This man is very special. I live in upstate ny and I have done a lot of research on what it was like to be a hermit in the Adirondacks a long time ago. I do a ton of backpacking and I am an ADK 46er. I grew up loving the outdoors and I would of paid a million dollars to have someone like him to be a friend or neighbor. He is a dying breed with more knowledge then I think many realize. Much respect my friend , I would love to be able to spend some time in the woods with you. Just good old knowledge of the outdoors. Thanks for the wisdom.....
@@matthewvaughan3245 I live near oswego. I have heard of noah. I've read a couple books on him and french louie. I have been through Noah's hermatage twice while hiking the NPT.
I'm in Warren/Washington County area... Don't have much time for bushcraft anymore, but I was brought up old school & have somehow resisted change ... Besides the actual skills of the trades, I think the most important heirloom that our families taught/passed down to us was a mindset. It's the abilities & willingness to problem solve & rationalize. Like when one is working on a project & needs a part, look in the garage or barn first and see what can be made into that part. Look at a trip to the store as the last resort & looking at a scrap copper pipe & seeing legs for a woodstove, spacers or washers for a bolt, a terminal connector for DC wiring, a grounding rod, & a multitude of other things.. Also the examples they set showed us to study or observe things in the environment as well as things we're working with.. The details like the type of corner on a piece of milled lumber vs a home cut piece & what effect it has on the metal you're bending, or a box you're building.. It's a mindset that transfers to many parts of daily life. Today's ways have many benefits I suppose, but I much prefer & miss the slower pace of the simpler times I enjoyed as a youth & young adult. There is less time in a day now. The slavish way people rush off to work more to pay for "smart" devices & the networks to run them is bad enough, but then to realize those same devices on those networks that they are paying for with time are also gobbling up any free time that back in the day would've been used for interacting with friends & family face to face, telling each other of the days highlights, & later spent with the self, reflecting on the day & new things realized from mistakes made or maybe a moment of introspection, in search of some solution to some problem.. Things regularly handed down in decades past were priceless indeed. I tried handing them down to my children as many others likely have. The new mentally delicate world with its victimhood mindset in most cases prevents that though.. It only took in 1 of my 3 as far as I can tell. Now a days I see 5 year old kids running around with their own iPhones & have their own tablets at home in the corner of the bedroom floor.. Its gotten crazy. To be honest, the only kids that I can enjoy myself around for more than an hour or so are the ones with parents who don't believe in giving them that stuff. But more often are the ones with parents who cant because those who can generally do. Looking to the future, when I'm gone, I do hope the pendulum swings back the other way, because if it doesn't, I don't hold a high hope for what type or quality of life our successors will enjoy. And I'll just leave it right there...
I built your last stove, the 5 gal bucket stove. I also built your plastic tarp got tent. My daughter and I have enjoyed many winter nights camping here in Vermont thanks to you Lonnie! Last weekend it dropped to -25 below! Your tent kept us warm. Thanks so much for this new upgrade. Off to the shop I go. Incredible Lonnie, your simply incredible. Thanks again so much for your time to make these videos.
I was totally amazed watching you build that stove with just tin snips hammers and wood blocks and clamps! Quite a change from some of the other channels that have a 5000 square foot garage and $100,000 in tools! Very nice project and excellently done. Thank you so much for sharing enjoy the video immensely!
Thanks for bring up the dangers of galvanized steel... Worked in a mill for forty years producing galvanized coils and products.. Had quite a few instances of zink poisoning while welding and brazing on it. It is a great product and entirely safe after a couple burns but can surly make one sick if not respected.. PS drinking milk helps the nausua..lol Not meant to scare anyone.. like you stated perfectly safe after a burn or two.. Just wanted to say thanks for offering the warning!
I worked in a refinery welding shop for almost 40 years, and suffered sickness a few times from breathing smoke from hard surfacing welding. I can't handle milk, so our safety dept would sit me down with an orange, or grapefruit, and say eat it peeling and all. Sounds strange alright, but it worked every time. Sickness was gone in an hour or so.
Fantastic project.. I wish my dad was still alive to see this. He was a huge fan of DIY, and loved the process of finding and using ordinary tools and materials to build stuff that looks like it would take more exotic tools. Techniques to bent sheet metal that Lonnie shows are highly functional, and can be done by almost any crafty person with common tools. Bravo for a great lightweight stove project.. with really excellent DIY methods illustrated. Hi to Connie too!
Wow, that's thinking outside the box, very ingenious. L@@King @ all these wood burning stoves on the market, & they're all over $400 or more. U made yurs from galvanized steel, economical. Love the way U bend the metal w/ hammer & wood, & mallet. Thx 4 sharing on Utube.
I absolutely love your hot tent do it yourself videos. In fact it was because of you a couple of years ago when you made the first DIY hot tipi video, got me hooked on them. Thanks for everything you share, you are a blessing to the outdoors community.
Glad you are enjoying those videos and have received such benefit from them. I have the material on hand and plan on sewing a pyramid tent with side walls out of 1.1 ounce Mtn Silnylon. This tent will be 10 feet by 10 feet and will weigh just under 4 pounds total weight complete with stove jack for use with this stove here in this video. The grade of material used is some of the best available but the finished tent should cost me less than half and close to a third of the cost of a commercially manufactured one in the same class.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival Oh that sounds like a beauty of a tent Lonnie, I know it can coast a bit more but you should consider putting screens and double pain windows in so it still stays warm like Lars at Survival Russia’s Russian Tent if I remember correctly it’s the name of the manufacturer is PFberg. Then you can have an all season tent. I hope you’ll do a video on making the tent even if you don’t put the screens in windows on your tutorials are always short sweet and to the point without missing any details and perfect for the common man. Btw Happy New Year to You Connie Buck and your family 🎊🎆😊 - Anthony
I have watched a couple dyi hot tent stove builds yours is by far a more superior build than anything else I have watched.....great job and thanks for passing on the torch!
Learnt quite a lot again from this one. I haven't worked much with sheet metals, and I never would have thought to seal the front and back panel with a "double fold" in that way, almost looks like you wouldn't need rivets at all. Tricks like that tend to come in handy in other projects as well. Thanks for the video!
I think this guy is one of the best on TH-cam and stuff is real practical and expensive and you don’t need a bunch of special tools to get the job done.
Lonnie I am impressed I worked with sheet metal for over 20 years and you done a excellent job with simple tools that most anyone would have this is one of the reasons that I enjoy your videos a real bush man doing real stuff for others. Thank you and Connie #1 camera man
Remember everyone. He is totally correct and is speaking the truth. Burn stoves made of galvanized steel outside before using them in a walled tent or tipi. The zinc vapors are toxic in an enclosed space. The residual coating will allow for some resistance to rust and won't be toxic unlike during the burn off. Great video brother and glad you included the safely warning!
Hi Lonnie: Over the years I have had a number of times arise when I was in search of an answer to camping problems; you have miraculously provided the answer. Once again you have performed your miracle. Thanks for a great video. Brian 78
I saw how fast you hammered that block to make that fold....even though most people think you sped up the video, I think your secret is out. Only Santa or his elves can hammer that fast...and you do live pretty far north......
The other Bill, Thetripfantastic, Eric Robinett and Jeff Clark of Clarkie Sparklle. I can only trust you find yourselves in a dire situation, wherin you find yourselves in a canvas tent and realize that
Awesome job Lonnie! Your ability to take ordinary items and turn them into bushcraft gold is amazing. That thing burns sweet too. Can't wait to make one myself. Thanks for the detailed instructions.
Lonnie you and your dear wife have been such an absolute blessing to me. You’ve taught me so much. I truly appreciate all you share. Thank you so, so much. God Bless ~Lisa
After burning off the galvanizing (Zink) I would and have used high temp flat stove black paint. I see a few of these being made over the summer in my shop to give to the homeless people in our local tent city.
I've made one for a homeless couple out of a 5 gallon metal kerosene pail! It works great too! I followed the instructions Lonnie did on a video a year or so ago!
I definitely not recommended to use zinced steel for making a tent stove. I telling it to you like a welder. ZnO will get you the metal fume fever - that's not cool. Just use stainless steel and keep your heath.
@@mattmarzula Only partially correct. Wood stoves made of galvanized steel are 100% safe because they will never reach the 2200 degrees needed to burn zinc oxide which is where the fumes come from.
Your voice is so soothing. I watch your vids at night b4 bed as it sends me of to the land of nod. In a good way of course. 👍🥃🥃cheers from Scotland 🏴
Great stove and the whole process well explained. I was glad to hear you saying to burn off the galvanising outside first. Thanks for taking the time to make a video of it
Super cool! Excellent use of what could be just scrap metal to someone else. All that cutting, bending and hammering, no gloves, and not a single cut! I'da gone through a whole box of bandaids! Man's a magician!!!
Great Job, Lonnie. You did a nice job on it with it being made with Stove Pipe instead of flat metal👍🏼 I have've been welding Galvanized steel for over 50 years and I'm still kick'n around......Noth'n wrong with me. Noth'n wrong with me😉
Nice work, Lonnie! I worked in the trades for long time, and I don't know any tin knocker who would do a better job even given more elaborate tools! You never cease to amaze us! Thanks for showing us how to make a really nice affordable stove, and thanks for another great video!
Thank you far north for posting your video. This gives me an option to build a woodstove instead of paying big bucks for the store-bought ones. Also the journey of creating it sounds like a great time.👏
I cant express how much time this channel has saved me of fiddleing around nothing but the best here keep up the good work can’t wait to start my own stove project
Having been a sheet-metal mechanic for 20 years, I can tell you that better options exist. The 7" round duct pipe that you used is really thin (looks like 30 gauge) and won't last all that long. Options: Look around for heavier gauge (22-26), often used as flue pipe. It will of course be harder to bend/ manipulate, but the end product will be worth your time and efforts. Also, putting a "cross-break" into the sections that are the sides and bottom (a very slight but visible bend in the shape of a X diagonally corner to corner) will add strength and rigidity to the stove without any added weight. However, I suggest going scrounging around any local job sites or scrap yards looking for rectangular duct already made. You can easily find it in the size, shape, and thickness (gauge) that suits your needs, often already including things like end-caps, making final construction much easier as well as your bends are mostly made for you. Approach: There's no need to use a drill to begin a hole in sheet-metal at these gauges, simply lay the corner of a flat-head screwdriver where you want penetration (center of you soon to be hole), and holding it firmly at about a 45 degree angle to the sheet-metal, simply give it a whack with a hammer, opening a small hole, simply drag that screwdriver along and whack again. In this manner you can open a void in the metal as short or as long as you'd like, enabling you to easily get your tin snips in to make your cut of any shape you need - without the need for any electricity... it takes literally only seconds. Finishing: I would suggest also adding red High-Temp silicone sealer to the seams during assembly, to seal the seams and make the stove more efficient. The flue pipe exiting the stove - Use a small end-piece (crimped male end ) and make a several cuts in it's crimped end up to the rolled bead that makes the flue pipe mate against it's next section. Cuts should be about every 1/2-3/4" making a bunch of "tabs". Insert this "starter collar" you just made into your stove's flue opening until it bottoms out against that rolled bead, then reaching into the stove simply bend those tabs out and up against the top of the stove metal, like opening flower petals, making a very secure, semi-sealed but not permanent connection. You can crimp the top of this pipe where it exits the stove if you choose (if you have hand-crimping tool) or just run your flue pipe sections "backwards" with male ends facing down rather than up. This way you have a starting collar already installed, and it also protects your flue opening from getting deformed during transport, and it also helps stiffen up that area where you placed the hole in your stove top. Lastly, you need to insert a flue damper in that starting collar or in the first section of flue pipe on top of the stove. You can make one yourself easy enough with a long heavy nail and a piece of scrap sheet-metal cut into a circle: Use that screwdriver technique (or a drill if you choose), I usually just hammer that nail into it from each side so it mates with the nail perfectly without being too large a hole .. and put two opposing holes into the flue pipe just allowing the nail to slide in one side and out the other. This nail can attach to the pipe as you wish, as log as it's secure and allows you to control the amount of air rising through the flue. Between this, and that perfect air intake control you made, you can control this stove very precisely for temperature and burn rate, getting the most of your fuel. None of this was criticism (I love the job you did) just some pointers you may wish to consider for the next stove. Stay well.
I've learned a heck of a lot about working sheet metal & how to do it without expensive equipment. Also, very well engineered little stove!!! Thank you very much sir!!!!!!! And you did a great job explaining the processes as well. THANKS AGAIN !!!!!!!
This gentleman is a skilled outdoorsman. Thank you sir, for your teachings. I'm going to subscribe now, because anyone that can show us how to bush craft on a budget, is a ok in my book.
Wow Lonnie, another brilliant job. Your emergency super shelter and the DIY adjustable wire cable bail are other great videos in your Good Mentor library. Simple components, patient craftsmanship, resulting in an outstanding and functional stove. Your beaten stove pipe collet was a joy to watch. A great project for a teenager - make something with your hands. A humble suggestion. Two pieces of expanded steel mesh 5" x 19" could form an effective fire grate and protect the base of the stove from burn out and aid combustion. Wishing you and Connie warm nights and delicious meals form this wonderful DIY stove. Kind regards from Greg in Thailand
No grate is needed to aid combustion. I do however plan to eventually place a false bottom in the stove for other reasons. I also have other mods in mind and will video them eventually.
I absolutely loved this video and was glued to it. This is proper old school workmanship. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Stay well, stay safe and God Bless. Ash 🏴
Hi Lonny my friend, again great demonstration of skills and craftsmanship, I’ve you live in a area like you both, it’s important know how to build and repair things on your own, thanks for the demonstration, take care, Taro
wally carries muriatic acid, but I think vinegar might be cheaper, but takes longer. so it's a trade off. I have a gallon of muriatic acid because I make my own ferric chloride for etching knives that I make (not for the faint of heart)
Also a good way to weaken your metal and create thin spots that will rust out. Especially after heating and cooling. Stainless and you're done. Using galvanized steel is stupid to begin with.
If i dont look at the vid i keep thinking Johnny Cash is telling me how to build a stove, your voice and calm way of talking is a lot like his! Also, i love how methodical, clear and complete the tutorial is. You explain everything really clear and leave nothing out so even complete newbies wont get stuck. Really good!
Thank you so much for that video. I wanted a stove but couldn’t really afford to buy one right now. I’ll certainly give a shot at making one . Thank you man!
I really enjoyed the video, you did a fine job on the stove. About the only thing I might want to suggest is painting it after the galvanize burns off, to keep it from rusting. First thought might be the bar-b-que paint, DON'T waste your money, it'll burn off faster than you can paint it. But what will work is 2000 degree engine paint made by Rustoleum . I used it on stoves here and have yet to see it burn off.
Duncan here, Sir, I just had to say that I have added this video to my favorites ! Thinking that I need to try and build one. Thanks so much for sharing ALL of your videos with us !!
Hats off for the functional & beautiful final result using sooo few & simple tools. Thanks for sharing. This, like all of your videos , is very inspirational and it shows what can be done & achieved with dedication, perseverance and a bright mind! This is more in need today than ever and I thank the Lord for generous people like you who share their knowledge. God bless both of You! ATB from Germany, Gereon
Excellent use of the materials, building the stove body by using the same "stovepipe" material originally meant to serve as a tube. Thanks for showing the flange treatment for the stove top Exhaust Hole. It's too easy to forget about the Ductility of the metal. Patience is the tool I forget most often. People need to be reminded of the VALUE of (1) having a few essential tools; (2) knowing a little about how to use'em; and (3) setting aside some space to build useful things from materials that can be salvaged and put to new uses.
Lonnie, excellent stove build! I’ve only got one complaint, three days ago (no kidding) I decided, my wife told me to, buy a production sheet metal wood stove and stop trying to build one. $310.00 dollars, and that was one of the lowest priced. Now you put this post out and it’s exactly what I was thinking of. The production model uses the same gauge metal too! My brother and I heated a cabin in the matsu valley east of Palmer all year long for years with a sheet metal stove, “Airtight” brand, that was oval shaped and had about the same gauge thickness metal. We got it hot enough to see through a few times and it worked fine for years! All the best!
you sir inspire me to live off grid more and more the wild is where im most at home and this makes it easy to stay warm in my in natural shelters thank you so much your admired and appreciated. thanks for this vido cal.
I built your modified tipi tarp and a ammo can wood stove for a November elk hunt. It worked beautifully. Was comfortable all night and it snowed and rained on us one day it was nice to dry out the clothes inside and be warm. Thank you so much for the vids! I'm building this stove before next season
I feel like I'm watching Bob Ross meets Bob Vila meets Old Yankee Workshop and then thrown out into the Alaskan Wilderness. This is great. Thanks for your channel!
Great project video Lonnie. I'm glad you covered over the dangers of the toxic fumes given off because of the metal being galvanized. I saw someone else do a video of a similar stove and he put it in his shelter and when the video started back up the next morning he said he didn't sleep well during the night because he felt very sick but didn't know why. Someone mentioned the toxic fumes in the comments so I looked it up and sure enough, it's galvanized metal is toxic when is being burned off. Thanks for being responsible and providing a great safety warning for those that don't know the dangers. I definitely want to build one of these. Take care and stay safe up there.
Thank you Lonnie for showing your skills in making a stove, might give it a go. Thanks for pointing out the danger of galvanised steel, thumbs up to you 👍👋🇬🇧
For me I would be aware of bottom burn through after a number of uses. Keeping a nice layer of ashes in the bottom can help that. Also an extra layer of sheet metal bent to go up the sides a little that can be slid in would help and be replaceable. Just some ideas. Nice work at adapting available materials. Thanks.
If you could find an old oven rack or fridge rack that would work and also assist with the draft. A fridge rack may need the plastic coating removed (or burnt off outside).
@@boooshes For me the dirt is frozen and not too accessible under the snow and under the moss or leaves & detritus of the forest floor. I have a metal false-bottom. A grate of some sort might work better to allow airlfow.
@@BryanSarauer well, that's a good point. The issue with a grate is having the correct size so that red hot coals cannot be laying on the lower surface but a grate combined with a reasonable layer of ash works out really well.
And for the next video, Lonnie will show us how to make galvanized sheet metal and rivets! MAN that was intricate. I loved it. Thanks for another great video.
Like seeing an old friend again. I was JUST thinking about finding plans for a tent stove. Impeccable timing and excellent video as always Lonnie! Thanks!
This man is very special. I live in upstate ny and I have done a lot of research on what it was like to be a hermit in the Adirondacks a long time ago. I do a ton of backpacking and I am an ADK 46er. I grew up loving the outdoors and I would of paid a million dollars to have someone like him to be a friend or neighbor. He is a dying breed with more knowledge then I think many realize. Much respect my friend , I would love to be able to spend some time in the woods with you. Just good old knowledge of the outdoors. Thanks for the wisdom.....
Hey Up state NY, where are you? I'm in near Lake George, gotta love the Adirondacks. Noah John, my hero, sure you must have heard of him
@@matthewvaughan3245 I live near oswego. I have heard of noah. I've read a couple books on him and french louie. I have been through Noah's hermatage twice while hiking the NPT.
I 100% agree. He reminds me so much of my grandfather i could make anything with what ever he could find laying around.
I'm in Warren/Washington County area... Don't have much time for bushcraft anymore, but I was brought up old school & have somehow resisted change ...
Besides the actual skills of the trades, I think the most important heirloom that our families taught/passed down to us was a mindset. It's the abilities & willingness to problem solve & rationalize. Like when one is working on a project & needs a part, look in the garage or barn first and see what can be made into that part. Look at a trip to the store as the last resort & looking at a scrap copper pipe & seeing legs for a woodstove, spacers or washers for a bolt, a terminal connector for DC wiring, a grounding rod, & a multitude of other things.. Also the examples they set showed us to study or observe things in the environment as well as things we're working with.. The details like the type of corner on a piece of milled lumber vs a home cut piece & what effect it has on the metal you're bending, or a box you're building.. It's a mindset that transfers to many parts of daily life. Today's ways have many benefits I suppose, but I much prefer & miss the slower pace of the simpler times I enjoyed as a youth & young adult. There is less time in a day now. The slavish way people rush off to work more to pay for "smart" devices & the networks to run them is bad enough, but then to realize those same devices on those networks that they are paying for with time are also gobbling up any free time that back in the day would've been used for interacting with friends & family face to face, telling each other of the days highlights, & later spent with the self, reflecting on the day & new things realized from mistakes made or maybe a moment of introspection, in search of some solution to some problem..
Things regularly handed down in decades past were priceless indeed. I tried handing them down to my children as many others likely have. The new mentally delicate world with its victimhood mindset in most cases prevents that though.. It only took in 1 of my 3 as far as I can tell. Now a days I see 5 year old kids running around with their own iPhones & have their own tablets at home in the corner of the bedroom floor.. Its gotten crazy. To be honest, the only kids that I can enjoy myself around for more than an hour or so are the ones with parents who don't believe in giving them that stuff. But more often are the ones with parents who cant because those who can generally do.
Looking to the future, when I'm gone, I do hope the pendulum swings back the other way, because if it doesn't, I don't hold a high hope for what type or quality of life our successors will enjoy. And I'll just leave it right there...
Just south of Plattsburgh here... :)
I built your last stove, the 5 gal bucket stove. I also built your plastic tarp got tent. My daughter and I have enjoyed many winter nights camping here in Vermont thanks to you Lonnie! Last weekend it dropped to -25 below! Your tent kept us warm. Thanks so much for this new upgrade. Off to the shop I go. Incredible Lonnie, your simply incredible. Thanks again so much for your time to make these videos.
I was totally amazed watching you build that stove with just tin snips hammers and wood blocks and clamps! Quite a change from some of the other channels that have a 5000 square foot garage and $100,000 in tools! Very nice project and excellently done. Thank you so much for sharing enjoy the video immensely!
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Thanks for bring up the dangers of galvanized steel... Worked in a mill for forty years producing galvanized coils and products.. Had quite a few instances of zink poisoning while welding and brazing on it. It is a great product and entirely safe after a couple burns but can surly make one sick if not respected.. PS drinking milk helps the nausua..lol Not meant to scare anyone.. like you stated perfectly safe after a burn or two.. Just wanted to say thanks for offering the warning!
I worked in a refinery welding shop for almost 40 years, and suffered sickness a few times from breathing smoke from hard surfacing welding. I can't handle milk, so our safety dept would sit me down with an orange, or grapefruit, and say eat it peeling and all. Sounds strange alright, but it worked every time. Sickness was gone in an hour or so.
I leaned something new today, and for this I thank u.
exactly whtiw as thinking while watching! I think u can get off the galvanised coat with vinegar.
@@user-qs1xc2cs1s Yes to a degree.. I'd still burn it off though
@@Plain-Ole-Chuck Yeah jur right never safe enought :)!
Fantastic project.. I wish my dad was still alive to see this. He was a huge fan of DIY, and loved the process of finding and using ordinary tools and materials to build stuff that looks like it would take more exotic tools. Techniques to bent sheet metal that Lonnie shows are highly functional, and can be done by almost any crafty person with common tools. Bravo for a great lightweight stove project.. with really excellent DIY methods illustrated. Hi to Connie too!
Wow, that's thinking outside the box, very ingenious. L@@King @ all these wood burning stoves on the market, & they're all over $400 or more. U made yurs from galvanized steel, economical. Love the way U bend the metal w/ hammer & wood, & mallet. Thx 4 sharing on Utube.
I absolutely love your hot tent do it yourself videos. In fact it was because of you a couple of years ago when you made the first DIY hot tipi video, got me hooked on them. Thanks for everything you share, you are a blessing to the outdoors community.
Glad you are enjoying those videos and have received such benefit from them.
I have the material on hand and plan on sewing a pyramid tent with side walls out of 1.1 ounce Mtn Silnylon. This tent will be 10 feet by 10 feet and will weigh just under 4 pounds total weight complete with stove jack for use with this stove here in this video. The grade of material used is some of the best available but the finished tent should cost me less than half and close to a third of the cost of a commercially manufactured one in the same class.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival looking forward to it Lonnie 👍👍👍
Far North Bushcraft And Survival Oh that sounds like a beauty of a tent Lonnie, I know it can coast a bit more but you should consider putting screens and double pain windows in so it still stays warm like Lars at Survival Russia’s Russian Tent if I remember correctly it’s the name of the manufacturer is PFberg.
Then you can have an all season tent.
I hope you’ll do a video on making the tent even if you don’t put the screens in windows on your tutorials are always short sweet and to the point without missing any details and perfect for the common man.
Btw Happy New Year to You Connie Buck and your family 🎊🎆😊
- Anthony
Heck, this dude rocks!
What an engineer, you are an excellent teacher!
I have watched a couple dyi hot tent stove builds yours is by far a more superior build than anything else I have watched.....great job and thanks for passing on the torch!
Learnt quite a lot again from this one. I haven't worked much with sheet metals, and I never would have thought to seal the front and back panel with a "double fold" in that way, almost looks like you wouldn't need rivets at all. Tricks like that tend to come in handy in other projects as well. Thanks for the video!
I think this guy is one of the best on TH-cam and stuff is real practical and expensive and you don’t need a bunch of special tools to get the job done.
Father Lonnie giving another inspiring sermon...amen
That was just great brother, headed to the shop now, with your video on my phone, in hand, to build my own version 😀 THANKS
Lonnie I am impressed I worked with sheet metal for over 20 years and you done a excellent job with simple tools that most anyone would have this is one of the reasons that I enjoy your videos a real bush man doing real stuff for others. Thank you and Connie #1 camera man
Remember everyone. He is totally correct and is speaking the truth. Burn stoves made of galvanized steel outside before using them in a walled tent or tipi. The zinc vapors are toxic in an enclosed space. The residual coating will allow for some resistance to rust and won't be toxic unlike during the burn off. Great video brother and glad you included the safely warning!
Now that is real craftsmanship along with brilliant thinking.
Blows my mind finding this channel. Finally a fellow woodsman that thinks outside the box like me.
Wowwww, what a fantastic project. Congratulation to this awesome video! Greetings from Switzerland
Felix
Hi Lonnie: Over the years I have had a number of times arise when I was in search of an answer to camping problems; you have miraculously provided the answer. Once again you have performed your miracle. Thanks for a great video. Brian 78
I saw how fast you hammered that block to make that fold....even though most people think you sped up the video, I think your secret is out. Only Santa or his elves can hammer that fast...and you do live pretty far north......
Make toys next!
I don't think that's it because I recognized the sound. I figure Lonnie is part woodpecker.
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The other Bill, Thetripfantastic, Eric Robinett and Jeff Clark of Clarkie Sparklle. I can only trust you find yourselves in a dire situation, wherin you find yourselves in a canvas tent and realize that
Great job Brother! Thanks for stressing about the toxic fumes till burned off! Love and God Bless! Uncle Jeff!
Awesome job Lonnie! Your ability to take ordinary items and turn them into bushcraft gold is amazing. That thing burns sweet too. Can't wait to make one myself. Thanks for the detailed instructions.
Lonnie you and your dear wife have been such an absolute blessing to me. You’ve taught me so much. I truly appreciate all you share. Thank you so, so much. God Bless ~Lisa
After burning off the galvanizing (Zink) I would and have used high temp flat stove black paint. I see a few of these being made over the summer in my shop to give to the homeless people in our local tent city.
I've made one for a homeless couple out of a 5 gallon metal kerosene pail! It works great too! I followed the instructions Lonnie did on a video a year or so ago!
I'm hesitant to ask, but what city is that?
@@Thalanox Olympia!
@@Thalanox they also just moved in to a house!
I definitely not recommended to use zinced steel for making a tent stove. I telling it to you like a welder. ZnO will get you the metal fume fever - that's not cool. Just use stainless steel and keep your heath.
Great work. There's nothing better that make something by your self.
Clearly the best DIY wood stove on youtube. Congrats !
I've build your tipi model. Working on a crasy stove idea. Bur Nothong like yours ...
@@christiansimard947 clearly not. If it were stainless then maybe. You never burn galvanized steel. It's toxic.
@@mattmarzula Only partially correct. Wood stoves made of galvanized steel are 100% safe because they will never reach the 2200 degrees needed to burn zinc oxide which is where the fumes come from.
Very cool design, you put that together like a natural. Great to learn about the galvanization and how to stay safe by burning it off.
Your voice is so soothing. I watch your vids at night b4 bed as it sends me of to the land of nod. In a good way of course. 👍🥃🥃cheers from Scotland 🏴
Yo Woody81 where abouts ya from? I'm from Dundee myself. Good to see another scot enjoys this channel.
system Skynet highlands bro so this sort of stuff can come in handy especially on a night in the glen
@@woody816 I hear ya man. I love wild camping...took it up in 2011 when i thought the world was gonna end in 2012 haha.
I feel tired listening to his voice
Great stove and the whole process well explained. I was glad to hear you saying to burn off the galvanising outside first. Thanks for taking the time to make a video of it
This is so great! A decent camp stove that anyone can build with basic tools and a small budget... Thank you so much for this one!
Super cool! Excellent use of what could be just scrap metal to someone else. All that cutting, bending and hammering, no gloves, and not a single cut! I'da gone through a whole box of bandaids! Man's a magician!!!
Great Job, Lonnie. You did a nice job on it with it being made with Stove Pipe instead of flat metal👍🏼
I have've been welding Galvanized steel for over 50 years and I'm still kick'n around......Noth'n wrong with me. Noth'n wrong with me😉
On of the best instructional videos I've seen.
Nice work, Lonnie! I worked in the trades for long time, and I don't know any tin knocker who would do a better job even given more elaborate tools! You never cease to amaze us! Thanks for showing us how to make a really nice affordable stove, and thanks for another great video!
Thank you far north for posting your video. This gives me an option to build a woodstove instead of paying big bucks for the store-bought ones. Also the journey of creating it sounds like a great time.👏
.good tips too keep warm, inexpensively..thank you..this could heat my ice fishing shack..
I cant express how much time this channel has saved me of fiddleing around nothing but the best here keep up the good work can’t wait to start my own stove project
Having been a sheet-metal mechanic for 20 years, I can tell you that better options exist. The 7" round duct pipe that you used is really thin (looks like 30 gauge) and won't last all that long.
Options: Look around for heavier gauge (22-26), often used as flue pipe. It will of course be harder to bend/ manipulate, but the end product will be worth your time and efforts. Also, putting a "cross-break" into the sections that are the sides and bottom (a very slight but visible bend in the shape of a X diagonally corner to corner) will add strength and rigidity to the stove without any added weight.
However, I suggest going scrounging around any local job sites or scrap yards looking for rectangular duct already made. You can easily find it in the size, shape, and thickness (gauge) that suits your needs, often already including things like end-caps, making final construction much easier as well as your bends are mostly made for you.
Approach: There's no need to use a drill to begin a hole in sheet-metal at these gauges, simply lay the corner of a flat-head screwdriver where you want penetration (center of you soon to be hole), and holding it firmly at about a 45 degree angle to the sheet-metal, simply give it a whack with a hammer, opening a small hole, simply drag that screwdriver along and whack again. In this manner you can open a void in the metal as short or as long as you'd like, enabling you to easily get your tin snips in to make your cut of any shape you need - without the need for any electricity... it takes literally only seconds.
Finishing: I would suggest also adding red High-Temp silicone sealer to the seams during assembly, to seal the seams and make the stove more efficient.
The flue pipe exiting the stove - Use a small end-piece (crimped male end ) and make a several cuts in it's crimped end up to the rolled bead that makes the flue pipe mate against it's next section. Cuts should be about every 1/2-3/4" making a bunch of "tabs". Insert this "starter collar" you just made into your stove's flue opening until it bottoms out against that rolled bead, then reaching into the stove simply bend those tabs out and up against the top of the stove metal, like opening flower petals, making a very secure, semi-sealed but not permanent connection. You can crimp the top of this pipe where it exits the stove if you choose (if you have hand-crimping tool) or just run your flue pipe sections "backwards" with male ends facing down rather than up. This way you have a starting collar already installed, and it also protects your flue opening from getting deformed during transport, and it also helps stiffen up that area where you placed the hole in your stove top.
Lastly, you need to insert a flue damper in that starting collar or in the first section of flue pipe on top of the stove. You can make one yourself easy enough with a long heavy nail and a piece of scrap sheet-metal cut into a circle: Use that screwdriver technique (or a drill if you choose), I usually just hammer that nail into it from each side so it mates with the nail perfectly without being too large a hole .. and put two opposing holes into the flue pipe just allowing the nail to slide in one side and out the other. This nail can attach to the pipe as you wish, as log as it's secure and allows you to control the amount of air rising through the flue. Between this, and that perfect air intake control you made, you can control this stove very precisely for temperature and burn rate, getting the most of your fuel.
None of this was criticism (I love the job you did) just some pointers you may wish to consider for the next stove.
Stay well.
Very nice workmanship Lonnie. That's a dandy of a stove. Thanks for showing us how to build one.
Your a world of information Sir!!! Thanks much and blessings to you and your family 😇 🇺🇸
I've learned a heck of a lot about working sheet metal & how to do it without expensive equipment. Also, very well engineered little stove!!! Thank you very much sir!!!!!!! And you did a great job explaining the processes as well. THANKS AGAIN !!!!!!!
Lonnie you have a great pair of hands what a stove
This gentleman is a skilled outdoorsman. Thank you sir, for your teachings. I'm going to subscribe now, because anyone that can show us how to bush craft on a budget, is a ok in my book.
Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel.
Wow Lonnie, another brilliant job. Your emergency super shelter and the DIY adjustable wire cable bail are other great videos in your Good Mentor library.
Simple components, patient craftsmanship, resulting in an outstanding and functional stove. Your beaten stove pipe collet was a joy to watch.
A great project for a teenager - make something with your hands.
A humble suggestion. Two pieces of expanded steel mesh 5" x 19" could form an effective fire grate and protect the base of the stove from burn out and aid combustion.
Wishing you and Connie warm nights and delicious meals form this wonderful DIY stove.
Kind regards from Greg in Thailand
No grate is needed to aid combustion. I do however plan to eventually place a false bottom in the stove for other reasons. I also have other mods in mind and will video them eventually.
I absolutely loved this video and was glued to it.
This is proper old school workmanship.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Stay well, stay safe and God Bless.
Ash 🏴
Hi Lonny my friend, again great demonstration of skills and craftsmanship, I’ve you live in a area like you both, it’s important know how to build and repair things on your own, thanks for the demonstration, take care, Taro
Well done, looks like a text book example of DIY sheet metal work!
You can use Muriatic acid to strip galvanized metal as well. Good for applications where burning it might be a problem
wally carries muriatic acid, but I think vinegar might be cheaper, but takes longer. so it's a trade off. I have a gallon of muriatic acid because I make my own ferric chloride for etching knives that I make (not for the faint of heart)
Also a good way to weaken your metal and create thin spots that will rust out. Especially after heating and cooling. Stainless and you're done. Using galvanized steel is stupid to begin with.
Matt Marzula: Cost. One of his goals was to make it inexpensive. It's right in the title. You have any idea what stainless costs?
One of the best instructional videos on TH-cam. Thank you!
Really nice job....I have made a few..the baffle also concentrates heats on the stove top...speeds up cooking time.
It's nice to spend time with simple God-fearing folk living in harmony with nature.
very nice sir,
I built a 5 gallon can stove, now I am interested in building my version of this stove.
Good quality workmanship Lonnie Thanks
If i dont look at the vid i keep thinking Johnny Cash is telling me how to build a stove, your voice and calm way of talking is a lot like his!
Also, i love how methodical, clear and complete the tutorial is. You explain everything really clear and leave nothing out so even complete newbies wont get stuck. Really good!
Informative, entertaining, and I can still understand him when I play the video at 2x speed.
Amazing, I was just looking at a $600 stove like this then YT suggested your video. Thank you for your ingenuity.
Good insructions. I think I could build one. Thank you for sharing with us. Thumbs up for sure.
and the nice thing is he uses simple hand tooles Nothing fancy showing Anyone can do this kinda thing.
--Rick
Old school craftmanship. 👌
Lonnie, you are the man!! Thank you for sharing this 👍👍
Thank you so much for that video. I wanted a stove but couldn’t really afford to buy one right now. I’ll certainly give a shot at making one . Thank you man!
I really enjoyed the video, you did a fine job on the stove. About the only thing I might want to suggest is painting it after the galvanize burns off, to keep it from rusting. First thought might be the bar-b-que paint, DON'T waste your money, it'll burn off faster than you can paint it. But what will work is 2000 degree engine paint made by Rustoleum . I used it on stoves here and have yet to see it burn off.
I will be spraying a light coat of PAM cooking spray inside and out at the end of each season on the cleaned out stove.
Thank you Lonnie! Enjoyed the video! I've missed ya'll. It's good to have you back! Blessings!
Outstanding project - fantastic job Lonnie! 👌👍
Thank you for sharing this...
That's a wonderful piece of craftsmanship.
Fantastic job Lonnie as usual superb craftsmanship and love the use what I had attitude
Duncan here, Sir, I just had to say that I have added this video to my favorites ! Thinking that I need to try and build one. Thanks so much for sharing ALL of your videos with us !!
Hats off for the functional & beautiful final result using sooo few & simple tools. Thanks for sharing. This, like all of your videos , is very inspirational and it shows what can be done & achieved with dedication, perseverance and a bright mind! This is more in need today than ever and I thank the Lord for generous people like you who share their knowledge. God bless both of You! ATB from Germany, Gereon
Excellent use of the materials, building the stove body by using the same "stovepipe" material originally meant to serve as a tube.
Thanks for showing the flange treatment for the stove top Exhaust Hole. It's too easy to forget about the Ductility of the metal. Patience is the tool I forget most often.
People need to be reminded of the VALUE of (1) having a few essential tools; (2) knowing a little about how to use'em; and (3) setting aside some space to build useful things from materials that can be salvaged and put to new uses.
Well thought out and simple design! Great work Lonnie!
That was a gold medal DIY project. You should be proud.
Thumb up #100!
The Mad Fabricator strikes again!
Awesome build Lonnie! Cheers
A lot of time and effort and thinking went into this. Thanks for sharing it.
Good job. And another great video. Thank you so much lonnie
Lonnie, excellent stove build! I’ve only got one complaint, three days ago (no kidding) I decided, my wife told me to, buy a production sheet metal wood stove and stop trying to build one. $310.00 dollars, and that was one of the lowest priced. Now you put this post out and it’s exactly what I was thinking of. The production model uses the same gauge metal too! My brother and I heated a cabin in the matsu valley east of Palmer all year long for years with a sheet metal stove, “Airtight” brand, that was oval shaped and had about the same gauge thickness metal. We got it hot enough to see through a few times and it worked fine for years! All the best!
I remember those ole oval sheet metal airtights and sure wish they were still available.
Good job on the stove , looks awesome . I may give this a try . Thanks for sharing .
Your the bob Ross of survival, i love it. Keep up the good work good sir.😁👍
So well done! These stoves are exactly what I've been looking into lately. Why the thumbs down?
you sir inspire me to live off grid more and more the wild is where im most at home and this makes it easy to stay warm in my in natural shelters thank you so much your admired and appreciated. thanks for this vido cal.
Fantastic job, Thank You, I'm dreaming of Alaska
Same
I built your modified tipi tarp and a ammo can wood stove for a November elk hunt. It worked beautifully. Was comfortable all night and it snowed and rained on us one day it was nice to dry out the clothes inside and be warm. Thank you so much for the vids! I'm building this stove before next season
This is AWESOME! I can't wait to make one!
I feel like I'm watching Bob Ross meets Bob Vila meets Old Yankee Workshop and then thrown out into the Alaskan Wilderness. This is great. Thanks for your channel!
I'm really impressed with the clean edges, and professional look to it. Who'da thunk you wouldn't need a sheet metal break to get these results.....
Wow that is the best made wood stove I’ve seen on you tube! Very well made. Thanks for the video!
That is some fast hammering
Looks like a Shepard stove I used for YEARS living off Grid..heat, cooking Wonderful stove...
Mighty fine work there.
Great project video Lonnie. I'm glad you covered over the dangers of the toxic fumes given off because of the metal being galvanized. I saw someone else do a video of a similar stove and he put it in his shelter and when the video started back up the next morning he said he didn't sleep well during the night because he felt very sick but didn't know why. Someone mentioned the toxic fumes in the comments so I looked it up and sure enough, it's galvanized metal is toxic when is being burned off. Thanks for being responsible and providing a great safety warning for those that don't know the dangers. I definitely want to build one of these. Take care and stay safe up there.
Hey great job guys . And a very good video , well thought out .
a lot of patience and commitment. Great job brother. God bless.
Nice one Lonnie!! Lars in Russia, would approve
It's kinda funky ! Lars is a trip !
Thank you Lonnie for showing your skills in making a stove, might give it a go. Thanks for pointing out the danger of galvanised steel, thumbs up to you 👍👋🇬🇧
That is one great stove build.
Fine idea and workmanship. Looks very light weight and practical.
Well done Lonnie. I did a similar one with duct work and worked real well yours looks more professional though
Lonnie, you continue to amaze me!
For me I would be aware of bottom burn through after a number of uses. Keeping a nice layer of ashes in the bottom can help that. Also an extra layer of sheet metal bent to go up the sides a little that can be slid in would help and be replaceable. Just some ideas. Nice work at adapting available materials. Thanks.
If you could find an old oven rack or fridge rack that would work and also assist with the draft. A fridge rack may need the plastic coating removed (or burnt off outside).
A thin layer of dirt or sand, will also protect the stove bottom from burning out.
@@chadmiller7753 yep, perfect, since there's often dirt wherever you are.
@@boooshes For me the dirt is frozen and not too accessible under the snow and under the moss or leaves & detritus of the forest floor. I have a metal false-bottom. A grate of some sort might work better to allow airlfow.
@@BryanSarauer well, that's a good point. The issue with a grate is having the correct size so that red hot coals cannot be laying on the lower surface but a grate combined with a reasonable layer of ash works out really well.
I’ve watched a couple videos. This guys the real deal!
Welcome to the channel.
nice little stove and well built but I can't believe you did that without glove's
Lonnie is so careful and deliberate, no gloves are necessary....
And for the next video, Lonnie will show us how to make galvanized sheet metal and rivets! MAN that was intricate. I loved it. Thanks for another great video.
Great video my friend. Easy to follow and well described.. If I may say, I especially loved the chipmunk voices and that speed hammer you got there...
Like seeing an old friend again. I was JUST thinking about finding plans for a tent stove. Impeccable timing and excellent video as always Lonnie! Thanks!