Ok so my homemade wood burning stove modeled after a fisher stove is almost finished...sucks when you only have a few weekends to work on stuff. Next project is a wood fired boiler to heat a 200 gallon outdoor tub. Over the summer I built a outdoor tub that is designed to look like a hot springs. I took a 200 gallon insulated stainless milk cooling tub and poured a pad and then built up the surrounding area with excess lava rocks form my property.
originally I was planning on using a propane convection water heater similar to whats on my cabins bathtub already. But the cost of propane would be very prohibitive for regular use. once a month type thing would be fine, but I want to set this place up for my retirement. At that time sitting in a hot tub in the middle of winter with some wild turkey in one hand a good cigar in the other and a good view of Mt. Fuji is one of those life goals and if I can only afford it once a month due to excessive cost then i will be one stinky mother between baths
so I had several thoughts in mind, one was a simple plate steel wood stove in the same vein as a fisher but with a sealed 5 gallon reservoir on top and an inlet plus outlet that went to the tank and let natural convection action move the water. the other possibility was same basic design but with a stainless steel 1" pipe running back and forth inside the stove at the top. which would be preferred and why? all design inputs are welcome, and I hope to have photos of my current woodburner as I finish it this weekend to post up when I get back.
originally I was planning on using a propane convection water heater similar to whats on my cabins bathtub already. But the cost of propane would be very prohibitive for regular use. once a month type thing would be fine, but I want to set this place up for my retirement. At that time sitting in a hot tub in the middle of winter with some wild turkey in one hand a good cigar in the other and a good view of Mt. Fuji is one of those life goals and if I can only afford it once a month due to excessive cost then i will be one stinky mother between baths
so I had several thoughts in mind, one was a simple plate steel wood stove in the same vein as a fisher but with a sealed 5 gallon reservoir on top and an inlet plus outlet that went to the tank and let natural convection action move the water. the other possibility was same basic design but with a stainless steel 1" pipe running back and forth inside the stove at the top. which would be preferred and why? all design inputs are welcome, and I hope to have photos of my current woodburner as I finish it this weekend to post up when I get back.