3 Billy Stove Gasifier

Introduction

After many years of providing information about gasifiers through this site, I decided to make my own.

So I have begun with the most basic gasification principle, the gasifier stove. The Gasifier to power my car will have to wait until I retire (when will that be?), when I might be able to afford both time and materials… it will happen in just a matter of time.

As an Australian, I began searching for off-the-shelf materials to make a stove and went everywhere to find a cheap supply of materials, including Bunnings, general hardware stores, kitchen shops, Red Dot, 2 Dollar shops, Coles and Woolworths and “tip shops’ in my search. Nothing turned up in the search for what I needed, and I could direct others to find containers that would fit inside each other like Russian dolls. Then it occurred to me that three billy cans could be purchased relatively cheaply and nestle nicely inside each other.

Billy Stove Gasifier Materials

I wanted to provide a construction method so any handy person could build a stove without having to master any fine skills. At the same time, the stove needs to work correctly as a true gasifier, and I also wanted it to be atheistically pleasing. Making the 3 Billy Stove Gasifier stove requires few tools with no welding, screwing, or riveting.

• 3 Billy cans that will nestle inside each other
• Pair of tin snips
• Multi grips, pliers, or similar
• Hammer (to panel beat drilled holes)
• 3mm and 5mm punch
• 50mm hole saw attachment (otherwise, use tin snips)
• File to remove sharps and burs
• Stainless steel pot scrubbers
• Gloves for protection (jagged tin slices flesh very nicely)

The complete Construction Manual (17 pages) can be downloaded here.