May 2003

Ceramic Charcoal Making Cookstove

1 June 2003 - 12:00am
Boyt

Ron Larson and Richard Boyt, June 2003

Stovers: Richard Boyt and I are having a discussion on making charcoal-making stoves out of clay. Richard has sent me a new paper design below. This note is only on my own progress - which Richard has been kind enough to continue.

Initial Design Concepts:

  1. Wide bottom for stability
  2. Main body, grate, skirt, lid, cast lightweight ceramic.
  3. Preheat and control primary and secondary air.
  4. Remove pot, skirt, skirt top, chimney adapter, chimney for grilling, frying roast, etc.
  5. Fuel holder, chimney and adapter metal(?)
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Ceramic Charcoal Making Cookstove
Ceramic
Clay

Ceramic for Stoves Part 3a- Test firing local clays- primitive kilns

30 May 2003 - 12:00am
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Richard Boyt, May 2003

Again, greetings from Pottershop Holler (old maps). Much of this was written under a week of tornado watches and warnings, but at this moment the sun is
brilliant and the sky a deep blue even to the horizons.

First, I want to thank the several people who have encouraged me to continue this journey.

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Ceramic
Clay

Ceramics for Cookstoves 2: Testing Unfired (green) Clay

30 May 2003 - 12:00am
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Richard Boyt, May 2003

Hello stovers.

Greetings from Pottershop Hollow in the SW Missouri Ozarks where last week tornadoes did their damndest.
Sunday's blow just missed us by a few miles as did the storms of the rest of the week. Two years ago the
farm got hit by several small tornadoes that uprooted over a thousand of our larger trees.

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Ceramic
Clay

Ceramics for Cookstoves I: Finding Clay

30 May 2003 - 12:00am

Ceramics for Cookstoves I: Finding Clay

Richard Boyt, May 2003

Hello stovers.

Greetings from Pottershop Hollow. I strongly believe that there is a need for knowledge on the design of
low cost, efficient stoves that can be constructed and used in third world countries. The use of ceramic
materials, and particularly clays show great promise as a material for use in these stoves.

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