Question about a old fisher

[RedAsh]

Hey people.

I bought my house about 3 years ago and it came with this wood burning stove in the unfinished basement. I never used it or thought much about it until a ice storm knocked out our power for 4 days last winter. My plan was simple, I have this stove in the basement, i'll just pack up the family and move down there for a few days. Within 3 hours we were rushing back up the stairs dripping in sweat. My entire house was 86 degrees. I fell in love with that damn stove. I even cooked on it, and not just some can of soup in a pot. I made eggs, bacon, and potatoes, and fried burgers.

This year I am not even using my reg heater for my home. I'm heating all winter with wood. Yesterday I drove to a friends house in the country and busted up 7 ricks of white oak. I also got 3 ricks of maple, and 4 other downed trees I can go bust up if I have to. I have been searching the internet all night looking for info on how to get the most out of my stove. I've found a million great ideas. For the first time in my life i'm excited about winter.

But I have a few questions that I have not been able to find a answer to. My stove is a old fisher. According to what I have read they are not made any longer and are no where near as efficient as newer models. I plan on buying a newer model next year when I finish the basement because as much as I love the fisher it's freaking ugly to look at. My question is do any of you have any info on my fisher? I can't find a pic of it anywhere so I don't even know what model it is. All I know is that it's a fisher and it was made in the late 70s early 80s.

Heres 2 pics of it.
Thanks in advance for any info people. I love the forum, I'm thrilled I found it. I look forward to posting here.

 

[WES999]

There is a posting of the book the Fisher story It's a sticky at the top of this forum, it's interesting reading.
A download for a manual and a sales brochure for a Fisher stove is here: https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/wiki/Fisher_Stoves/

I have a Fisher Grandma bear in the basement, I updated my stove with a insulated baffle and secondary air tubes.
see post # 6 http:http: //www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/17993/

Your stove looks like it has glass doors ( the pics are small, perhaps you could post bigger pics) I did not know Fisher made stoves with glass doors. These stoves will make a lot of heat but also consume a lot of wood. Good luck with your stove.

 

[Stephen in SoKY]

Sounds like you have a great start on next years wood!

 

[begreen]

Have you looked on the back of the stove for a UL or inspection tag? I'm wondering if this is not a Fisher stove. It's hard to tell from the tiny pictures, but usually they didn't have glass and the name Fisher was clearly cast into the door.

 

[RedAsh]

I can't figure out how to make the pics bigger. I'll get my friend to do it tonight. It is a Fisher though. It has the name fisher in the lower right hand corner. Its engraved into the cast iron, real big. I'll post some better pics tonight.

 

[pen]

I can't figure out how to make the pics bigger. I'll get my friend to do it tonight. It is a Fisher though. It has the name fisher in the lower right hand corner. Its engraved into the cast iron, real big. I'll post some better pics tonight.

if you have a photobucket account or similar you can use the link from it being uploaded there and put it's url in between

tags.

pen

 

[Bigg_Redd]

Hey people.

I bought my house about 3 years ago and it came with this wood burning stove in the unfinished basement. I never used it or thought much about it until a ice storm knocked out our power for 4 days last winter. My plan was simple, I have this stove in the basement, i'll just pack up the family and move down there for a few days. Within 3 hours we were rushing back up the stairs dripping in sweat. My entire house was 86 degrees. I fell in love with that damn stove. I even cooked on it, and not just some can of soup in a pot. I made eggs, bacon, and potatoes, and fried burgers.

This year I am not even using my reg heater for my home. I'm heating all winter with wood. Yesterday I drove to a friends house in the country and busted up 7 ricks of white oak. I also got 3 ricks of maple, and 4 other downed trees I can go bust up if I have to. I have been searching the internet all night looking for info on how to get the most out of my stove. I've found a million great ideas. For the first time in my life i'm excited about winter.

But I have a few questions that I have not been able to find a answer to. My stove is a old fisher. According to what I have read they are not made any longer and are no where near as efficient as newer models. I plan on buying a newer model next year when I finish the basement because as much as I love the fisher it's freaking ugly to look at. My question is do any of you have any info on my fisher? I can't find a pic of it anywhere so I don't even know what model it is. All I know is that it's a fisher and it was made in the late 70s early 80s.

Heres 2 pics of it.
Thanks in advance for any info people. I love the forum, I'm thrilled I found it. I look forward to posting here.

Nope.

 

[branchburner]

Nothing like an ice storm to make you fall in love with a wood stove!

Lots of folks in New England still swear by their old Fishers. I wonder if the glass doors were original or not.