Anyone Heard of a St. Nicholas Base Heater?

mal91152 · Post by **mal91152** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 5:25 pm

I just saw an add for a "St. Nicholas" Stove and it looks like it is a base heater or burner. owner says it burns coal and is in good condition. Is this stove worth anything?

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 5:47 pm

If it is a Base Burner and it is in good condition, it is certainly worth something. Can you find out which company made this stove? It sounds very interesting.

mal91152 · Post by **mal91152** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 5:49 pm

Here is a photo

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wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 5:57 pm

That is a very nice Base Burner. It looks much like a Glenwood No 111. These are extremely efficient and very desirable. It looks like a Boston or Taunton Mass. made stove. Now some of these are not true base burners, but have an indirect back pipe to give a longer path for the smoke the smoke goes down the pipe and makes a U turn to go back up and out.

mal91152 · Post by **mal91152** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 7:05 pm

Another photo

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 7:17 pm

This is a true full return flue base burner. I looks like they are torturing this poor stove with wood. Somebody needs to rescue it and feed it its proper diet. From the side photo it looks like it is a fairly large stove.
This is a most worthy stove. I would not have any hesitation about buying this one at all.

mal91152 · Post by **mal91152** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 7:31 pm

Thanks Will, I think I am going to buy it. Would be a good addition to my OakVale Andes base heater.

mal91152 · Post by **mal91152** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 7:33 pm

What kind of shaker grate would it have? Triangle grinders or just a round flat type grate?

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 7:55 pm

It most likely has a round shaker grate with a pull out dump center tongue. These grates are common and inexpensive. The grate might need to be replaced after having heavy chunks of wood thrown on it. These grates are easy to use.

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 7:58 pm

If you look at the profile shot of the stove, you can see that they never run it in base burner mode. You see where the paint is all faded gray because of exposure to heat. Look at the base heating tube. It's gray on the top half and still black on the bottom part.
This graying of paint is why I switched to stove polish.

grumpy · Post by **grumpy** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 8:04 pm

Stove Polish rules..

nortcan · Post by **nortcan** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 8:55 pm

Hi, if I was near the location of that stove I would certainly buy it at the bargain price asked for it . So hurry up if you want it because it will go fast.
Good luck

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Wed. Jan. 12, 2011 9:19 pm

I got a better look at it. Yes, buy it. Buy it now!

Anyone Heard of a St. Nicholas Base Heater?

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