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Title: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 10, 2012, 08:53:17 AM
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Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Dirtslinger on February 10, 2012, 09:01:40 AM
Nice video Scott.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Roger2561 on February 10, 2012, 09:49:28 AM
I agree with Dirtslinger, nice video.  Roger
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: MattyNH on February 10, 2012, 01:33:31 PM
How does it smoke when you first fill it up?..Nice video
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 10, 2012, 03:00:53 PM
How does it smoke when you first fill it up?..Nice video

I have light to moderate smoke for maybe 10 minutes....  If there is a lot of coal it will be a brownish yellow smoke until it gets hot then it's gone
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: powerstroke on February 10, 2012, 04:45:21 PM
Great video!  Maybe those guys from the Hearth forum should see this!   :D
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Post by: kybaseball on February 10, 2012, 05:30:16 PM
Nice video Scott.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: martyinmi on February 10, 2012, 05:37:24 PM
Some of the guys from the hearth site remind me of a bible verse from Romans, I believe, that says something to this effect: "professing to be wise, they become fools". If memory serves me, the group of people Paul was referring to essentially thought they were smarter than everyone else-including God.
  Too bad some people can't see we're all out to accomplish the same set of goals. Their end will not justify their present means.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Bull on February 10, 2012, 09:42:26 PM
Nice video and nice stove
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 14, 2012, 08:10:38 AM
Nice video! I wish my Hardy H2 would run like that.  I am burning very dry wood but it still smokes a lot! oh well, I don't have any neighbors so I guess it's not that big of a deal. 
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 14, 2012, 11:38:01 AM
Nice video! I wish my Hardy H2 would run like that.  I am burning very dry wood but it still smokes a lot! oh well, I don't have any neighbors so I guess it's not that big of a deal.

Yea there are a lot of hardys around me and most of them smoke quite a bit, I've never ran one so I'm not sure what the problem is
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 14, 2012, 12:41:55 PM
yea even when the blower is on it still smokes quite a bit unless it is kind of low on wood.  It still does its job though!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 14, 2012, 03:01:28 PM
Yea my cousins looks like a locomotive with coal

I think part of the smoke issue is having the stack exit directly out the top with no time for burning some of the gases
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: tbone on February 14, 2012, 04:23:01 PM
 :thumbup: sweet....you should put that on youtube.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Bull on February 14, 2012, 06:18:51 PM
Yea my cousins looks like a locomotive with coal

I think part of the smoke issue is having the stack exit directly out the top with no time for burning some of the gases

I think you are right Scott and that is not the best design but like AirForce said they work.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 14, 2012, 06:30:32 PM
Yea my cousins looks like a locomotive with coal

I think part of the smoke issue is having the stack exit directly out the top with no time for burning some of the gases

I think you are right Scott and that is not the best design but like AirForce said they work.

No doubt about that
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: johnybcold on February 15, 2012, 11:01:59 AM
Your burning coal in it?
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 15, 2012, 02:27:56 PM
Your burning coal in it?

Yes, of course..   Questions?
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 16, 2012, 07:34:21 AM
Does it look about like this? lol
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: MD20/20 on February 16, 2012, 07:54:28 AM
what is that?
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 16, 2012, 08:17:32 AM
That's my Hardy smoking like crazy. 
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 16, 2012, 08:27:13 AM
That's my Hardy smoking like crazy.

Looks like some I've seen.  I've seen flames shooting 4 feet up out of the stack
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 16, 2012, 08:38:32 AM
Yeah, mine will shoot flames every once in a while but usually only when I load it full with smaller split pieces.  It looks pretty cool too!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: RSI on February 16, 2012, 12:59:59 PM
Yea my cousins looks like a locomotive with coal

I think part of the smoke issue is having the stack exit directly out the top with no time for burning some of the gases
There is no secondary burn chamber at all? if you look down the chimney you can see the wood in there?
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 16, 2012, 01:10:03 PM
Yea my cousins looks like a locomotive with coal

I think part of the smoke issue is having the stack exit directly out the top with no time for burning some of the gases
There is no secondary burn chamber at all? if you look down the chimney you can see the wood in there?

Yup, the chimney doesn't stick down into the firebox either.  Just a hole at the top. 
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: RSI on February 16, 2012, 01:17:49 PM
Are you interested in doing an experiment on it? If there is no extra space inside to put a plate you could try making an external secondary burn chamber. Just to see if would work you could use an old steel barrel. It would probably work best to put it on it's side. Cut a hole at one end for the chimney and one on the opposite side and end for the smoke to exit. I would also put a small fan on it to blow air in right where the smoke enters and is the hottest.

If it works something could be made up that was water jacketed to collect the heat it generates.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 16, 2012, 01:18:33 PM
Yea RSI, there is just a round hole in the very top of the firebox
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 16, 2012, 01:45:16 PM
Interesting.... I have a buddy that has an empty keg.  Do you think it would melt?
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: RSI on February 16, 2012, 01:48:34 PM
Is it aluminum? The fire in the secondary chamber could get hot enough to ignite aluminum. You need steel.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 16, 2012, 02:27:32 PM
I'm assuming it is aluminum.  I doubt I would ever have the time to tinker with it but it sounds like a good idea.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 16, 2012, 02:31:25 PM
What if he found a similar size pipe and slid it down through his stack and let it extend into the firebox about a foot
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 16, 2012, 02:40:42 PM
That would probably be much easier! I might try that for next year.  I might loose a lot of my firebox capacity though.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 16, 2012, 02:42:01 PM
Yea there is only so much u can do

Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: RSI on February 16, 2012, 02:47:12 PM
Yeah, I figured there is no room to spare. But if it did cut down on wood usage it might not matter that it uses up some space.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: AirForcePOL on February 16, 2012, 02:50:09 PM
Yeah, I figured there is no room to spare. But if it did cut down on wood usage it might not matter that it uses up some space.

Very true!
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Bull on February 16, 2012, 06:45:27 PM
I was going to try this idea when I rebuilt my H2 but did not get it done YET. I may try to build a owb for next season but if not I will try the stack in the fire box.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 17, 2012, 01:34:45 PM
Boy I made her smoke this morning :) I tossed in a whole bag, including the bag of wood pellets that were laying in my garage..   They had got damp last year and ruined but man you talk about some smoke lol.
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: RSI on February 17, 2012, 01:36:14 PM
No video? lol
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: Scott7m on February 17, 2012, 07:58:40 PM
Nope had to cover 200 miles to get to the national farm machinery show in louisville, every stove around is here
Title: Re: My owb running smoke free (video)
Post by: buddylee on February 18, 2012, 05:48:37 PM
Great video!  Maybe those guys from the Hearth forum should see this!   :D

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. They think their so much better and smarter than OWB users.