Gaskets & Damper On M45 Tent Stove Burns Slower Now

I have modified the US Military M45 tent stove so that I can use it in a small space and control the fire. Originally the M-45 tent stove burnt out of control and scary hot. I have heard that this is very common with these stoves.

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The M 45 tent stove comes out of the box ready to burn multiple fuels. It can burn liquid and solid fuels. But for our purposes we wanted to use wood that is freely available for our off grid rain water and battery shed.

We have an abundance of fire wood since we are surrounded by trees. So this is a free source of fuel for us here at the off grid homestead.

I had originally wanted to burn this with heating oil so that I can set it and forget it but people warned me that this stove gets very hot and dangerous. They say it is hard to control.

So I did a test burn a while back with the military tent stove outside and checked the temperatures. They were off the scale of my digital laser thermometer.

I set up the M 45 tent stove in the wood and water shed for a test burn and it was way too hot. This stove burns out of control and it burns wood fast. It is too hot and too inefficient for our use here out of the box.

So I picked up some wood stove gaskets and some wood stove cement.

I opened up the M45 tent stove and put a bead of wood stove cement around the rim of the the bottom half of the stove. Then I cut a piece of fiberglass wood stove gasket material and pressed it into the cement around the rim.

Next I put the two halves of the barrel stove back together and screwed the fasteners in place.

I put some of the wood stove cement all around the back access door of the wood stove. I will not be using this door any time soon. Then I closed the door and sealed it into place.

On the front door I put a bead of wood stove cement around the rim and then put some gasket material in place. I closed the door to press the cement into position and then left the door open so that the cement cannot seal the door closed on me.

I had ordered a wood stove damper for the 4 inch stove pipe that was included with the tent stove. So now I waited.

When the damper arrived in the mail I took off the bottom stove pipe section with the help of Chris who was passing by at the time.

I drilled a hole in the pipe to fit the damper rod. Then I put the damper into the stove pipe to center it and find where the other hole should be drilled.

By putting the rod through the stove pipe and through the damper, I could position the damper into the pipe and center it. Then with a hammer I pounded the rod through the other side lightly to leave an impression for the next hole.

I drilled out the hole and put the damper into place. Chris helped me put the stove pipe back onto the wood stove.

Now it was time for a test burn. I fired it up and got a nice bed of coals going in the stove. Then I topped it off with oak pallet scraps and watched it burn.

I am not able to carefully control the burn rate and temperature of the M-45 military tent stove.

This was a great success and I will be able to keep the off grid battery and water shed from freezing this winter.

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Troy
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