question about Glenwood #6

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Post by gardener » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 9:13 am

On Ebay, eBay item number:233090647034, there is a nice looking Glenwood #6 for sale, with lots of photos. Seller says it was "Restored by Barnstable stoves."

My question is about the grate on the back wall. It looks to me that grate covers the exhaust port. Why would it need a grate at the exhaust port? Is it some kind of slider damper?

Perhaps is functions as bung for the back part of the stove to grasp the cylinder?
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Post by D.lapan » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 10:24 am

That is called a spark guard, that grate is to keep wood and coal out of the base chamber under the ash pit.
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Post by gardener » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 10:31 am

thanks D.lapan
dummy me, I wasn't even considering wood
would coal even be stacked that high?
my understanding is that the coal should not be stacked higher than the refractory...
oh the coal would not be burning higher than the refractory so the not yet burning coal could be stacked higher


 
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Post by D.lapan » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 10:39 am

Correct, the coal should never be higher than the refractory on the sides, but you can heap it in the center so some pieces can roll down and fall in or while shoveling Fresh coal in they can easily roll or get tossed in.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 11:47 am

Plus, someone may throw a shovel full of coal in with too much force and pieces can bounce into that opening.

Plus, when some coal heats up, it snaps rather violently. In some extreme cases, blowing off chunks big enough to crack the mica windows. That's why some stoves had brass screening inside the mica windows. And some owners put two layers of mica in the windows to help strengthen against that.

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