Rough Guide on How to Build a Rocket Box Stove
by Catherine LaineJune 13th, 2008
The Rocket Box Stove manual’s still not ready for prime time, but we do have a basic pictorial how-to for how to build it.
Guidelines for Assembly
Background technical information can be found in the document:
Design Principles for Wood Burning Cook Stoves A provecho Research Center, Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, Shell Foundation, June 2005 [pdf]
A pre-measured template is used to cut the pieces to form the outer bracket
The bracket will support a standard 2-ring plancha
The bracket pieces are fit and welded together
The sheet metal sides and bottom are riveted to the bracket
Cutouts are made in the front and rear for the combustion chamber and chimney
Baldosa tile is cut and assembled to form the rocket combustion chamber
Combustion chamber: side view
Combustion chamber: rear view
Combustion chamber: front view (without the front panel)
Pumice stones are separated by size
The stove body is filled with pumice, with larger pieces at the bottom and smaller pieces at the top
A small smoke chamber is created in front of the chimney using Baldosa
The plancha is set on top. Clay can be used to fill the gaps around the side of the plancha to keep smoke from escaping and to provide insulation to prevent heat being conducted from the plancha surface to the stove body.
Testing the finished stove:
June 10th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Great article, ace pic’s, I’m so impressed I’m gonna attempt to build one, cheers