Vermont Castings Aspen Rebuild Pictures
- Thread starter Corie
- Start date
-
Active since 1995, Hearth.com is THE place on the internet for free information and advice about wood stoves, pellet stoves and other energy saving equipment.
We strive to provide opinions, articles, discussions and history related to Hearth Products and in a more general sense, energy issues.
We promote the EFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN and SAFE use of all fuels, whether renewable or fossil.
- Status
Also, to see some before pictures, visit this ebay link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWN:IT&viewitem=&item=150083714628&rd=1&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWN:IT&viewitem=&item=150083714628&rd=1&rd=1
kevinmoelk
New Member
precaud
Minister of Fire
Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
You just leave my little stove alone you heathen!
And BTW in case anyone can't find the furnace cement in the caulk tubes. You'll see me using a grout bag with the tub of furnace cement. It takes a little effort to squeeze it out, but it works very good and dispenses almost the perfect amount of cement into the channels.
And BTW in case anyone can't find the furnace cement in the caulk tubes. You'll see me using a grout bag with the tub of furnace cement. It takes a little effort to squeeze it out, but it works very good and dispenses almost the perfect amount of cement into the channels.
Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
precaud
Minister of Fire
BTW, since temps have gone up here recently, I now have the Jotul F602 (the Aspen's cousin) on the hearth to do a few tweaks to it, and have solved most of my major gripes about it. It's humming along nicely now. It's going into my workroom in the basement next winter.
The secondary tubes on the Aspen look awful big for that size stove...
The secondary tubes on the Aspen look awful big for that size stove...
I agree.
But the holes that feed the tubes from the cast iron secondary risers are probably half the diameter of the actual tube.
We'll see how it burns. Once it gets warmer, it will be on the test bed. I'm really glad, at times like this, that I installed with lots of flexibility in the verticle and horizontal directions. There is almost no stove I can't hook up because of the pipe setup and the monster hearth I have.
But the holes that feed the tubes from the cast iron secondary risers are probably half the diameter of the actual tube.
We'll see how it burns. Once it gets warmer, it will be on the test bed. I'm really glad, at times like this, that I installed with lots of flexibility in the verticle and horizontal directions. There is almost no stove I can't hook up because of the pipe setup and the monster hearth I have.
Corie Is Vc using gasket seams in the newer Aspens? Have you tried the liquid gasket cement talk about ease of application and great flow?
I can give you a manufacturer if you want to try some. Pm me one of the stove swap outs is going to be the early Encore great canidate for rebuilding
for the donor program Either by me or by you..
A few post down is a lady from Pompkin Lakes NJ that needs out help (Pattie) I wonder what her layout and potential setup would be.
If I knew the stove or setup I would build the hearth pad.. IF certain things happen like the PM I sent you, I have and Intrepid II that could find its way to NJ
I could have had so many stoves last year people swaping to pellet stoves but no place to put them. When at VC , I was trying to work out a direct line to parts for these rebuilds.
I can give you a manufacturer if you want to try some. Pm me one of the stove swap outs is going to be the early Encore great canidate for rebuilding
for the donor program Either by me or by you..
A few post down is a lady from Pompkin Lakes NJ that needs out help (Pattie) I wonder what her layout and potential setup would be.
If I knew the stove or setup I would build the hearth pad.. IF certain things happen like the PM I sent you, I have and Intrepid II that could find its way to NJ
I could have had so many stoves last year people swaping to pellet stoves but no place to put them. When at VC , I was trying to work out a direct line to parts for these rebuilds.
Looks good. Did you use some kind of directions for this or just reverse engineering.
Also was that a pastry bag full of furnace cement?
I have an aspen and might want to do the rebuild this summer.
Also was that a pastry bag full of furnace cement?
I have an aspen and might want to do the rebuild this summer.
I just reverse engineered it. Looked at the parts diagram a few times to get the order of reassembly figured out in my head. It's pretty simple once you start rolling.
Also, yeah that's a grout bag which looks just like a big pastry bag filled with furnace cement from the tub. It costs about $4.97 at the Home Cheapo and if you rinse it out, will last for a while.
I highly recommend doing it this way.
Also, yeah that's a grout bag which looks just like a big pastry bag filled with furnace cement from the tub. It costs about $4.97 at the Home Cheapo and if you rinse it out, will last for a while.
I highly recommend doing it this way.
Coaster that reminds me.
Those gaps you were talking about. I wasn't sure what you meant until i had the stove apart. I can't figure out what their purpose is, and the previous owner had stuffed some gasket material in them to close them. Or that gasket material had been put there at the factory.
Either way, I replace it with fresh. Those seem like a casting error, and I don't see how adding room temperature air at that point of the smoke path would do anything but dilute the secondary burn.
Those gaps you were talking about. I wasn't sure what you meant until i had the stove apart. I can't figure out what their purpose is, and the previous owner had stuffed some gasket material in them to close them. Or that gasket material had been put there at the factory.
Either way, I replace it with fresh. Those seem like a casting error, and I don't see how adding room temperature air at that point of the smoke path would do anything but dilute the secondary burn.
Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
Corie said:Like that sagging baffle in your PE?
You made me do it!
Its not saggin, it has a slight bow, thats ok, its stainless baby
!Hey, would you like me to make you a set of back shield brackets for your Asspen?
Coaster
I took pictures of the aspen at the show for you. The new castings don't have that slot anymore. Interesting.....
I took pictures of the aspen at the show for you. The new castings don't have that slot anymore. Interesting.....
jrousell
New Member
Hogwildz
Minister of Fire
- Status
Similar threads
