Hello all,I am new to wood burning. I am having a tiny 10x16 Amish cabin built in Northern MI Primarily for hunting and fishing. Maybe a total of 10 to 15 visits during cold part of the year. The cabin will be insulated with a total of 5 windows. The walls will be 7 ft tall going up to a peak of about 15 ft. There will be a metal roof. I already have the interior double wall black pipe wall thimble Exterior SS super vent T and cap. So this will be a through the wall installation with 65% of the run being outside. So my question is. I have a Vogelzang Standard Boxwood Stove that I have completely sealed up with Rut-land 2000 degree mortar. The pot spots & sliding top are sealed. I have managed to gasket the door & front damper so they seal shut. Please see pics. I have burned about 5 times in this outside to cure the paint and mortar. Stove on the low end is 300 degrees up to about 600 degrees full open. Seems to eat the wood pretty fast.
So recently I found a All Nighter stove for sale that I believe is the Little Moe. The owner measured the stove and said that it is 18.5 wide 23.5 tall in the front 29.5 tall in the back. The dimensions don't exactly measure up to the dimensions on the all nighter pamphlet on this site. So it is either a Little or Tiny Moe. I asked the gentleman and he said that the baffle looks to be in good shape. He said there are some cracked fire bricks inside but other than that it just needs to be sanded and repainted. What should I check for on this stove before I buy it? Would this be a safer/better stove that the boxwood? Thanks Everyone for their opinion.
