Dear Lanny That is a brilliantly simple system!! Is the pot supported by its handles on the "top edges" of the stove? Once the stove is made, wouldn't it be good for the specific pot for which it ws made? (or at least one of the same diameter at teh handle level.) Kindest regards, Kevin Chisholm > Lanny Henson wrote: > > > Stove Friends, > Check out my simple stove that is made from onlt two > parts. The first part is a metal 5 gallon bucket. The > second part is a piece of chimney pipe. A flanged > hole is installed into the bottom of a 5-gallon > bucket to fit an 8-quart stockpot. Flanges bent over > a slot attaches the chimney. Tabbed holes are cut for > fuel feed and air intakes. This stove can be built > with a knife and a pair of pliers. It took me 35 min > to build the first one. I built an open fire then set > the stove over the fire and coals. I fed sticks into > the slots and adjusted the airflow until it sounded > good. In my first attempt I boiled 6 Qt of water in > 12 min using moist sticks for fuel. I may add a third > part to seperate a combustion zone from the pot. > Lanny > http://www.lanny.us/campfs.html - Stoves List Archives and Website: http://www.crest.org/discussion/stoves/200209/ http://crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/stoves/ > Stoves List Moderators: Ron Larson, ronallarson@qwest.net Elsen L. Karstad, elk@wananchi.com www.chardust.com Other Biomass Stoves Events and Information: http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1010424940_7.html Bioenergy http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975339_7.html Gasification http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975672_7.html Carbon List-Post: <mailto:stoves@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:stoves-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:stoves-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:stoves-subscribe@crest.org> > For information about CHAMBERS STOVES >http://www.repp.org/discussiongroups/resources/stoves/Chambers/Chambers.htm