Picked up a 1928 Oakland #6 Baseheater! Heres My Plan
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I'm a newb. How do you oil the coal? Sounds like a solution.Keepaeyeonit wrote: ↑Mon. Sep. 24, 2018 7:43 pmI was doing the bag thing for a few months just to see how it worked but my chimney was full of crap(presuming from the paper bags) at the end of the season so now I just oil the coal.....
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I was wondering if the coal could be rinsed with water, then, let dry? Drill 3/8" holes in a 5 gallon bucket. Slowly submerge the bucket of coal in a bin of water, give it a couple of bounces, pull it out and let it dry for a few days. Start with three buckets of coal, let them dry. Then, everyday when you empty a bucket, refill and rinse, set it aside to dry. That way you'll always have two dry buckets of coal and one drying. You could even do 2 gallons at a time, since it's so heavy, and dump the rinsed half buckets into buckets of your size choice.Keepaeyeonit wrote: ↑Thu. Jan. 03, 2019 7:20 amI use a pump sprayer with mineral oil to lightly oil the coal in 5 gal buckets.
Does anyone ever use a garden wagon or small garden cart to transport the coal into the house? Seems like it would be easier than lugging a 5 gallon bucket.
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You can do that but then you have to get rid of buckets of coal dust filled water. I look at it as that dust still has BTU's in it that I paid for by weight. And over the course of a winter running two stoves, that use about 9-10 tons, that adds up to quite a bit of money. Both my stoves handle fines and dust without problem, so I don't bother to separate it out.
And, unlike wood, wet or dry coal burns the same. You can put soaking wet coal in a stove and you'd never know the difference by the way the stove burns it. That's why so much bagged coal comes wet to prevent air borne dust while it's being poured of shoveled into a stove.
Some bulk dealers wash the coal with water. Some will "oil" the coal at extra cost, before delivery to prevent dust clouds when transferring the coal.
My bulk dealer washes the coal while it's being loaded into the high-lift coal truck and delivers it wet. I can stand in the bin doorway as the coal is coming down the shute and there's no dust. And when I get to the bottom of my 6 ton bins there's hardly any fines that I had to pay for, either. Far less than there would be if it was all bagged coal..... and I've used Blaschak, Tractor Supply Kimmels, and Lehigh bagged coal. All have much more fines, and eventually dust if it dries out, than I get with the bulk deliveries.
Paul
And, unlike wood, wet or dry coal burns the same. You can put soaking wet coal in a stove and you'd never know the difference by the way the stove burns it. That's why so much bagged coal comes wet to prevent air borne dust while it's being poured of shoveled into a stove.
Some bulk dealers wash the coal with water. Some will "oil" the coal at extra cost, before delivery to prevent dust clouds when transferring the coal.
My bulk dealer washes the coal while it's being loaded into the high-lift coal truck and delivers it wet. I can stand in the bin doorway as the coal is coming down the shute and there's no dust. And when I get to the bottom of my 6 ton bins there's hardly any fines that I had to pay for, either. Far less than there would be if it was all bagged coal..... and I've used Blaschak, Tractor Supply Kimmels, and Lehigh bagged coal. All have much more fines, and eventually dust if it dries out, than I get with the bulk deliveries.
Paul
Congratz on the new stove. Ok what is a baro? Found this site and have had a few old stoves but have never hooked one up. Going to build and getting too old to mess with wood. Been reading about coal. Also my favorite you tube video shows William burning the Glenwood , saw that he passed on.
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I’ve oiled my bagged coal before after it dried out, my other stoves would not burn the fines well, they would just ash up on top and I would have to fight to save the fire, the 8 on the other hand eats it up like nothing.
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Welcome Billehn.Billehn wrote: ↑Thu. Jan. 03, 2019 5:36 pmCongratz on the new stove. Ok what is a baro? Found this site and have had a few old stoves but have never hooked one up. Going to build and getting too old to mess with wood. Been reading about coal. Also my favorite you tube video shows William burning the Glenwood , saw that he passed on.
"Baro" is short for barometric damper. This link will help explain what it is and what it does. https://heatinghelp.com/systems-help-center/what- ... ic-damper/
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This stove is still for sale guys. Someone has to take this beauty home! Message me if interested
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I’m curious, how do these older stoves compair to modern stoves when it comes to consumption, BTU, efficiency? I currently have a Gibraltar and a Hitzer, but would sell one of them and replace it with one of these works of art. Consumption and BTU’s are what’s important for me because these are our primary heat source. I light them in the fall and they go non-stop until the spring. I’ve been looking on craigslist and other for sale places for an antique, I just don’t know enough about them to pull the trigger. I’m a fan of those parlor base burners like those Wehrles with all the mica windows.