Found It !! My 'Royal Bride' Restoration Thread

Stopped at the store on my way home from work. Had two versions playing in my head of how I would be making the fire pot. It depended on what materials I could buy and how much thy cost. Ended up going with the harder of the two, this because FRP is only available in full sheets.
Enjoy

Dont ya think that fire pot will burn up with a hot coal fire in it ....

the pattern is taking shape

Next move is to pop the forms out of the inside and put some Fiberglass in there. It looks like 2 layers of glass on each surface should give me the thickness I need. Before the 4th coat of glass and resin I will cut the teeth and cut it down to 6" overall high. That way I can coat everything with fiberglass to make the release easier. I will also be skim coating the outside with body filler for a flat clean finish.

Once I get that done it will get a quick shot of high gloss paint, checked for fix in the fully assembled stove , then dropped off for casting. Like I said easy like pie.

get out the wood burning tatoo gun and scribes yo name in it ! wannabee eye-ron works or somethin......

Poconoeagle wrote:Dont ya think that fire pot will burn up with a hot coal fire in it ....

I used 5/8" fire code GWB for the form. That *censored* is UL tested.

Poconoeagle wrote:get out the wood burning tatoo gun and scribes yo name in it ! wannabee eye-ron works or somethin......

I have all intentions of popping a mold off of the rim where it is marked 14RB. Never though about doing anything custom on the outside. That, my friend could be dangerous.
Hmmm... What do I decorate my Fire pot with?

Jack-O-lantern?

The symbol in the coal addicts creed

Pick ax with " Bust some Nut" scrolled around it???

Pick ax's criss-crossed over a coal hod...

B.R.A. Club??? ( black rocks anonymous ).......

Newbie... I bow to you my friend You and I both know what your doing is more then most would or could do and I ditto the reccomendation of your name on the casting but it should be done in a raised form, you can obtain rubber, wood, plastic lettering online that can be secured to your mold for pennies...go for it bro! you deserve it

Not to bad for the rough pattern. I need to sand a few high spots on the "rim" before applying any more glass.

Doug,
Thanks for the kind words. I Have a huge respect for the craftsmen of the past. I am only replacing/replicating something that a man created a long time ago.

On a serious note I can't do anything on the outside of the FP, there is no way it would release from the sand to make the mold.

Wanna Bee wrote: Like I said easy like pie.

By golly you were right, just like I have noticed, It's always easy as long as somebody else does it.

Congratulations, clever and nice work.

franco b wrote:

Wanna Bee wrote: Like I said easy like pie.

By golly you were right, just like I have noticed, It's always easy as long as somebody else does it.

Congratulations, clever and nice work.

LOL... Franco hit the nail on the head here!

Cleaned up the inside and fiberglassed it.




After that it's time for a coat of body filler

2nd coat

Turns out the reason someone painted the Finial gold is because... drum roll please. It was originally brass. I guess it's just easier to paint it than polish?
Next adventure will be to get the paint off without destroying it.



Look all of the green oxidation, this isn't cast iron.


Something tells me that this thing cost a bundle when it was new.

When this thing is finished it is going to be incredible. Because the top is brass I think brass hardware in the nickel will look great.

Often times the brass was nickel plated, sometimes not. It's a matter of your personal taste.

According to the Catalog page, the 14 inch model was $51 bucks. That was quite expensive in the early 1890's when this stove was made.