With the continuous spikes in gas prices, wouldn’t it be nice to cook with an alternative?
If you’re looking for an easy project that can help you save and or if you love cooking outdoors, boy do we have a project just for you.
Simple and effective
With some easy-to-procure materials and recyclables in your garage, you can easily make a wood stove for emergency or outdoor use.
A YouTube creator showed us how to make one using a paint bucket.
You will need cement that can withstand high temperatures, like refractory cement. This can be found in most home improvement stores and even online.
You’ll also need 16-18 gauge aluminum wires.
If it’s available, you can also use thin rebar.
For the molds, you’ll need a sheet of Styrofoam and some gardening foam bricks. You’ll also need a paint bucket – a big one and a smaller one. And some lubricant.
To make the wood stove base:
Brush some industrial-grade lubricant on the insides of the bigger paint bucket. This will prevent the concrete from sticking to the bucket itself.
Next, put a later of concrete in the base of the bucket.
Make it thick enough to secure bricks.
Once you’ve set your foundations, fill the bucket with concrete just enough to cover the bricks.
Next, for the ash catcher and wind tunnel, cut a strip of Styrofoam. Its width should be around a third of the diameter of the paint bucket.
It should also be an inch and a half or two inches thick. Place the Styrofoam strip over the concrete layer.
For the firewood pan:
Carve a disc from the Styrofoam board. Then, carve grooves across the disc where you’ll place your wires or rebar.
Place a wire ring around the disc to strengthen the structure. Place your wires or rebar o the grooves you carved out.
For the fire chamber:
Using the gardening foam, carve a block large enough for the wood to fit into. Carve the inner side of the foam to fit the smaller paint bucket.
Place the foam on the edge of the structure and place the smaller bucket inside the bigger one.
The cavity that these two things will make will serve as your fire chamber. Place some bricks or weights inside the smaller bucket to hold it in place.
Fill the edges with cement until you almost reach the brim. Then, carve a cylinder using the foam brick. It should be around 5 inches in diameter.
Place this over the concrete. This will serve as your chimney hole. Fill it with the remaining concrete until it reaches the brim.
For the final steps:
Wait for 2 hours so the cement can set. Pull out the smaller bucket. Leave it to sit overnight.
Once done, you can pour hot water over the bucket to release the stove. Carve out or burn the foam to empty all the cavities.
You can install a tube on the chimney hole to redirect the smoke.
The finished product is beautiful.
Once the cement hardens, your wood stove is ready for use. You can use different kinds of fuel like charcoal, firewood, or coconut shells.
Get the full details in the video below!
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