OK, not sure this fits this forum - it's not a gas fueled stove. I couldn't find any rules against posting something like this though, and thought I'd ask if others had one or knew about them. I bought a big metal military chest full of camp gear - $50 for all of it. It had Sterno fuel & folding stoves, Esbits, collapse-able buckets, fishing kit, knifes, compassed, etc. All sorts of stuff. One thing was this brand new, never used stove. It's a wood stove, by Safesport Outdoor Gear "Folding Camp Stove with Utility Side Shelf". While there are instructions for assembly there are no instructions for use. Any ideas if you are just supposed to put pots/pans on top and cook that way, or if it's just for heating an area? It has a hole for an optional stove pipe.
All camp cookers qualify here! We have had many discussions, for instance, of Dutch ovens, tent wood stoves, etc. over the years.
Based on the shape, I'd say that placing pots and pans on the top while it burns wood is the way to go. I think that with a stove pipe you could use it to heat a (fairly spacious) tent. HJ
Thats a Beauty! BTW, the chiminey is not optional, you need it for draft, and to get the smoke somewhere else! And that top is a cooktop...
Yeah, it probably won't draw well without a pipe, and I think you'd have a lot of smoke in your eyes w/o a pipe. Might give the food an interesting flavor. HJ
Cool, good info everybody. I'm sure it'll be pretty easy to get a stovepipe at Home Depot - thanks to ya'll for letting me know it's not 'optional'. There was some really cool stuff in that miltary chest - several hundred dollars worth of never used stuff. Not bad for $50, esp since the waterproof chest is between $70-90 + shipping online. Any hints about building fires in such a stove, as far as how to stack the wood, etc?
On my tent woodstove the hole for the stovepipe has a collar which protrudes up about 3". The stovepipe slides down onto this. See pics .. Link Yours doesn't have the collar so you probably need to buy a stovepipe with a reduced diameter end to slot into the hole. I would take the stove to the store, put it on a trolley and take it in to try the various sizes. I always start a fire near the front and then push it further back as it gets going. Then just stoke it like any fire. Looks like you've got a slider on the front to regulate airflow. If you need to give it some extra 'ooomph' open the door about an inch. Mine draws better like that than having the door wide open. You will find that the top has hot spots so you can move pots around as required. Mine is hottest in front of the stovepipe and coolest above the door. I like the fold out table. One day I hope to find, or have fabricated, some sort of water tank to hang on the side of mine.
Nice looking little stove. In the late 70's up into the early 80's our heating stove, cooking stove and hot water heater were all wood fired so while I've never used one of these here are a few hints and suggestions- First, with extended use these thin stoves burn out, so if you are putting this in a clubhouse or garage put an inch or so of sand on the floor of the stove and build the fire on that, it will keep the bottom from burning out. You will be able to put pans and kettles on the stove and it will heat and cook just fine but it will be slower by quite a bit than what you are used to with a gas stove. If you look at the traditional wood cook stoves you will see the circular plates on the top, you remove those and put your pot on it and it cooks in a third of the time. The downside is with those types of cookstoves is the pots get all sooted up which you don't have to worry about, so you'll be watching your bacon slowly fry instead of scrubbing your pots which isn't such a bad thing. In regards to actually making a fire in one, the first is of course you need a stove pipe or you and everyone else will be looking and smelling like tall strips of beef jerky if you don't, and when you do build a fire in it, after you have the fire all set crumple up 2 or 3 sheets of newspaper in there and light it all. The newspaper will preheat everything and get the draft flowing properly, it makes a big difference over just making a fire and lighting it. Congrats again! FB
Unless you don't care (that would be a shame, nice piece of kit ) avoid burning driftwood from the beach. Burnt salt gives off sulfuric acid which will eat sheet steel in quite short order. Many's the cast iron stove ruined like that.
