FINALLY got a base burner

 
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Post by archangel_cpj » Wed. Sep. 19, 2018 2:50 pm

Side question it has a really nice cast magazine in pristine shape it that worth painting before I slip it back in or will even high heat stuff burn off???


 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Wed. Sep. 19, 2018 3:02 pm

The mag will be in contact with the firebed, so paint will burn off at least the lower area of the mag.

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Post by archangel_cpj » Wed. Sep. 19, 2018 6:56 pm

That's what I think too..

I'll get some pipe for it in a couple weeks and she will be ready for cold weather... She wont see a match til December of January the cook stove does pretty good til 20 deg...

 
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Post by archangel_cpj » Sat. Sep. 29, 2018 1:40 pm

Well got the pipe out up today so she is all done... We will be waiting until cold cold weather to fire her up... I don't think she turned out too bad at all...

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Post by KingCoal » Sat. Sep. 29, 2018 2:17 pm

i was commended for patience for burning off 1.7 tons of left over locally sourced Blaschak before i started into my 22 ton TT load of bulk Lehigh nut last year.

if you can look at that stove daily and not light it till it's 20* OAT my hat is surely off to you sir. i would have to light some lump charcoal in it just to stand by it and wring my hands in glee.

very well done :clap:

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Post by archangel_cpj » Sun. Sep. 30, 2018 12:38 am

Well I polish it 3 times a week LOL that will get old fast!!! If I light it too soon she will cook me clean out of the house!!!!

I will tell you lump coal and some scrap pine 2x kindling will be how I start her up on a day with a breeze... I'm dreading the new smells I'll discover as she gets hot and the paint, furnace cement, and stove polish all cure.... I am alittle nervous it is going to be a learning curve!!!

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sun. Sep. 30, 2018 6:10 am

I'm with Steve ( Kingcoal), I couldn't wait to fire it up once it looked that good !!!!

I'd easily put up with the new-stove smells just to see a fire glowing in all those windows - even if just for a few hours. :yes:

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Post by archangel_cpj » Sun. Sep. 30, 2018 6:02 pm

I'm buying an ash pan tomorrow (roasting pan probably) and if it gets cold one day where I'm chilled I may sneak a kindling fire in her to season and cure it all... WILL BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE FIRE!!!!

 
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Post by joeq » Sun. Sep. 30, 2018 10:27 pm

"DON'T DO IT ARCHY!" All that hard work on that classic antique! You know how dusty and dirty you'll make it? Then you'll have-ta clean out that new ash pan. Mama Mia. Do you wanna end up lookin like this guy?
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Post by archangel_cpj » Sun. Sep. 30, 2018 10:38 pm

But Anthracite is so clean burning!!! Actually I have no idea what was once burned is this but I cleaned out some pretty nasty black soot!!!

 
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Post by joeq » Sun. Sep. 30, 2018 10:59 pm

I know, was just bustin ya Arch. Don't know what was burned B4, but my concern with that piece of yours is keeping all that mica clean. My 3 little slivers in my 111 is bad enuff to maintain. Can't imagine what you're about to experience. But I'll be following along closely. Good luck. :yes:

 
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Post by archangel_cpj » Sun. Sep. 30, 2018 11:25 pm

Yeah I know you were busting me... I've pondered how to keep glass clean and I'm still pondering!!!

 
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Post by archangel_cpj » Sun. Sep. 30, 2018 11:27 pm

I'm still getting used to it being literally 6 ft tall and dwarfs the US Army Cannon Heater number 15 that was there!!! I'm also praying it's well controlled to I dont cook me out of here!!!

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sun. Sep. 30, 2018 11:53 pm

There are additional ways to "down size" it if it's too much heat output and just using the primary and pipe dampers can't slow it down enough for you.

1. If there is no check damper, open the secondary damper a bit more to add cooler air over the fire. That will reduce the draft strength.
2.. Use more of a smaller size coal such as pea coal mixed in with nut. That will slow the draft through the fire bed.
3. Put fire bricks in the back side of the fire pot to take up some of the firebed space. That makes it a smaller firepot = less heat output.

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Post by archangel_cpj » Thu. Oct. 11, 2018 7:38 pm

Its breezy and low 50s heading for 30s tonight so all the windows and doors are open and we lit the new to me parlor stove... VERY SLOW burn with just some scrap 2x but its definitely curing!!!! I'll let it run a couple hours really really slow..

One interesting point I've discovered she doesnt take off like my potbelly she definitely needs a bit more coaxing...

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