Good evening all. I typically lurk around a forum and size it up before joining, but it didn't take long to realize this can only be a good thing. It doesn't really get too cold for very long in S Mississippi, but when it does it's nice to have a little heat when turning wrenches in my shop.
My old suburban type stove in my shop finally burnt the top out, and I happened upon a Papa Bear for sale in nearby New Orleans. It was a little worse than advertised, as it had gone underwater and she did not volunteer this info. Given the weight for shipping, the difficulty of finding one, and the fact that I really wanted one, I negotiated a deal. All it needs is bricks removed to clean up some heavy rust scale and new pins in the door. Previous owner had cut the pins when they froze up. Looks like I will only need to replace 8-10 bricks as it really looks good inside. Some may wonder why remove the bricks, but with heavy scaling behind the brick I am worried about putting heat to them and causing them to crack.
Everything is there. It is an early design with angle iron legs, flat door top, and a double bent handle. Air caps are aluminum. I am taking pics of the process, and as soon as I figure out that part of the forum I'll post some for all to see. Oddly enough, this is like building a car, one of the fun parts of the process is making it come together. I'm sure the firing will be fun too!
Cheers, and thanks for all the information I have read about already!
Jim
My old suburban type stove in my shop finally burnt the top out, and I happened upon a Papa Bear for sale in nearby New Orleans. It was a little worse than advertised, as it had gone underwater and she did not volunteer this info. Given the weight for shipping, the difficulty of finding one, and the fact that I really wanted one, I negotiated a deal. All it needs is bricks removed to clean up some heavy rust scale and new pins in the door. Previous owner had cut the pins when they froze up. Looks like I will only need to replace 8-10 bricks as it really looks good inside. Some may wonder why remove the bricks, but with heavy scaling behind the brick I am worried about putting heat to them and causing them to crack.
Everything is there. It is an early design with angle iron legs, flat door top, and a double bent handle. Air caps are aluminum. I am taking pics of the process, and as soon as I figure out that part of the forum I'll post some for all to see. Oddly enough, this is like building a car, one of the fun parts of the process is making it come together. I'm sure the firing will be fun too!
Cheers, and thanks for all the information I have read about already!
Jim