Buying a portable (portable) stove for a bath or a summer residence requires a lot of financial investment. At the same time, the task of such heating devices is not so great as to spend money on a factory-made product. It is much easier and cheaper to make your own oven from discs. Old car rims can be purchased at a reasonable price in metal receptions. For work, skills in working with a welding machine and a grinder are welcome.
Why is a car rim oven good
A stove made of car disks is advantageous in that all the necessary materials are easy to find and they are inexpensive. An additional advantage is that car rims are made from steel alloys of a large thickness, they are not susceptible to corrosion and deformation under the influence of high temperatures.
A stove made of rims is capable of operating on any solid fuel, even coal. Thick metal efficiently accumulates heat, despite the fact that steel is inferior to cast iron in terms of inertness.
The discs of cars are characterized by a special design - the end part with holes. This can be advantageously used to organize a grate burner.
The main advantages of disc ovens:
- versatility of fuel use;
- low cost of materials of manufacture;
- ease of manufacture and installation;
- high reliability and durability;
- long service life;
- advantageous configuration of a single element.
Before proceeding with manufacturing, it is important to familiarize yourself with the stages of production and the preparation of working equipment.
Installation materials and tools
To make a stove for a bath from discs, you need to prepare the following set of tools:
- 4-6 steel channels;
- gas cutter or grinder with circles for metal;
- electrodes and welding machine;
- protective devices: leggings, goggles;
- door hangers;
- iron sheet 8 mm thick;
- 2 cuts 160 mm in diameter, 5 mm thick, pipe length 50 cm.
To erect the body, you will need 4 disks designed for a truck, for example, KAMAZ. The diameter of such a stove will be 0.5 m with a wall thickness of 1 cm.
Fire safety rules for equipping a stove from wheel disks
If a person has decided to make a stove on his own, he should familiarize himself with the set of rules for fire safety. This will prevent accidents in the future.
The disc stove heats with infrared heat during operation. Therefore, you need to take care of shielding, otherwise the infrared fluxes will not be converted into heat, the efficiency from such heating will be low. For this, the body is surrounded by a steel casing, which is mounted in such a way that the furnace body is at a distance of 10 cm from the floor and the casing.
When operating home-made heating equipment, it is important to observe the following safety rules:
- A steel sheet or reinforced concrete slab must be laid on the floor. This is done in such a way that the coating is larger than the diameter of the structure. This simple procedure will help prevent coals from falling on the floor, which could cause a fire.
- The chimney and metal stove must not come into contact with flammable materials.For safety, it is additionally recommended to use insulating pads.
- It is strongly discouraged to use liquid igniters when lighting up, as this may cause the fire to burst out of the firebox opening.
- At the stage of manufacturing heating equipment, it is important to ensure that the combustion part of the structure goes to the dressing room.
The following rule is optional, but it provides additional safety when using the stove: the organization of wooden hangers.
Stages of assembling a furnace from disks with your own hands
With the help of a grinder, you need to cut the core of car disks. You can leave it at the very top.
The next stage is welding of the furnace elements. For welding, you will need 5 mm electrodes.
The lower disc is securely welded to an iron sheet, the dimensions of which must exceed the dimensions of the disc. If the stove is to be used only outdoors, this condition is unnecessary.
If the structure is intended to heat rooms, a pipe is inserted into one of the existing holes on the upper disc, and the rest of the space is sealed with a sheet of iron. Further, all the disks must be welded together in such a way that there are no gaps and cracks between them, otherwise fire and smoke can penetrate the room.
Next, they begin to make a hole for the firebox, but this must be done at such a distance that there is room for the blower. Mostly it is made in the second disc from the bottom, and for the ash pan in the first. The sawed-off piece of metal does not need to be thrown away, it will be needed for the door.
A hole for the blower is made in the same way. For good traction, it is sufficient to maintain dimensions of approximately 30 x 15 cm.
For the grate, you need to find a grate that is suitable in size. If it was not possible to find one, you can use a sheet of metal in which holes will be previously made.
In conclusion, be sure to install the door. To do this, first weld on the loops on which it will hold. Next, the door is directly welded to the hinges. For convenient opening, it is recommended to equip the door with a handle. For this purpose, you can use any curly handle, bolt or drill for metal.
Homemade stoves are an effective analogue of industrial heating equipment. However, if improperly installed or used, the instrument can be unsafe.
I have a brazier made of discs from 105 Volga, it is a pity that I do not know how to upload a photo, otherwise it would have shown in short there is nothing complicated, the main thing is that the metal keeps the thick heat for a long time.
The stove is not of high quality over the chimney, all the soot will be deposited on the dishes, this is tantamount to a pot on a fire. If this is a stove, then it must live up to its name and this is a parody