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dwight99

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My 1st home made owb!!
« on: January 20, 2011, 08:26:22 AM »
I have finished my owb and it's been in use for 2 weeks now and to my suprise it's working better than I expected.

I have a few pics I'll try to upload when I get it figured
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 08:30:32 AM »
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2011, 07:26:46 PM »
Congrats on your build!  Looks like a good sized unit.  What size is your firebox?  how many gallons of water?  what are you heating?
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2011, 07:39:09 PM »
The burn chamber is 36"x48"
Water chamber is 48"x60"
All the flat steel is 1/2"
Water capacity is 290 gal
Dayton fan. 325cfm
Harbor freight water pump 650/hr
I insulated it with (take and rake) insulation from Menards
It is approx 1ft thick all around the stove snow and frost sets on top of it So
I think it's insulated good enough
I used just regular pex a 1" tubing I insulated them with swimming noodles I found on clearance at Walmart .25 each !!
I have a 22x25 exchanger
10 plate for the domestic hot water
The water treatment was a eBay item
I shopped around and I ended up getting most of the items on eBay
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2011, 02:00:35 PM »
Nice job!I like that big door! That would sure make it easy to load the big wood. :thumbup:
Nice shop to make that in.I love using the Pirahana in our shop at work.Sure saves alot of time.I scored lots of my stuff on ebay also.Good deals to be had there.
So have you figured out what little things your stove likes to make it run good?
Great job! :thumbup:
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2011, 07:53:07 PM »
Good looking stove. I like the large door to. Will make loading a lot easier. Now its time to start cutting wood to keep it fed!!!. I am sure you will enjoy your stove.Beats the heck out of buying oil, propane,or paying those expensive power bills.
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2011, 10:08:21 AM »
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2011, 03:05:54 PM »
Looks good.I wouldn't want to wrassle that big of stuff in there either.Glad the slip on forks are working for ya. :thumbup:
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2011, 08:42:09 AM »
Well its been alittle over a year since I put the stove in and there are a couple things I would do different if I built another stove , but I'd say I'm 98% satisified with it

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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2011, 09:10:20 AM »
Looks good.  Nice job!
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2012, 05:03:58 AM »
Well a couple of season's in use now and old stove still heating away!!
Which here in ky that's not saying a lot up until this week still wearing short sleeves
Mid December and grass still growing
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2012, 07:43:04 AM »
Alls I saw is a boat motor and prop...
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2012, 12:36:05 PM »
Yeah thats my old rig
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Re: My 1st home made owb!!
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2012, 06:21:16 PM »
Quote from: Pit Crew on December 22, 2012, 07:43:04 AM
Alls I saw is a boat motor and prop...
yea me to pitcrew  :P
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