Homemade wood burning Rocket stove

In this tutorial I demonstrate how to build a simple rocket stove which is great for camping or use on a homestead. It is great for cooking many things, the heat and fire will bring a pan to the boil in no time, once up and running

A great DIY project anyone can try

00:00 Intro
00:15 Cutting box section steel
01:33 Welding in the vent
04:14 Fitting the hatch door
05:51 Cutting down to size
06:18 Welding the main parts together
08:09 Grinding welds flat and cutting the pan mount
10:17 Welding the pan mount
11:02 Making the metal handle
12:32 Making the door handle
13:29 Welding on its feet
14:10 Spray time
14:28 Demo and links

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[clusa]

Many thanks for showing us your excellent skills! And I agree with Colorado Mountain Guy. There is no need for background music for diy videos. We love to hear the sound of the tools! Thank you again.

[Ks-dixs]

You just inspired me to weld. 61 year old female welder!
God bless you. Your work is inspiring.

[davethewelder]

Nice job. Quick, easy, fool proof set-up. To the point, no crazy, extravagant ideas.. I like it. Haven't built one yet, but believe I'd build it just like yours. Good job..

[kobusdutoitbosman]

most sensible and practical, durable and economic utility on THE PLANET! Well done...👊🔥

[gorillaau]

I love the cut of your... square section.

Seriously, well done. Looks good, and just works. Please ignore the cynical critics.

[ericdonjon]

Well done Sean. I have had in mind to make my own rocket Stove for a couple of years now and last summer, I took the decision to go ahead with the project. My wife and daughter were using a glut of ripen tomatoes to make a "coulis de tomate" (Tomato sauce) to put in jars for winter use but the many tomatoes we had, needed to be cooked a long time for a relatively small number of jars and used a lot of gas in the process.
Your video is very useful and my Rocket Stove will be the carbon copy of yours. Can't wait to cook these various sauces, preserved vegetables and other jams for years to come. Thank you.

[bulukacarlos]

No fancy tools, no fancy facilities, just the tools that I have (no the MIG, but inverter stick welder machine) Thanks for a couple of good ideas and sorry for my English. Grettings from argentine Patagonia.

[chumalumadingdong]

try pushing the solid wire (mig) and pulling with the stick dude. (if it leaves slag, drag). nice little project.

[mjp]

When I was a kid dad had a greatly scaled up but almost identical stove. He used it as a heater to keep the stock tank from freezing in the winter. It had a chimney about 6 ft tall.

[ThePcates]

What an awesome video! You made it look so simple. This will definitely be a go to video for a few projects I have in mind. Great stuff!

[CrustyBiker]

I like that! I especially like the crown top bent over 45 and rebar added, the only thing I would change if I made a similar one, (which I wont for lack of skill patience and materials) ..would be blocking the air intake underneath the feed tube and adding one lower down underneath so you couldn't see it or accidentally fill through it.. but great job!!

[bfarm]

Love it. Think I'll make my top round though to look like a riverboat stack

[animtorfiddler]

Simply the most beautiful example of this design I've seen anywhere, with much enhanced functionality. The handle, hinge and cover for the mouth of the feed throat all make the stove a gorgeous design. The extra work in making an air-tight ventilator column makes sense. I was a little perplexed until I saw that the entire point was to close all the seams. I'm going to watch AGAIN, just to marvel at the economy of movement. I took a welding class at age fifty, when I was living on a small ranch with my partner, but by the time I would have started using the skills I'd learned, my brother had a health crisis and I had to deal with that for a decade. Now I'd like to start welding again. This seems like an excellent project to aim for.

[calseynez]

playing this half the speed and yeah. grinding takes a lot of work and patients. awesome work and amazing idea.

[lmtn]

I also used to do this. it was very effective

[jaspervilla]

Definitely would buy one of these for emergencies. Especially if propane and butane ran out. There is wood branches all over my property.

[charleydarley]

6:42 David Firth and I are very pleased to see you playing with a decadent amount of rust

[eslonteixeira]

GRANDE CONTRIBUIÇÃO, VALEU MESMO MUITO!

[thelonecritic]

You didn't speak a word for a whole video yet your work explained everything. great skills buddy