MAKING A BUFFALO BARREL STOVE.... OUT OF A 45 GAL FUEL DRUM part 1

 WELL, BRYAN AND HENRI ARRIVED BACK AT BASE CAMP.... HAD A GOOD BREAKFAST AND THEN HEADED OUT TO MAKE A WOOD STOVE FOR THE NEW LINE CABIN.  BRYAN HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD 45 GAL EMPTY FUEL BARRELS THAT HAD BEEN UN BUNGED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.... TO LET THE FUEL VAPORS LEAVE.   THEY TOOK THESE OUT INTO AN OPENING AND STARTED A FIRE AND PUT THE BARRELS ON FIRE.  AFTER ABOUT 30 MIN. ONE WAS READY.

 THEN WITH A METAL GRINDER THE BOTTOM 1/3 WAS CUT OFF.  MAKE SURE YOU USE SAFETY GLASSES.  




HENRI WAS BURNING THE FUMES FROM THE SECOND BARREL.

 THE BOTTOM 1/3 WAS NOW POUNDED TO MAKE IT PERFECTLY ROUND.

 THEN LINES WERE CUT IN THE BOTTOM 1/3 TO ALLOW IT TO BE MADE SMALLER, BECAUSE THIS NOW HAS TO FIT INTO THE UPPER 2/3'S

 NOW THE TRICK IS TO GET THE TWO PIECES INTO EACH OTHER.  NOT AN EASY TASK...  THIS IS THE SECOND ATTEMPT NOW USING WOOD CLAMPS.

 THE BARREL IS ON A BEAVER BOARD SO THAT IT CAN'T GO DOWN INTO THE SNOW OR GRAVEL.

FINALLY IT IS IN.   NOTICE THE BUNG IS BACK IN PLACE.  IT HAD BEEN REMOVED WHEN THEY WERE BURNING OUT THE FUMES.

 BRYAN IS CUTTING THE FRONT DOOR.

 CUT IS THEN GROUND TO GET THE SHARP PIECES RELATIVELY SMOOTH.

 HENRI USES A FINE FILE TO MAKE SURE THE EDGES ARE NOT ROUGH.

 A DOOR HAS BEEN CUT FROM THE SECOND BARREL.  NOTICE THAT THE ROUND BULGE IS ON THE TOP OF THE DOOR.  THIS RIDGE GIVES THE DOOR MORE SUPPORT.

 A HOLE IS CUT IN THE TOP OF THE BARREL AT THE BACK FOR THE STOVE PIPE TO COME OUT.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SECOND BARREL.... IT IS USED JUST FOR THE DOOR.....NOTICE THAT THE ROUND LIP IS INCLUDED IN THE DOOR TO MAKE IT STRONGER AND IT SITS ON THE OTHER BARREL'S ROUND LIP....    THIS METAL IS ALSO TO MAKE THE WALL GUARD FOR THE STOVE PIPE LINING THE CABIN WALL.