SPEEA Stove (aka Burn Barrel)

This is a 1/12 scale model of the SPEEA Stove (aka Burn Barrel) that Morris Adams & Tom McCarty put together when the SPEEA represented Engineers and Technicians of The Boeing Company went on strike February 9, 2000.

There are two version of the barrel, one with SPEEA cutout in the front of the barrel and one with no cutout.

Print settings:

• Layer height: 0.20mm or 0.16mm
• Seam position: Back
• Supports: None

The Mk 2.2 version of the lid does not lift up.
The Mk 2 version of the lid does lift up a bit if you want, but it will not tolerate repeated opening/closing.

The lid itself is a somewhat loose fit to the barrel. It should stay on by itself, but you also may find a dap of superglue helpful.

For best effect, place a flickering LED tea light in the bottom and place on your desk at work. I should not need to say this, but: DO NOT PLACE REAL FIRE IN THIS BURN BARREL!

Takes about 70 minutes to print on a Bambu A1 and uses 6.31m / 18.98 g of filament

Size:

• Height: 5-¾"
• Width: 2-7/8"

Full Design Files:

I've tried to remain faithful to the design described in “How we built the SPEEA Stove."

You can also read more in Tom's book, Picket Line: No Nerds - No Birds The strike that grounded Boeing's planes"

The full design is at OnShape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/58fdae9b603bd3e60c29cfa3/w/ab9dffc4b712cbfbd6f34727/e/1dc464dd507d3c8669eb8e3c?renderMode=0&uiState=68a0d1c30d3f452397483e8d

Note: it's designed in full scale, for the most part – I had to enlarge some things so that it would print. When you export at full size, you'll need to scale to 8.33% (i.e. 1/12) or whatever scale you desire.

– No Nerds, No Birds – 

Change Log:

2025.08.18:

• Updated SPEEA Barrel to Mk2.1 -- Change font to Vtg Stencil DIN Type A. This should avoid issue with loosing the A's and P's inner part. “Hinge”  slightly thicker now to make it more pronounced.
• Updated Lid to Mk2.2 –  “Hinge” slightly thicker now to make it more pronounced. "Hinge" is full depth of the lid (making it fully stiff). (h/t @Smileynulk)