Saw a Bad Installation Last Night
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I've. Got 3 of those. Two are used and one thats never been used.
This is the beast I used to have, the Sotz. You sent in mail order for the door, legs and pipe kit and you were off and running. You could build up a wood stove in about an hour, for $45.
Dry wood, green wood, the Sotz didn't care it burned 'em all. No problem getting a 12 hour burn with that huge fire box.
I kept the same drum for 4 years, but, I knew guys who used the same drum for 20 years.
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made a meat smoker out of one of those barrel stove kits. works quite well. outdoor use only, of course.
The caretaker where we have a cabin told me about another cabin he was working on. They opened up the wall behind a sloppy stove installation and all the framing inside the wall was completely charred black! Never actually burned down the cabin though!
The Scandia's had a real bad rep for casting failures, most of the time it was a slow crack but on occasion the entire side of a stove would fall out.
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