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I came across this Stove a friend had just bought, and I thought it was pretty cool so I offered him his money back and a little boot trade.
Now Im trying to figure out how it was suposed to be used. I can't find any reference on the internet.
regardless of its condition, I will make good use of it as an outdoor wood stove that will last a hell of a lot longer than those clay Chimeras. so my 40.00 is not wasted.
I am thinking it is suposed to be coal fueled, but I have never seen a coal burner so I could be wrong.
Knowing nothing about the stove I am guessing that it is suposed to be used to heat metal, and I might be able to use it as a Hobby forge.
the fellow I got it from had already had a friend braze the broken hinge on the door, I might try to clean up that wield and make it a bit prettier, but it also has some areas around the cast pieces were they join the body of the stove that need to be filled. and brass would do the job nicely. I don't think disassemble would be wise.
as you will see in the pictures the firebrick is pretty cracked , I was thinking that I might be able to coat the inside with some refractory paste. However I am at a complete loss as to the function of the little cone in the top.
My wild guess is that there is a missing piece that has broken. perhaps a bell like piece that focuses the heat into the eye so you have a torch on top.
but I am unsure of how the main flue would be vented from such a bell. perhaps some sort of vents that created a spiral draft??
so what I would like to use it for is to burn scrap from my shop and possibly to forge or experiment with extracting metal from ore and other hot dangerous frivolous play.
170 or 17D Hot Blast Us stove Gatlinburg Tenn.
What the heck is this and how is it used
melted or Broken ? could the wire be to hold a hook and crucible?
so would wool and foundry paste work in here Of couse I would have to keep wood from breaking it
The bottom seems to have had a pan that is nothng more than a sheat of rusted steel now, but Im thinking I should weild a new bottom befor this one gets thinner.
would stove bluing be effective outdoors? I wouldn't use this inside but figured I could add a free standing chimney to keep smoke above our heads and add a damper to control the burn.
A friend suggested adding a smoke box to the chimney pipe, sounds good but I was a bit concerned about what might have burned in there over the last 70 years. what if it was used with some cinnabar :jawdrop:
Thank you for all your wisdom and input.
Now Im trying to figure out how it was suposed to be used. I can't find any reference on the internet.
regardless of its condition, I will make good use of it as an outdoor wood stove that will last a hell of a lot longer than those clay Chimeras. so my 40.00 is not wasted.
I am thinking it is suposed to be coal fueled, but I have never seen a coal burner so I could be wrong.
Knowing nothing about the stove I am guessing that it is suposed to be used to heat metal, and I might be able to use it as a Hobby forge.
the fellow I got it from had already had a friend braze the broken hinge on the door, I might try to clean up that wield and make it a bit prettier, but it also has some areas around the cast pieces were they join the body of the stove that need to be filled. and brass would do the job nicely. I don't think disassemble would be wise.
as you will see in the pictures the firebrick is pretty cracked , I was thinking that I might be able to coat the inside with some refractory paste. However I am at a complete loss as to the function of the little cone in the top.
My wild guess is that there is a missing piece that has broken. perhaps a bell like piece that focuses the heat into the eye so you have a torch on top.
but I am unsure of how the main flue would be vented from such a bell. perhaps some sort of vents that created a spiral draft??
so what I would like to use it for is to burn scrap from my shop and possibly to forge or experiment with extracting metal from ore and other hot dangerous frivolous play.
170 or 17D Hot Blast Us stove Gatlinburg Tenn.
What the heck is this and how is it used
melted or Broken ? could the wire be to hold a hook and crucible?
so would wool and foundry paste work in here Of couse I would have to keep wood from breaking it
The bottom seems to have had a pan that is nothng more than a sheat of rusted steel now, but Im thinking I should weild a new bottom befor this one gets thinner.
would stove bluing be effective outdoors? I wouldn't use this inside but figured I could add a free standing chimney to keep smoke above our heads and add a damper to control the burn.
A friend suggested adding a smoke box to the chimney pipe, sounds good but I was a bit concerned about what might have burned in there over the last 70 years. what if it was used with some cinnabar :jawdrop:
Thank you for all your wisdom and input.
