Work in Progress 2013

[ygmir]

next, perhaps a wood fired hot tub, er I mean, a freeze resistant yak trough.

I"m seeing a Hofparty, drinking, and the "frog in the boiling pot" parlor game..............

[MyDearFriend]

Since Yggy has had nothing to share here for the past 10 days, take a look at what I am working on: an ART GRANT application, bwahahahahahaha, I am lowly admin on this for My Son The Art Student, but this image from his packet makes me smile:

Crew is: Puppy, Grai, Bobbin (DAB), Wadder, Patrick and Mike (Mrpatatomoto). Don't ask me who those guys are in that picture. Belgians, I think.

[theCryptofishist]

They might be Indonesian. Which would make the Netherlands more likely.

[Sunbeam56]

I like the Yak trough.

[MyDearFriend]

I want to see Ygmir's burnt up shirt.

[ygmir]

ask and ye shall recieve, MDF!

[Savannah]

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[ygmir]

I got started on the smoker and oven assembly:

found a safe, with two compartments for ovens, about the right size, pretty heavy steel, but, well, free and it'll last along time:


found another (black) safe, to use as a plenum/diverter for smoke, oriented and tack welded together, after modifying the bigger safe/oven:


smoke intake on bottom, diverter plate at top, diverted smoke exit bottom, rear :


diverter closed:


diverter box, with return box above:


diverter box, return channel, plate open, with bar handle exiting just below inspection/cleanout cover:


smoke channel with plate cover:




I'm hoping to get the smoke channel done, and exit box sealed and ready for the exit flu pipe in the next few days.
then, it's time to test!!

[MyDearFriend]

OMG Yggy

Some burnt shirt, thanks for saving yourself! And that oven & smoker set up makes the whole stove thing a really massive undertaking, wow...

[Elliot]

He don' fool me -- he's building a Second Stage on the wood-fired rocket! John Frum won't be able to keep up with him!

[Roark]

I see plenty of room for an afterburner

Very nice!

[EspressoDude]

so, are the combination locks on the loading doors? or the draft controls? keys to the fuel injection detonating cyclotron inside the other door?

[FIGJAM]

Does it wiegh a ton yet?

[ygmir]

I'd say it's approaching 1500 lbs. FJ. Just a guess, though, from lifting the pieces.

[FIGJAM]

We could start a pool.

I'm betting it will be at least a ton before you're finished.

[ygmir]

will it include the flue pipe? I'll be making some of that, myself.

[jkisha]

Boggles the mind.

[Ugly Dougly]

That'll lock in the flavor, Yggy.

[Ugly Dougly]

next, perhaps a wood fired hot tub, er I mean, a freeze resistant yak trough.

Reminds me of this one, Elo:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/craig-ve ... e-day.aspx
Misfortunately I live in the benighted flatlands, where all trees belong to someone and they would be angry if I chopped them down.

[ygmir]

so I got the exhaust port, and smoke channel/diverter assembly done.
Just need final welding
I did a little "steam punking" with the curve for the exhaust bend.
From there, it goes out through the wall.
Ovens are almost complete!

exhaust port (to wall pass through), and curved chamber, above smoke diverter and alternate channel assembly:


profile of exhaust and interior of diverter chamber:


uppper interior of diferter chamber, valve mostly closed, smoke return then up and out curved port:


exhaust closed in, fins for heat exchange, and "wierd look". interior of smoke diverter:


diverter sealed, curve made from 3x3 angle iron, to great fins and heat exchanger:

[burner von braun]

LOL!! Yggy, you're priceless!

[Roark]

But is it heavy enough?

[ygmir]

well, I can add granite siding for mass.........to me, for a wood heating stove/oven combo, mass is good. makes it last longer (heavier steel), and mass holds heat. hahaa, and since I'm using all "found" materials, I have to use what I have or can scrounge.
So far, I've only bought the top plate and welding wire/gas/rod and electricity.

[trilobyte]

The project just keeps getting more and more awesome as you go - I love those fins, Yggy!

[Simon of the Playa]

making things.

[Simon of the Playa]

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[ygmir]

thanks Trilo.......yeah, I thought the fins might add a little "Jules Verne" flavor to the wood fired rocketship/tardis.


Indeed Simon....I'm at a loss though, to what I'm seeing.

[Simon of the Playa]

a giant skeleton/bob marley /puppet with working fingers and giant arms and leather dreadlocks....

(it's for a local tribute show, and giant skull bob marley is going to rise from the dead)

now does it make sense?

[ygmir]

sheer beauty........thanks.

[trilobyte]

Sounds and looks like an awesome project, Simon. Watching that Wayne White docu you linked in another thread got me thinking about making head/arm-pieces for costumes and such.

Meanwhile, I'm almost finished with moving storage spaces.



This weekend my girlfriend will give me a hand moving the two mattresses (there's a space for them in the back), then I'll be able to organize the new joint a little better than you see in the picture. All the rugs/carpets and stuff currently occupying shelf space on the left will stack up in front of the mattresses in the back, giving us plenty of additional shelf space for stuff that's in our loft space now. We'll also have room to store all the pieces that we'll be building for this year's event, so hopefully our living space doesn't get too cramped in the runup to the playa.