She's chugging away in the garden right now, I fed small bits of pine in for half an hour or so, trying not to get it too hot at first but enough to burn the zinc off. For the last hour and a half she's been burning forearm thick pieces of hardwood with no bother. The draw seems to be perfect but it's early days yet, with both the flue and door dampers closed down to half shut it just ticks away nicely. I've still to finish the legs attachments but I'm just playing around with different ideas to see which works best.
Ready to burn ..
Front legs set lower than back to encourage draw and avoid a tent full of smoke ..
Smoking paint and a gap showing, I'll fix that with some angle iron at some point ..
Chugging away ..
This one came out kind of monochrome for some reason ..
Hardwood burning nicely ..
Smoke drawing well ..
Flue damper ..
In the tent I'll configure the flue differently with the adjustable elbow much lower down, the flue will exit a side wall rather than the top like a lavvu, the pipe will be supported by two crossed sticks and a wrap of wire. I'm off to see Ian tomorrow so we'll see how the stove fits in the tent and take the measurements for the jack piece. I'm still undecided about where to put the stove in the tent, whether to put it by the door on one side like the Snowtrekkers, or to tuck it away back centre.
I'll be giving it another burn over the weekend so I'll get some pics in the daylight.