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Mother’s
Alcohol Fuel Seminar© The Mother Earth News, 1980
MOTHER's Waste Oil Heater .. cont.
Instructions in a nutshell |
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All cuts -- whether torched or sawed -- should be filed smooth. |
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| 1. Start construction of waste oil stove by chalking off and cutting out access door on the side of the stripped water heater tank. | |||||||||||||||||
3. The stack holes on tank's top are next chalked (left) and ... |
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... cut. |
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Tank is then turned upside down so the support flange for stove's burner
assembly can be mounted and ... |
6. ... the furnace's legs
bolted to the container's bottom.
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8. ... just bolts together.
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| 7. Here's all the hardware for the burner assembly which, like everything else ... | |||||||||||||||||||
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10. A funnel is made from some of the junked water heater's sheet metal skin and ...
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9. The chimney stack is
pushed at least six inches down into its hole and secured with bolts
and angle iron tabs.
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| 12. ... pushed through access door and wedged up through its hole in the top of the converted tank. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11. ... fitted to the lower end of intake stack, which is then ... | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 15. Although not absolutely necessary, a spacer ring can be bent up from hanger strap and ... | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14. A 4-inch, 90-degree elbow is fitted to a hole in the side of a 12-inch-long section of 8-inch stovepipe and this "pre-heater" is positioned over the feeder tubing. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13. The copper tubing fuel feeder is then wrapped around chimney stack and its end positioned over the intake stack. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 18. A collar -- cut from the old water heater's sheet metal skin -- can be added to cover the clamp. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17. "Pre-heater/intake stack" assembly is locked into position with a simple clamp. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16. ... used to center pre-heater stovepipe on chimney stack. | |||||||||||||||||||
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20. Salvaged tank's heating
element holes are sealed with 1/8-inch steel plates.
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| 19. View of inside of partially completed furnace door. | |||||||||||||||||||
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22. A short angle iron
"handle", a peephole covered by a movable metal flap, and a
window latch fastener complete the furnace's door.
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| 21. The completed furnace's burner assembly is filled with crushed asbestos or an asbestos brick [use perlite]. As an added fire precaution, the bottom of the stove is then filled with sand. | ||||||||||||
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| 23. MOTHER's waste oil burner gets a light from Richard Freudenberger. | ||||||||||||
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| 24. The blaze is just getting started ... and already Richard can feel the heat. | ||||||||||||
Instructions in a nutshell -- with photographs
Mother’s
Alcohol Fuel Seminar
© The Mother Earth News, 1980