Stove from 44 Gallon Drum #5

A long weekend and some more to report.


Doors are going on now. I had some trouble getting them to sit flush, so I may not need the vents I anticipated. Some tests will see.

doors on!

The latches worked well however!

I used bolts scored from a builder neighbor several years ago. I have hundreds of them, just had to buy a box of nuts to suit.

grate and ash pan supported in place

The grate sits on the reo bars which are supported through the drum wall with bolts. Similarly for the ash pan, although the supports here are flat sided square sections which will allow sliding of the tray.

reo cross supports for grate, ash pan supports run the other way

Happy to have made this much progress. Just some smaller finishing touches to go now.

doors still with some paint to be burnt off

Brian.

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2 Responses to “Stove from 44 Gallon Drum #5”

  1. James says:
    April 27, 2013 at 9:27 pm

    Hey Brian,

    Love this idea, am thinking of building one myself now. Just wondering for the doors, did you use another 44 drum or just had some scrap metal laying around?

    Cheers,
    James

    • luxgraphicus says:
      April 28, 2013 at 10:40 pm

      Hi James, thanks for your comment.
      I used the cutouts from the door holes as the basis for the doors, and bolted larger sheets of scrap over then to cover the gap left when cutting out with the grinder.
      The original pieces help to keep the curved shape for the doors.
      I have since bought a welder and approached things differently on my next stove which is made from a gas cylinder. (see later posts on this project)
      Hope all goes well with your oven. I’ve had a great time with mine. It still makes great pizzas!
      Cheers, Brian.