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This course is run by Tom Barron, stone carver and wood-stove builder.
Gas bottles can be turned into very effective woodburners that last a lifetime, are easy to install (usually) and if you've made it yourself will be all the more rewarding.
You are encouraged to bring your own gas bottle if you have one, and any tools (angle grinder, drill, jigsaw etc.). It will not be possible for everyone to make a woodburner on the day, but the tutor will attempt (with the group) the de-commisioning, design and contruction of two woodburners.
Gas bottles,
for example, can be found at scrap yards, but they can't be crushed
or recycled, and if they are old or slightly damaged, can't be returned
either. They can be given a new life as a wood-burner though. Stoves
can also be made from other reclaimed metal objects.
The course
includes:
- safe decommissioning of gas bottles; dos and don'ts; differences between butane and propane bottles
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best tools and safe practices when cutting bottles
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your
requirements as regards useage: heating, cooking
- design, doors, flue position, burning off old paint, re-painting
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welding & brazing - how to do it, where to get it done, or how to get around it
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chimney issues, safe use of multifuel flexiflue or steel pipe, alternative to conventional chimney, regulations
- wood, ergonomics of woodburning
more
on wood-burners
how
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arrive: |
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for a 10am prompt start |
depart: |
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after
the course finishes at 5pm |
directions: |
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click here for
a map and directions to Hulme Community Garden Centre |
what
to bring: |
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work
clothes;
pen and notebook |
let
us know: |
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if
you have any special needs |
price: |
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£60
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30
admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course |
lunch: |
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bring
a packed lunch or you can get lunch at the wacky and wonderful ' Kim by the Sea' cafe over the road |
discounts:
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car
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a finished horizontal stove, with legs made from the base of the gas bottle cut in two
lots of different gas bottle stoves at different stages of construction
painting the stove with VHT (very high temperature) paint, sometimes called barbecue paint, which will withstand temperatures of up to 400°C; this stove the tutor calls a 'Ned Kelly', with a flat top for cooking, kettles and toast |
