The most chronic and egregious case of over-firing

[pvfjr]

I pulled this stove out of a double-wide. It had been used as the sole source of heat for many years. The latch no longer functioned as each part was so wallered out, it couldn't get a grip on the door frame. The firebox had full-height cracks on each side, and a full-width crack across the back. The baffle leaves me baffled. Two of the secondary tubes are as bad as the baffles. The old lady was still using it daily!

 

[begreen]

Gee, I never noticed anything peculiar.

 

[pvfjr]

I had a heck of a time wrestling the baffle out of there too. It's width had effectively stretched in those "floating" corners. I've never seen one turned into a toilet seat before. That's a lot of missing steel! It's got to be 3/16" plate originally--at least. I didn't measure it.

 

[begreen]

Looks like it was run without firebrick too. The whole heater is toast, why disassemble it?

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I was wondering why you wrestled the baffle out too! Lol.

I think it’d make a nice planter. If over watered, it should self drain through the cracks.

 

[pvfjr]

Looks like it was run without firebrick too. The whole heater is toast, why disassemble it?

It'll be the starting point for a custom project. Easier than starting from scratch. There's still a lot of steel here, and a nice door/hinge/glass assembly. Better this than a water heater tank I figure.

I was wondering why you wrestled the baffle out too! Lol.

How else do I get access to my new toilet seat?

 

[moresnow]

Getting your monies worth!

 

[Ctwoodtick]

That stove would fit the description of “leaky”.

 

[MRD1985]

That must have been glowing red daily!

 

[John Lehet]

There was a stove on Craigslist here in Vermont this fall that had been fitted to 3 point tractor attachment to use as counter weight, and had been used that way for a while it seems. I think it was in better shape than this one.

I could actually use such a counter weight. With my little tractor, three large green logs in the bucket and it doesn’t take much at all to pop one of the rear wheels off the ground.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

There was a stove on Craigslist here in Vermont this fall that had been fitted to 3 point tractor attachment to use as counter weight, and had been used that way for a while it seems. I think it was in better shape than this one.

I could actually use such a counter weight. With my little tractor, three large green logs in the bucket and it doesn’t take much at all to pop one of the rear wheels off the ground.

hmmm recycle / reuse. New side gig turning old steel woodstoves into counterbalance 😂 😁

 

[EatenByLimestone]

That isn’t a bad idea! You could fill it with concrete to get the weight you need in 80lb increments.

 

[pvfjr]

There was a stove on Craigslist here in Vermont this fall that had been fitted to 3 point tractor attachment to use as counter weight, and had been used that way for a while it seems. I think it was in better shape than this one.

That's a fantastic idea. I'll have to remember that one. It'd be so easy to weld on 3-point mounts and fill it with concrete, and it's the perfect size! I don't know if this one would've held the wet cement though.

 

[pvfjr]

That must have been glowing red daily!

Yeah, I ran one fire with it in my shop to see what would happen (before I cut the convection panels and removed the remaining bricks to expose the cracks). Needless to say, the air controls were ineffective.

 

[Dieselhead]

fill it with concrete

Black locust would be heavier! 🤣