Greetings 
Glad I stumbled across this site. Well, let me give you all a little background information. I'm 23, grew up camping and such, well versed in matters of lumbering and fire-building and such. I live in suburban Detroit, we have a woodstove fireplace insert which quite effectively heats the house to the point that the furnace doesn't need to come on at all, so long as the fire stays fed. This is in a 2 story house, and it's not a central location (thank you ceiling fans!) I work for a tree service at the moment, so I get all the wood that I can stand to take home and split, so there's my contribution to the parents keeping the gas bills down :D
Now, here's my problem. This stove, I cannot find the original owners manual, I don't know how old it is, we got it used from a house down the street when they moved. We've had it for, jeez, probably at least 15 years now, I really can't remember. The plaque on the damper handle (which is missing) said either Old Hickory, or Ol' Hickory. I searched and searched online for that make, but have turned up nothing. Then, I looked inside the door, cast in it is Sun Belt. Again, I searched for that, nothing.
It is symmetrical, has a built in blower, switch has positions for ON, OFF, and temperature controlled, respectively. The blower is mounted in the back, motor has a dual output shaft, so there is the blower fan inside the woodstove, and a smaller fan to cool the motor outside the woodstove. Has anyone heard of the Ol(d) Hickory/Sun Belt brand, or if this is a model, what the manufacturer is? Any help would be very appreciated. I assume it's a Michigan, or around Michigan brand, as I have seen one other one in my lifetime at the Cranbrook nature center. Please forgive the clarity of the picture linked below, my camera's having an off-day.
Glad I stumbled across this site. Well, let me give you all a little background information. I'm 23, grew up camping and such, well versed in matters of lumbering and fire-building and such. I live in suburban Detroit, we have a woodstove fireplace insert which quite effectively heats the house to the point that the furnace doesn't need to come on at all, so long as the fire stays fed. This is in a 2 story house, and it's not a central location (thank you ceiling fans!) I work for a tree service at the moment, so I get all the wood that I can stand to take home and split, so there's my contribution to the parents keeping the gas bills down :D Now, here's my problem. This stove, I cannot find the original owners manual, I don't know how old it is, we got it used from a house down the street when they moved. We've had it for, jeez, probably at least 15 years now, I really can't remember. The plaque on the damper handle (which is missing) said either Old Hickory, or Ol' Hickory. I searched and searched online for that make, but have turned up nothing. Then, I looked inside the door, cast in it is Sun Belt. Again, I searched for that, nothing.
It is symmetrical, has a built in blower, switch has positions for ON, OFF, and temperature controlled, respectively. The blower is mounted in the back, motor has a dual output shaft, so there is the blower fan inside the woodstove, and a smaller fan to cool the motor outside the woodstove. Has anyone heard of the Ol(d) Hickory/Sun Belt brand, or if this is a model, what the manufacturer is? Any help would be very appreciated. I assume it's a Michigan, or around Michigan brand, as I have seen one other one in my lifetime at the Cranbrook nature center. Please forgive the clarity of the picture linked below, my camera's having an off-day.
