Here are some before and after pictures of my Chubby. Amazing what a couple hours with a right angle grinder with a wire brush can do. After I got the rust off I hit it with 2 coats of stove polish. I replaced the mica in the door and ordered a new shaker grate and a door gasket kit from Larry. Put it all together and filled her belly up with coal today. Just checked and it settled down to 400 degrees and looks good for the night.
Sure will be nice not to be spending $1500 a winter to heat my shop.
Chubby - Before and After
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scalabro
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- Posts: 4197
- Joined: Wed. Oct. 03, 2012 9:53 am
- Location: Western Massachusetts
- Baseburners & Antiques: Crawford 40, PP Stewart No. 14, Abendroth Bros "Record 40"
- Coal Size/Type: Stove / Anthracite.
- Other Heating: Oil fired, forced hot air.
Looks like a couple of CNC machines in the background?
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warminmn
- Member
- Posts: 8186
- Joined: Tue. Feb. 08, 2011 5:59 pm
- Location: Land of 11,842 lakes
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Junior, Riteway 37
- Coal Size/Type: nut and stove anthracite, lignite
- Other Heating: Wood and wear a wool shirt
If you start having ash build up in the elbow behind the stove you might want to put a clean out Tee pipe there. maybe you can go thru the front door, thru the damper and clean it that way too, but keep an eye on it.
Still, looking pretty nice all pimped out with new paint!
Still, looking pretty nice all pimped out with new paint!
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Spaceexplorer
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- Posts: 34
- Joined: Wed. Jul. 25, 2018 6:40 pm
- Stoker Coal Boiler: None
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: None
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: None
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: None
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: CoalBrookDale Much Wenlock
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: None
- Baseburners & Antiques: None
- Coal Size/Type: Nut/ Pea
- Other Heating: Oil/ Wood/ Propane
Wow, nice job
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Formulabruce
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- Posts: 288
- Joined: Sat. Feb. 02, 2013 8:02 pm
- Location: in the "Shire" ( New Hamp -shire)
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harmon Mark 1 Goldenfire
- Coal Size/Type: BLASHAK Nut and Stove size
- Other Heating: Blower from a gas furnace if I need to move air, no heat
Looks great! The design of the chubby ( no brick) can get the heat out of the stove all over and kinda quickly too.
The top "lip" actually will curl over raised hot air on the sides and cause some circulation around it.
These chubbys are amazing for their size.. Once used to it and your draft, it will be your buddy !
The top "lip" actually will curl over raised hot air on the sides and cause some circulation around it.
These chubbys are amazing for their size.. Once used to it and your draft, it will be your buddy !
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Hambden Bob
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- Posts: 8546
- Joined: Mon. Jan. 04, 2010 10:54 am
- Location: Hambden Twp. Geauga County,Ohio
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Harman 1998 Magnum Stoker
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Blower Model Coal Chubby 1982-Serial#0097
- Coal Size/Type: Rice-A-Roni ! / Nut
- Other Heating: Pro-Pain Forced Air
That's Right,Larry! Yet another Coal Chubby Victory!
