Last night when I did my final reload the split in the front of the stove shifted and ended up nearly pressed against the doghouse in front. I generally leave at least a half inch space between the air inlet holes and my firewood so that the air can enter the stove freely. By the time I noticed this it was too late to try shifting the wood back a bit, but I wasn't overly concerned since I could about an eighth of an inch gap and air would be able to get in. A while later when I was turning down my primary air I noticed four distinctive round holes about an inch in diameter lined up with the four holes in my doghouse. I couldn't get a real good photo since I had to keep off the flash to see it, but the holes themselves show up well.
![[Hearth.com] Interesting burn holes produced by primary air inlet](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/171/171331-e68813285320446cd15c58eba1e4cd39.jpg?hash=13ypt9ZfWk "[Hearth.com] Interesting burn holes produced by primary air inlet")
![[Hearth.com] Interesting burn holes produced by primary air inlet](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/171/171332-f9fcc4e1e7ac67e47c7e4eab237aa430.jpg?hash=bVMpONvbsE "[Hearth.com] Interesting burn holes produced by primary air inlet")
I could see the air shooting into the stove and when it hit the face of the split it ignited the wood sort of like a reverse blowtorch! Fire shot out of the holes, which eventually grew to be about an inch deep in the split. Pretty neat looking I thought.
I could see the air shooting into the stove and when it hit the face of the split it ignited the wood sort of like a reverse blowtorch! Fire shot out of the holes, which eventually grew to be about an inch deep in the split. Pretty neat looking I thought.
