Pot bellie stove

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Has anyone made or have plans to make a pot bellie stove from truck brake drums, I have made a few standing ones but am now looking at one that will lay on it's side. and just looking for a little advice.Simonhttp://members.optusnet.com.au/~abba/index.html
Reply:Well, what if you got a set of plans for one of those 55 gallon barrel stoves and instead of a 55 gallon barrel, weld a stack of truck brake drums together as your improvised "barrel".  Post some pics if you do it - we'd all like to see it!  Regards, Nelson
Reply:There is a stove that I am planning to make a scale version of for fun.  It's an oil burning stove.  Not a pot, but it might get you part way there.http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_...earth/me4.htmlSmithboy...if it ain't broke, you ain't tryin'.
Reply:Smithboy Thank you for the link it is very informative.Nelsonic58 I will Google for the plans of a barrel fire, It should be a similar processSimonhttp://members.optusnet.com.au/~abba/index.htmlLast edited by welder.man; 02-15-2006 at 03:54 PM.
Reply:welder.man I don,t remember where I'll have to look a little bit but on one of the groups I saw a stove that was made out of wheels. I think he started out with a 13" then 14" 15" then back to 14" then 13"  built an ashbox on bottom, it looked pretty good, a lot like a potbelly stove. I'll look a little then give you a link if I find it.      Jim
Reply:Thanks Jim that would be greatSimonhttp://members.optusnet.com.au/~abba/index.html
Reply:a long time ago i made a wood burning stove out of 2 rear "wheelwells" off a 6 wheel oil truck..one the way it "sits" and the other one upside down welded together with a steel plate in the rear and a door in the front..very hotheated a whole cabin in the woodsi have no idea where it is now ...zap!
Reply:Originally Posted by smithboyThere is a stove that I am planning to make a scale version of for fun.  It's an oil burning stove.  Not a pot, but it might get you part way there.http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_...earth/me4.html
Reply:If you go up a few levels on that site and follow some of the other links, there are other projects for those in perpetual project mode.Smithboy...if it ain't broke, you ain't tryin'.
Reply:welder.man sorry I took so long to get back to ya check this link out scroll down to the bottom of the page and look at potbelly stove made out of old wheels.        http://www.machinebuilders.net/forum...228&PN=1&TPN=4                            Jim