Cob: Wow cool! A rocket stove!

[Kerry Doran]

VERY cool Steve!  Just the thing for the outdoor trip....if all you packed
was  dog food!!!  :)  Kidding...I will be doing the same experiment soon.....won't
be using dog food cans though!  Mine eat out of a bag!!

Congratulations!!

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Kerry Doran
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---- Steve Veeneman <svnmn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Darel!
> 
> Thanks.  Reports I have read are that the cans might
> last for five or six uses.  I think I want to 'soup it
> up' before I start cooking with it.  I think nine 
> inches tall is recommended.
> 
> A cob version is certainly attractive.  After cans
> become unavailable, natural materials will be all 
> that is left.  In this part of the country I will have
> 
> to wait for warmer weather though, unless I want to 
> thaw out some mud in the kitchen!  I have heard of
> something called a mud forge as well, and think the
> rocket design might be useful, as one does not need 
> to force air into it...
> 
> Steve
> --- Darel Henman <henman at it.to-be.co.jp> wrote:
> > Steve,
> >   Wonderful job.  Looks great.  Let us know how it
> > lasts.  I myself
> > wonder how long the cans will last after being used
> > for a while.  
> > Please let us know.
> > 
> >  Are you planning on trying some kind of say cob or
> > adobe like coating
> > around it?
> > 
> > Darel
> > 
> > 
> > Steve Veeneman wrote:
> > > 
> > > When someone on the Cob-list mentioned Rocket
> > Stoves
> > > and I followed up on it I was more than delighted.
> > > 
> > > It was only a matter of days before I had a chance
> > to
> > > save enough dog food cans to try it out!  Beside
> > dog
> > >  food I needed a larger can of Menudo which I
> > > emptied for lunch today.  Since critical can
> > > mass arrived today, the results were simply
> > awaiting
> > > a trial run.  You can see the pictures at
> > > 
> > > http://members.aol.com/svnmn/rs.htm
> > > 
> > > If you like crude photos of do-it-yourself
> > projects
> > > then please be my guest!  This was waaaaay too
> > much
> > > fun!  My dear departed father would have loved it!
> > > Here's to you Dad, who first showed me how to use
> > a
> > > tin snips!
> > > 
> > > Steve
> > >
> 
> 
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