Just picked up a US Army Cannon Stove #20
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So I found an absolute steal online yesterday. A guy was selling a US Army Cannon Stove #20 in great condition. He said his father purchased it from a Army surplus store in the 60’s and had it around just for decoration. His father has since passed and it’s been taking up space in this mans garage. Everything is there. The ash pan, the original door pulls, shaker grate, and even a wood grate insert. There are no cracks or pieces missing. I plan to line the pot with Noxram (or other material) and use it in my house. I live in a pretty large Victorian house with high ceilings so this is a perfect stove for my situation. It will be my first time burning coal but as much as I hate to say it.......I’m ready for cooler weather!
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Nice find indeed K!! What ugliness RB????????????????????????
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i'll come in only on the part of the stove.
IF you can meld with this stove on it's terms you Might be happy with it
IF it's appropriate for the space and heat needed
we will need more info please
thanks,
steve
IF you can meld with this stove on it's terms you Might be happy with it
IF it's appropriate for the space and heat needed
we will need more info please
thanks,
steve
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So over the past few weeks I have been disassembling the stove and going over every piece and part. This stove is in very very good condition. I found no cracks. I stripped all of the parts down to raw cast and used stove polish for the finish. Last night my wife helped me haul all the pieces into the house so I could do a dry fit. I built and entirely new hearth area for the stove. The wall behind it is half inch cement board on steel studs placed on each side of the chimney. The chimney itself was ugly cement block so I took brick tile and faced the chimney to give it and older look. The steel studs behind the wall have half inch cement board between floor and the studs to prevent heat absorption. The hearth pad is 2 1/2 in thick paver pads with a half inch sheet of cement board, then tile on top. I like the way this project has came together. This stove is bigger than it looks in the picture. We have 10 ft ceilings and 2000 sq ft of living space (upstairs and downstairs combined). This stove should be just what the doctor ordered in terms of burn times and BTU output. Tonight I’m working on ceiling up around the ash out door. The door fits very well by itself but I want to be 100% positive that I have as much regulation as possible.
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I like the woodwork around the windows, also the way the old-time craftsmen made pretty patterns in the hardwood floors. Stove looks like it should do well there.
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Real nice K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Really nice...I love pot bellied stoves. They burn wood well, and coal even better!!
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Big day today. FINALLY found a place in Columbus to supply me with refractory material. The product I found was only 22$ for a 55 pound block. This was enough material to do a 14in. deep by 20in. wide fire pot at about a 1.25in. thick lining. The product is good up to almost 3500f. It’s used in large industrial ladles that carry and pour molten metals. The product is basically the same as Noxram. It has a 45% alumina content which is great for maintaining temperature inside the coal bed. I bought the product from Allied Mineral Products in Columbus Oh. It was only 20 mins from where I work. The product is called PS Super Plastic 45. Great price, and it was easy to instal. The firepot Turned out better than I expected!
First I cut a circle of cardboard to cover the shaker grate to provide a slight gap between the bottom of the liner and the grate. This ensures that the grate can still move freely, and also provides a small enough gap to make sure pieces of coal dont get stuck under the liner. Then I went to work pounding the material into place. I didn’t have a mallet on hand so I just used my fist and my palm. It worked, but the material is somewhat abrasive and now my hands feel super smooth!
Once the liner was in place I went back and smoothed out the high and low places as best as I could. It’s the consistency of modeling clay, maybe a little more firm. It’s pretty easy to manipulate. Overall it turned out great. I’m going to let it air cure for a couple of days, then I’m going to start building small fires inside. The Product Engineer said it should be cured after a small fire. The product was designed to be able to be put into almost immediate use without failure.
Iv never burned coal before but I’m pretty excited to get this thing up and running. It should serve its purpose well in our house. Anyone have a recommendation on what size coal to run in this stove? It has a massive fire pot haha
It’s pretty cool to think about the last time this stove had a fire in its belly. There were probably a bunch of young men, preparing to fight for our country, standing around it talking about memories from back home. True heros.
First I cut a circle of cardboard to cover the shaker grate to provide a slight gap between the bottom of the liner and the grate. This ensures that the grate can still move freely, and also provides a small enough gap to make sure pieces of coal dont get stuck under the liner. Then I went to work pounding the material into place. I didn’t have a mallet on hand so I just used my fist and my palm. It worked, but the material is somewhat abrasive and now my hands feel super smooth!
Once the liner was in place I went back and smoothed out the high and low places as best as I could. It’s the consistency of modeling clay, maybe a little more firm. It’s pretty easy to manipulate. Overall it turned out great. I’m going to let it air cure for a couple of days, then I’m going to start building small fires inside. The Product Engineer said it should be cured after a small fire. The product was designed to be able to be put into almost immediate use without failure.
Iv never burned coal before but I’m pretty excited to get this thing up and running. It should serve its purpose well in our house. Anyone have a recommendation on what size coal to run in this stove? It has a massive fire pot haha
It’s pretty cool to think about the last time this stove had a fire in its belly. There were probably a bunch of young men, preparing to fight for our country, standing around it talking about memories from back home. True heros.
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Yes---re-read above post with pix!!! Great lil stoves.
Thank you for the reply. The reason for asking about refractory lining was I can not find a picture of the cannon #20 with the material and the attached image does not appear to indicate a refractory lining.
Again, I appreciate your responding.
Joe
Again, I appreciate your responding.
Joe