Do-it-yourself horizontal potbelly stove from a pipe. How to make a potbelly stove yourself at home How to make a stove stove more efficient

29.04.2020

The potbelly stove is an iron, compact-sized stove with a chimney at the top. It consists of a chamber where it falls asleep solid fuel, a grate in the form of a metal grate, a pipe - a chimney and an ash pan for collecting ash.

With the ability to handle the welding machine, the device is easy to manufacture, while it will serve faithfully in an unheated room, in the field, in the absence district heating not a decade.

How to do it yourself?

Manufacturing options:

Rectangular oven

It is a metal box, you can independently weld the structure of steel sheets. For a rectangular potbelly stove, an old automobile tank, a box will fit perfectly.

Usually, this form is chosen when it is necessary to cook food on the stove.

On a capacious platform, you can immediately put 2 large pots or containers for heating water.

The manufacturing principle is simple: doors are built to cover the blower and the combustion chamber, a hole is made for the chimney, combustion products must leave the room in a timely manner, otherwise you can inhale carbon monoxide.

From a gas bottle

The most common type of potbelly stove. The cylinders have thick walls, the furnace is durable, mobile, fireproof.

First, a drawing is drawn, markings are made. The door for the combustion chamber will be located in the center of the cylinder. It blew in the same plane, only 10-12 cm lower.

Instruction:

We take a grinder, cut out both doors, draw a closed line between them.
Along the line we cut the balloon into 2 parts.
Down below We weld the grate - blower.
Install grate, weld both parts again.
for valve make a hole with a radius of 10 cm.
for hood we insert a hole into the pipe, by welding we weld objects.
simple stove from the cylinder is ready, you can use it, throw in fuel and check its operation.

For cooking on the top of the stove, the design is slightly different:

cut off the top of the balloon.
Inserted inside and welded rods.
Side top cut a hole for the pipe. You can heat and cook food at the same time.
Welded hole, the valve is screwed in, a comfortable handle adapts.
From a pipe, barrels can also be done oven. The barrel or pipe must be selected according to the diameter.
At the bottom of the barrel pipes cut 2 holes for the firebox and ash pan.
Make doors.
Do framing metal strip holes.
Under the furnace door at a distance of 10 - 12 cm inside the barrel, weld brackets at the corners, a grate will lie on them, weld it first from any fittings.

When making a furnace from a pipe, weld the bottom of it, as well as a part on top:

Down to the bottom weld 4 legs.
On the surface cut a hole, weld a pipe to it, this will be a chimney.
Weld hinges to the previously cut holes, install the doors. Also, mark and attach a hook so that the doors lock tightly.
For design aesthetics finish all welding seams, clean them 10. Paint the outside of the device with heat-resistant paint. Whatever a factory product, you can sell or successfully use it yourself.

Working furnace

The option is distinguished by a specific smell, which during the combustion of fuel will be emitted by oil mining, even in the presence of an exhaust hood.

Instruction:

To make this model, select sheet material with a thickness of at least 4 mm, a chimney pipe, individual small structural elements.
Do it on a sheet accurate markings of all elements, having previously drawn a drawing.
embed all elements with a grinder, clean the edges of the parts. Drill round holes in the pipe.
Top of the tank cut the pipe hole off-center to the left.
Shifted to the right on the circumference, drill a hole for the connecting pipe.
Got 2 circles, weld them to the pipe, the thickness of the upper tank will depend on its segment.
Decorate the bottom part of the stove in the same way., but now cut the hole right in the center of the marked circle.
cut next second hole, attach the sliding cover to it.
Weld to the bottom plane 4 legs.
Clean seams after welding, paint the surface with high temperature resistant paint.
Connect the chimney to the oven. The mining will be poured into the lower part of the tank, after the paper is ignited, the sliding cover closes, and the mining starts to burn. Oxygen will penetrate through the holes, mining will burn intensively.

Necessary materials, tools

Before starting work, prepare the tools:

metal brush;
chisel, pliers, hammer;
tape measure, chalk;
drill with drills for metal;
grinder;
circles for metal;
welding machine;
protective mask;

For the case you will need a pipe 30 cm in diameter, at least 5 mm thick. Can be used instead of a pipe sheet metal the same thickness.

For the chimney, you should choose a pipe 12 cm in diameter, at least 3 - 4 mm thick. To avoid burning out, a metal box is suitable for the ash pan, so you need to choose a durable sheet metal.

Walkthrough

First you need to cut the metal, taking into account the thickness and length of the desired blanks.

Chamfer parts from parts, the touch to the furnace will be safer, and the welding seams will be strong:

Check the correct markings of the parts before you start cutting them. When cutting, consider the thickness of the walls of the furnace, also the circle.
Bevel the prepared parts to prevent accidental contact with the hot device.
Check all part markings.

The design is installed in the following sequence:

Connect welding machine to the network.
Take electrode with a thickness of 4 - 5 mm, taking into account the sheet or pipe.
Install current strength on the device up to 160 A.
put on special glasses and overalls, protect your hands with leggings.
To the bottom of the oven weld three walls.
Bottom of device place at least 5 cm from the floor.
Connect parts at right angles. Check their perpendicularity with a level.
Where needed, straighten the corners of the details.
weld details and joints relative to the floor level, at an angle of 45 gr.
weld a partition between the blower and the firebox, having previously cut holes so that ash does not accumulate.
withstand the distance between the holes is at least 5 cm from the walls of the stove. The distance between the partition and the bottom of the structure must remain at least 10 cm.
Lastly by welding, cut holes for installing a chimney on the rear panel homemade oven.
Make markings, drill rectangular holes in the places intended for the firebox and blower.
Align with baffle all bottom holes. The distance between the walls of the furnace and the upper side edges should be at least 3 - 5 cm. The opening for the blower is slightly smaller, but not more than 5 cm.
Bulgarian cut two holes from metal, form doors. Weld them on the canopies, raise the blower to the maximum to the top of the slab opening so that they do not sag further under the influence of high temperatures.
To the doors weld bolts, they should open and close easily, without obstacles.

After all welding work, check the quality of the seams, tap them. If there are defects, correct them immediately. At the end of the work, weld upper part devices.

How to make a potbelly stove of long burning?

So that the potbelly stove radiates heat for as long as possible without throwing another portion of firewood, does not burn out quickly, it is possible, the fuel will not burn, but smolder, the heating process without laying firewood can be extended for several hours.

The manufacture of a furnace for long burning is somewhat different from the usual design.

A balloon is best suited for the furnace:

Cut off the top of it, this will be the lid of the stove.
Punch a hole at the top and side of the stove, this will be the hood.
Punch a hole in the center so that the balloon can be easily inserted.
weld to the cut hole of the pancake pipe, a little longer than the cylinder. The pipe will serve as a blower, and oxygen will flow into the furnace, the fuel will not smolder, but will not burn.
cut off part of the balloon in the center, insert the pipe into the hole as a blower. The principle of operation of a potbelly stove for long burning is to create pressure inside the chamber. After the firewood flares up, a heavy metal circle sinks inside, begins to put pressure on the fuel, creates pressure on it, the fuel begins to experience a lack of oxygen and slowly smolder. The smoke, heading up, goes out through the chimney, the room will not be smoky.

Advantages and disadvantages

Like any other heating device, the stove has both pros and cons.

The undoubted advantages of a homemade oven are:

Compact dimensions.
Use of any available fuel, you can heat with peat, firewood, sawdust, wood chips, coal.
Insignificant costs for the manufacture of the device, basically you can get by with handy materials.
Construction installation does not require laying the foundation, chimney.

The disadvantages of the oven include:

Quite a large expense fuel material, the principle is as follows: while you are drowning, it is warm. To keep the room cool, you need to throw fuel more often, otherwise you can just freeze.
Furnace walls become very hot and may result in burns if touched.
Should not be allowed coals falling out of the oven, this is fraught with fire.

Where can it be applied?

Furnaces were popular in the first half of the last century. They warmed the soldiers' dugouts, dugouts, and heating wagons.

Today stoves are still heated garden houses, garages, warehouses, greenhouses, that is, where there is no gas pipeline, and electrical devices are inefficient and consume a lot of electricity.

Types of homemade bourgeois

The material for the construction is cast iron or stainless steel. The furnace consists of a container, an ash pan, a branch pipe, a chimney, a furnace door.

The types are distinguished:

pyrolysis ovens;
with a cooking platform at the top for cooking;
furnaces sheathed with a casing for efficient heat transfer. For homemade, you can choose old cylinder, barrel, big vat, can. Furnaces can be cylindrical, rectangular;

Installation safety rules

Any home-made heating device is designed to heat the room, making it more comfortable, but along with this, such devices are far from safe, fraught with ignition, fire.

When installing the structure, it is very important to follow the safety rules:

Bake must be installed on a surface that is resistant to fire, otherwise the floor may burn through. For this, it is good to lay bricks and tiles on the floor.
The walls of the stove should not overheat much; for this, special drywall or other non-combustible material is used in the manufacture.
Fast flammable materials do not put near the firebox, they can catch fire.
take care about ventilation in the room where the potbelly stove will be located. Carbon monoxide should be released in a timely manner, and not accumulate inside the room.
use in production only high-quality, refractory material.

In the presence of panel, wood walls in the house install the oven at a distance of 1 meter from them.
Be sure to mount chimney preferably from one section.
When running a pipe through a wall install a brick thermal barrier. Do not use concrete for these purposes, it crumbles quickly.
for garage better fit the potbelly stove is being worked off, so do not rush to throw out car rims from the wheels.
Don't put the oven near flammable materials.
pipe section just above the roof, follow from non-combustible material, so the oven will cool down much more slowly.
Think well ventilation system, the room should not be burning.
Lay out the floor and walls near the structure with a brick, or facing material, the stove is fire hazardous The same applies to the chimney, the distance to the walls and ceiling must be at least 1.2 meters.
Install for safety metal guard around the device.
grate it is better to make it from cast-iron grates in a set, so it will be easier to pull them out of the furnace.
Install all parts of the chimney only at the top of the structure, they must withstand high temperatures over 300 degrees.
Work the seams after welding with a durable and high-quality sealant.
Do not brush the pipe, metal objects, the pipe walls can quickly leak.
Mounting the chimney, make a rain visor, rain moisture will not get inside the pipe.

In Russia, then the USSR, potbelly stoves were used where there was no centralized heating: in front-line dugouts and dugouts of the Great Patriotic War, in state institutions of the same time, in heating cars. See a photo of a potbelly stove made by yourself on the website.

Who are the authors of homemade products?

Many Russians are sure that this is only a simple Russian invention. And some are wrong. In the United States, the same homemade products have been used for centuries, being called "fat belly", in Japan - "darums".

The revival of the bourgeoisie took place in Russia in the second half of the 20th century due to the massive appearance of garages, garden plots, where they were the only means of heating thin-walled buildings.

After the improvement of these mini-ovens - and for cooking: a pot or pan was placed on a stove attached to the top.

Until they were replaced by a centralized supply of methane, gas-balloon stoves or wood-burning bricks. They also came in handy in the 90s of the crisis years due to interruptions in gas and other types of fuel. It's good that at least there was plenty of firewood.

What is attractive bourgeoisie?

Its main feature is the simplicity of the design. Even with many additions to it, the principle of operation of a metal stove remains the same: everything that is at hand burns and heats summer residents.

Although at the same time half of the thermal energy escapes through the direct-flow pipe. But no one writes off even a heating source that has rusted from time to time.

It is easy to make such a temporary stove in a day or two. But first draw up the drawings of the potbelly stove with your own hands. Much of what is stored in the closets of rural houses and dachas goes into action. These are milk and water metal (but not duralumin) cans, barrels from diesel fuel, vegetable oils, pipes, boxes, corners.

Nothing expensive, including a tool - in the villages every owner has it at hand. High-quality assembly using gas or electric welding.

But neighbors who have units will help with this. Welding machines provide greater reliability and rigidity of the assembly. How to make a potbelly stove with your own hands, step-by-step instruction below.

We make a potbelly stove from a steel can

Stock up on a hardened chisel, a hammer, a chimney, a piece of rod with a diameter of 0.6 - 1.0 cm. Prepare an electric drill with a drill one centimeter in diameter. If there is a grinder, you will speed up the assembly twice.

In one part of the cover, at the very bottom, drill 5 - 7 holes for future traction. Bend a long rod with a snake and with legs, at least four. These will be the grates when you insert them into the can.

Straighten the snake inside so that it lies horizontally and firmly just above the holes. Firewood will burn on this “grill”, and good air draft will go through the holes and with the help of a chimney. It will be the catalyst for combustion.

For the chimney, fit a piece of water pipe, even used, with a diameter of 7-8 inches. Near the bottom or on the very bottom, strictly perpendicular to the grate, cut through with a chisel or saw through a circle with a grinder.

Insert the pipe into it a few centimeters, and from the outside fix it tightly with a clamp on the bolts or weld it to the can. The can stove is designed for a horizontal position.

Weld legs to it and put it where the potbelly stove will heat the house, garage. This is a very flammable device, so place it on a metal sheet and at least half a meter from wooden structures.

The disadvantage of the stove: you can’t even heat the kettle on it - there’s nothing to put on. And yet it will be an effective potbelly stove with your own hands, and read about the improvements below.

barrel stove

She will correct the situation, and even cook borscht and fry cutlets on this potbelly stove. Not only an old barrel is suitable, but it is better if it is a decommissioned 50 liter gas cylinder.

His walls are thicker, they will heat up a little longer, but they will also hold more heat. This is the perfect sauna heater. And if you impose sea or river pebbles, other strong stones, then it will be easy to raise steam in the room.

It will stand upright. The blower will also have enough space, and a lot of firewood can be laid in the firebox above it. exhaust pipe you can make not a straight line, but with knees for a greater return of thermal energy in a steam room.

If a potbelly stove is needed for country house, then weld a metal platform on top, you will cook food and tea on it.

Preservation of heat in a potbelly stove

To do this, it is necessary to overlay two-thirds of its parts with refractory bricks, placing it on horizontal ribs, leaving Free access to the firebox and blower. It will be a heat shield that will keep the generated energy much longer. Holes must be drilled in bricks for better heat transfer.

The second option: a potbelly stove plus a water heater. Scald the gas cylinder from which the stove is made with sheet steel of at least three millimeters thick.

So that in the resulting container can hold at least 30 liters of water. Weld the water inlet and outlet pipes to it, connect the pipelines for heating the adjacent room. For better convection, connect a small circulation pump.

Propane stove

The ideal stove is a do-it-yourself gas stove. She doesn't need chimney because no smoke is released when the gas is burned. Its analogue is room gas stove with oven.

It’s not difficult to make - take ... a finished potbelly stove, insert a steel pipeline with a nozzle from the old one into it gas stove. Connect it to a standard gas hose with a reducer from a household gas cylinder.

There is no exact cost for a potbelly stove, you can navigate by cooker for 4 burners. The capacity of the cylinder (for 50 liters) with 21 kg of propane-butane is enough for 34 hours of operation of such a stove.

DIY potbelly stove photo

Few films about the war do not see a potbelly stove with flaming firewood, next to which the soldiers crowded and confer about something.

A simple shape in the form of a barrel, a knee brought out through the window and a couple of logs could quickly and efficiently heat even a large room. Why such a design was called a potbelly stove has remained in history, but even today this stove enjoys well-deserved popularity. Below we will analyze how to quickly make a potbelly stove with our own hands, show the most effective models, and also see photos and videos of the most successful stove models.

Advantages and disadvantages of using bourgeois

By analogy with any other heating devices, potbelly stoves also differ in certain pluses and minuses in work.

From positive properties the following can be noted:

use of an unlimited range of solid fuels - firewood, sawdust, coal, wood chips, briquettes, pellets, peat, etc. In some cases, even recycled engine oil is used as fuel;
the possibility of making a potbelly stove with your own hands (see drawings below) practically from improvised materials;
the compact size of the oven, which allows it to be placed even in a small room;
there is no need to install a chimney, foundation and platform.

The negative features include:

the need to protect against falling out of the furnace of combustion objects - coals, sparks, etc.;
strong and rapid heating of the oven walls, which increases the risk of injury to others;
high fuel consumption - it is rational to use such a furnace only for short-term heating.

Varieties of furnace designs

Structurally, a potbelly stove is a rectangular or oval container equipped with a firebox with a door, an ash pan and a knee for smoke removal (similar to a chimney).

The preferred material is stainless steel or cast iron. Cast iron accepts any type of fuel, but at the same time it is fragile - a sharp cooling of the potbelly stove body is prohibited.

AT industrial scale potbelly stoves are divided into the following categories:

oven with hob;
pyrolysis;
equipped with a casing that increases heat transfer.

The main feature of the potbelly stove is that in most cases it is made in a handicraft way, using metal boxes, cans and other suitable containers for this. Next, we will tell and show how to make potbelly stoves with your own hands - drawings, photos, videos

Furnaces are divided into the following categories:

production material - cast iron, steel, brick;
functionality - with a hob, air heaters and gas generators;
type of fuel - solid and liquid.

classic oven

A sheet metal stove is a traditional option that fully reveals the characteristics of a potbelly stove.

Manufacturing process

Necessary materials:

metal sheet 4 mm;
fittings with a diameter of 10-15 mm for the grate;
corners;
pipe (diameter according to the scheme);
Bulgarian;
welding.

Video 1 An example of making a beautiful potbelly stove with your own hands

Cut out all the details of the body according to the drawing with a grinder from a sheet of metal

On the back and side walls, weld the corners with hot welding, on which you will then lay the grate and another sheet (in the drawing), which will have to hold the bricks.

Properly made grate will help increase the burn time of firewood. If it is not a solid steel sheet, but a type-setting grate made of reinforcement (up to 15 cm in diameter), the smoldering fuel itself will suck required air, due to burnout will be more complete and long-term.

Next, cut out 2 doors (for the firebox and ash pan) and put them on the hinges. On the upper part, cut a hole for the pipe, to which you weld a sleeve 200 mm high. After that, you weld or put on a pipe to the sleeve, the bending angle of which is 450.

The technology of the most efficient potbelly stove was presented by V. Loginov. A metal sheet is used as a material, grates are reinforcement, hot welding is used to connect parts, and pneumoscissors or a grinder are used for cutting.

To increase heat transfer, it is necessary to provide a certain resistance coefficient of the chimney.

How to determine the diameter of the chimney

Calculate the volume of the combustion chamber (liter) in relation to the diameter of the pipe (mm) in a ratio of 1:2.7. For example, if the volume of the furnace is for furnace gas, a resistance must be created. From thermotechnical calculations, the volume of the combustion chamber in liters should be 2.7 times less in numerical terms than the diameter of the pipe in millimeters. For example, if the volume of the furnace is 70 liters, then the diameter of the pipe will be 182 mm.

Potbelly stove from a milk can

The second most popular material for making potbelly stoves after a metal sheet is a milk can. This is easily explained, since the airtight case is almost ready, and everything else can be done by hand in just a couple of hours.

Manufacturing process

Punch with a chisel or cut a crescent-shaped slit under the neck. This future blew
At the bottom of the can, cut a hole for the pipe, where the sleeve will be inserted and the chimney will be put on.
The grate in such a potbelly stove is best made serpentine or type-setting from reinforcement, but at the same time it is necessary to carefully insert it into the can so that no additional holes are needed to be cut.
Dimensions potbelly stove from a can - in the drawing. Already finished structure should be put on legs or make a brick base.

The longer the chimney, the lower the heat loss.

Potbelly stove from a gas cylinder

An excellent material is a gas cylinder, which also fully ensures the tightness of the structure and its safe use.

Materials and tools:

spent gas cylinder;
metal sheet 4 mm;
pipe (diameter see above);
fittings for a set of gratings;
corners;
furnace door;
Bulgarian
welding.

To begin with, knock down the upper rim with a crane and cut a crescent-shaped hole under the blower on the bottom of the cylinder
Weld a pipe to the bottom of the cylinder, where the sleeve will be inserted and the chimney will be put on.
It is better to make a grate in such a potbelly stove made of fittings, in this case there will be a natural tightening of air and the fuel will burn out almost completely.
The dimensions of the potbelly stove from the cylinder are in the photo. The finished structure should be put on legs or made of bricks.

Video 2 An example of making a potbelly stove from a gas cylinder at home

The potbelly stove has gone through a variety of times and has proved that it is the most reliable and in a simple way heating small spaces. Despite the relative simplicity of the design, in its manufacture it is necessary to observe certain proportions in order to increase the burning time of the bookmark and, accordingly, the efficiency of the furnace.

Photos of the most effective bourgeois women according to readers

Photo 11 Oven type "Bubafonya"

Photo 12 Potbelly stove that works

A compact stove for heating a small room, commonly called simply a potbelly stove, will soon celebrate its 100th anniversary. Having appeared in the 1920s, such metal stoves with a chimney became simply irreplaceable during the Great Patriotic War. The potbelly stove does not give up its positions to this day, remaining a necessary attribute of a garage, greenhouse or country house. Such a stove is needed wherever people need to warm up and cook food, despite the lack of central heating.

The potbelly stove has its advantages and disadvantages. The undoubted advantages of such a heating device include:

energy independence and autonomy;
cheap fuel in the form of coal, firewood, sawdust, wood chips, peat, used technical oil, diesel fuel, paint waste, etc.;
fast heating;
small dimensions;
installation without a foundation;
capital is not needed;
ease of operation;
low financial costs in the case of making a stove with your own hands.

However, the stove-potbelly stove also has disadvantages:

good ventilation is required in the room;
high fuel consumption;
the need for constant monitoring of the fuel level;
quick cooling (however, we will fix this drawback - to increase the efficiency, the stove can be overlaid with bricks).

Note: If you feel the need for such an apparatus, then you have two options - buy an industrial-made metal stove or make it yourself.

First, we’ll talk about purchased stove stoves, the cost of which starts at about 4,000 rubles (for example, the Ugolek stove) and rises to 40,000 rubles and more (this cost is typical for stove stoves with beautiful names “Bavaria”, “Baron” and etc.).

With heat exchanger

In the middle of this price range, for example, potbelly stoves with a water heating circuit and a heat exchanger, an army cast-iron stove, a long-burning potbelly stove of the Klondike type fall into the middle of this price range.

The material for stoves and fireplaces made in workshops is usually stainless steel and cast iron. The standard drawing assumes the presence of a bunker with a firebox door, an ash pan, a chimney pipe. However, it happens that a potbelly stove is equipped with a hob, burners and even an oven. The enterprises also make heater stoves, as well as potbelly stoves, in which, to increase the efficiency, a ceramic or steel casing is installed, which significantly increases heat transfer. If you wish, you can buy a stove-stove stove or just a stove with a gas generator for your home.

Potbelly stove-homemade

Making a potbelly stove with your own hands is easy even without a drawing. Improvised materials are suitable for work, whether it be a gas cylinder, a milk can, a barrel, a piece of pipe, or sheet iron lying around in the garage. Having decided what can be put into action, choose for a potbelly stove with your own hands a drawing of a rectangular or round section combustion chambers.

For example, you need to do the heating yourself in country house and you have an unused milk can (for arranging the stove itself), a bent piece of pipe (for creating a chimney) and a piece of metal reinforcement with a diameter of at least 6 mm (for a grate). To make a stove out of all this, it is enough to be friends with the tools, as well as apply a little ingenuity.

The can is installed on its side - this is the basis of our do-it-yourself potbelly stove, its combustion chamber. A rectangular blower is sawn under the neck, the edges are processed with a file. The blower can be left in this form, or you can attach a damper to it, getting a stove with adjustable draft at the exit.

In the upper part of the bottom of the can, you yourself need to make markings for the chimney (it should be 2-3 mm smaller than the diameter of the pipe). We cut a hole and tightly drive a piece of pipe adapted for the chimney into it. Half of the work is done.

Next, we deal with the insides of the potbelly stove. With our own hands we make a grate in the form of a “snake” from a metal rod. We introduce the rod into the neck of the can and position it so that the grate stands horizontally in the future combustion chamber. That's all! If desired, you can put the resulting stove on an iron pallet and a rack of bricks. This will help to avoid heating the floor, as well as minimize the likelihood of a fire.

Note that a similar algorithm of actions can also be applied if you want to have a potbelly stove from a barrel. long burning such stoves cannot boast, but they cope well with the function of quickly heating the room.

The second life of a gas cylinder

It's a good idea for a small oven to reuse containers that can handle a lot of heat. We have already talked about barrels, but how do you like, for example, a potbelly stove from a gas cylinder or even two? These containers are good because they allow you to make a stove for a country house or garage, both vertically and horizontally.

To create such a potbelly stove, you will need the following tools:

welding machine;
grinding machine with circles;
drill with drills;
brush with metal bristles;
tape measure and construction pencil for marking;
hammer, chisel, pliers.

Materials for making a stove with your own hands need the following:

1 or 2 gas cylinders;
Metal sheet for the ash pan and hob (thickness must be at least 3 mm);
cast iron doors (old ones are suitable, for example, from wood stove, or handmade from sheet metal);
chimney pipe;
thick metal fittings for the manufacture of legs and grate.

Before starting work in a gas cylinder, open the valve and leave it in this state for at least 12 hours so that the container is ventilated. Another way to clean the cylinder is to fill it to the top with water, and then empty it completely.

For a vertical potbelly stove, the gas cylinder is placed in a standard position for it, the neck is released and markings are made for the future firebox and blower. The marked pieces are cut out with a grinder. A grate is made separately - for this, reinforcement cut to the required dimensions is welded in the places marked from the bottom of the cylinder.

Hinges are welded to the cylinder, on which the doors are hung. Further, hecks are equipped, which are designed to secure and increase the efficiency of the potbelly stove. A smoke exhaust pipe is welded on top or side of the cylinder.

For a horizontal potbelly stove, the cylinder is installed on the "legs" sideways. A square hole is cut out in it for the door and a round one for the chimney pipe. Instead of a grate, a series of holes are drilled at the bottom, and a rectangular container is welded below the cylinder to collect the ash. The stove is almost ready, it remains to hang the door with your own hands and install a chimney.

If desired, the complete set of vertical and horizontal stoves from gas cylinders can be expanded by hob made from a sheet of metal attached to the top.

Free fuel

Note: If you want to minimize the cost of fuel for a potbelly stove, consider manufacturing homemade design for heating on automobile oil drained from the car.

A working potbelly stove is especially good for garage owners. The drawing of its design includes two tanks connected by a pipe, as well as a chimney.

To create a furnace for mining, you will need the following materials:

Metal 4 mm thick for a potbelly stove.
6mm thick metal for top tank lid.
Metal rods for the legs of the stove (3-4 pieces of suitable thickness).
A pipe made of heat-resistant material for connecting tanks (diameter at least 100 mm, length approx. 400 mm).
Chimney pipe (length not less than 4 m).

Work on the formation of a potbelly stove for working out is carried out in the following order:

Legs are welded to the lower tank.
A lid with holes made for oil and air is welded onto this tank from above.
At least 50 holes with a diameter of 9 mm are made on the connecting tube.
Weld the tube to the lid of the lower tank.
A second tank with a filler neck and a chimney pipe is welded on top.

It is easy to use such a potbelly stove. Oil is poured into the cold machine through the filler neck almost to the top, not reaching the reservoir cap of just a few centimeters. Kindling material in the form of rags or newsprint is also laid there. It remains to set it on fire, and soon you will enjoy the warmth.

As a rule, such stoves "use" from 700 to 2000 ml of used oil per hour. Potbelly stoves at working out allow you to boil water and cook simple food. However, their operation requires the mandatory presence of good ventilation in the room to remove carbon monoxide, as well as compliance with fire safety rules (you can not place combustible materials near the stove, use flammable materials such as gasoline, acetone, etc.). The waste tank must be protected from water ingress. Refueling with oil is carried out only after the stove has completely cooled down.

Sheet metal

How to make a potbelly stove out of metal? This project can be implemented by yourself if you have welding experience, as well as essential tool. From the materials you will need the following:

sheet metal (its quantity determines the size of the stove);
steel corners 5 mm thick;
metal tube about 30 cm long;
pipe with a diameter of 180 mm.

To get a potbelly stove, you need to weld a rectangle of metal sheets butted together (without a lid yet). On one side, place a blower and a furnace door. The internal space of the stove is divided into a smoke circulation, a firebox and an ash pan.

In the last two compartments, a grate is installed that will hold solid fuel. To do this, steel corners are welded inside the potbelly stove on the sides at a height of up to 15 cm. A grid welded in advance is laid on them (it can be made of steel strips welded to thick metal bars at a distance of about 5 cm). It is better to make the grate removable, so that later, when it burns out, it would be possible to replace it without any problems. In addition, the removable grate design makes it easy to clean the heater.

Let's return to the construction of the stove. For the sake of increasing the efficiency of the potbelly stove, you can make fasteners for a removable reflector (a metal sheet with a thickness of at least 12 mm), which will separate the furnace and smoke. To do this, two metal rods are welded on top. After installing the reflector, you should get a channel for smoke.

Having equipped the inside of the potbelly stove, you can weld the top metal sheet, which will become the cover of the structure. A hole is made in advance in it for fixing the chimney pipe. Further, jumpers are equipped in the stove, delimiting the doors made for the ash pan, reflector and grate. As a rule, a small door is equipped under the ash pan, but two steel doors are made to the full width of the stove, so that it is convenient to get the reflector and grate.

The next step is to weld latches and legs to the structure (metal tubes with a diameter of up to 3 cm and a length of 10 cm are suitable for them), as well as chimney pipes from a curved pipe with a diameter of about 18 cm (note that the chimney is placed on a 20 cm sleeve ). The sheet metal potbelly stove is ready.

warm brick

A potbelly stove on wood, coal and other types of fuel can significantly increase its efficiency. To do this, it is enough to build a screen of baked clay bricks around it with your own hands. If you look closely at the drawings of such a mini-building, you can see that the bricks are laid at a small distance from the walls of the stove (about 10-15 cm), and if desired, around the chimney.

Bricks need a foundation. Do you want the masonry to last a long time? Then pour the base at a time to form a monolith. The material for the foundation is better to take concrete, which should be reinforced with steel reinforcement with your own hands. It is desirable to make a reinforcement layer at a distance of approximately 5 cm from the surface of the concrete pad.

Down and up brickwork make holes for ventilation, which will ensure the movement of air (heated masses will go up, cold air flows from below). Ventilation also prolongs the life of the metal walls of the potbelly stove, postponing the moment of their burnout due to cooling by circulating air.

Bricks laid out around the stove accumulate heat, and then give it away for a long time, warming the air in the room even after the potbelly stove goes out. In addition, brickwork additionally protects objects surrounding the stove from fire.

If desired, the stove can be completely laid out of brick. Such a structure is beneficial in that it will last for many years without additional effort on the part of the owner. However, there are also certain disadvantages. The disadvantages of this option include the following:

the process of laying out such a stove is quite laborious and is suitable only for those people who have experience in masonry with their own hands;
a brick potbelly stove is quite expensive, as it requires the use of refractory materials, including special clay for mortar.

In order to get a small stove on wood, it is enough to lay out a cone measuring 2 by 2.5 bricks, 9 bricks high. In the combustion chamber, 2-4 rows are laid out from fireclay bricks. Ordinary clay baked brick is suitable for a chimney, into which you must remember to insert a stainless steel sleeve.

Whatever the method of making a miniature stove or a potbelly stove with your own hands, whether you make them according to a drawing or by eye, the main thing is that at the end you get an effective heater, and in the extended configuration also hob for cooking food. Look around for suitable materials(barrels, sheet iron, etc.) and forward to your own home-made stove or even a stove-fireplace!

The potbelly stove has always helped out in emergency situations and has been a reliable assistant to summer residents, motorists with a garage, as well as owners of small private houses.

Today, it often takes on a new look, developed by interior designers, so it fits well into the halls of elite mansions. Is it possible to make this useful, and sometimes simply necessary, heating device with your own hands if you do not have enough experience in welding and cutting metal?

Of course, yes, and yes again, in order to cook a potbelly stove, you just need to understand general principles welding of metals, even if you get a crooked seam - it can always be cleaned with a grinder, look at the photo below, which furnace was welded by a beginner, who held the welding machine only twice in his life:

Tools required for the job

For the manufacture of any metal structures, a certain set of tools is required, which include:

Welding machine, at least 200A and electrodes, protective mask and suit for welding;
Bulgarian (grinder), cutting and grinding wheels for metal. Some curly parts can only be cut with a gas cutter.
Skimmer(a hammer);
Metal brush;
Ordinary hammer, chisel, pliers;
Roulette, folding rule and chalk for marks;
Drill and drill bits for metal.

Types of homemade bourgeois

For different rooms, you can choose your own type of potbelly stove, which is more suitable for technical specifications and by appearance. They are made from metal tanks, pipes of medium diameters, barrels, gas cylinders and sheets with a thickness of at least 3-5 mm.

For heating in the garage, any of the options for a potbelly stove is suitable, but for use in a residential area, it is better to refuse some models.

Therefore, you need to consider the most popular options for potbelly stoves in order to find out which one to choose and make yourself.

Potbelly stove at work - simple and cheap

This is exactly the option that is not very suitable for use in rooms where people live. The explanation is simple - when burning, oil mining emits a specific smell, even if a good hood is arranged.

Sheet metal is required for the manufacture 4-5 mm thick, from which all the necessary details will be cut. A pipe is also needed for the manufacture of some elements of a potbelly stove and a chimney.

In the diagram below, all the dimensions of the parts need to prepare.

On a metal sheet, an accurate marking of all elements is made and cut out with a grinder. All edges of the parts are carefully cleaned.
Round holes are drilled in the prepared pipe of the required height. It will connect the upper and lower containers of the potbelly stove.
In the upper plane of the upper tank, in the place indicated according to the scheme, a hole of the required diameter is cut. It is off center to left side and will be intended for the chimney pipe. On the bottom wall, the hole is offset to right side circle, and it will include a connecting pipe.
Two circles are welded to a piece of pipe, which will determine the thickness of the upper tank.
Do the same for the bottom of the oven. Only a hole for the pipe to enter is cut in the center of the circle. In addition, another one is cut out, which will serve as a neck for filling the furnace. A sliding cover is attached to it.
Three or four legs are welded onto the lower solid plane.
For rigidity, the upper tank is connected to the lower metal brackets.
In order for the stove to be beautiful and not rust, all welds are well cleaned, and then all surfaces are painted with protective heat-resistant paint.
The last step in the work is connecting the furnace to the chimney.

Such a furnace works as follows: mining is poured into the lower tank, then with the help of a torch or rolled paper, it is ignited through the hole. The sliding cover on the hole is closed after the mining inside the tank lights up. Oxygen entering through the holes in the pipe that connects the two tanks contributes to intense combustion. Hot air passing through the top of the stove heats it up to a high temperature, so you can easily heat a kettle on its surface. Since there is always spent fuel in the garage, there will never be problems for refueling the potbelly stove.

Potbelly stove from an old barrel or pipe

This stove can be made from an ordinary metal barrel or a pipe of a certain diameter. It is quite suitable for installation in a residential area of a summer residence, and with a beautiful, neat design, it can also be suitable for a residential building.

At the desired level of the future furnace, two rectangular holes are marked and cut out, which will be the entrances to the furnace and ash pan.
The cut parts are useful for making doors. They are framed with metal strips, bringing them to the desired size, and a special handle with a latch is installed.
About ten centimeters below the firebox door, inside the barrel or pipe, corner brackets are welded on which the grate will be laid.
The grate can be independently welded from reinforcement.
If the stove is made of a pipe, its bottom and upper part are welded.
Legs are welded to the bottom bottom part.
A hole for the chimney is cut out in the top panel, and a pipe is welded into it.
Then the doors are installed on the fixed hinges. According to their location, a hook for the lock is marked and fixed.
In order for the oven to have an aesthetic appearance, all welding seams must be carefully cleaned. If then the oven is covered with heat-resistant paint, then it will be impossible to distinguish it from the factory product.
Then, when the stove is completely ready, it is connected to the chimney brought out into the street.

Generally , good option potbelly stoves, if there is enough space for it in the room, since this model will take up a fairly large area. It should be noted that the top panel of the potbelly stove is large enough, and you can safely install a kettle or, for example, a frying pan on it.

Potbelly stove from a bad gas cylinder

The gas cylinder has an almost ready-made shape for a good potbelly stove.

The top of the cylinder with a tap is cut off, and a plug is subsequently welded to this place.
A square hole is cut in its bottom part, which will serve as the entrance to the furnace. The cut part should also not be thrown away. It is scalded, and thus the canvas for the door will be ready.
A handle lock is attached to it, and the door is installed on welded hinges.
Holes are made on the wall of the cylinder, which will be the bottom of the future stove - they themselves will play the role of a grate.
Under them, a box made of thinner metal is fixed by welding. It will be an ash pan, for dumping waste from burnt firewood, which at the same time plays the role of a blower. It is also necessary to fix the door to the ash pan.
After that, the legs are welded - they can be made from a metal corner or pipes.
A round hole is cut in the upper back of the potbelly stove, a chimney pipe is welded into it.
If necessary, you can also arrange a hob on top. To do this, it is enough to weld a frame of steel reinforcement on the top of the cylinder. On such a hob, it is quite possible to place two items - for example, for cooking and heating water.

A potbelly stove from a gas cylinder is perfect for both a garage space and a room in a country house.

One of the home masters shares his experience on how to make a potbelly stove with his own hands from a cylinder with its vertical arrangement:

Video tutorial on building a potbelly stove from a gas cylinder

Potbelly stove made of rectangular sheet steel

This is perhaps the most optimal, an aesthetic, compact version of all the bourgeois stoves proposed above. It is best suited for heating residential premises. The design of this stove is clearly visible in the two diagrams presented.

Compact, easy to perform "Gnome"

The first of them shows the oven "Gnome". It has a simple structure: two chambers - a firebox and an ash pan, a chimney pipe and legs.

The second diagram shows a more complex internal design of the potbelly stove, which will help it retain heat for a longer period. This potbelly stove is worth considering.

To make this stove, you will need sheet metal, at least 3 mm thick, a 5 × 5 cm corner, a chimney pipe, and a cover for the burner.
On metal sheets, markings are made and all the necessary details are drawn: the walls of the furnace, the bottom of the potbelly stove, the hob; grate, two internal metal plates that direct the flow of burnt gases, afterburn them, and delay the rapid release of heat.
Two rectangular holes are cut in the front wall of the furnace for the firebox and the blower. Here, doors with locks and heck for them will subsequently be fixed on the hinges.
A neat opening for the burner is cut out in the upper plane (depending on the size of the purchased part), as well as a hole for the chimney.
Legs are attached to the bottom, bottom part.
The side panels mark the place where the grate will be placed. Corners are welded to these places, they will become brackets for the grate.
In order to make a grate, you can drill in a sheet of metal a large number of round holes, or weld a lattice of reinforcement.
In the upper part of the potbelly stove, at a distance of 16 cm from the hob, a plate is welded, having a length of 8 cm less than the depth of the potbelly stove, i.e. it should not reach the rear wall of the furnace body by 8 cm.
The same plate is welded to back wall, above the first plate by 8 cm, it should not reach the front panel also by 8 cm. Thus, after mounting all the parts, a labyrinthine corridor through which hot air, heating these plates, and not allowing the heat to immediately go into the pipe.
Next, you need to mount together all the details of the potbelly stove by welding. All joints of parts are necessarily reinforced with a metal corner.
Lastly, the chimney pipe is welded, and all welds are cleaned.
To give the potbelly stove a spectacular look, it is painted with heat-resistant paint.

Rules for the safe installation of a potbelly stove

In order for home-made to bring only comfort and warmth to the house, and not create problems, it is necessary to follow safety rules.

The stove is installed on a fire-resistant surface. It can be arranged from tiles or in the form of brickwork. The walls around the stove also need to be protected from overheating. This can be done with fire-resistant special drywall or other non-combustible material.
Flammable materials must not be placed near the firebox.
The room where the oven will be located must have a good ventilation system. This is important in order to exclude the possibility of accumulation of carbon monoxide in the room.
For the manufacture of any potbelly stove, it is necessary to use only high-quality material.

The potbelly stove will serve both effectively and for a long time, it will be a good helper in household chores and will warm you on winter evenings. The main thing is to think over the model well, make it carefully, and observe all the requirements for safe handling during operation.