Oil-Fired Double-Barrelled Wood Stove

Oil-Fired Double-Barrelled Wood Stove ENERGY Wood Burners (65) 21-1-10 "I wanted something bigger, stronger and more efficient than an ordinary 50-gal. barrel stove," says Charlie Gonya, Fremont, Ohio, who built a double-barrelled wood stove out of 3/16-in. steel and equipped it with some unique features. Gonya already had a couple big pieces of 3/16-in. steel plate so he had them rolled into a pair of 32-dia. tubes to make barrels that mount on top of each other. Then he welded two flat pieces measuring 45 by 48 in. to either end of the bottom barrel. They act as a heavy-duty stand. He also bought a barrel stove kit with legs and door. The legs go under the top barrel to separate the two barrels. He also made a 6-in. sq. box out of the 3/16-in. steel that mounts between the two barrels and acts as the heat exchanger. Gonya cut fifteen 2 1/2-in. dia. holes in either end of the top barrel and then inserted 15 pieces of steel pipe which stick out of either end. Then he put a big squirrel cage fan on the back side of the top barrel to blow air through the heated-up pipes and out into the shop. Wood is burned only in the bottom bar-rel. Heat and smoke work their way up into the top and then out through an 8-in. dia. flue. He put cleanout doors in both barrels. Once he had the stove up and operating, he decided to use it to burn up his waste oil. He mounted an oil barrel on a stand above the stove and ran a drip line down to the bottom barrel. Oil drips slowly into the firebox. "Makes it easier to get the fire started, and keeps it burning good and hot," says Gonya. The stove puts out enough heat to keep his 50 by 135-ft. insulated shop warm with no other heat needed. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Charlie Gonya, 3379 Co. Rd. 174, Fremont, Ohio 43420 (ph 419 334-3550).

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