Correct. Flap is in good shape, the flap plate is warped.
Carbon Peninsular Stove -Some Issues
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malloy1
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Going to take a break on this project (probably a month).
I've been thinking about how to get the firebox and flap plate recast.
For the firebox, I originally thought about cutting in half (since half was not warped), having the good half casted, then splicing the two half together and getting it recasted as one piece. That seems too expensive with shipping and casting cost (jeez, just writing that was exhausting).
Recreating it in wood for either pieces seems too complex.
I'm thinking of cutting out the warp sections of the firebox and the flap plate and filling them back in with fiberglass and reshaping back to the correct shape. Do people use fiberglass to mock up molds for recast? Is there something better/easier?
For the firebox, the top part is not warped, it's the finger section mostly. So, I can just cut out the section with the fingers and leave the top intact. Lay fiberglass and rework it back to the original shape.
For the flap plate, most of the plate is fine, the warp is on one side. So, I can cut the section that's warped, lay fiberglass and rework it back to the original shape.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
I've been thinking about how to get the firebox and flap plate recast.
For the firebox, I originally thought about cutting in half (since half was not warped), having the good half casted, then splicing the two half together and getting it recasted as one piece. That seems too expensive with shipping and casting cost (jeez, just writing that was exhausting).
Recreating it in wood for either pieces seems too complex.
I'm thinking of cutting out the warp sections of the firebox and the flap plate and filling them back in with fiberglass and reshaping back to the correct shape. Do people use fiberglass to mock up molds for recast? Is there something better/easier?
For the firebox, the top part is not warped, it's the finger section mostly. So, I can just cut out the section with the fingers and leave the top intact. Lay fiberglass and rework it back to the original shape.
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notice on your firepot, that as the firepot hangs and you look down to the teeth, the pot and teeth are angled inward slightly, when you build back the teeth they need to have a similar or same angle; if the rebuild part ends up being vertical the people you send it to to be cast will have difficulty ramming the pattern into the sand prior to castingmalloy1 wrote: ↑Tue. Mar. 11, 2025 12:53 pm I'm thinking of cutting out the warp sections of the firebox and the flap plate and filling them back in with fiberglass and reshaping back to the correct shape. Do people use fiberglass to mock up molds for recast? Is there something better/easier?
For the firebox, the top part is not warped, it's the finger section mostly. So, I can just cut out the section with the fingers and leave the top intact. Lay fiberglass and rework it back to the original shape.
not recommending anything, but you mentioned/asked about moulding for recast, checkout these two posts:
Post by Sunny Boy - Glenwood No.6 Base Pan.
Post by jsmlesotho - Sexton's Grand Heater
especially the "magazine_rebuild.jpg"
he says in that post I used a product called "apoxie sculpt" to build up the eaten away part.
Not weighing in one way or another... agreeing with you that fashioning a pattern from scratch is complex, but you can always start over and wood takes well to patching/building up.
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malloy1
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Somebody sent me this link:
Looks like a pretty good solution on how to fix the firebox:
Merry Bride 244 Base Burner Project
Also mentioned fixing a plate that was warped by clamping (using bolts) it between two pieces of steel plates, heating it (800*F), tighten the plates and repeat until flat.
Looks like a pretty good solution on how to fix the firebox:
Merry Bride 244 Base Burner Project
Also mentioned fixing a plate that was warped by clamping (using bolts) it between two pieces of steel plates, heating it (800*F), tighten the plates and repeat until flat.