55 gallon drum ideas

[dragoneggs]

I hope 4 u that the extension is the same gauge as the drier line.
A fuse or breaker MUST be the weak link otherwise that's how fires start.
Last summer my welder switch short circuited, made lots of smelly smoke B4 the breaker blew back at the mains panel.
Fortunately all the wire was 6 gauge so the breaker did its job.

I know from doing renovations what damage wrong circuit protection can cause.
Sometimes it costs the whole house.

It is 10 gauge wire. Don't know what is running from the breaker but I doubt it is heavier. :ashamed:

 

[MoArk Willy]

I cut one in half and made a 27.5 gallon bass out of it. It sounds good!
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Nicely done....very very cool.

 

[chim]

Family effort from a several years ago at a summer cookout. At my one brother-in-law's place, a different BIL pulling a train his dad made with the B7500 I had at the time. The kids loved it.

 

[jaxs]

Before building a two barrel stove,read up on chimney fires and their cause. The top barrel and flue above become coated in creosote very quickly.

 

[dannoGT]

Just be careful cutting barrels with a torch or plasma give the barrel a sniff test to see if it had fuel in it! Even a barrel that has been sitting empty for years can still go off with a bang and throw you down the driveway and fill your face with rust and dust .....twice.......ask me how I know!

 

[bcp]

I wonder if the barrel stove kits have instructions to not use plastic barrels?

Bruce

 

[rockinmywaypa]

I really wish this forum had a like button that you can hit like on twitter or facebook,

 

[Jstpssng]

Just be careful cutting barrels with a torch or plasma give the barrel a sniff test to see if it had fuel in it! Even a barrel that has been sitting empty for years can still go off with a bang and throw you down the driveway and fill your face with rust and dust .....twice.......ask me how I know!

Fill it to the top with water before you do anything, then drill some vent holes.
About 40 years ago a new car salesman in the town where I grew up was filling a barrel with water while helping clean the garage area. He lit his cigarette lighter and looked in to see how full it was getting... That was the last thing he ever did. Supposedly the barrel exploded with such force that it bounced off the garage ceiling.

I wonder if the barrel stove kits have instructions to not use plastic barrels?

Bruce

Why wouldn't you do that? they are a heck of a lot easier to work with.

 

[Jstpssng]

Family effort from a several years ago at a summer cookout. At my one brother-in-law's place, a different BIL pulling a train his dad made with the B7500 I had at the time. The kids loved it.

That could be the winner! :thumbsup: You've got some pretty stiff competition from the bass player though.

 

[jaxs]

Even a barrel that has been sitting empty for years can still go off with a bang and throw you down the driveway and fill your face with rust and dust .....twice.......ask me how I know!

You are kiddng! :confused3: Ok,how do you know?