Wood Stove Burn Marks

Funny that you bring this up. I have two two lines on my right arm, just past the reach of my gloves, and my wife noticed tonight that i have new "stove bites" on the exact same spots. I guess I need longer gloves!

Nope because the length of my gloves a little longer than the depth of my firebox :coolsmile:

day 1 hour 1 of wood burning school is the stove and all parts are hot and will brand you at will.. lol
the wife right now is wearing a nice 1/4" wide 3" long brand line from our summit just past were the gloves stopped, she said she smelled it before she felt it and it is a real good one she will have that mark for life

picked up a fresh one yesterday about mid-way up my forearm. Gotta stop reaching into the back of the box bare-armed. Of course, I say that each time I burn myself and still do it again.

I have a burn scar from not seeing how far my arm was in the wood furnace I have even with welding gloves on. Just that quick touch of flesh on hot steel will do it for you. And to think I worked in a steel mill for 30 years and don't have any burn scars from work. :ahhh:

Shipper

Jeez guys, slow down!

I have girl hands, do all the stove stuff, never wear gloves and haven't burnt myself yet.
I am furiously knocking on wood right now, but just be careful!

The only time I don gloves now is when I'm raking a large bed of hot coals cuz of all the radiant heat they give off. I stoke with bare hands and never had a burn mark.

I once had a really nice pair of Winter welders mitts that came up nearly to the elbow but the wife didn't like seeing them fireside and threw them away.

Cearbhaill said:

Jeez guys, slow down!

I have girl hands, do all the stove stuff, never wear gloves and haven't burnt myself yet.
I am furiously knocking on wood right now, but just be careful!

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You better call 911 and have them on standby now...you have jinxed yourself....you will be missing flesh by the end of the day. :bug:

Purchase welders gloves + actually wear them = no burn marks....not that I do not have burn marks on my arms or anything...

No burns on my hands or arms but I have singed off an earbrow or 2.

CTwoodburner said:

Purchase welders gloves + actually wear them = no burn marks....not that I do not have burn marks on my arms or anything...

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I have a pair by the stove. And I know better. But its like a challenging game. Can I get away with it? No, no I can't. But maybe I can next time. Yeah!

Gloves....pffft...just get your hands seasoned, then reach right in...



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Ouch! That had to hurt.

No burns here since my stove door handle is a metal turn knob that you can't even touch unless you have gloves on. Must be a Woodstock safety feature.

Seasoned ?????

Looks more like heat treated to me.

Todd said:

No burns here since my stove door handle is a metal turn knob that you can't even touch unless you have gloves on.

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but posters confess burning themselves above the glove line. I don't get it... stoking a fire shouldn't be like calving a breech birth.

Prada said:

I always got burns above the glove line from reaching too far back in etc. That is why I recommended going to some place like Amazon.com like I did and buying a cheap pair of welders SLEEVES. Use one along with the welders glove and no more burns. Trust me, I learned the hard way.

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Hmmm you bear the scars of a wood burning junkie! My stove came with welders gloves and I have used them over 20 yrs.... Not one burn mark in over 20 yrs.. My firebox is about 24" deep and I see no reason to put my arm that far in.. Just wondering how you have burned your arms..

Ray

I have a little chair by the stove and sit on it whenever I'm tending the stove. I haven't been burned since I've been doing this because my arm doesn't go anywhere near the top of the opening. It's really easy to rake the coals when you're sitting too.
Sometimes my Rat Terrier will jump up on my lap while I'm sitting there and warm herself. After a few minutes I turn her around and warm the other side. Hot dog.

I remember as a kid feeding mom's cookstove, we always caught flack if we lifted the big square top and let smoke out, so we'd just lift a ring and shove the wood in that way. Had frequent cresent shaped burns then.