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A small pot belly stove.

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wgw:
If you are burning wood you do not want a grate, just build up a good bed of ash.

Bee:
A flue should only have 45 degree bends so that it can be swept, brushes don't go round 90 degrees. There should not be horizontal sections as soot can fill up and block. Both above are UK regulations I believe.
At the bottom 9 inches insulate with vermiculite boards up to 1 in thick to provide a hot spot that can heat up quickly with small sticks and get the draught going.
Provide an air feed at the very bottom for starting and higher up once going.
Have a bypass on the heat exchanger for starting. (you find these on most kitchen ranges to bypass the cold oven until the fire is going well.)

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