Saturday, February 22, 2020

ReStore Wood Stove tent camping DIY bonanza! Vintage 1998 NOS USA Sunbeam 8208 GRILL MASTER 100 PORTABLE CHARCOAL GRILL TABLE TOP

So I donated the power board from the Treadmill - so 10% off - plus there was a sporting goods sale - 25% off - so this $12 "grill" is now my $8 wood stove - for a winter camping tent heating scenario. New this same style grill sells for $35 to $55.

This stove is twice as big as the previous one I made. So the one I made just did not kick out enough heat with a long enough burn time. It would keep a person alive but not comfortable. This one should provide comfort along with survival! So there already are legs as you can see. I just need to add a chimney and a door.

Luckily there is a video of someone converting this same type of grill into a wood stove camping heater.... I'll find it in my playlist.

So there already is a heavier metal insert for the bottom - of the grill - and so I'll probably adjust this grill so it fits in the bottom - so I have an ash try in addition - for extra oxygen on the bottom.

So also I got a new V-belt for the bicycle generator and I moved the motor back - so now the belt does not slip off. And I put the most comfortable bicycle seat back on. So it works great - only I might get a bigger DC-DC buck converter. This new motor is much smoother than the previous one. It's a newer design - so also more powerful - so I get less resistance at higher RPM. So I should be able to get more amps if I get a bigger DC-DC buck converter.

Only the multimeter is not reading the voltage as I had to reverse the polarity on the motor - reversed the wires. So I still need to figure out if that is worth trying to go from 3 to 4 amps to 5 to 6 amps.

So I am very happy about this ReStore trip (Restore is a fund-raiser for Habitat for Humanity - selling donated DIY household construction tools, furniture, appliances, etc).

So I was really thinking I would have to build ANOTHER wood stove - and use kitchen stainless steel buckets - the SAME design as this grill stove!! So now I just need to bolt together the upper and bottom half - so as to contain the fire better. Then make a door and hole for the stove pipe. I have a hinge for the door.

I will rewatch the video - So here is my DIY Hot Tent Stove playlist

Here is the vid of making a wood stove out of the same style of grill

Here is the test burn of this stove design - vid

So his stove weighs 10 pounds with the stove pipe? It's definitely thinner metal than this stove.



here it is!!

Yeah it even has those side vents - same design!!

OK now to find more info on this stove.

strange - so the new version as propane has the vents on the lid. The new charcoal version does NOT have the vents on the lid...

So I wonder if mine is propane or charcoal...?

Also mine has a red lid and venting on the lower part.



So I don't have the top vents - so mine must be a really old model!!


So this is the same Lid I have... I wonder if they did their own conversion of a Grillmaster into a charcoal stove?

Mine has closing vents on the end.

 That's the 1980s version. I think I got this one.

FINALLY FOUND IT!!!

Wow - Sunbeam is used in accounting books - due to "Chainsaw Al"


OK finally - the SAME handle

This is indeed the SAME grill.




So yep - SAME side handle - only someone converted it from GAS to Charcoal - so instead of that intake pipe - there is a sliding vent cover. haha.

Sunbeam 8208 Tabletop Gas Grill Portable Propane BBQ Outdoor

 Very much "heavy-gauge steel"

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