New to the forum and new to coal...been reading here lots now and even before signing up.
Have burned a lot of free firewood through a Longwood F/A Furnace for 18 winters...but that ended 15 years ago.
At this point in life I'm not interested in going back to wood burning...but coal has sparked my interest.
Why do a conversion? you ask...Well, right now I have more time than money...hope this will be worth it.
As the topic title says, I am going to convert a 1970's Riteway 37 downdraft wood/coal stove over to stoker duty.
I will be air jacketing the converted stove and then Add-On into my existing F/A duct system.
The cast iron shaker grate gets removed and I'll be enlarging the ash pan door for taller ash pan.
Have already acquired a new 85K Tri-Burner and Feed Controller w/ T'stat from fellow forum member "Doug".
Doug has shared some of his knowledge as I've been plotting this endeavour in my head and need some guidance.
It's a good feeling to know that I have this forum w/ all the knowledge and experience of the members here to draw on.
Here's some pics. of the Riteway:
We'll see. 
