Thread: wood heater

I have to get a move on and make this wood heater using brake drums. I was thinking of getting a rolled section to fit in between the 2 drums.
Could this be made out of say 300h x 50mm wide flat steel vertical slats welded so as to form the rolled section I was thinking of?

Definitely could and can be done that way. I have never made one, but I remember seeing a picture of one made like that. I just searched one the Internet and found a Picture of one using flat bar to make the middle section.Brake Drum Heater.jpg

Originally Posted by steran50

Definitely could and can be done that way. I have never made one, but I remember seeing a picture of one made like that. I just searched one the Internet and found a Picture of one using flat bar to make the middle section.Brake Drum Heater.jpg

thanks Stewart...didnt think any one was going to reply.

I made one years ago and used 2 drums off super singles. With the 2 drums lip to lip it made the firebox about 500 mm high. The lid formed a hatch to drop the wood in as well as a moveable baffle to hook up the chimney. The bottom has a drawer in it to remove the ash. I used a dust band which lifted the whole thing up about 100 mm. To join the rims I just used some 100 X 40 X 6 mm tags bolting the 2 rims together.
When I lit it up the first time it was a while before I could get any heat out of it because the cast is nearly 25 mm thick. Once alight and going it sure pumped the heat out