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Every piece with its own function,
combining beauty with use...
1: brass ID plaque
2: fuel loading
door
3: Secondary air
valve / air wash
4: Ash pan
5: Door catch
6: Primary air valve
7: belly pan and
product label
1: brass ID plaque.
Chemically etched by Dan in his Garden shed using methods
learned from friends at the Porthmeor Print Workshop in St. Ives . The plaques have
the Hotpod logo and the edition type.
2: fuel loading door.
Originally designed around a Pyrex saucepan lid with a hinge
made from Volkswagen engine con-rods. Even today, the hinge pin is still made from a
section of Volkswagen shock absorber strut.
3: Secondary air valve / air wash.
This is the only really complex bit of the Hotpod
and the part which makes it so efficient. The air enters through the valve and is
pre-heated in the hollow chamber around the door tube before entering the firebox
through shaped slots at the top which direct the pre-heated air over the glass before
feeding the flames. This is the best control for wood burning.
4: Ash pan.
The stainless steel knob on the front of the ash pan isn’t for making
coffee or anything like that. It is just the handle for the ash pan for easy ash removal.
The knob, like the legs, air valves and door catch, are all dairy fittings. On the Prepods
(Lucy’s original stove and the next 5 copies) they were all scrap from the St Ivel dairy
which closed down a mile from Dan’s workshop. Nowadays we have to buy them new
from Yorkshire.
5: Door catch.
Pretty self explanatory we think. See above. Please do not over
tighten. You will find that you can get the screw adjuster to a perfect spot so that it
will shut the door securely while allowing you to simply uncatch without unscrewing to
open the door - have a play.
6: Primary air valve.
This valve lets air in beneath the fire grate. This is very good
for getting a good fire going and the main control when using mineral fuels. Both of
the air valve knobs are machined at my local engineering shop from single pieces of
stainless steel.
7: belly pan and product label.
The original function of the belly pan was purely
aesthetic. The Hotpods just don’t look right without them. They are made from the top
of the fire extinguishers which go on to become the Podhopper coal scuttles. Now they
finally have found their true use, which is to house the compulsory product labelling
which hides away neatly inside.
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