Cob: Wow cool! A rocket stove!

[Steve Veeneman]

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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