Kifaru/TiGoat style stove pipe question

[Les M]

I’m building a Kifaru/TiGoat tent wood stove with a roll up stove pipe and was wondering about the suitability of mild/low carbon steel shim stock instead of stainless or titanium for the stove pipe. Aside from rust and weight considerations, is there any reason you couldn’t use it? I know you can buy stainless and titanium stove pipes from TiGoat, and while the prices are reasonable, with the current USD-CAD exchange rate, duty and shipping, a stainless 7 foot stove pipe costs more than $80. Meanwhile, I can get a .004″x12″x120″ roll of 1010 shim for about $35 plus tax. Thoughts?

[Jordo _99]

Liteoutside is from Canada and a nice alternative.

I just finished making my own spice it off steel shim. It turned it good enough but i’ve only used it a few times and just humidity/mist have caused it to rust/corode very slightly.

It could be the material i used though. galvanized and that coating burned off on the first use

At this point, i can tell you it’s very possible to myog it but i can’t day how well the steel holds up. I’m a bit concerned about it though.

[Ben Wortman]

I would use stainless steel for sure.  I made a pipe out of .003 stainless a few years ago.  It worked out just fine.  Kifaru uses .003 stainless also.  The .004 is probably thicker than you need.  It also will be slightly stiffer and possibly harder to roll, but I am just speculating on that one.

[Anonymous]

Why couldn’t one use stainless steel, titanium, or what not for the first part of the piping (first few feet), and then use aluminum for the rest/more upper part?  I know aluminum has a relatively low melting point, but it’s still slightly above 1200 F*, and i doubt the 2nd , upper half of a pipe would get that hot (though i may be wrong). Build design would be a little more complex though.

[Les M]

That might work for a collapsible/nesting stove pipe, but this style of pipe is one continuous roll of foil. With thicknesses of about .003″-.005″, I think you’d have issues with the joint between the 2 metals. Smoke leakage might also be an issue, although maybe not a big deal if the joint is on the part that’s outside of the stove.

On a related note, I considered something similar with 2 lengths of 6″ wide stainless shim since I happen to have a lot of that where I work, but couldn’t figure out a suitable way to make that work for this purpose.

 

 

 

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