[TheForge] Re: Wood stoves

[Mike Spencer]

Bob Willman wrote:

bw> The drums were horizontal with one above the other. The fire was
bw> in the lower drum and the smoke went from the rear of the bottom
bw> drum up into the rear of the top drum and the stack exited the
bw> front of the bottom drum.

Those were pretty common around here 40 years ago, f'rgzample in car
repair places. (Yes, even in places with a grease pit and an open
bucket of gas to clean parts.  Shudder.)  I heated my previous 30'x40'
shop with just a simple single-drum stove with a cast iron furnace door
on one end.  Didn't need the extra radiator barrel but then I wasn't
bringing icy-cold cars inside every hour or so.

As for kitchen ranges, I've used maybe seven differnt ones, 6 of them
between just old and antique.  Two had coal grates amd I actually
ordered anthracite and burned it in one of those.  My present kitchen
range (only 35 years old) comes in two firebox versions: wood or peat.
Mine is wood -- smaller firebox with a different grate -- but by chance
I once stayed with a guy in Wales who had the peat version.  As you
might be able to guess, this stove is made in Ireland.

Keziah> If [charcoal] burns up there's someting wrong: thee shouldn't be
Keziah> enough oxugen in there to burn anything.  You must be using a
Keziah> kiln method.  So last century.

I feel so...so...abashed.  So ashamed.  :-)  I'll have to get my
daughter-in-law to download your youtube thing to see what you're
talking about.

- Mike

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