This past Fall I did a thorough top to bottom cleaning of my woodstove . . . and the one thing I did when I was going through the stove was to take off the doghouse on the Oslo and finally apply a liberal amount of graphite powder to the air control lever. I had read about this fix all the way back last Fall even before I had bought my own Oslo, but I always figured sticky air control lever wasn't all that bad, I could live with it and besides it would be a pain in the neck to do.
I guess you could call this one of those Kicking-Your-Own-Butt moments . . . a) I couldn't believe how easy this was to access and fix and b) I can't believe how well this simple fix works and how much nicer it is to have the air control lever practically glide from side to side.
So this made me wonder. . . . anyone out there ever done something or had something done and wish they had did it a long time ago . . . perhaps someone waited for a long time before making that switch to the EPA stove . . . perhaps someone made an alteration or a fix to their stove and they've seen a dramatic improvement . . . anyone . . . or am I the only idiot?
I guess you could call this one of those Kicking-Your-Own-Butt moments . . . a) I couldn't believe how easy this was to access and fix and b) I can't believe how well this simple fix works and how much nicer it is to have the air control lever practically glide from side to side.
So this made me wonder. . . . anyone out there ever done something or had something done and wish they had did it a long time ago . . . perhaps someone waited for a long time before making that switch to the EPA stove . . . perhaps someone made an alteration or a fix to their stove and they've seen a dramatic improvement . . . anyone . . . or am I the only idiot?