one-day course

how to make a wood-burner from a gas bottle


venue: Hackney City Farm, London

This course will teach you how to construct a wood-burning stove out of recycled materials quickly and easily.

Suitable for home, workshop, motor-home, yurt, shed or canal boat. Learn how to design, build and install a strong, effective, durable stove for your own needs.

This is a theoretical course - step-by-step guide, from the de-commissioning of the cylinder, to construction and installation. Using a demonstration wood burner and its separate components, participants will be shown how to fabricate the different parts and how to assemble them into an efficient and attractive stove.

The course will cover:

  • choosing the right stove for your needs
  • design principles of woodburners, including secondary combustion
  • adapting your own fire bricks from storage heaters
  • back boilers and ovens
  • how to make a simple air intake
  • making a fire rope seal for the door
  • stove installation and safety

The tutor, Grant Oatley, has been making wood-burners for over ten years also working as an artist in steel and wood for over twenty years. You can see his work at www.ironshirt.co.uk

dates: see 'book online' below'

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how to book:
 

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arrive:
 
for a 10am prompt start
depart:
 
after the course finishes at 5pm
directions:
 
click here for directions to Hackney City Farm
what to bring:
 
work clothes; pen and notebook; packed lunch (if you're not using the cafe)
let us know:
 
if you have any special needs
price:
 
£60
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
lunch:
 
bring a packed lunch or you can get lunch at the cafe
car sharing:
 
visit our car sharing forum to offer or request a lift
 


one of Grant's stoves installed in the 'love shack'

 

 

 


a simple home-made slider for air intake

 

 

 

 


fire rope being positioned into the door channel