Video: Lighting an antique stove

[Oliger]

Howdy guys,

Here is a video I made about lighting my antique coal stove in my 1800s kitchen. I sure enjoy the warm fire.

[waytomany?s]

Where do you dump your nail filled ashes?

[warminmn]

Nicely done.

[Sunny Boy]

There should be three dampers to open to start a kitchen range.

The stove pipe (MPD) damper and primary air damper in the ash door, and the "oven damper" opened to direct draft position so that there is less risk of back draft, plus the draft will be stronger and the fire started sooner.

Paul

[Oliger]

Thank you guys. I often look here, but dont post much. I spent a lot of time making the video.

As for ashes with nails: I don't usually use pieces with nails, but its all I had that was dry. I live out in the middle of nowhere. I dump them around the edge of the house as many generations that lived here before me have done.

As for dampers: There are 3 dampers. The oven one is between the oven and water tank at the front. It was already in direct draft, so I didn't include it, but i should've.

I appreciate all of you.

[davidmcbeth3]

Forgot to add 1/2 gal of accellerant . lol

[waytomany?s]

Thank you guys. I often look here, but dont post much. I spent a lot of time making the video.

As for ashes with nails: I don't usually use pieces with nails, but its all I had that was dry. I live out in the middle of nowhere. I dump them around the edge of the house as many generations that lived here before me have done.

As for dampers: There are 3 dampers. The oven one is between the oven and water tank at the front. It was already in direct draft, so I didn't include it, but i should've.

I appreciate all of you.

How tall is the chimney?

[Sunny Boy]

Thank you guys. I often look here, but dont post much. I spent a lot of time making the video.
As for ashes with nails: I don't usually use pieces with nails, but its all I had that was dry. I live out in the middle of nowhere. I dump them around the edge of the house as many generations that lived here before me have done.
As for dampers: There are 3 dampers. The oven one is between the oven and water tank at the front. It was already in direct draft, so I didn't include it, but i should've.
I appreciate all of you.

That "oven damper" handle seems to be way over to the right - away from a more direct path from the firebox to the stove pipe collar. Is there another damper control to shut off hot exhaust to the water reservoir, or does that damper close off the flues to the water reservoir and just feed the exhaust around the oven flues ?

Paul

[Oliger]

The chimney is two stories tall plus the height of a very steep roof. I would estimate at least 30 or 35 feet.

That is for certain the oven damper. Ive taken the stove apart and resealed it. It goes behind the water tank and is connected to a rod with a flapper at the back of the stove top in front of the stove pipe.

The water tank has a lever on the bottom that locks it to the stove in one direction, and tilts it away in the other. No air control, just a physical tilt away from the oven wall.

[Sunny Boy]

The chimney is two stories tall plus the height of a very steep roof. I would estimate at least 30 or 35 feet.
That is for certain the oven damper. Ive taken the stove apart and resealed it. It goes behind the water tank and is connected to a rod with a flapper at the back of the stove top in front of the stove pipe.
The water tank has a lever on the bottom that locks it to the stove in one direction, and tilts it away in the other. No air control, just a physical tilt away from the oven wall.

OK. Interesting way of controlling the reservoir water temp.

I see you've posted in the Cookin With Coal thread. Have you had a chance to read it ?

Yes, as far as we know ours is the only internet thread about cooking with coal. There is another website for those cooking with wood burning ranges. That site is linked to in our thread as is our thread linked in theirs.

Paul

[Oliger]

Yes, I havent always been a member, but ive been looking at this forum for years now. Ive read most of cookin' with coal. An excellent source of information.