I've seen quite a few designs and have read a fair amount of printed information, all of which was online, but there's always more to see and read LOL
I have a design in mind.... it's a pipe dream for now. I have to settle a few things I have in mind before I do a small scale mockup.
I did start out with some refractory material for what should be somewhat of a hybrid stove. Laid up a dry rudimentary "J" design to start.
Ideally I'm shooting for a larger stove, larger than most of what I've seen anyway. There are some VERY GOOD mechanics out there!!
I've seen many of you on YouTube and you're all quite inventive and clever to boot! I've viewed videos from Japan to Sweden to Great Britain to Russia to America.
Reading and viewing is one thing but there's no substitute for hands on. Thanks for the welcome gadily..... T2H ..... I'll give Gary B a look too thanks.
I'm a mason by trade, retired now for some time. I've worked on several hundred conventional fireplaces in my day. Firebrick, fresh air intake, damper, smoke shelf,
throat, and flue liners etc. At one point I built a 4' fireplace INTO a fireplace. The flue liners for the host 8' fireplace were approximately 36"x36" if memory serves.
Large enough to crawl into anyway. That was a rather unique situation. Lots of fun with that one there. Tough to remember it all now. Maybe that's a good thing.
However, this rocket stove science is some different kind of animal to tame to get the most out of it. Should be some fun ahead. Much head scratching too likely.
I'm going to try to combine rocket stove technology with russian fireplace technology using firebrick and steel. Steel being used for a heatsink.
I'll have to try to get up to speed with the uploading progress. I did see a sticky on the site somewhere about how to upload, so, I have help there. Thank you!
You know, it's funny to me how a computer can get a somewhat sane person talking to himself.
Well, I babbled way too much. Cheers to all.