Mice are clever little rascals that gets through the smallest holes and chew up the strangest things. You might want to put a metal net over your hole in the wall as a small attempt to keep them outside...
When ever I install a wood stove I keep my heat shield at least 3 inches from the floor to allow natural convection to remove heat from behind. You also need larger spacing at the top to allow heat to escape. If you build high levels of heat with your stove I can assure you that in a couple of years that wall will show charred marks on your wall.
Modern log burners, often have a double-flue setup. Combustion air is drawn in, in the gap between the two flues, is pre-heated by the central exhaust-flue, then is directed through/around the firebox. To get the combustion air to flow, the fresh intake is just above roof level via a shroud, whilst the exhaust outlet is several feet higher. This gives no drafts, safe combustion, no carbon-monoxide issues/ etc.
Yes he was making a point. The point is exactly what Jesse describes already exists. It’s just done in what appears to be a single pipe. He’s stove probably doesn’t support it, but this is common and often requires by fire code.
Beautiful work and design as always. Love the little wood storage bin too. The little cloud accents you cut on your pieces really ties everything together and it’s such a simple but elegant detail. Can’t wait for the next video!
Ok, So now I’m in, was sitting on the fence for a while, but any bloke who takes Malterser’s as his preferred snack of choice is my kind of dude. P.S. Love this off grid build series, thanks for sharing, and great to see you upgraded the heat shield against the shed wall on you forge from a bit of 1/16 sheets steel that was in the window latch episode. 🇦🇺
Looks great! It adds a practical design element to the corner. Who else looked away when he was welding up? Force of habit I guess. Nice work as always samurai. Service with a smile. Bravo.
Dude, don't worry about the metal sheets. Most of us like metalworking as well I bet. 😬 Either way, beautiful work!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I believe you need the replacement air from outside since the fireplace will feed from the oxygen in the room as well as send out smoke particles. If you only have fish air just around the stove, the rest of the air can "go bad". We don't want you to go to sleep at night and never wake up again.
Could you show the outside of where you drilled the "air vent" hole and what style vent you used? I also have a cubic mini and was thinking about adding a vent for it too.
I just watched a video about "fog catching". I realize you can drink lake water but it might be a fun project for your kids to collect water from the fog 😊👍
18:49 Liu Kang! We use Rutland Glass Cleaner - damp paper towel with just a little cleaner, and it wipes off the creo from the glass. For full time fires its once every 3-4 days, with well seasoned wood.
I know, if you think about it it should make sense to take cold air from outside, but if you take it inside, you are also making the air change at the cabin much more effective , it prevents mold / humity inside you'r cabin.. so in the perfect world everybody would be using real heatstoring masonry fireplaces to save wood(alot of firewood saving at winter) and get that steady heating that last anywhere from 2-5days with one heat cycle(yeah you should build one or ask someone to build you one with cooking plates and oven), that would also fight the humity off from the cabin.
One of the big benefits of a fireplace in a cabin like this is to improve ventilation which will improve air quality and prevent moisture build-up inside. By using an external air feed you will needlessly reduce air circulation. Your fire place is plenty powerful enough to heat the cabin even in very cold weather regardless of the inefficiency caused by using indoor air to feed it. You also seem to have no shortage of firewood to offset the inefficiency. When the cabin is not being used for extended periods of time it's also important to make sure you have vents open to bring in fresh air and exit through the chimney. There are plenty of moldy cabins out there that lack natural ventilation which would prevent the moldyness.
The best floor plate I've seen for that is on buckin Billy's rays channel...yours looks great and will look better with time like you said...great content as usual Jesse...gotcha boo boo on that thumb...ouch....
my house had a little sliding cap for the external air intake of the kitchen. Should still be relatively easy to install here. That way you could close that hole when the stove is not in use.
are you going to give us an update on the tool vest? I'm getting really tired of wearing my tool belt but I can't find another tool vest that peaks my interest. I would really appreciate if you could maybe make some plans for sale on your website.
The reason external air feeds are used is (a) air quality - to prevent smoke blowing back into the room under certain atmospheric conditions, (b) in theory you can do away with permanently open air vents in the room (if local building regs allow this). The old approach was to pull in room air, which would then pull in fresh air to the room through permanently open wall vents. I don't know which is more efficient, but the safety aspect makes an external feed the winner IMO. You do need to consider whether the stove is sufficiently well sealed against the room, but also consider that even a well-sealed stove will dump smoke into the room when you refuel it hot. This is why the best possible design is to have a stove that can be refueled from outside! Anyway, lung cancer is not fun.
The outside air is used when the structure is sealed tight. Usually with spray foam insulation. Your fire will starve for oxygen, go out and smoke your house out when you open the door.
Why would you use steel? You should have used a 4 inch thick solid brass plate hand worked in the Meiji era Japanese metalwork style inlayed with sharks teeth and Tasmanian tiger claws with solid alabaster trim. My God man have you no shame! ... Great video well done.
I'd never heard of using vinegar to ADD rust for patina. I've used vinegar many many times to REMOVE rust from tools and metal surfaces. It's the perfect rust remover. Strange that it works both ways!
I think the argument against a cold air intake is that, it is a cold air intake - you are opening up the profile of the house to pull cold air in when using the fire, but that will have the consequence of driving hot air out when the fire is not in use in a very localised area. When it is pulling in the same air from the full profile of the house, there should be fewer cold spots. Therefore, a retractable cold air intake may be the best solution. But this is armchair thermodynamics. To get more bang for buck would be to have some way of routing the vent throughout the whole building so that you capture as much of the driven heat as possible. The romans would build their fires beneath the building, and their vents in the walls - efficient stuff.
A lot of modern wood stoves allow you to properly connect an external air source/pipe, so no air is drawn from the room to fuel the fire. Wasn't as important in the old days when houses were much more leaky and plenty of fresh air could be drawn in. But if your doors and windows are all really well sealed, then you could have issues without an external air source for the combustion (especially in such a small room).
I had a coworker who was using a portable grinder just like that in his garage, no guard and no handle. It kicked back and cut the artery in his arm and he blead out in front of his two sons. His wife called the ambulance stationed in the town he lived in and luckily they got there quick. By the time they arrived he had lost half his blood volume and almost died. He became this biggest advocate for grinder safety in our shop. A cautionary tale. If you can't make the cut with your guard on, you are using the wrong tool.
That’s fine and all, but I’m not sure why people feel the need to point this stuff out on videos. I’m sure he’s patently aware of all the risks involved with using the tool the way he is, otherwise he wouldn’t be using it. This statement literally adds nothing of value
@@bradasskg11 as I stated, a cautionary tale. Knowing the risk and taking it seriously are two different things. My coworker knew the risks but felt it would never impact him. I appreciate Jesse and his content, wouldn't want that to happen to him. Ps I work in health and safety, can't help but speak up.
Nice work, Jesse. In my neck of the woods a 1" air gap is required as a heat shield, in reality, your 1/4" will be just fine. With that stove it's hard to tell from your vids how hot the bottom gets with the coals and ash, I'd consider an air gap underneath the hearth plate to prevent pyrolysis as the steel is gonna hold heat against the floor. If it doesn't get hot, then never mind. I like the look.
good installers will install a make up air source. For airtight builds like yours it's imperitive. You also need convective draw 'behind' your shield. closing off the shield around the corner post will inhibit cooling. Some Samurai, that can afford it have Geisha girls fan air around the hot box.
Solid grounding project. I like the extra medium effort and it looks exceptionally average. Great contrast to the freaking amazing wood stuff. Jk this came awesomely epic, but nice try. Cheers!
Oohheeuuhhhahh Samurai what are you doing?? Why don’t you like go and dig up some rocks, and like make a nice rock hearth, and build a stone chimney like.. like all the other off grid people?!
I'm writing Congress.. this is BS that my cabinet making skills are crap for crap after 55 years and yours is something you see in an exhibit under armed guard...
The juxtaposition of the Maltesers against the burl table is a thing of beauty!
Mice are clever little rascals that gets through the smallest holes and chew up the strangest things. You might want to put a metal net over your hole in the wall as a small attempt to keep them outside...
Yeah the first thing I thought of when he mentioned drilling a hole is that critters are going to move in bugs, mice, and chipmunks.
That leather tool belt is begging for some Odie’s Oil. I’d watch a video with a before and after transformation. Keep up the great work. 💪
By now I suspect he throws Odie’s on his salads. :)
Noticed this as well.
Sir, that was above "standard" I really dig this man. Great job. Thank you for sharing your work
When ever I install a wood stove I keep my heat shield at least 3 inches from the floor to allow natural convection to remove heat from behind. You also need larger spacing at the top to allow heat to escape. If you build high levels of heat with your stove I can assure you that in a couple of years that wall will show charred marks on your wall.
With the space you have steel is the best bet and will look much better great choice brother
Did anyone notice the fire extinguisher next to the firewood? This guy is thorough.
Modern log burners, often have a double-flue setup. Combustion air is drawn in, in the gap between the two flues, is pre-heated by the central exhaust-flue, then is directed through/around the firebox. To get the combustion air to flow, the fresh intake is just above roof level via a shroud, whilst the exhaust outlet is several feet higher. This gives no drafts, safe combustion, no carbon-monoxide issues/ etc.
Were you trying to make a point?
Jesse was saying there had to be a better way, than needing to have drafts in the building etc - it's already available.
@@daveklein2826
What's yours?
Yes he was making a point. The point is exactly what Jesse describes already exists. It’s just done in what appears to be a single pipe. He’s stove probably doesn’t support it, but this is common and often requires by fire code.
@@Rufio1975 LMAO. just addressing dumb comment
Just build whatever you like. It is you’re cabin. Have fun!
Looks Great Samarai! Nailed it!!
Your next t shirt needs to be that tree at 10:58, so glad you kept that tree. Keep up the good work!
Yeah! I love that crazy tree.
I’d buy that T-shirt
Your impression was amazing
Your California dude impersonation is spot on!
Top shelf job Samurai
I love the metal back! While metal may absorb more energy, it will also radiate more as well, so would make sitting next to it very cozy!
Nice, it is very true about the pipe for taking air from outside for burning 🔥 👌
🇧🇬🦁🇧🇬
Nicely done samurai. Love it.
Beautiful work and design as always. Love the little wood storage bin too. The little cloud accents you cut on your pieces really ties everything together and it’s such a simple but elegant detail. Can’t wait for the next video!
Ok, So now I’m in, was sitting on the fence for a while, but any bloke who takes Malterser’s as his preferred snack of choice is my kind of dude.
P.S. Love this off grid build series, thanks for sharing, and great to see you upgraded the heat shield against the shed wall on you forge from a bit of 1/16 sheets steel that was in the window latch episode. 🇦🇺
I'm in front of my woodstove right now...watching this episode...so nice! Like your style...enjoy!
Looks great! It adds a practical design element to the corner. Who else looked away when he was welding up? Force of habit I guess. Nice work as always samurai. Service with a smile. Bravo.
Beautiful.
Just had to say I loved the Mortal Combat quote =D
Nice job, excellent attention to detail.
Really enjoy the craftsmenship.....and i love the tree in front of your cabin🌳.....greetings Lianne ( The Netherlands)
What a great cabin!
Great job Samurai !!!!!
May I suggest sitting the floor steel plate on cement sheet. This way you will get far less heat transferred to the timber floor. Looks pretty !
LOL, the Alexis Rose impersonation was spot on.
Dude, don't worry about the metal sheets. Most of us like metalworking as well I bet. 😬
Either way, beautiful work!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Beautiful!
Looks great as always!
That Intro was awesome 🤣
I'll take you up on that offer, would love to learn a few of your techniques first hand. I'll bring some FlyTrap suds
Finish Him. Dated you awesome, my man.
Nice work👍🏻
The first 2:49 second monologue was the best thing I’ve seen all week🤣🤣
Agreed!!
I believe you need the replacement air from outside since the fireplace will feed from the oxygen in the room as well as send out smoke particles. If you only have fish air just around the stove, the rest of the air can "go bad". We don't want you to go to sleep at night and never wake up again.
nice job!
My parent's 10yo catalytic wood stove has a separate vent that draws air from the crawl space.
Your intro reminded me of Zoolander when he goes on his rant about being " really really ridiculously good looking"😄
We did the traditional piece of sheetrock that had foil water glassed onto it around our wood burning stove.
Could you show the outside of where you drilled the "air vent" hole and what style vent you used? I also have a cubic mini and was thinking about adding a vent for it too.
Awesome work.
I love how you are just telling us what you’re going to do then out of no were, you just start yelling 🤣🤣😂
Who draws the short straw to feed soft wood over night or is body heat more fun ?
I just watched a video about "fog catching". I realize you can drink lake water but it might be a fun project for your kids to collect water from the fog 😊👍
18:49 Liu Kang! We use Rutland Glass Cleaner - damp paper towel with just a little cleaner, and it wipes off the creo from the glass. For full time fires its once every 3-4 days, with well seasoned wood.
shaping up to be a dram for sure!
I know, if you think about it it should make sense to take cold air from outside, but if you take it inside, you are also making the air change at the cabin much more effective , it prevents mold / humity inside you'r cabin.. so in the perfect world everybody would be using real heatstoring masonry fireplaces to save wood(alot of firewood saving at winter) and get that steady heating that last anywhere from 2-5days with one heat cycle(yeah you should build one or ask someone to build you one with cooking plates and oven), that would also fight the humity off from the cabin.
One of the big benefits of a fireplace in a cabin like this is to improve ventilation which will improve air quality and prevent moisture build-up inside. By using an external air feed you will needlessly reduce air circulation. Your fire place is plenty powerful enough to heat the cabin even in very cold weather regardless of the inefficiency caused by using indoor air to feed it. You also seem to have no shortage of firewood to offset the inefficiency. When the cabin is not being used for extended periods of time it's also important to make sure you have vents open to bring in fresh air and exit through the chimney. There are plenty of moldy cabins out there that lack natural ventilation which would prevent the moldyness.
looks very functional :)
You should look up the “Kindling Cracker” to use to split firewood in front of your stove.
The best floor plate I've seen for that is on buckin Billy's rays channel...yours looks great and will look better with time like you said...great content as usual Jesse...gotcha boo boo on that thumb...ouch....
chimney work as ventilation if fire place take air in side removes moisture etc.
You should paint the top of your ear protection to resemble Daniel LaRusso's headband.
They are building the new stoves in the way you described. In northern Europe at least.
I might have gone with the round top furniture nails, but the cut nails are really cool.
If you decide you don't like the rusty finish, you could try CRC rust converter to give it a nice black oxide finish instead
my house had a little sliding cap for the external air intake of the kitchen. Should still be relatively easy to install here. That way you could close that hole when the stove is not in use.
What state is the cabin ? Love it
are you going to give us an update on the tool vest? I'm getting really tired of wearing my tool belt but I can't find another tool vest that peaks my interest. I would really appreciate if you could maybe make some plans for sale on your website.
Haha, I love your “TH-cam troll” impressions!!
Sheesh. Worried the Family Jewels might catch on fire from those sparks!
At least your sanity is in the same place as your shop's ceiling.
The reason external air feeds are used is (a) air quality - to prevent smoke blowing back into the room under certain atmospheric conditions, (b) in theory you can do away with permanently open air vents in the room (if local building regs allow this). The old approach was to pull in room air, which would then pull in fresh air to the room through permanently open wall vents. I don't know which is more efficient, but the safety aspect makes an external feed the winner IMO. You do need to consider whether the stove is sufficiently well sealed against the room, but also consider that even a well-sealed stove will dump smoke into the room when you refuel it hot. This is why the best possible design is to have a stove that can be refueled from outside! Anyway, lung cancer is not fun.
Looks great 👍! But that’s against the Chippys Oath , to work with Steel 🤪👍🤣😂
There is nothing wrong with hitting the EASY button from time to time.
How much would you like a plasma cutter? Or do you not do enough metal work to warrant the cost?
Hey if you don,t have vinegar piss on it, works just as well
I know nothing about stoves, but will that external opening be connected directly to the stove? Or is it being right next to the stove enough?
Next addition for the Fire Place is a Stove Top Still to distill tree sap to make Turpentine and / or equivalent “novelty beverages” ; )
Zoolander Samurai!!!
10:15; damn. owie.
the things we do for love...
Forge your self a post mounted kindling splitter, it’s like an axe on a lever arm.
The outside air is used when the structure is sealed tight. Usually with spray foam insulation. Your fire will starve for oxygen, go out and smoke your house out when you open the door.
Why would you use steel? You should have used a 4 inch thick solid brass plate hand worked in the Meiji era Japanese metalwork style inlayed with sharks teeth and Tasmanian tiger claws with solid alabaster trim. My God man have you no shame! ... Great video well done.
Haha, I bet this one got a laugh!
Well samurai pretty much nailed you right up front. LMAO
Nice :)
Venting the stove will eliminate the window condensation. Laughed hard at your whining😂 at the start.
I'd never heard of using vinegar to ADD rust for patina. I've used vinegar many many times to REMOVE rust from tools and metal surfaces. It's the perfect rust remover. Strange that it works both ways!
I think the argument against a cold air intake is that, it is a cold air intake - you are opening up the profile of the house to pull cold air in when using the fire, but that will have the consequence of driving hot air out when the fire is not in use in a very localised area. When it is pulling in the same air from the full profile of the house, there should be fewer cold spots. Therefore, a retractable cold air intake may be the best solution. But this is armchair thermodynamics. To get more bang for buck would be to have some way of routing the vent throughout the whole building so that you capture as much of the driven heat as possible.
The romans would build their fires beneath the building, and their vents in the walls - efficient stuff.
A lot of modern wood stoves allow you to properly connect an external air source/pipe, so no air is drawn from the room to fuel the fire. Wasn't as important in the old days when houses were much more leaky and plenty of fresh air could be drawn in. But if your doors and windows are all really well sealed, then you could have issues without an external air source for the combustion (especially in such a small room).
Design it with outlines of koi fish swimming around
I had a coworker who was using a portable grinder just like that in his garage, no guard and no handle. It kicked back and cut the artery in his arm and he blead out in front of his two sons. His wife called the ambulance stationed in the town he lived in and luckily they got there quick. By the time they arrived he had lost half his blood volume and almost died.
He became this biggest advocate for grinder safety in our shop.
A cautionary tale. If you can't make the cut with your guard on, you are using the wrong tool.
That’s fine and all, but I’m not sure why people feel the need to point this stuff out on videos. I’m sure he’s patently aware of all the risks involved with using the tool the way he is, otherwise he wouldn’t be using it.
This statement literally adds nothing of value
@@bradasskg11 as I stated, a cautionary tale. Knowing the risk and taking it seriously are two different things. My coworker knew the risks but felt it would never impact him. I appreciate Jesse and his content, wouldn't want that to happen to him. Ps I work in health and safety, can't help but speak up.
Malteasers Rule!
Oh ya. And the term I think you are looking for at the start is. "Cottage perfect"
Are you building a home on here eventually or is it just the cabin?
Nice work, Jesse. In my neck of the woods a 1" air gap is required as a heat shield, in reality, your 1/4" will be just fine. With that stove it's hard to tell from your vids how hot the bottom gets with the coals and ash, I'd consider an air gap underneath the hearth plate to prevent pyrolysis as the steel is gonna hold heat against the floor. If it doesn't get hot, then never mind. I like the look.
So wait you finish one before you start a new one? Noted.
what was the Thor's hammer doing there??
good installers will install a make up air source. For airtight builds like yours it's imperitive. You also need convective draw 'behind' your shield. closing off the shield around the corner post will inhibit cooling. Some Samurai, that can afford it have Geisha girls fan air around the hot box.
What is this thing of which you speak? Finishing a project??
Be very Carefull with the angle grinder without the guard. Disk failure, especially cutting disks, may generate very serious injuries
That was a Zoolander moment...
I don't see a gap at the bottom of the sheild.
Solid grounding project. I like the extra medium effort and it looks exceptionally average. Great contrast to the freaking amazing wood stuff. Jk this came awesomely epic, but nice try. Cheers!
A fire pulling air in from the room makes the air quality a bit better, stale moist air gets replaced with fresh.
Oohheeuuhhhahh Samurai what are you doing?? Why don’t you like go and dig up some rocks, and like make a nice rock hearth, and build a stone chimney like.. like all the other off grid people?!
I must say, the highlight of these videos is always the preemptive dispelling of/imitation of whiny internet comments. 1:18
With the mountains of sawdust that you generate, I'm a bit shocked that you aren't making your own briquettes for heating.
LMAO
I'm writing Congress.. this is BS that my cabinet making skills are crap for crap after 55 years and yours is something you see in an exhibit under armed guard...