"Non Invasive" Modifications to Your Chubby

tcalo · Post by **tcalo** » Fri. Jan. 20, 2017 6:23 pm

Formulabruce, I took a page out of your book. I used angle iron and attached it using the leg bolts.

Formulabruce · Post by **Formulabruce** » Fri. Jan. 20, 2017 7:47 pm

Very cool!! Just make sure you can get a small ash shovel in between as needed. I like it better than my set up on my old chubby as I ended up taking it out to clean sometimes

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Fri. Jan. 20, 2017 9:08 pm

Why not have made a rectangle of angle iron & just set it in the base ??
When you decide to clean the ashes out of the base,just pull the ash pan,then pull the angle iron frame & clean the entire floor.

tcalo · Post by **tcalo** » Fri. Jan. 20, 2017 9:25 pm

I guess there is more than one way to skin a cat...

Formulabruce · Post by **Formulabruce** » Fri. Jan. 20, 2017 9:28 pm

windyhill4.2 wrote:Why not have made a rectangle of angle iron & just set it in the base ??
When you decide to clean the ashes out of the base,just pull the ash pan,then pull the angle iron frame & clean the entire floor.

did you look back at the pics in this thread?

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Fri. Jan. 20, 2017 9:34 pm

Formulabruce wrote:
windyhill4.2 wrote:Why not have made a rectangle of angle iron & just set it in the base ??
When you decide to clean the ashes out of the base,just pull the ash pan,then pull the angle iron frame & clean the entire floor.
did you look back at the pics in this thread?

I just looked back...
Now I feel like an idiot. I guess that is what happens when nearly a yr goes by from the bottom of page 1 to the top of page 2 & I didn't start with the top of page 1.

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Sat. Jan. 21, 2017 1:40 am

Has anybody sizzled their fingers yet by picking up that ship for a closer look?

Slovenia are selling brass statues of Melania, that would make the stove top look even hotter. Invite Bill around for supper, he is sure to burn his hands.

Formulabruce · Post by **Formulabruce** » Sat. Jan. 21, 2017 10:02 pm

My grandson was so close to grabbing the Mayflower, I stopped him, then later did it myself LOL, yup it was hot!

mntbugy · Post by **mntbugy** » Sat. Jan. 21, 2017 10:11 pm

Formulabruce wrote:My grandson was so close to grabbing the Mayflower, I stopped him, then later did it myself LOL, yup it was hot!

old school digital thermometer

lobsterman · Post by **lobsterman** » Fri. Jan. 27, 2017 8:30 pm

I do not waste coal either. In the shoulder season I fill it up heaping as usual but shut the primary right down fully closed. Will burn 24 hr. Same as 1/2 pot for 12 hr x 2. Seems like a hassle to put bricks in.

Logs · Post by **Logs** » Fri. Jan. 27, 2017 8:46 pm

I was going to ask , how do you place the bricks? I didn't realize the stove wood burn with the air shut completely off. I'm going to try that tonight after refill. It has been real windy here and I lit the woodburner last night because the chubby can't keep up when temps drop to teens. But it's too dang hot in basement now 100° . I don't want the chubby to go out. I will run both for a few days. Maybe by cutting air off completely I can bring the temp down a little. It's over 80 in my living room.

Formulabruce · Post by **Formulabruce** » Fri. Jan. 27, 2017 9:02 pm

When its "closed" its not really air tight at that location since the slider is spring loaded , and there is a small edge gap on the slider. That's enough air , once stove is hot and has a good draft to do the Long burns. I will sometimes give the bottom a poke in the middle of a long burn, but I don't bother to shake it down. At the end, I may end up with more than one ash pan full of pure white ash though.. If it goes too low, 4-5 pieces of charcoal on the hot spot , and I'm back in business.

"Non Invasive" Modifications to Your Chubby

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