The other difference I am seeing is the venting set-up.
Deltadude has 3" straight up per Gary's original specs. Spupilup has some 45* elbows and increased to 4". Is it the 4" or the combo of 4" and elbows which make it run better? Is it worth the cost of 4" venting to give it a try?
Interesting on the stainless hopper/feed/chute...
Anybody know who or what co. is the supplier now? If it is USSC then it's off my list.
I also notice that the users who claim success with this indicate they run the stove hot once or twice a day, this will also help with crud building up and blocking up the works. I regularly allow my wood stove to burn hot for awhile after startup and I find this helps allot with issues as well.
Also I stand by what I said earlier about venting, as with all naturally aspirated appliances this is crucial to good performance. The issue I have with this stove is there no visual indication of how the fire is doing unless you have the model with the viewing window. On both my pellet and wood stove I can tell how the fire is burning by looking at it, ie: lazy flame on the pellet stove or smoldering fire on the wood burner. Then I know I need to change something. With this rig it seems the operator has to guess and that is not a good idea.
The other difference I am seeing is the venting set-up.
Deltadude has 3" straight up per Gary's original specs. Spupilup has some 45* elbows and increased to 4". Is it the 4" or the combo of 4" and elbows which make it run better? Is it worth the cost of 4" venting to give it a try?
Interesting on the stainless hopper/feed/chute...
Everybody does...............n'yuk.
deltadude bought his stove in 2012... US Stoves bought rights before March 2014. The article mentions it has been redesigned so I would suspect deltadude's stove is a very different beast that spupilup's. Wonder if the stove could be retro-fitted with the glass. See the link below for the manual of the US Wiseway. Might be an interesting comparison between the two... maybe deltadude can improve stove performance based on the info in the newer manual.
http://forgreenheat.blogspot.ca/2014/03/gravity-fed-pellet-stove-wins-vesta.html
http://www.usstove.com/Manuals/USSC/GW1949.pdf
Well I will agree that the top of the stove needs cleaning, I do everything else already that you are suggesting and use a wood chisel to clear off the carbon. But my problems started right at first with the stove being brand new. Sometimes it would get so hot that my tubes were turning red so I knew I was getting great air intake and that is when Gary told me to cover the intake hole with a can and he sent me a small burn pot. This condition was not consistent one time it would flare up and another time it wouldn't burn. One of my thoughts were then, could it be the barometric pressure affecting my stove. Again Gary suggested I buy a barometric damper which I did, this I have not installed due to the fact that there's times it acts as though it's not getting the air passing through it. Last night it burned great for a short time. 600 degrees before I opened the slider a tad bit, then over time it begins to die out or sit between 200 to 400 degrees. Just hard to regulate but I will give removing the chimney at the base where it fastens to the stove and clean it out a try. Thanks for the suggestion. Also I don't see the insert your speaking about on Smokeys parts list.
Typical response for someone living in a illusory state of mind so my suggestion for you is have your wife of someone toss cold water on you, this may wake you from your dream world.
Look not trying to cause any problems but you got to admit this is getting kind of funny.
The window is located perfectly for revealing how well the burn is going.
The use of gaskets around the hopper and feed tube helped to eliminate any oxygen from getting into the stove above the primary burn chamber.