Gas bottle stove, part two.

Welcome to part two, in this section you will see the stove being assembled and fired up!

So now you need to put all the components together, for this you will need your welding kit, Don't forget to have your safety gear to hand.

You will need gloves, welding vizor and your first aid kit.

First thing to get on to your stove is the front door, so tack the hinges to the door first, and then on to the side of the gas bottle. Make sure you only tack them to start with as you may need to re-position them so that the door shuts properly.

You may also want tocheck that the door opens wide as well so that it is easier to get the fuel in when the time arrives.

So, now you have your door on you may wish to give it a smoke test, to do this I cleaned the lint filter in the tumble drier, put it in the chamber and set it alight. Shut the door and see if the smoke goes out of the flue hole and not the air inlet or the door.

Next to go on are the flue spigot and air intake pipe.

So the main components are all together on the stove, so nows a good time to move it to somewhere fire-proof to give it a trial. So fit your flue pipe and secure it in position. Get some kindling and firewood together and start your fire in the bottom of the stove.

Get a fire going and shut the door, hopefully a good fire will result, with air being drawn in from the bottom air intake the smoke should easily flow from the flue.

Keep a good fire going and it will start toburn off the external paint from the old gas bottle.

After about 20 minutes most of the paint will have burnt off, a wire brush will help to shift it!

So, you now have a stove that is near enough bare metal, a good coat of stove black will make it look better. Before you do that there are a number of extras that can be added such as handles and a hot plate for a kettle!