William, I'm sorry to have paid so little attention before, but your description of an bottom exiting chimney connection makes me ask if this is a standard ...
"PoodleHead Mikey" <CJE@...> ... Hi Stephen; The simple MIDGE stove shows that a gasifier can have the chimney at the top. The Dasifier draws its gas off...
So, does anyone have one of these? Do they sell in the USA? Joe __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More...
... I was wanting to ask the same. But, I'm too shy. :-) -- Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog! http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836 since 1995 ...
... I was driving home from work and thinking. I was wondering if I could build a model of that Sedore stove. I realized it's a new category. The MIDGE is a...
.the ideal chiminy is 5 inch in diameter IIRC. Louis With a 15 foot chimney you'd have natural draft. You can dial down the blower or even shut it off at...
Hello! Well, I made it! First burn worked well. Second and third gave me problems, but #4 burned for 30 minutes and allowed some serious cooking to happen. The...
Is there any reason a solar gassifier would not work? I was thinking of using a solar trough setup with a steel pipe running down the focal point. Sawdust...
... space heating. ... need a heater for my greenhouse that can digest wood chips, logs, etc. ... William, I uploaded a .jpg of the space heater that I have...
Someone asked about starting a good draft with a cold burner and chimney. And also I think mentioned using a draft control as a way of avoiding forced primary...
"Mark S." <throaway@...> ... Hi Mark; Thanks for posting your experience. What were the problems with your second and third burns? ... Ash is a very good...
... Would it not be possible to produce more usable gas if an external heat source was used? Seems to me a hight percentage of the energy in the wood is used...
It is not difficult to reach several hundred or even a thousand degrees using a parabolic trough. Reflector material is not that expensive. Solarflex runs...
I can think of one possible area where a concentrated parabolic hot 'sun beam' would be useful in a wood gasifier. How about two 'solar troughs' (steel pipes...
Mark, Nice going. My first thought was "so much insulation for such a little stove." Ash disposal is my only question. How much of a pain is it for you? I'm...
"JD" <joegreene@...> ... I got it. The reflector is set, so its focal point will scan a series of secondary mirrors, say one every 30 minutes. They in...
Yes - you got it a 'cat-a-fire' - similar to gas-i-fier. Right! Joe ************************** ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hello Laren, ... I'm not sure. I got excited and used all-peach wood for the 2nd burn. Due to my extraordinary gardening capabilities, I was able to reduce a...
"Mark S." <throaway@...> wrote; ... My fairly extensive information on characteristics of many wood species, doesn't even list Peach, so I can't help on...
Hi Laren, ... I'm having a problem picturing this. There are already 2" screws in there, so I don't see how there's room for the 6oz tuna can. The tuna can...
