Hi all,
I just did my first burn in the woodstove I put in my new 10x10 flexbow. I did a bit of reading on Rokslide and watching YouTube videos before deciding on this setup. It's different than most, in that I put the stovejack in roof, instead of the sidewall as most people have done. I did this for two reasons: first, it maximizes surface area of the stove pipe within the tent, so will in theory keep it warmer (this may or may not be a good thing), and second, it allows me to use the stock stove pipe that came with my stove (Camp Chef
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002G55XXQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1).
I borrowed a sewing machine from a friend (she also gave me a crash course in sewing), and bought some polyester upholstery thread to sew things in with (
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CC8NU0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1). I decided on using a silpat (a silicone baking sheet) as the stove jack, and sewed a smaller, second one to the first to act as a rain shield and to cover the hole when there's not a stove pipe in there (
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081ZD3TKD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1). I sewed in the silpat from the interior about 1/8-3/16 inch from the silpat edge, cut out the canvas in the middle, leaving ~3/4 inch of canvas around the perimeter. I then made 4 miters on the remaining canvas, folded the ends under and sewed again (canvas, canvas, silpat). It was a pain in the ass to do all this on a home sewing machine because of all the fabric but it did just fine (pro tip: don't sew the top of your tent to the awning - ha ha!). You could do it with an awl instead - that might be easier in some ways. But I think if you go through the roof you want to make sure things are sewed in really good because there's a lot of pressure pulling the fabric apart on these tents. Here are some videos that helped with the sewing:
I ended up just cutting a '+' into the silpat for the stovepipe to go through (this is what the Kifaru guys do). Installation of the stovepipe is a little funny for me because I have a nesting stovepipe that increases in diameter with the pipes height. So you can't really put it through from below unless you want to make the hole oversized. But I was able to put a segment of pipe in from above when setting up the tent and just connected it to the rest of the stove pipe in the tent once it was up. I used a 4 x 6 welding blanket doubled up into 2 x 3 underneath the stove itself.
So far (which isn't long), this setup seems to work just fine. Probably should have waited to post until I've got a season or two in it but wanted to get this out while it was fresh. Hopefully this is helpful to someone - I know I couldn't have gotten this far without watching what others have posted so trying to return the favor.
Pics or it didn't happen:
