Home-made
Collapsible Wood Stove
Last
winter I made a collapsible tent stove out of old computer
boxes, specifically the large side panels. I cut the metal with a small
jig saw. Bent the metal with a ball peen hammer on the side of a sturdy
old wood-stove in the garage. A dremel tool helped too as did some
rivets. Its a simple design not requiring much skill or fancy
tools. Made a
template out of cardboard before cutting the metal. Also it was cheap:
I went to the local
recycling depot near the city dump and gathered up all the metal for
free. I used tools already at the house. Stayed out many nights
below -20
c.
Works great for the first prototype; a
custom shelter would help as
would different metal but that will cost money. The stove pipe was a
telescoping dryer tube; not optimal but sufficed for using the stove.
The stove will rust though if not cared for (i.e., oiled lightly before
storage). But even if not pretty it will work in an emergency and shows
the concept works well, that it can be made with simple tools and scrap
metal and is worth a larger investment if one does a lot of cold
weather outings.