brake drum woodstove

recycled from 2 logtruck brake drms and a car rim various scaps of metal
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Pretty inventive and cheap to boot!!! How does it work? I have some uses for that pallet jack too!!

Looks Beastly....:rockn: Nice Jack too...

Lignum said:

Looks Beastly....:rockn: Nice Jack too...

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Hey lay off I called it first!!:biggrinbounce2:

Now who in thier right mind looks at a couple of clapped out brake drums, and an old rim, and see's a woodstove?

That's just SICK!!!

I LIKE IT!!!:biggrinbounce2:

Somebody put some thought and effort into it.
Nicely done!

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

very nice. i make stuff outta useless crap all the time lol. looks good man

hahaha, nice work! I bet it really cranks out heat too!

Man thats cool. When I was a truck mechanic I would scrap a couple of them a week. Never thought of doing that. Id like to see some more pics also. :biggrinbounce2:

Rookie1 said:

Man thats cool. When I was a truck mechanic I would scrap a couple of them a week. Never thought of doing that. Id like to see some more pics also. :biggrinbounce2:

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Sorry the jack is not for sale ! Thats how I move the stove!
It weighs in at about 500 pounds!I'll see if I can add more pics didn't expect as much intrest .The top can be jacked off baciclysplits in the middle and the exhast moved in any location 360 deg around the unit, it has inside air on the door and outside air intake can be plumbed in at the rear via a 2x3 tube which preheats beneath and thru the two lumps beside the door and the air enters at the top of the door preheated to burn near the top of the stove . Oh ya it heats Ive had the door front glowing with a load of fir bark in there it is only 1/4 material.The drum material is a lot harder to make glow

Guess I better stop using drums for bench grinder and anvil mounts, and start making wood stoves out of em. Great idea, and it looks good too.

There really is no such thing as scrap metal. Nice stove.

modn said:

Pretty inventive and cheap to boot!!! How does it work? I have some uses for that pallet jack too!!

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My neighbor bought one of those pallet jacks. I asked him what is was for. He sadi he was going to put the big plow on it and store it in the shed... across the lawn. I told him but he tried anyway. It was a big plow and he got a little upset when I told he was gonna have to call his kids to help him.

treemandan said:

There really is no such thing as scrap metal. Nice stove.

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No ****,,,,,why,,,,,,because every Tom, #### and Harry sold it to China.:bang:

Very well thought out stove and looks great. Keeps you warm I bet.

I love anything home made. Nice job!

Very nice, and should last a long time to boot.

I too feal that nothing is scrap (just ask my folks, they call me sanford ) At any rate I've been thinking of building a OWB using an old fork truck wheel that we're scraping out at work as the fire box. The wheel's 30X36X1.5 thick (no tire pressed on just the steel rim) and the best part is I can pick it up cheap. I really enjoy building and looking at stuff like this, really gets ya thinking about just what we spend our money on and just how much of it can be had a lot cheaper with a little time and some imagination.

Good job

Nice job FJH - I saw another like that, but it was layed out horizontal, small round door where the hub would be, pipe on the other end hub.

I am inspired. I bet that you can make it through the night on residual heat alone.

Orange Hill said:

I am inspired. I bet that you can make it through the night on residual heat alone.

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Stifled rightdown will hold a fire 8-10 hours.
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Great idea, I bet that bugger really holds the heat!