Combination woodstove fire pit

jackley · Apr 17, 2019

Been awhile since I posted anything. I thought you might like seeing my fire pit woodstove combo. I built this about 20 years ago.
I went to my first rondy in Wy. I got camp all set up and started to dig my firepit, when a guy asked "What are you doing? " I told him digging a pit and thats when he advised there was a fire ban on and you couldn't have an open fire. So for three days I dried meat on a rock in the hot Wy. sun. Tried raw eggs and didn't really care for them. So when I got home I built a firepit woodstove combo.
The legs and grates store inside the irons have their own sack. Use as a firepit during the day, and when it cools down take it inside the tent and put on the flue and use it as a woodstove on those chilly nights. You have to put dirt around the top to seal the stove.
I added a couple more grates so small things wouldn't fall into the fire.

Enjoy.

Jerry

Robby · Apr 17, 2019

That is pretty darn cool Jackley!!!!!! If you felt like it, there would be a healthy market for those, I know of at least one that would be pre sold.
Robby

SDSmlf · Apr 17, 2019

Looks like some sort of armored critter from a science fiction or fantasy movie, like Wild Wild West. Love it. And it appears it would functional and practical.

Carbon 6 · Apr 17, 2019

jackley said:
I thought you might like seeing my fire pit woodstove combo.
Jerry

Yes ! I enjoyed that very much.
Thank you. :thumb:

tenngun · Apr 17, 2019

Not historic for sure. But we live in the here and now, at times you can’t have a fire except in some sort of box. I have a braiser that’s correct design for eighteenth century, but wouldn’t have been carried by the sort of man I portray.
Only wealthy or military officers would of carried such a thing afield.
I think that’s a good idea, at least on par with fire resistant tenting, or the first aid kit I shove in my pack.

Carbon 6 · Apr 17, 2019

I'll bet that keeps the smoke down too, at least out of your eyes. Fire pits are often smokey.

Tom A Hawk · Apr 17, 2019

Very nice. I like the concept. Add some stovepipe you can warm the tent also.

Brokennock · Apr 18, 2019

Very neat. That could definitely be handy.
Thanks for sharing.

jackley · Apr 18, 2019

Robby said:
That is pretty darn cool Jackley!!!!!! If you felt like it, there would be a healthy market for those, I know of at least one that would be pre sold.
Robby

Thanks for the kind words. But I can't imagine what I would have to charge for the the time I've got into it. It's made from 16ga. No fun to bend.
Jerry

jackley · Apr 18, 2019

Tom A Hawk said:
Very nice. I like the concept. Add some stovepipe you can warm the tent also.

I have a 3" stovepipe with a damper I use. Heats my 8'X10' wall tent nicely.
Jerry

jackley · Apr 18, 2019

tenngun said:
Not historic for sure. But we live in the here and now, at times you can’t have a fire except in some sort of box. I have a braiser that’s correct design for eighteenth century, but wouldn’t have been carried by the sort of man I portray.
Only wealthy or military officers would of carried such a thing afield.
I think that’s a good idea, at least on par with fire resistant tenting, or the first aid kit I shove in my pack.

Out here in the west we have alot of fire bans. So i f you want to camp you have got to do something like this. Alot of people even have propane set ups in the most unique ways.

Jerry

Sicilian Hunter · Apr 18, 2019

jackley said:
Been awhile since I posted anything. I thought you might like seeing my fire pit woodstove combo. I built this about 20 years ago.
I went to my first rondy in Wy. I got camp all set up and started to dig my firepit, when a guy asked "What are you doing? " I told him digging a pit and thats when he advised there was a fire ban on and you couldn't have an open fire. So for three days I dried meat on a rock in the hot Wy. sun. Tried raw eggs and didn't really care for them. So when I got home I built a firepit woodstove combo.
The legs and grates store inside the irons have their own sack. Use as a firepit during the day, and when it cools down take it inside the tent and put on the flue and use it as a woodstove on those chilly nights. You have to put dirt around the top to seal the stove.
I added a couple more grates so small things wouldn't fall into the fire.

Enjoy.
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Jerry

Jerry,
Excellent work!!
I love the multi-purpose design!
BTW, only Rocky Balboa likes raw eggs!! LOL

BrownBear · Apr 18, 2019

Very creative! For smoke control and portability, you might look into a telescoping or nesting stove pipe such as we use for the wood stove in our wall tent when packing. Purty darned handy. It's likely to be necessary when using as a wood stove to improve the "draw" and stop smoke from leaking out your side seams. We have a barrel stove in our cabin that leaks smoke like crazy unless you have the flue adjusted right for a good draw, so air is moving into the leaks rather than the smoke leaking out.

Here is one version of what I'm talking about.

Kansas Kid · Apr 18, 2019

That’s a dandy with nice workmanship. Here’s a picture of my non HCPC do it all stove made from 100% stainless steel.

Loyalist Dave · Apr 18, 2019

Here's a Roman stove..., I like yours better...,

LD

Nyckname · Apr 18, 2019

Loyalist Dave said:
Here's a Roman stove...

Tough to move into the tent.

Carbon 6 · Apr 19, 2019

I like the sliding grates on yours Dave.

Bouncer1947 · Jan 16, 2020

Robby said:
That is pretty darn cool Jackley!!!!!! If you felt like it, there would be a healthy market for those, I know of at least one that would be pre sold.
Robby

I sure would part with some folding money for one of those

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