First Fire of the Season in the Wehrle

 
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Post by jubileejerry » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 11:07 am

I did some work to the 1912 this fall, and took out all the micas to clean them and seal them into the frames with some high-temp black silicone sealer. I also made seals for all the doors and panels. As I was working I could see places where there were air leaks. I wanted to see if it would change the way it reacted to my controls. It seems like it made a difference. Small changes in the air inlet or draft controls are noticeable. I usually just let the stove idle along because there's no need to run it hard since we have 3 other stoves in the store. Once in a while I open it up a little just to see it work. Last night I filled it up, got the fire going good and set the controls back on idle. This morning I got here about 7:30 and the fire looked almost the same as last night. I opened the top to add some coal to the hopper and was surprised to see it was almost completely full. It was about 32 deg. F here last night with 10-25mph wind. I'm happy!
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Post by corey » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 11:20 am

Very nice stove.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 11:22 am

Nice J, ya done real good! :) J, you using STOVE size?

 
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Post by franco b » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 11:26 am

Beautiful as ever.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 11:36 am

Stunning stove, Jerry !!!!

Having had leaky stoves and then worked on sealing the leaks, it really is an eye opener how much the stoves respond well to getting rid of what looks like small leaks that might be taken for granted !!!!! ;)

Would love to hear a follow-up on how well the silicon mica seals hold up to those temps.

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Post by KingCoal » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 11:40 am

franco b wrote:Beautiful as ever.
+1

maybe someday. :drool:

 
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Post by jubileejerry » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 11:43 am

freetown fred wrote:Nice J, ya done real good! :) J, you using STOVE size?
It's Kimmel's nut.


 
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Post by corey » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 3:48 pm

I bet sealing those air leaks really helped.

 
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 8:22 pm

How deep can you make the fuel bed with the glass so low on the stove? Can the depth of coal come up above that lower mica?

Gorgeous stove, wow.

 
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 8:25 pm

Oh I see, at closer look it has a cast iron "guard" between the lower glass and the coal bed.

 
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Post by grumpy » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 8:32 pm

Wow,.... very nice..

 
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Post by jubileejerry » Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 10:02 pm

Lightning wrote:How deep can you make the fuel bed with the glass so low on the stove? Can the depth of coal come up above that lower mica?

Gorgeous stove, wow.
The stove kind of self-regulates the height of the fire. It stays about level with the edges of the fire pot and forms a cone up to the magazine. As it burns the coal drops away and the magazine dribbles a few more pieces of coal, but maintains the cone-shaped pile. Sometimes I have to shake it a little bit to make the new coal fall, because it hangs up in the bottom small part of the magazine. There are access ports all around the base of the firebox that are made to put a pointed poker through, about 3/8" in diameter. The point looks like a spear head. I can use it to poke the fire from the bottom and that helps any bridging on the bottom of the fire. It's quite a good system.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Thu. Dec. 01, 2016 5:34 am

Beautiful stove. I bet your customers like it as well.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Thu. Dec. 01, 2016 6:27 am

Rob R. wrote:Beautiful stove. I bet your customers like it as well.
Just needs a few rocking chairs around it and they may hang out there for a few hours. Like the old days when locals sat around the stove in the general store. ;)

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Post by jubileejerry » Thu. Dec. 01, 2016 8:39 am

People do like it so I have to put up a safety fence to keep them away from it.


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