work as well or will not be healthy.