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Apologys – the way we.riseup.net is currently set up, it cannot be set to allow guest viewing of photos, so you will need to join the network to view, or else do a web search on ‘bender More Photos: permacultureglobal.com/posts/633 Description of bender tents….and the source of suitable tarpaulins at a value price (UK): groups.yahoo.com/group/pfaf/message/3557 (try and get new grade type second hand canvas tarpaulins rather than old and warn ones). Ideally you want canvas tarpualins, but at a push, plastic ones will do. When making the tin can stove burn off all the paint, or else this will be toxic inside the tent when the stove is lit. Use a hacksaw or even just a piece of hacksaw blade or tin snips or whatever to cut the holes in the tin can. Suitable tin cans can be found outside fast food resturants – the big tins that are used to store fat/oil in. You can even cook inside these stoves with a pan, frying pan even…let the fire die down a bit and spread the ember out, placing smallish pieces of wood on the fire. Cut a round hole in the rear for the chimney, You can warm stuff up on the top. Having cut the required hole in the can/oil drum (this sized stove will need a correspondingly larger diameter chimney pipe) make a fire outside and burn off all the paint/residue on the new stove. Do not use aluminium for the stove or chimney components – it can catch fire! You can use pieces of metal sheet to fashion a plate through which the chimney passed on its exit from the shelter/room where the stove is located, and possibly as a shield over the chimney to make sure the tarpaulin cover does not ignite. You will need to experiment. A door can be made from metal sheeting and fixed with hinges, or just fashion a piece of metal sheet that can be moved into place and out again using a stick…get into the habit of using a tool to move the door, otherwise you will inevitably end up burning fingers. When the fire lit and roaring, the flexipipe tube may well glow red hot and sparks shoot out of the end of the chimney. This is a lightweight and thus easily transported stove. It is a stove that can be made from commonly found tools and raw materials. It wood be of huge benefit to people in disaster situations to make a temporary or not so temporary dwelling. (thinking in particular of the recent Japanese earthquake etc, where all the necessary materials (in particular the sometimes difficult to source adjustable gas central heating system, flexipipe for the chimney) would be there in profusion for the re-cycler. For the chimney, ideally use steel ‘flexipipe’ salvaged from gas central heating systems or the scrapyard which can be bent easily to fit. 4, 5 or 6 inch diameter size is ideal for the small type of stove made from fast food type oil containers. Larger diameter chimney for the stove made from an oil drum. Or failing that any pipe of the right diameter and length will..but more tricky to fit. Make sure that the stove installation is safe from catching fire to the tarpaulin…so use a folded/bent/cut metal sheet to protect the tarpaulin from the hot stovepipe. This is experimental reality. MUTATE TO SURVIVE! These sorts of benders would make the ideal and amazing kids dens by the way I should think…but if you make one of these, kids, make sure you have it all sorted properly so that the cover doesn’t catch fire where the chimney exits the covering…and dont leave containers of parrafin/kerosine to catch fire by the stove or anything! Made with liners, insulation and waterproof canvas covering the bender is excellent for the UK’s damp and variable wind climate, much more suitable than the plains native american teepee. It would be suitable for even very cold winters, and can be roasty warm inside in the coldest weather. Note the diode (at the end of the yellow lead) on the solar recharge rig photo. This has to be the right way around to stop current draining out through the solar panel when it is not generating. This the most basic renewable electricity generating set up that you can have. A diode and battery is OK for smallish panels. It would be helpful to have a multimeter to check current (amps) and voltages through the system. Obviously ideally you want a voltage regulator. The solar panel pictures is a 4 amp 12voltDC model..so the battery is a touch small. I would say ideally that 2 truck batteries would be better. Soundtrack: www.partyvibe.com/forums/view-internet-... www.shoutcast.com/Internet-Radio/hardco... www.shoutcast.com/Internet-Radio/dub Om |
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