Dragon Rocket Stove
Episode 5
Completing the Mechanical
Re-Thinking the Exhaust Pipe before We Launch too far into Cobbing
Sending the intake pipe through the wall, the exhaust pipe through the new roof, and re-configuring the pipe to complete the mechanical on the Dragon Rocket Stove Mass Heater.
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Garen's Ski Bike Video
http://mylittlehomestead.com/moo-how-to-make-a-ski-bike-homemade-snow-bike.html
Shae aka Winter_Apple
December 16, 2016
Transcript of Video
Bree: On the previous episode, we installed the zig zag exhaust pipe and tested the dragon rocket stove.
Bree: It’s time to stretch the air intake pipe to reach outside.
Gary: We are working on driving a pilot hole. We have to cut through here and put the rest of the intake piping in
Marvin: You’re out.
Gary: We will just make quick of this. Power tools
Marvin: I would have not thought of that.
Gary: We went out the other side.
Marvin: You know this is five inch.
Gary: You know this will fit. Let’s take it out and let’s put it together. Just like that.
Marvin: Oh Jeeze. That’s perfect!
Gary: I got it off.
Shelly: So what’s in there?
Gary: oh. it’s a mouse. We have had the rocket stove for several years. We don’t really burn it a great deal. Just during the really colder winter days. All right, let’s see what kind of dust we are really looking at. Oh look at that..A smithering of dust.
Shelly: Let’s get in there and look.
Bryson: There was spider webs in it. Which is surprising because spiderwebs melt.
Shelly: Hardly nothing huh?
Bryson: It tells us how cool those pipes actually run.
Gary: So it was good to be able to see that most of the heat has been coming off the chamber is what is really radiating into the room. And then the other heat that is coming out of the flu is really being stored in the bench. There is not really a great deal being stored in the bench. Just enough to keep it…nice and warm to sit on with a little cushion.
Bryson: Very heat efficient.
Gary: I really wanted to bring the shop vac inside but Shelly wouldn’t let that happen cause those things spread quite a lot of dust. Fortunately we had a window close by and I could put the shop vac in the window.
Shelly: This is our big cob pile…or clay pile. Are we ready?
Shae: I think so.
Shae: I Picked some weeds. So we are going to just build it up type of deal. I’m at the mental level I want to be at.
Shelly: Ha ha, Ok….
Shae: That will all be taken care of when we get this all built up.
Gary: I stick a little hole in each of the rounds. So that the next stack of cob that goes on that goes on a dryer section, plugs in like Lego’s…like building blocks.
Bryson: We only move about a foot of cob at a time due to the fact if you do too much it will start to sag and squish down. So, you can only do about a foot a day.
Bryson: We are going to cob the whole wall all the way to the ceiling.
Gary: It is perfectly water proof now and this just caps right over the top of that.
Marvin: Great.
Gary: I need to make some adjustments to our flange piece and we will be able to get that on the roof. This is where the fold is going to go. This is the top that is the pitch of the roof.
Bryson: It is pretty tough stuff.
Gary: We have left out 2 inches to make sure we have plenty of clearance. And now we are using some wet patch to seal our flange piece on top.
Bryson: Squishy…
Gary: Squish it on down. Alright. Looking great. This is coming out good.
Bryson: Because if it is coming out bad, Dad is responsible for it. No…
Shelly: I think it looks beautiful.
Gary: Ok, Go down about a foot. Keep coming. Ok, come on down.
Gary: in one way we want our cob to dry faster is I want to go ahead and put some plastic over the windows and cover our entrance. And then fire up the stove.
Gary: Your concern is that there is too much cob.
Shae: The whole wall is a bit much. If you look at the bench we already have, the heat only goes on the top of it anyway. no matter how hot you get it, the sides and the back never heat up. The heat never expands to that. It only expands up a bit. So, we need to figure out where that heat stops expanding and then put that…make that amount.
Gary: Ok. That is helpful because if we put like here and we know heat goes up, we can go thicker here.
Shae: We decided to change the layout of the piping because well… we really didn’t want to cob the whole wall.
Bryson: More Parts.
Shae: We are putting the piping a little lower and will also help keep the heat a little lower to the ground because heat rises. I’m hoping it will keep the room stay warm.
Gary: It feels so wet, like the day we put it on. Let’s start a fire Bry. I thin i’m happier. Keep most of the heat down a little lower.
Bree: Stay tune for episode 6 of the Dragon Rocket stove as we continue to cob this dragon beast. Anyway, we’ll see you next week.
All: Thank You.
Bryson: Garen and his friend built a really cool ski bike.
Gary: He calle me i think it was yesterday… He said he was running with it, as he is falling, getting back running sill all in one motion, and he broke one of the front ski’s.
Bryson: Garen has a video on how the ski bike was made if you want to check it out. Link in description.
Shelly: What’s down there Max? it looks exciting. you digging a hole? He is licking your leg. Does that help?
Shae: Very encouraging. Nicely done Diesel.
Bryson: I was singing a song. Go ahead though…
Shae: Our family moved from the city to the country. Thank you for taking part I our adventure. We have new video’s every Friday evening. if you would like to help us out, like this video, share it, subscribe or support us on Patreon. See the links in the description. Please consider supporting us on Patreon.com
Gary and Shae: We cabbing the wall…we are robbing the wall…
Shelly: They are so noisy. You are so skinny…
Shae: Little do you know…(singing) one two three yes. Pull my neck.
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