Many craftsmen today make wood-burning stoves and boilers using thick-walled pipes. But sometimes such products become too expensive a pleasure, while several old discs from the car may be at hand. In doing so, you can make an oven that will be completely free. You just have to work on the design itself, using your own skill and ingenuity. Some masters even create such "works of art" that deserve attention.
Such designs are attractive not only for their performance, but also for the thickness of the metal. The body will not burn out soon enough, especially if you use a wheel from a truck. The latter are used for the manufacture of sauna stoves, since they differ in overall dimensions and impressive metal thickness. For a sauna stove, which quite often operates under heavy loads, this factor cannot be called unimportant. If you use the discs of a commercial or passenger car, then it will be possible to make a wood-burning heater for a garage or for a barbecue.
Instrument preparation
If you decide to make a hearth for a cauldron or an ordinary stove using car disks, then you need to take care of the availability of tools, among them you should highlight:
- welding machine;
- electric drill;
- chisel;
- sledgehammer;
- disks;
- paint brush;
- ruler;
- grinder;
- hacksaw for metal;
- hammer;
- file;
- pliers;
- roulette.
It is noteworthy that almost any of the models made on the basis of disks will be portable, which is very convenient, because this design can be used in a bathhouse or on the street. It is best to use steel diameters ranging from 40 to 50 cm. Their height can be 25 cm. The hearth for a cauldron, like a bath stove, cannot be made of aluminum discs, as well as those made on the basis of aluminum alloys.
Making a furnace in the form of a heat generator
If you decide to make a stove from discs, then you can take Buleryan as a basis for the design. The original will cost quite a lot of money, but a handmade product will cost less. If you find three wheels from a GAZelle or UAZ, then you can assume that half of the work has already been done. Sheet metal and pipes will be needed, the diameters of the latter should be equal to the limit from 100 to 150 mm. Prepare a short nipple with a diameter of 76 mm.
When an oven is made from discs using this technology, the most difficult thing will be to cut out the inner part. at the same time, it is not very convenient to work, because the metal is quite thick. It is best to use it, however if it is not available, the first of the mentioned tools will do. With the help of a welding machine, the discs must be hermetically joined in such a way that a body is obtained. The back part must be covered with a metal sheet, to which the chimney pipe is welded. On this branch pipe, if desired, you can install a damper, it will allow you to adjust the draft. However, the presence of a damper is not necessary if the oven will have air regulation. To do this, a branch pipe with a damper with a spring-loaded axis must be built into the door located at the front. A plate is installed inside the firebox, which will divide the space into two parts. This technique will become clearer if you become familiar with Buleryan's construction. Above there will be a secondary chamber, where the chimney pipe is welded. When a furnace is made from Buleryan-based discs, the structure can have any diameter, orientation in space and length. Everything will depend on how many and how many.
Making a large stove for a bath
To carry out such work, ordinary disks from passenger cars will not be enough, since they have a small diameter. It is best to stock up on old rims from the ZIL-130 truck. They will be used in the amount of 4. The elements should be located one above the other, each will fulfill its role. The first product will act as a cap for the combustion chamber. The sauna stove will have a small brick firebox; it should be equipped with doors that should go into the dressing room. The heater will be the second rim, while the third will act as an additional heat exchanger. He will take the energy of the gas and transfer it inside the steam room. The last disc will be a water heating tank.
What you need to remember when making a sauna stove
When a sauna stove is made from discs with your own hands, the furnace part is usually made of red heat-resistant brick, which is laid on a clay solution. If the dimensions of the case are equal to 625x625 mm, then you will have to purchase about 60 bricks. When installing the second rim, it should be positioned with the hub down, only in this way it will be possible to place a sufficient number of stones in it. The lower end of the pipe segment is welded to the central hole of the hub, its length should be 50 cm.
The water lift plates must be secured on top of the rim. In disc number 4, a hole should be drilled for a pipe with a valve for filling the tank with hot water. The wheel where the water will be filled must be freed from the hub. From the bottom to the rim, a bottom made of steel sheet is welded, the thickness of which varies from 4 to 5 mm. A hole is made in the central part, to which the lower end of the second pipe is welded, while the hole should go inside the pipe and be sealed with walls.
For reference
When a stove is made from discs for a bath, you can do without a brick firebox. In this case, it is equipped inside the first rim. However, it will be necessary to heat the bath from the steam room, in addition, tight-fitting doors in the body will be much more difficult to make.
Features of the location of the rims
The wood burning in the firebox will give off its heat through the walls of the first rim, in which the bottom is cut. It is welded to the second disc, where the bottom is in place, so it becomes possible to fill it with stones. A pipe runs inside, through which combustion products will go. The pipe should go inside the third rim, where instead of the bottom there is a gas divider. It is made of sheet metal. The last stage of gas cooling takes place inside the last rim, which looks like a tank with a tap and a lid. As a result, the furnace works no worse than the factory models, and in terms of durability it turns out to be even better than any of them.
and shish kebab
The stove under the cauldron can also be used as a barbecue. This device can be made with just two disks from the wheels of a car. If you need a larger design, then there are no restrictions here, you can use wheels from GAZ-53 and UAZ. In one of them, the bottom is cut, and after the rim, they are welded together. The unit must be installed securely on any surface; for this, the legs are fixed to the lower section using a welding machine. The holes for the hub must be plugged, while the side holes are left, through them air will penetrate into the firebox. In order to carry the case it was convenient, handles should be welded to it from the outside, and an opening should be made in the side part for installing the door. The latter should be made from a piece that sits on the hinges. We can assume that the oven from the discs is ready for this. As practice shows, a cauldron can fit on it, and, if necessary, five skewers with meat.
Note
After you have completed the oven under the cauldron, you should not throw out the bottom of the upper disc, it can become a stand for pots, pans for a kettle. This element will fit perfectly into the exterior of your site.
In addition, it can be noted that a chimney pipe is installed on the other side of the door, while a diameter ranging from 50 to 70 mm will be sufficient. The tile can be slightly altered, because ash will spill through the lower holes when working, which is not always good. The holes must be plugged, and the air flow can be adjusted using the firebox door.
A homemade stove made of discs at the top should have an iron bottom. The thickness of the steel plate should be 8 mm. This container will be used to heat water. The volume of this boiler will be approximately 95 liters, but this volume will heat up quickly enough, because a chimney passes through it, which will also heat up. In order for the boiler with water to be conveniently used, a tap must be included in its design. The chimney is fixed from above, a lid is attached to it. At the final stage of the construction and installation of structures, the pipe should be brought out through the ceiling and roof. It is necessary to insulate the structure from wooden materials and other flammable objects.
The issue of tightness
When a furnace is made from KamAZ disks or any other car brands, it is important to weld the joints of the structure as reliably as possible. This is due to the fact that during the operation of the device, smoke will penetrate through the cracks and enter the bath. It is neither pleasant nor safe. Much attention must be paid to the joints. After a certain period of use of the stove, cracks can form on it from exposure to high temperatures, but they can be easily eliminated by treating with clay, and also sprinkling dry sand on top. This will allow to detect new cracks in time.
Before starting to operate a stove made of car rims, it is necessary to treat it with paint that is resistant to high temperature fluctuations. It is important to pay special attention to the upper part of the structure, because it is there that the evaporation of liquid occurs. In this case, the metal loses its quality characteristics and corrodes. The chimney pipe is best supplemented with a stainless steel sheet. Hot water will negatively affect any structure. For fixing, you can prepare a clamp, which you can do yourself or purchase from a store.
Fire safety rules
When a stove is made from discs for a cauldron or a stove for a bath, it is important to observe fire safety rules. There should be no wooden covering at the bottom, it is important to install the structure on a fireproof surface. In front of the room with the firebox, a fire-resistant shield should be installed, which looks like a layer of iron with dimensions of 20x30 cm.The width should be slightly larger than the door itself. Additional insulation should be installed along the bottom perimeter. And the gap between the insulation and the stove is usually covered with dry sand, which is placed on top with stones. In this case, the stove from rims will work without becoming a source of hazardous situations.
Oven made of discs- a worthy alternative to brick or stone construction. The product is not difficult to make, but it turns out to be quite original in appearance. Such a stove made of KAMAZ or Zilov disks can easily provide heating for a room with a total area of 15-16 square meters. That is why it is proposed to create a similar product for heating a garage or bath. And also the finished oven can be used as an effective cooking material.
Worth knowing! From the point of view of safety, in no case should you make mining furnaces, pyrolysis and long-burning structures from discs. If you omit this recommendation, there is a possibility that boiling oil or chemically aggressive substances will begin to flow through the crack in the seam.
Why are wheel rims perfect?
Why are wheel rims perfect? This is a relevant question for those who decided to make a stove with their own hands and came across information that it is made from car disks. Of course, it is allowed to use not only accessories for car wheels, but also other materials, for example, a metal barrel. But keep in mind that usually the material is very thin, which easily leads to the fact that the walls of the structure are burned through. You can also use a steel sheet, choosing the appropriate thickness. However, keep in mind that its price is quite high, and the created product will turn out at a price almost equal to the store price.
We can conclude that rims are the best option. Many drivers have such a "treasure" lying around in the garage, or you can take it from relatives and friends. As a result, it will be possible to make a liver for the cauldron without any problems. Disks for car wheels as a material for creating a furnace have many other advantages, namely:
- availability;
- material quality (sufficient steel thickness);
- durability of the finished structure due to the massiveness of the base;
- resistance to any mechanical damage, temperature extremes, high temperatures, including open fire;
- high heating rate of the steel from which the rim is made;
- different diameters of rims, which allows you to easily make the design of the required dimensions.
In this case, the finished structure can be used in different ways. It is suitable both for cooking, but also for kindling a bath complex or heating rooms with a small area (utility room and garage).
The furnace itself is good in that it is extremely easy to maintain, has a compact size, provides fast heating and excellent heat transfer. And you can also use any type of fuel at your discretion, for example, coal, wood or fuel pellets. It is worth considering that the design still has one significant drawback - the metal heats up during heating. And this, if used carelessly, can lead to injuries and burns.
Advice! You should not consider such a stove made of rims as a permanent heating device. This is due to its ability to cool quickly. This usually happens 1.5-2 hours after the last batch of fuel has burned out.
A huge advantage is the ability to make a homemade stove without any experience. You just need to prepare the required tools and materials. Which? Welding machine, grinder, rims.
Fire safety rules
It is very important to observe fire safety rules in the manufacture of the stove. This will prevent unpleasant situations and injuries. It is important to understand that a disc oven heats with infrared radiation. That is why it is recommended to perform shielding to convert the infrared stream into warm air. Shielding involves surrounding the furnace with a steel sheathing, which is installed so that a gap of 7-10 cm remains from the floor to the structure itself, as well as between the sheathing and the furnace.
So, it is important to observe the following safety rules during the operation of the structure:
- A steel sheet should be laid on the floor, or better - a reinforced concrete slab. This must be done so that such a coating extends beyond the contours of the structure by 60 or more centimeters in each direction. This will prevent the premises from catching fire if the coal accidentally hits the floor.
- It is important to exclude any contact of the chimney and metal stove with flammable materials. Additionally, you can use insulating gaskets.
- Before kindling the stove, be sure to make sure that there is a draft in the channels. In the absence, you should first warm up the chimney with a small amount of burnt wood, or by cleaning the ash pan and the passages themselves.
- It is highly discouraged to use liquid igniters, as this can lead to the release of fire from the firebox opening.
- When installing the stove in a bath, it is recommended to do this so that the combustion part of the structure goes directly to the dressing room. This arrangement has a huge number of advantages, including it is more convenient to heat it, smoke will not get into the steam room even in windy weather, the dressing room will also be heated.
Advice! If you want to make a stove in accordance with all the rules, you will additionally need wood hangers (large bolts and nuts are also suitable), iron sheet, pipe cuts, cement-sand mortar, clay, steel channels and refractory bricks. And the body for the structure can be made directly from the rims themselves.
Step-by-step instructions for creating a stove from discs
Step-by-step instructions for creating a furnace from discs will help you to make a structure without any problems. It is only important to decide on the purpose of using the ready-made device. In particular, if you are making an oven for heating or for cooking, then the design is quite simple. The base of such a stove can be refractory bricks or a section of an old radiator, on which a metal sheet is mounted (its thickness should be more than 5-8 mm).
The design itself must be done by adhering to the following steps:
- Prepare four KAMAZ discs. They must be made of steel, aluminum will not work.
- Using a grinder, cut out the central part of the three discs.
- Weld two discs together. In the lower disc, install a round plate that is the right size and cut from the sheet steel. If desired, this plate can be immediately welded to the metal base.
- Using a grinder, cut a small square hole on the side of the resulting workpiece. This piece should not be thrown away, a door will be made from it. The door can be mounted to the body with welded bolts and nuts. Additionally, you can attach a latch and a handle. It turns out a finished case, which will perform two functions at once - a blower (to increase traction, you will need to slightly open the door of the lower chamber) and an ash pan.
- Next, weld the two remaining discs together so that there is an uncored element at the bottom. Firewood will be stacked on it. On the side, you need to cut a hole in the same way as in the above step and install the door.
- A plate should be mounted at the top of the firebox, and a round hole should be cut out in it. A pipe will be installed in it.
- It remains to connect all parts of the case together. The pipe should be carefully lowered into the upper hole and welded so that the valve is at the top.
It is important to remember that the seams are the weakest point of the oven. That is why they need to be brewed with the utmost responsibility. If this is not done, then smoke will seep through the cracks and enter the room. And if you do everything in accordance with the recommendations, then the smoke will go into the chimney. D In addition, it is possible to cover cracks and seams with clay and sprinkle with dry sand, since during operation the seams tend to become thinner.
Advice! It is worth using the video with master classes, according to which it will not be difficult to create a stove from car disks with your own hands. Remember that rims of a truck, for example, KAMAZ or ZIL, are ideal.
Sauna stove from accessories for wheels
A stove for a bath from accessories for wheels has some differences from other stoves. In particular, it is necessary to organize a container for water in it. You will need two rims to create the upper chamber. They need to cut out the central mounting plates with a grinder. Only the headbands remain. It is important to understand that water will be heated in this tank, therefore it is important to achieve tightness. Both rims are stacked on top of each other and welded together.
From above, the finished tank must be closed with a movable flap or a metal lid. You can worry about safety and weld the product tightly, leaving a small sliding hole for pouring water. The only thing left to do is to make the bottom of the chamber, which requires a metal plate.
Next, you need to cut holes along the diameter of the chimney both in the upper and in the lower part of the tank. Then the pipe should be mounted and welded. Install the thin tube so that it is at the very bottom of the tank, sloping towards the floor. Close it with a tap. It will be used to drain the water.
It is important! At this stage, you should check the structure for leaks. To do this, the tank is filled with water and inspected for leaks. Pay particular attention to pipe slots and seams. If there is a leak, be sure to drain the water, dry the tank, and then fix the cracks by welding.
You can now start designing your heater. To do this, you need to take the two remaining rims and cut out the core from one of them. Both products are installed on top of each other and welded so that the hub of the whole disc is in the middle. It will serve as a kind of lathing. On top of the resulting container, you need to pour stones. The lower part of the structure will become the upper part of the firebox.
It is advisable to give preference to stones of a rounded shape, for example, diabase, peridotite, basalt, zhaladite, dunite or gabbro-diabase. However, such material is quite expensive. An alternative option is to look for stones near the reservoirs. Preference should be given to dark-colored rocks, which have a non-layered structure and are well hardened by the sun and moisture.
Worth knowing! The stones in the stove need to be replaced from time to time. This is due to the fact that the material tends to collapse under the influence of high temperatures. This causes the smoke to come out of the homemade stove with difficulty, which adversely affects the functioning.
Next, you need to organize a high-quality foundation. It must be not only durable, but also fireproof. Reinforced concrete screed, which is additionally lined with fire-resistant bricks on top, is excellent. You need to start creating the lower part of the future sauna stove only after the base dries out. At this time, you need to prepare red heat-resistant bricks (approximately 60 pieces for a structure with masonry 62x62 cm). Bricks should be laid in a square, fastened with clay diluted with water. It is imperative to leave a cavity for the blower, as well as a hole for the door. And on top of the masonry, you need to mount the grate.
It remains only to collect all the parts of the structure together. The metal part must be connected to the brick, and the firebox and the blower must be closed with manufactured doors. Next, weld the second piece of pipe to the central hole of the hub and sew it to the top of the chimney (we passed it through the water tank). Then you need to lay large or medium stones from below, and small stones on top of the heater.
In some cases, it becomes necessary to strengthen the structure. This will help metal channels, which need to be welded at a slight angle to the water tank and the heater. The pipe itself remains to be brought into the chimney, which must be lined with refractory bricks, and closed with a damper. The great advantage of such a homemade stove is that it is able to heat up a steam room of an average size in just one hour.
That's all, the sauna stove is ready for use. This is a potbelly stove with a pipe, which will significantly save money, because now there will be no need to buy a ready-made structure. You can also pay attention to the drawings, which will make it possible to make a larger-scale home-made furnace from used stamped discs.
Advice! The design always turns out to be standard, but you can add originality to it by decorating it beautifully. This will help the photos of those people who have already managed to make a stove from discs for a cauldron or for a bath. You can choose the most suitable option and implement it, or you can dream up and create your own masterpiece.
Do-it-yourself barbecue oven from car drives
A do-it-yourself barbecue oven from car drives will often allow you to cook in nature. By the way, such a structure can be called a marching one, since it has a small size and can be easily taken with you to the countryside, stowing it in the trunk of a car.
To create a structure you will need:
- welding machine;
- two rims;
- Bulgarian;
- bolts;
- nuts;
- profile pipe (1 meter);
- wire.
Now you can proceed directly to manufacturing. From the first disk, the mounting plate should be cut out with a grinder (you can also use a gas cutter). Further, both discs should be welded in a circle so that the partition of the disc is at the very bottom of the future barbecue.
Next, you need to start creating the door. It is needed so that you can add new fuel without removing food from the grill. In addition, keeping the fire going will seem like a simple task with the help of the door. First you need to choose a place for the door. It is recommended that it be 2-3 centimeters above the bottom. Next, you need to draw the future product on the side of the structure, cut it out with a grinder and grind the edges. On one side of the hole, you need to make hinges with bolts. It is necessary to weld the nuts to the door itself, and then hang it on the bolts. In conclusion, you need to make a handle that will ensure ease of use. It is simply welded on.
Now you need to start creating the legs. Their recommended length should be 60-80 centimeters. This will comply with safety regulations and it is also convenient for cooking. But the length of the legs can be changed at will. For manufacturing, you will need a profile pipe, which is cut into three equal parts and welded to the body of the product so that the homemade stove is level on the ground.
A brazier made of rims may have to be moved from place to place. For convenience, it is worth making handles. They are made of thick wire, the thickness of which is 8 mm or more. On the sides of the door (or higher), you need to weld the nuts, and pass the handles through them.
It is important! Unlike other designs of stoves made of wheel disks, a metal sheet does not need to be welded to the bottom of the barbecue. Its presence can lead to the fact that the cravings deteriorate. It is recommended to cover the bottom with a net or make an analogue of a net made of wires (something similar to a grate).
We can conclude that making an outdoor stove with your own hands is a feasible task for every person. To rule out any problems, it is enough to adhere to the algorithm and follow the recommendations exactly. The only difficulty may lie in the fact that there is no welding machine or there is simply no skills to work with it. But this problem can be easily solved by calling the master, who will complete the welding in half an hour. In skillful hands, wheel disks will definitely not lie around idle. You can additionally paint them to make the finished oven look spectacular and extraordinary. You need to use only those paints that are resistant to high temperatures.
In any metal furnace, the weakest points are the welds. It is with them that the destruction of the metal usually begins, and at high temperatures, typical for the modes of bath stoves, this happens very soon. The solution was found a long time ago - the use of pipes or cylinders. Minimum seams. Cylinders are also good because they are almost a ready-made container for a firebox or heater. It remains only to cut holes for the doors, weld on the missing elements ... How to make a stove for a bath from a cylinder, drawings and explanations - further.
For a small steam room with a volume of 8-10 cubic meters, it will be enough to make a stove from a small gas cylinder. Usually 27 liter cylinders are used. The wall thickness at the bottom is remarkable - 6 mm. Without a crane, their height is 500 mm, diameter is 300 mm. It turns out to be a wonderful little stove.
First, the remaining gas must be removed from the cylinder. For this, water is poured into it. Water gradually displaces all residual gases. After the cylinder is filled, you can cut off the tap and start making the furnace.
First, with a grinder, carefully, at the end where the tap was, cut a hole for the firebox door. On one of the sides, which turned out to be under the long side of the cut-out hole for the door, we arrange a kind of grate. We take a drill and cut 10 mm, drill holes every 20 mm. There are 5 rows in total.
Ash pan holes should be made at the "bottom"
Weld a piece of channel over the holes. In our case, its width is 140 mm. We weld the back wall to the front flood and attach a door. It will turn out to be an ash box. Its minus is that in this version it is not retractable. If desired, the design can be improved by making a separate box.
As a support, a protective structure was welded to the channel, which closed the tap. Economical and completely reliable.
The doors were fixed to the ash pan and to the firebox, a chimney pipe was welded closer to the back of the firebox (first it was welded, then the metal was cut out inside by welding).
We carried out a test kindling. In the presence of a high pipe - more than 2.5 meters, the thrust is excellent.
As tests have shown, a steam room 2.5 * 2.5 * 2.3 m from + 3 ° C to + 25 ° C was heated in less than half an hour (almost without insulation, since the bath was not completed yet). Then they stopped drowning, it is necessary to improve: too hard heat is emitted.
Read how to make a sheet metal sauna stove here.
Improvements to the homemade cylinder sauna stove
The designs of these ovens may differ slightly. Someone welds a metal plate in the upper third, increasing the path that smoke travels, someone welds grate bars inside from fittings, makes a stove - outside or inside. In general, there are a sufficient number of ways to modernize the design of the furnace, which in its simplest version is simply a stove. It is these improvements that turn the potbelly stove into a sauna stove.
We install a grid for stones on the body
The firebox of a home-made stove from a gas cylinder showed that a very strong heat was emanating from the body. There are two options: to make a large grid for stones on top, or to overlay the stove with a brick screen. It was decided to make a heater on top. It was welded with reinforcement bars of 14 diameters.
A grid for stones on a sauna stove from a gas cylinder As you can see, in order to protect the wall of logs from the heat, the brick wall was folded into half a brick. Its height is not lower than the laying of stones.
Removing heat from the pipe
Even if there is a stove on top, the chimney becomes very hot during the heating. There are also options for this:
Make a retractable ash pan and built-in heat exchanger
An ash pan in such a design as described above is inconvenient: it will have to be cleaned with a poker, raking out the coals into some kind of container. Not the best option. Retractable in this regard is more convenient. It is also used as a regulator of combustion intensity. They are catching up with the temperature when the ash pan is open, the combustion is active. After reaching the set parameters, the ash pan is pushed in, little air enters, the combustion almost dies out.
If you need hot water in the bath, you can install a heat exchanger inside the firebox (in the photo above it is shown as a rectangle). The heat exchanger can be made in the form of a tube, bent in the form of the letter U or C - whichever best fits. This is an easier option. Sometimes it is made in the form of a small flat box with welded pipes. The option is more complex, high requirements for the quality of steel and seams: if installed, as shown in the figure, at the rear of the furnace, it will be exposed to high temperatures (the "hottest" zone) and the strength of the steel and the reliability of the seams must be high.
Door with adjustable air supply
Combustion control with the ash drawer is rough. You can make fine adjustments by welding a metal glass with a slide gate on the door. By turning the gate, you increase / decrease the amount of air and the intensity of combustion smoothly, achieving exactly the mode that you need at the moment.
How to install a cast-iron door on a metal cylinder
When making a stove for a bath from a gas cylinder with your own hands, it is easier to attach a ready-made casting than to cook the door yourself. Only now it is not clear how to dock two different metals. In reality, everything is simple. Buy a cast-iron door you like or of a suitable size. It comes with a frame. The same frame is cooked from a metal corner of a suitable size. It is welded to the cylinder, and the cast iron door is bolted to it.
For sealing between the frames, you can put a layer of asbestos or mineral wool cardboard (just watch that the temperatures withstand high - up to 1200 ° C minimum). You can do it differently - weld a small side 1-2 cm on the metal frame, which will cover the gap.
Sauna stove made of rims and bricks
They began to use wilds from cars for the manufacture of stoves not so long ago, but this type of homemade products is rapidly spreading. The material is practically junk, the metal is good, there are different sizes, you can build a unit of any power. For this furnace, discs from ZIL-160 were used. They have ideal dimensions - height 250 mm, diameter 500 mm, and metal thickness - 7 mm.
For a stove-heater, discs are required - 4 pieces and ceramic solid bricks (about 60 pieces). Better stove, but you can also ordinary, the main thing is good quality. To remove the smoke, you will need two steel pipes with a diameter of 160 mm, a length of 50-60 cm, and a wall thickness of 5-6 mm. In three discs, the bottom is welded and the holes are welded (with metal plates at least 5 mm thick).
A separate foundation is required for this furnace () - the mass is solid. In the picture, the foundation is deliberately placed below the floor level so that part of the ash pan is in the subfield. This promotes good ventilation and dries the boards after procedures.
The lower part folds into a half brick. Its dimensions are 625 * 265 mm. The blower door, grate, firewood door are installed.
We take a disc without a bottom. We weld a circle with a diameter of 380 mm made of metal with a thickness of 5 mm to it on rods. If possible, it is better to make it concave. This is a diffuser that makes the smoke move along a complex trajectory, improving heat removal.
We install the disc with the divider on the brick body of the furnace. We take the disc, put it upside down on the installed one, weld them in a circle. Cut a hole in the center of the bottom and weld on the pipe. This is a heater. To it, using legs (4-6 pieces) made of reinforcement with a diameter of 12-60 mm, a length of 200 mm, we attach another disk with a bottom. If you want a closed heater, make a removable lid. It is necessary to add steam - they opened it, poured water, then closed it again.
In it, you also need to make a hole in the center and weld an adapter casing to it, into which the chimney is inserted (in the figure, the node is circled in red). This casing is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the pipe. The remaining assembly gap can be filled with an asbestos cord, filled with clay mortar, on which the brick bottom of the furnace was folded.
Next, we cook another divider. This is a bowl, the diameter of which is 30-60 mm less than the diameter of the disc, the height of the sides is 50-60 mm. The bowl is made of metal with a thickness of at least 4 mm. We install the divider inside the third disc on the legs of the same reinforcement, 50 mm high (3-5 pcs.).
The fourth disc is used as a water heating tank (volume 40 l). If you will heat it in a different way, you can put stones here or do without it altogether.
This disc must also have a sealed bottom with a chimney welded in the center. In the lower part, we weld the water drainage fitting. We make a cover at the top. it can be made of metal with a thickness of 2 mm. Convenient if the lid consists of two halves.
This tank does not need to be welded. An asbestos cord soaked in clay can be laid along the edge of the lower rim. Put a little clay solution on top, put the resulting tank and press down.
The last one is the ceiling cut. You can put a gate valve above and a standard or homemade one, or you can make a cut out of bricks.
And this is what a ready-made stove for a bathhouse from rims and bricks looks like To maintain the cutting, a metal platform is attached to the pipe, it is additionally fixed with the help of legs. The cutting itself is laid in one and a half bricks, has 5-6 rows, the section of the smoke channel is square. An oven valve is installed between the first and second rows (bricks are trimmed). The upper part of the chimney can be made of a sandwich, an asbestos pipe can be installed, or a metal pipe, only it will need to be wrapped with heat-resistant heat-insulating materials (so that condensation does not fall out). Just pay attention, the total mass of the chimney should not be more than 50 kg - this is the maximum load that the structure can withstand.
Brazier from rims
Such a device using old wheels has many advantages, ranging from ease of transportation to the ability to maintain the required temperature inside the device due to free access of air.
It is convenient to use such a barbecue due to its optimal height. It is characterized by ease of movement, easy and simple maintenance, and at the same time has a high level of reliability and durability. Manufacturing options, as well as we considered earlier.
There are many ways to make homemade units from wheel disks. Consider the simplest of them, the manufacture of which requires a minimum of materials and efforts. For its construction, it is enough to seal the lower opening of the disc with steel sheet or other material, for example, ceramic tiles.
But, despite all the advantages, this type of barbecue has some disadvantages. Among them, the following are noted:
- low location of the plane for cooking;
- if such a device is installed directly on the ground, there will be not enough thrust to maintain the flame, which can cause it to go out;
- small volume of the combustion chamber.
In terms of ease of use, such a design is equated to a conventional marching stand for a brick skewer. For infrequent use, such a model is quite suitable, but to make a more reliable and convenient unit, you need to work a little more.
For such a barbecue, you will need two wheel disks, as well as a set of tools and materials, including:
- welding machine with electrodes;
- grinder;
- meter profile pipe;
- fasteners in the form of bolts and nuts;
- wire;
- mask and gloves for personal protection.
There is nothing complicated in making a brazier from two wheel disks. In stages it looks like this:
An important nuance in creating a wheeled barbecue is as follows: the bottom of the stove should not be welded with metal, as this will interfere with the creation of good traction. To optimize the work, you can cover the bottom with a metal mesh or make a grate of thick wire, building a kind of grate.
That's all, brazier from a rim ready. If desired, you can improve its appearance. To do this, the metal must be well calcined so that all residues of paint, gasoline and oil burn out. After that, you can start sanding the case, and at the end cover it with black heat-resistant paint.
Of course, by deciding to install a stove in the bathhouse made from old wheel disks, you can save money. You can make such a stove yourself, but if you do not possess certain skills and knowledge in this matter, it is better to seek help from a specialist.
A homemade stove for a bath from discs is a maximum expenditure of physical effort and a minimum cost in financial terms.
So, in the article we will consider what materials are suitable for manufacturing stove from disks, its technical characteristics, how to make and what is needed for this.
Features of the disc oven
Wheels from trucks that are already out of service can get a chance for a second life, becoming an excellent material for making a stove for heating a bath. This material is quite accessible, you just need to look around you.
Compared to a brick oven disk has a lot of advantages and the main one is that the disc oven is excellent for buildings erected on a wet landscape, which tends to raise a building at different times of the year. The advantage is that the oven does not deform and does not crack, unlike a brick oven.
An urgent question - How much heat can a stove made of wheels give?
A medium-sized oven is capable of heating a bath about 3 by 4 meters rather quickly. If you want to take a steam bath in the summer - this stove does not require a lot of firewood, three or four good logs will be enough for a chic hot sauna. This stove does not take up much space, is easy to install and does not have barriers.
The only drawback is that the disc oven cools down as quickly as it heats up. In the winter period, the stove can cool down one and a half to two hours after the last batch of firewood has gone out.
So, we decided that such a stove is exactly what you need for your bath, we built a project, it remains to collect the necessary materials.
For an average oven, with walls of 10 millimeters, a diameter of 50 centimeters and a height of about one and a half meters wheels from KrAZ are ideal.
Materials that come in handy for work:
Let's start assembling the oven:
The first stage in the construction of a disc furnace is welding, upon completion of which the main part is obtained - a frame 60x60, the height is 40 centimeters.
A little about fire safety
If there is a wooden floor covering in the bath, it is important install a refractory structure... More precisely, in front of the room with the firebox, a fire-resistant shield should be installed, in the form of a layer of iron 20x30 centimeters (the width must necessarily be slightly larger than the door itself). Safety comes first.
Additional insulation must be installed along the entire perimeter below. It is recommended to fill the gaps between the stove and the insulation with dry sand, and fill it with stones on top. Such simple actions are due to the high temperatures that the stove exudes during operation. These natural materials perfectly absorb the generated heat and retain it flawlessly, thereby preventing the stove from cooling down immediately after the firewood goes out. In addition to the heat-retaining effect, stones also play a decorative role.
When the bottom of the stove is ready, move on to the construction of the middle department... We install the disks on top of each other. It is important that an additional pipe must be welded into the lowest disc, from the side. In the future, this pipe will become an open heater. In this case, the open heater option is preferable, since the bath will heat up much faster.
We put the savage stone on the pipe, right above the firebox compartment. The temperature of the stones will rise to two hundred degrees.
Basically, this is the middle part of the stove, from which two pipes come out. One chimney is a chimney, the other is a heater.
Building the top of the disc oven
We weld the iron bottom to the upper disc. Iron plate thickness should be 8 millimeters. This container will serve as a boiler for heating water. The volume of such a boiler is about 95 liters, but, despite its impressive volume, it heats up quickly enough, due to the fact that a chimney passes through it, which also heats up.
In order for the boiler with water to be convenient in operation, a hot water tap must be included in its design.
To fix the chimney, we attach the cover to the reconciliation.
At the final stage of the construction and installation of the structure, we bring the chimney through the ceiling and roof to the street. It is very important, when removing the chimney, to isolate it from contact with wood materials or any other things that can easily ignite.
A Few Tips from the experience of operating a homemade disk oven:
Well, based on the above, constructing a stove from wheels is not so difficult, but also not easy. Good luck in arranging a bath and be careful.