Cooking stoves again (camping)

More Rocket Stoves!

The high-efficiency Rocket stove wood burning stove for use in Central America and other third-world countries the expansion of Appropriate Technology and Disaster preparations advancements.

Installing a wood burning stove, heat for TEOTWAWKI

With the nastiness possible, now that the weather is warm and the demand will be low, installing a backup heat system could be the best investment for your house or cabin.







Just some inspiration on a project I am working on (the video is one I looked over while researching for my project.

Wood splitting, safety equipment and useful products

The wind was chill, not a welcome fresh chill, but a sharp painful chill that made your nose drip and the skin to crack over after the moisture dried.

William didn’t mind that much it was better than the monotonous life in the cabin, kids arguing, wife cooking beans and whatever bird that was the oldest boy shot with the Gammo air rifle, even the dog and the freak’n cats were inside.

Splitting wood was necessary the main cooking was with wood on the rocket stove or the main heating stove in the cabin, it had reached down to negative 34 last night and it wouldn’t get over 15 today even with the blinding sun.

He let out a grunt with the axe and the smooth arc was interrupted by a loud ping and then the sick thunk of blade into leather and flesh.

The scream was blood curdling and the pain almost made him pass out over into the snow drift, the blood was already making a pool near his ankle and when he looked down he could see the blood spurting into the snow in short squirts like a toy water-gun. He had automatically pulled the axe out of the wound but something moved in his ankle when he did, he could see his dog and youngest girl running to him before he blacked out...

I am not trying to sell any device, only offer the suggestion as a possible safety device for any who split wood for cooking or heating. Imagine if you were watching one of your children or wife have this accident.

The hydraulic manual log splitters are simple, use no fuel and are far safer than an axe or a maul.

The above story is very similar to what happened to me years ago as a youngster splitting wood, only in my case a hickory wood handle on the axe actually broke on the small log I was aiming for and the broken shaft actually ended up in my boot top. I was lucky it was not the blade and I have always dreaded splitting wood from that day, when the manual splitters started showing up in the mail order catalogs I had an answer to keep from an event like the above.

It is slow, but you only have to hurt yourself once to understand how valuable this tool could be, I prefer the manual hydraulic models.

Several types in action:

Building the Aprovecho Rocket Stove

"A short video available for viewing or downloading describing the steps for building a small single pot Aprovecho Rocket stove. The Aprovecho modification of the stove is inexpensive to construct and is suitable for outdoor cooking in disaster situations.”

Appropriate Technology

LINK to source: Aprovecho Technology

LINK to: aprovecho

A great video that showcases some exceptional DIY technology and could use a little more exposure