Hi folks I have been creeping around here for some time now and thought I would sign up to ask a few questions. I have loved fisher stoves since I have seen my first grandpa bear up north at my neighbors cottage.
The grandma bear I have I use to heat my shop with, is new to me this year. I have a good draw with a 6" pipe exhaust out the top with a 6" pipe dampener about 20"s above stove top. There is 10 feet non insulated into the insulated pipe out through the wall and up another 15 feet. I have taken the advice I have read on here about adding a smoke shelf or baffle in her. This alone made a very big difference on how well she would heat and burn cleaner.
My question is about adding secondary burn tubes. I build staircases for new homes and renovations in my shop full time all the time. I have end cuts of oak, hard white Maple, brown maple, and 50% white pine. All my lumber is 9% max moisture. I will burn about one cord of cut fire wood and this year I have some maple and red elm. The problem with this fisher, that is new this year to me, is that I can't load her up with a load of my stair cut offs with out it roaring like a dragon. Flames out the dampeners and some blue smoke back into the shop. If I crank down the primary air knobs she will just about snuff out and not make heat. I have a very hard time with my cut offs letting her go. If I do with the door open a crack say 1/2" she will get up to 600* on the deck quick and the stove pipe will run up to 450*s. I close the door and she will bark like a train and spit smoke till the flame is just about out.
Will adding secondary burn tubes stop or prevent this roar or fire breathing of this fisher? The doors are very air tight I can choke the fire just about right out but she will creosote up really fast. I find that if I close the pipe dampener right off and leave the primary air open 3/4 turn min 1 full turn max over night I can keep coals over night. I find creosote on the doors if I turn her down below 3/4 turn with a full load for over night. If left at 1 full turn the doors are a nice tan brown in the morning with a few coals left. That seems to be the sweet spot.
For how much scrap wood I make I would really like to get the fire dragon under control so the pine would throw heat but not back bark smoke into the shop. I can't get the pine to crank heat and not bark smoke into the shop. Thoughts? maybe is poor operation on my part?
Cheers Don.
The grandma bear I have I use to heat my shop with, is new to me this year. I have a good draw with a 6" pipe exhaust out the top with a 6" pipe dampener about 20"s above stove top. There is 10 feet non insulated into the insulated pipe out through the wall and up another 15 feet. I have taken the advice I have read on here about adding a smoke shelf or baffle in her. This alone made a very big difference on how well she would heat and burn cleaner.
My question is about adding secondary burn tubes. I build staircases for new homes and renovations in my shop full time all the time. I have end cuts of oak, hard white Maple, brown maple, and 50% white pine. All my lumber is 9% max moisture. I will burn about one cord of cut fire wood and this year I have some maple and red elm. The problem with this fisher, that is new this year to me, is that I can't load her up with a load of my stair cut offs with out it roaring like a dragon. Flames out the dampeners and some blue smoke back into the shop. If I crank down the primary air knobs she will just about snuff out and not make heat. I have a very hard time with my cut offs letting her go. If I do with the door open a crack say 1/2" she will get up to 600* on the deck quick and the stove pipe will run up to 450*s. I close the door and she will bark like a train and spit smoke till the flame is just about out.
Will adding secondary burn tubes stop or prevent this roar or fire breathing of this fisher? The doors are very air tight I can choke the fire just about right out but she will creosote up really fast. I find that if I close the pipe dampener right off and leave the primary air open 3/4 turn min 1 full turn max over night I can keep coals over night. I find creosote on the doors if I turn her down below 3/4 turn with a full load for over night. If left at 1 full turn the doors are a nice tan brown in the morning with a few coals left. That seems to be the sweet spot.
For how much scrap wood I make I would really like to get the fire dragon under control so the pine would throw heat but not back bark smoke into the shop. I can't get the pine to crank heat and not bark smoke into the shop. Thoughts? maybe is poor operation on my part?
Cheers Don.
