Quadrafire being replaced with Vermont American

[Shado]

I am going to try to get it pulled down this by this weekend to decide on conditions of the pieces. So far I have the broken glass in the right door and now the andiron piece to look for and replace. If I don't find any more major problems I will rebuild but may have to part it out.

 

[Shado]

Attached are photo's of the Resolute 3 project. The piece attached to the fettle has two photos. I have not found this part listed or even a photo of it anywhere. At this point in the project with difficulty finding parts and pricing when I do I am going to list the stove for parts or repair and move on. Just wanted something to cook on, not interested in a stove restoration project. $200.00 is what I paid. Zip code 13126.

 

[bholler]

Attached are photo's of the Resolute 3 project. The piece attached to the fettle has two photos. I have not found this part listed or even a photo of it anywhere. At this point in the project with difficulty finding parts and pricing when I do I am going to list the stove for parts or repair and move on. Just wanted something to cook on, not interested in a stove restoration project. $200.00 is what I paid. Zip code 13126.

You know you can just cook on.the quad right?

 

[Shado]

The Quad has an insulation blanket under the top and piping secondary air section. Does not get hot enough!

 

[begreen]

High quality cast iron absolutely is not porous. Yes the surface may be rougher so things will stick to it more. But no nothing actually soaks in.

Oooh, this is a classic question that comes up a lot in the cast iron frying pan industry and the science of seasoning a frypan. Pores may be a misnomer, but its commonly used. There is a difference in the surface of cast from say steel. One term used instead of pores is "peppercorns" that do open up and close depending on temperature. Here's a long conversation on the topic with some micrographs showing the characteristics. Very interesting stuff.

Do pan "pores" exist, what are they, and what are their effects?

There are a number of common cooking lore techniques which revolve around the idea of "pores" in the surface of a pan. Two of the ones I've heard most often: (1) When heating a pan where sticking...

cooking.stackexchange.com

 

[begreen]

The Quad has an insulation blanket under the top and piping secondary air section. Does not get hot enough!

The hot flue gases go above this area. It sounds like the stove may not be run correctly if it is not getting to at least 400+º on the stove top. 500-650º is totally possible. That's hot enough to boil water pretty quickly and to burn pancakes if not closely attended.

Note that with good dry wood, the stove top will get hotter with less air being supplied to the fire, as secondary combustion kicks in. The ACC combustion control and manual's decription can make this confusing. See this thread for the effect of secondary combustion on stove top and flue temps as the air is closed down.

Thread 'Starting a fire and running an EPA stove'

Jan 17, 2020

Questions about starting a fire and avoiding a runaway stove come up so frequently I decided to document starting our stove. This is a Pacific Energy Alderlea T6 with about a 3 cu ft firebox. The stove is connected to a straight-up, 20' interior flue. The outside ambient temperature is 34ºF. The blower was off all the time for these shots. The firewood is douglas fir at about 17% moisture content. This is a N/S loading. An E/W loading start will follow.

NOTE: as testing will show, the older Condar flue thermometer is reading low. It needs recalibration.

There are 3 instruments shown.

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[Shado]

Attached are photo's of the Resolute 3 project. The piece attached to the fettle has two photos. I have not found this part listed or even a photo of it anywhere. At this point in the project with difficulty finding parts and pricing when I do I am going to list the stove for parts or repair and move on. Just wanted something to cook on, not interested in a stove restoration project. $200.00 is what I paid. Zip code 13126.

So nothing to loose in order to move the stove I got my tools out and completely disassembled the stove. Had to drill out some bolts and grind others off. Broke some bolts in the damper linkage and the damper, just twisted off the one going thru the damper linkage that was set up. Tried heat and penetrating oil. Started at 8:30am and just came in at 5:30. Took 2 ash cans full out of the interior of the stove, not sure it was ever cleaned. Being Halloween I'm not sure if this was a trick or a treat at this point.

 

[Burnin Since 1989]

Being Halloween I'm not sure if this was a trick or a treat at this point.

Time will tell. Hoping it's a TREAT