How to Build a Down Draft Wood Stove

Clean your cans and remove the labels. Remove the top of the juice can.

Trace around the bottom of the juice can with your marker pen to make a circle in the center of the paint can lid. Trace a smaller circle ½ inch inside the first circle with a protractor and marker. Cut out the interior circle. The cut does not have to be perfectly even.

Make a series of lines ½ inch apart connecting the cut circle to the line traced around the juice can. Cut along these lines. Fold the 1/2-inch rectangles down to form tabs.

Mark 35 to 40 dots an equal distance apart and 1 inch down from the open top of the juice can. Drill these dots with a 1/16-inch drill bit.

Mark eight dots an equal distance apart about 1 inch above the bottom of the juice can. Drill these dots with the 3/4-inch drill bit.

Mark and drill from 60 to 80 1/16-inch holes on the bottom of the juice can.

Mark 14 dots 1 ½ inches apart about 1 inch above the bottom lip of the paint can. Drill holes on those dots with a 3/4-inch drill bit. This will give you holes about 1/2 to 3/4 inch apart. This is the outer chamber of your stove.

Tap lightly with a hammer the tabs on the interior of the paint can lid over the top of the juice can. Put the adjustable band around the tabs and secure the lid to the can. There will be 35 to 40 holes will be just below this band. Your combustion chamber is now complete.

Set the combustion chamber made from the juice can into outer chamber made from the paint can.