Monday, February 23, 2015

Old propane tank / wood heater

      If you have ever wanted a small wood heater and haven't wanted to spend a lot a lot . Or you have a small space and most store bought wood heaters are to big try making one out of a 20 lb old propane tank. We made one this weekend for my son . It cost 15$ and required no welding.
  


     Both of these are web pictures but the bottom one is identical to what we built . We bolted the door and vent on and used an old grill grate inside .This is going in a 27 Ft. trailer so it should heat it up nice.
     You could build a heater like this from any 20 ,30 ,40 lb. or larger empty propane tank do a web search lots of ideas available .
      Here is my BBQ smoker its nothing but a 200 gallon oxygen or propane tank .


    All we needed to make our heater was a sawzall and drill .A large hinge and exhaust flange and bolts and nuts.

     I have an old air tank that I think will make a nice medium /small wood heater just to keep in the shed just in case . I may make it a little more elaborate with a cooking plate and a small oven mounted on top.I have to admit I am now hooked on fresh bread and want a way to bake in any event !

 
 

7 comments:

  1. Good idea for cheap heat and cooking. One of these is on my future projects list.

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    1. Mike we got the stack finished today and could not believe the heat it put out. 6 hours and 25 $ we are going to build 2 more .

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  2. If you get a chance take some pictures..

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  3. I really like that little Grover oven. Looks to be made of an old freon container. The stove it's sitting on appears to be made of a couple of them welded together. Found a link to their site that has some additional pictures: http://www.stockstorage.com/grover_oven.html

    Thanks for posting this!
    Dave (also in Bama)

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    1. Dave the grover is nice but its so easy to make these at such a low cost .I am going to make my next on with a 40 lb tank for a burner and a 20 lb tank on top for oven.

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    2. Agreed on easy to make and that's what I'm planning on doing. Just got to get together the funds for a cheap wire welder. Got a couple of stick welders but those tanks are a bit thin for stick. At least the way "I" tend to blob it on. :-)

      40 pound tank should heat up a pretty good sized area. We heat with a 55 gallon drum woodburner here. Keeps the place nice and toasty even with all the snow we had yesterday and last night.

      Dave

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    3. WE got 4 inches here, my sons place above Oneonta got 10. A stick would do this, use 5/32 rod 6012 I blob weld to.

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