Too bad I find getting clean, consistently sized nut is almost impossible. That’s why maybe Mikey needs to dump in some of his fines with stove size. Like you say Paul, it helps control the burn.
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Yeah, Scott, sadly there can be quite a difference. And not just bagged coal, either. I see a difference in it year-to-year with the bulk nut my dealer gets from the breakers he buys from in the Mahanoy area.
Mixing sizes can work well as it does works for some of the folks here.
That's one of the benefits of having a coal bin that is loaded by truck shute. It self-sorts the sizes pretty well because the larger pieces roll much more easily down the pile to concentrate more at the outer edges of the pile.
When it's bitter cold and I want to slow a strong draft, I dig a higher concentration of smaller pieces from the middle of the pile.
When I want a faster burn for higher heat, or need to strengthen the draft in warmer weather, I dig a higher concentration of larger pieces from the outer edges of the pile.
Gravity,.... helping to make coal use that much better !
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Sadly a bin is DOA for me
Has Mikey checked in yet or pm’ed anyone?
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I’ve found the bagged Blaschak nut from Center Farms (north of MA, in Easton) to be uniform and clean. This year, their bulk stove-size was delivered and I have very little fines... not the case 2 years ago. Unfortunately, they won’t deliver bagged this far, anymore.
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Is it about time to send out a search party for Mike ?
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Sparkle is having a hard time building it's fire. I get to approx 4 inches of coal and all is great, the blues are swirling. Once I throw in a couple more shovels the fire creeps back to an idling scared little fire. My thoughts are primary air is sneaking past the fire and exiting via the not's so perfect seam created by the new "top" base plate, (shrinkage, and I wasn't in the pool!), and the old tombstone shaped partition walls that also buttress the grate/fire ring. Any movement of the new/old parts will be contrary to the old/old parts. I am curious if the added weight of the coal once I pass the 4 inch allotment is distorting the fit between the varied parts pictured below. Feel free to speak your mind.
...in the picture the new "top" base plate is the large rectangle with the ring in the center...the second part from the bottom of the photo.
This is a pic of the base pan with the partition walls in place. ...in the picture the new "top" base plate is the large rectangle with the ring in the center...the second part from the bottom of the photo.
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A wild guess but..... have you checked to see if the 4 Base bolts and 2 cylinder bolts need to be snugged up?
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I think you are on the right track. First suspect is the internal check damper.
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Thanks Scott, make's sense.
It is snug, a little too snug if you asked me but I expected some speed bumps with the new parts.
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I'm going to take a square fire brick with some rope gasket along it's edge and cover the check damper...gonna' be a few.michaelanthony wrote: ↑Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 6:28 pmWish I had some WICKED strong magnets to cover the check damper with.
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