Minipax
Kansalainen
Hi everybody!
Wojciech here [Minipax is the "official" handle], I have recently found konekansian stove design for Ukraine. It caught my attention as it's the first open source design I have encountered in my quest for emergency/ trench/ civilian stoves. I'm impressed by the planning that went into design & execution, also taking into account shipping constraints. Great job!
I've been interested in the subject of stoves for a while and would like to share what I have learned along the way about stoves in various forms - rocket, drum, box, double barrel.
I started with the idea of designing a trench save rocket stove - to be used by the troops on frontlines [taking into account OPSEC considerations - heat signature/smoke].
My main consideration was to create a design that can be made in Ukraine with very basic tools from locally sourced materials. New/scrap metal.
I have found out that OPSEC is less of a problem than I expected. Troops know where/when they can have stoves so the design itself is less of concern as long as it's not a “Smoke Monster” and does what it is supposed to do - burn wood efficiently.
Along the way I have found people in Ukraine already making stoves for troops & civilians alike.
Oil drum stoves
https://youtube.com/shorts/q33eMTE3S4c
Design and manufacturing - Volodymyr Starzhynski Contact +48 727 809 369
This is the cheapest option - around $30-40 for materials.
Berserker. Flat-pack stove. No welding required.
Design & manufacturing https://www.facebook.com/vitaliy.mizyuk
Fundraising for stoves with UK4UA.org
Fundraiser: https://uk4ua.org/uk4ua/donations/project-rocks/
This design is around $80 per piece, 3mm sheet metal, plasma cut]
In the meantime I have tested the initial rocket stove design and found its limitations in current form
https://rocketstoves.net/
While it is very easy/simple to make and does provide heat I couldn’t make it to boil water - heat radiates everywhere and it’s not burning fast enough to get heat where it is needed fast enough.
While thinking about a solution to the rocket stove problem [insulation?] I came up with a new design - Hell [formerly Satan] which as the name implies burns fiercely and goes through large chunks of wood without problem. Design is “weldless” [no welding required] angle grinder & drill will do the job. Kind of “last chance stove” design.
Details
I haven’t tested it yet after “upgrading” [chimney, enlarged air intake, exhaust holes] hoping for an even better burn! Also the rocket stove has good potential for upgrades - looking into making it a viable option.
Wojciech here [Minipax is the "official" handle], I have recently found konekansian stove design for Ukraine. It caught my attention as it's the first open source design I have encountered in my quest for emergency/ trench/ civilian stoves. I'm impressed by the planning that went into design & execution, also taking into account shipping constraints. Great job!
I've been interested in the subject of stoves for a while and would like to share what I have learned along the way about stoves in various forms - rocket, drum, box, double barrel.
I started with the idea of designing a trench save rocket stove - to be used by the troops on frontlines [taking into account OPSEC considerations - heat signature/smoke].
My main consideration was to create a design that can be made in Ukraine with very basic tools from locally sourced materials. New/scrap metal.
I have found out that OPSEC is less of a problem than I expected. Troops know where/when they can have stoves so the design itself is less of concern as long as it's not a “Smoke Monster” and does what it is supposed to do - burn wood efficiently.
Along the way I have found people in Ukraine already making stoves for troops & civilians alike.
Oil drum stoves
https://youtube.com/shorts/q33eMTE3S4c
Design and manufacturing - Volodymyr Starzhynski Contact +48 727 809 369
This is the cheapest option - around $30-40 for materials.
Berserker. Flat-pack stove. No welding required.
Design & manufacturing https://www.facebook.com/vitaliy.mizyuk
Fundraising for stoves with UK4UA.org
Fundraiser: https://uk4ua.org/uk4ua/donations/project-rocks/
This design is around $80 per piece, 3mm sheet metal, plasma cut]
In the meantime I have tested the initial rocket stove design and found its limitations in current form
https://rocketstoves.net/
While it is very easy/simple to make and does provide heat I couldn’t make it to boil water - heat radiates everywhere and it’s not burning fast enough to get heat where it is needed fast enough.
While thinking about a solution to the rocket stove problem [insulation?] I came up with a new design - Hell [formerly Satan] which as the name implies burns fiercely and goes through large chunks of wood without problem. Design is “weldless” [no welding required] angle grinder & drill will do the job. Kind of “last chance stove” design.
Details
I haven’t tested it yet after “upgrading” [chimney, enlarged air intake, exhaust holes] hoping for an even better burn! Also the rocket stove has good potential for upgrades - looking into making it a viable option.
