Re: Lanny's Simple Camp Fire Stove

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In a message dated 10/22/02 11:05:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ronallarson@qwest.net writes:

> Dan's Comments

> 9. The hole between the stove and the chimney pipe - could you give us those
> dimensions?   It would seem that a good bit of the flame would exit into the
> stove pipe without doing much heating of the pot  (that is - you would
> mostly like the exhaust gases to all go past the cook pot first.  Yours is a
> nice elegant solution - but I wonder if you see some other
> (not-too-difficult) way to get all the gases going up before going out.  I
> don't see it myself.

> Good stove idea Lanny. Good thoughts Ron. The most logical two ways I see to approach this problem are to raise the firebox height, or make a higher exhaust port. 
> To raise the firebox height, add another can to the bottom. To make a higher exhaust port try a manifold that draws from more than one point under the pot. Try a horizontal slot say 2/3 the diameter, just under the pot lip. Adjust the vertical width of the slot until the proper dimension balances to the airflow in the chimney.
       Dan Dimiduk