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    RE: Facebook poll at Jotul . . . Open House interest

    @ Pallet Pete Hey your not the only one left on earth not on Facebook! I don't have it either and I'm not quite 30 yet so I gues I'm behind times...
    Post by: cdirks, Jul 14, 2012 in forum: The Inglenook
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    Hi all New here

    Welcome aboard Butcher! If you want to learn as much as possible about heating with wood and talk about your stove, you've come to the right place....
    Post by: cdirks, Nov 4, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Oslo F500 air control UPDATED WITH PICS

    I know what you mean about play in the air control. Mine seems to have that too. I have taken it apart but can't remember exactly how that worked in...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 28, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    looking to purchase a woodstove - too many choices

    SnowLeopard summed up the deciding process very well. If you use that as your protocol you should do well with your decision and not be disappointed.
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 28, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    rising stack temps. do I need a damper?

    Fired up this evening and stack temps were around 650. Then I reloaded a little heavier than I have in the past which has not been heavy as I'm just...
    Thread by: cdirks, Oct 27, 2011, 1 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Black glass

    my glass soots up a little but when I get the stove hot enough it starts to clear the glass. I have a Jotul Oslo with about 13' 7" of connecter pipe...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 26, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Windmills to end nighttime operation after bat is killed.

    Some farmers in the neighboring county wanted to sue our local windfarm because they said it was changing the weather and it wasn't raining for them...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 24, 2011 in forum: The Green Room
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    finally fired up the Oslo for the first time!

    yaker57. Hey what kind of wood do you have access to in south central ks where you live? Just curious as you are talking about splitting by hand....
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 22, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Oslo loading question

    How is the best way to load an Oslo 500 to get a longer burn? If I put in large splits or rounds it messes with the airflow in the stove and the fire...
    Thread by: cdirks, Oct 20, 2011, 8 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    finally fired up the Oslo for the first time!

    It got a little hotter than I wanted it to, but doing a little research here I found that 660 or 670 shouldn't hurt it. It was fired to about 570...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 20, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    finally fired up the Oslo for the first time!

    Some hedge but my friend goes to the hesston ks area to get hedge. Got the Oslo cranking now on mostly Chinese Elm. Stove top temp is around 630 and...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 20, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    finally fired up the Oslo for the first time!

    After doing break in fires and a hot burn last night I had the ashpan nearly full of ash. Most of what I burn is Chinese Elm since this is what I...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 19, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    finally fired up the Oslo for the first time!

    yaker57. My pipe is a straight up install just shy of 14'. I went to Warming Trends in Wichita in February as well. Country Style Stoves by Ulyssess...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 19, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Optimum Oslo burning temp

    I like the art not a science part! That's what I'm finding out as a newbie!
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 19, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Should I be using a magnetic thermometer?

    Mine is made by Condor I think. It seems to be pretty much in line with what my IR gun reads. I do scan the top of my stove with an IR gun quite...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 19, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Those elusive 'blue' flames....

    I just got to see that yesterday for the first time with my Oslo. Something else to hardly see any flames on the wood but a hovering blue cloud by...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 19, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    finally fired up the Oslo for the first time!

    yaker57. I'm about 34 miles west southwest of Dodge City. I bought my Oslo from a dealer called Country Style Stoves which is located by Ulysses Ks....
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 19, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    finally fired up the Oslo for the first time!

    Currently 44. Supposed to drop into the lower 30's. I think I should have put less wood in. I went back and the temps were 560-570 yikes! I closed...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 19, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    finally fired up the Oslo for the first time!

    It's running now at about 475. Hottest place on top is 505. Hardly any flames on wood but there is a hovering flame up by the secondary burn tubes....
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 19, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    finally fired up the Oslo for the first time!

    Thanks Bub381. Good to have someone like you on here to help me along. I see in your signature it says lot of birds. What kind of birds? Back to the...
    Post by: cdirks, Oct 18, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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