Lazy-Susan for stove

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This may be the stupidest question you've seen!

I'm putting a Blaze King-King in my workshop. I'd like to be able to face it into the shop or turn it to face into the sitting area; just for viewing purposes.

Is it possible to put it on a lazy susan so it can be spun 180 degrees? Obviously fixing a sleeve that can be easily loosened to turn in the pipe.

Oh, lord. I shudder to think of the responses, lol.
 
I'll start by saying I know nearly nothing about this, but it sounds possible (from an engineering standpoint) if you're able to maintain the clearances and your spinning mechanism is stable / non-flammable / combustible. The tricky thing would be a rotatable stove pipe connection that is somehow still tight, and making your clearances still work regardless of the stove's orientation... you would also have to make sure the pivot point is the same pivot point as the stove pipe. Somehow.

But then again, I'm not sure what an inspector would say! Lol
 
No such thing as a stupid question! I think it would work just fine. May have to loosen screws on your pipe to do that but hey what the heck. I adjusted mine a few times to get it to blow the way I want seems like no big deal
 
When operated efficiently you will not a have a flame show to watch in the BK anyway. Something to keep in mind. As I currently sit here on my couch looking at a black hole that is kicking along nicely with a stove top temp of 375F. On the other hand. I run single wall off my BK that is a two piece slip joint setup. It would easily be able to swivel.
 
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If your burning that stove correctly be prepared for a whole lot of ...... well boring, dirty glass, ect .
 
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I have experience burning a woodstove to heat a workshop. Unlike in a house, your stove will very likely be run at high settings all the time which will provide a lovely fire view. Heating an outbuilding with wood means lots of time playing catch up.

On the swivel hearth, be able to lock it in place.
 
Your lazy Susan disk would probably have a diameter of 5 feet. That's a lot of lost floor area. Figure another foot around for front clearance and you're looking at a 6 foot circle, an area over 27 square feet!
 
EatenByLimestone said:
Your lazy Susan disk would probably have a diameter of 5 feet. That's a lot of lost floor area. Figure another foot around for front clearance and you're looking at a 6 foot circle, an area over 27 square feet!
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But it would be cool! You can't do much in that 6 foot diameter area anyway since it has a big, honking, hot stove in it! There is no reason that you couldn't put other non-combustible stuff on the table so it isn't "lost". The appliance collar on the BKs is reasonably centered in the stove and since this is on a slab there is no additional hearth requirement. I am fairly certain that you don't need a 6 foot circle but would want to oversize the table to be certain.

Maybe paint compass points on it, or carousel horses, model train track around the edge, lights.
 
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Just put in a multi-speed reversible ceiling fan and get on with whatever you have a workshop for.
 
The mechanical design sounds a bit challenging. Think about it, the center of the lazy susan needs to the center line of the chimney. So your going to have a lot of weight off center. Doable.
 
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Sounds rather simple to me. Just have the pivot on the table matched to the centerline of the vertical pipe which you are going to turn about. Matching the stove to that axis of rotation is going to be the most challenging part.

Btw, on high you will have a nice flame show for 75-80% of the load. Eventually it reduces to coals and doesn't make much flames but consider a full load will last 7-8 hours on max setting. Hopefully you've stopped watching by then.
 
Marshy said:
Sounds rather simple to me. Just have the pivot on the table matched to the centerline of the vertical pipe which you are going to turn about. Matching the stove to that axis of rotation is going to be the most challenging part.

Btw, on high you will have a nice flame show for 75-80% of the load. Eventually it reduces to coals and doesn't make much flames but consider a full load will last 7-8 hours on max setting. Hopefully you've stopped watching by then.
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Thanks Marshy. I may have to have my son figure the math!

I was hoping to use a screen for viewing for short times between serious heating.

ksks
 
ksks said:
Thanks Marshy. I may have to have my son figure the math!

I was hoping to use a screen for viewing for short times between serious heating.

ksks
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A screen? You have to have the door closed while the cat is engaged. You cannot operate the King with the door open for viewing like some stoves. The combustion air has to pass through the thermostatic air damper to regulate the stoves burn to prevent overfire damage.
 
Marshy said:
A screen? You have to have the door closed while the cat is engaged. You cannot operate the King with the door open for viewing like some stoves. The combustion air has to pass through the thermostatic air damper to regulate the stoves burn to prevent overfire damage.
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Oh. Thanks. I have not had a cat before. Looks like I got a lot to learn.

ksks
 
I thought of it when I built my previous house and concluded it was doable. But I never did it.
 
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