I Miss My Handfed
- Uglysquirrel
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I really miss the dancing blue ladies. Don't tell my wife about them, ok?
- CoalHeat
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- Joined: Sat. Feb. 10, 2007 9:48 pm
- Location: Stillwater, New Jersey
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1959 EFM 350
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Magnafire Mark I
- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
That's why you need multiple coal burning appliances, one of which should be a hand-fired.
- whistlenut
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- Location: Central NH, Concord area
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AA130's,260's, AHS130&260's,EFM900,GJ & V-Wert
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Franks,Itasca 415,Jensen, NYer 130,Van Wert
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Alaska, EFM, Keystoker, Yellow Flame
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska, Keystoker-2,Leisure Line
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Alaska, Gibraltar, Keystone,Vc Vigilant 2
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Ford, Jensen, NYer, Van Wert,
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwoods
- Coal Size/Type: Barley, Buck, Rice ,Nut, Stove
- Other Heating: Oil HWBB
He who dies with the most toys, wins !!!! Go get another handfed. Just because you have 'Gone Stoker' doesn't mean you have started shaving your legs..........
- freetown fred
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- Location: Freetown,NY 13803
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: HITZER 50-93
- Coal Size/Type: BLASCHAK Nut
Now that's funny,I don't care who you arewhistlenut wrote:He who dies with the most toys, wins !!!! Go get another handfed. Just because you have 'Gone Stoker' doesn't mean you have started shaving your legs.......... :
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Just use the excuse "But what if the electricity goes out for a long time? We've gotta be prepared!"
After all, ya don't want those puppies to get too cold. Just think of the Dogs.
After all, ya don't want those puppies to get too cold. Just think of the Dogs.
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- Location: Dalton, MA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: H.B. Smith 350 Mills boiler/EFM 85R stoker
- Coal Size/Type: Buckwheat/anthracite
Does this mean that even with all of those stokers you haven't started shaving yours yet?whistlenut wrote:He who dies with the most toys, wins !!!! Go get another handfed. Just because you have 'Gone Stoker' doesn't mean you have started shaving your legs..........
Mike
- whistlenut
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- Location: Central NH, Concord area
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AA130's,260's, AHS130&260's,EFM900,GJ & V-Wert
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Franks,Itasca 415,Jensen, NYer 130,Van Wert
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Furnace: Alaska, EFM, Keystoker, Yellow Flame
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska, Keystoker-2,Leisure Line
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Alaska, Gibraltar, Keystone,Vc Vigilant 2
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Ford, Jensen, NYer, Van Wert,
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwoods
- Coal Size/Type: Barley, Buck, Rice ,Nut, Stove
- Other Heating: Oil HWBB
Nope! Not gonna either. If anyone else does have the need to shave their legs, I'm OK with it, just Don't tell me!!!!
I am cleaning my 520 tonight, so I shut it down at noontime, AND fired up the Glenwood #16 with some Blashak Nut.
I did get a Yellow-Flame Hot air unit, 150K from a traveling gypsy tonight........I'll get it fired in the AM, and return to other more important projects. I think the guys who built these beasts went on to build the M-60 tanks!!!!
I still burn in hand-feds when I can, and enjoy the warmth over twelve hrs or more....
I am cleaning my 520 tonight, so I shut it down at noontime, AND fired up the Glenwood #16 with some Blashak Nut.
I did get a Yellow-Flame Hot air unit, 150K from a traveling gypsy tonight........I'll get it fired in the AM, and return to other more important projects. I think the guys who built these beasts went on to build the M-60 tanks!!!!
I still burn in hand-feds when I can, and enjoy the warmth over twelve hrs or more....
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- Coal Size/Type: Buckwheat/anthracite
Hey, that Glenwood doesn't show up on your equipment roster AND you don't shave. Maybe you're really a Manly Man just pretending to be a Girlie Man?
I think I might have seen that Yellow Flame - does it look barely used, and come from a large iron deposit in NY?
Mike
I think I might have seen that Yellow Flame - does it look barely used, and come from a large iron deposit in NY?
Mike
- Carbon12
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- Location: Harrisburg, PA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KA-6
- Coal Size/Type: Rice/Anthracite
- Other Heating: Heat Pump/Forced Hot Air Oil Furnace
Sigh,......me too. If anyone comes across a used Hitzer fireplace insert, please let me know! I decided on a stoker boiler because the estrogen rich, carbon based, bipedal lifeform I cohbitat with might break a nail on the few occasions she might have to tend a hand fired stove. When I owned a hand fired stove previously, I greatly enjoyed sitting across the room from the stove and then aiming the IR thermostat at it for a quick reading and then making the cat and dog chase the laser dot around the room. I still make them chase it,......but it's not the same! Lol!
- wsherrick
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- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Glenwood Base Heater, Crawford Base Heater
- Baseburners & Antiques: Crawford Base Heater, Glenwood, Stanley Argand
- Coal Size/Type: Chestnut, Stove Size
Oh, well, Hearts and Flowers for all of ya'll
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- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: LL AnthraKing 180K, Pocono110K,KStokr 90K, DVC
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Invader 2
- Baseburners & Antiques: Wings Best, Glenwood #8(x2) Herald 116x
- Coal Size/Type: Rice,
- Other Heating: Heating Oil CH, Toyotomi OM 22
Ahh, the joys of a "trophy" wife are but fleeting. After the initial allure has gone it really comes down to can they handle a coal fire and scrub floors. I don't see those on eharmony dot coms 29 points of compatibility but they need to be added. Shortcomings in other areas can be fixed with a light switch.estrogen rich, carbon based, bipedal lifeform I cohbitat with might break a nail on the few occasions she might have to tend a hand fired stove.
- DePippo79
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- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood Oak 40, Stanley Argand No. 30, Glenwood Modern Oak 114, Stanley Argand No. 20 missing parts.
- Coal Size/Type: Anthracite. Stove and nut size.
- Other Heating: Oil hot water.
I'm happy I married a farm girl.
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Thank you for that simple bit of Victoriana brought to me by incredibly complex electronics. You Victorian guys are pretty slick with the latest gadgets as well as the old stuff. Well done.wsherrick wrote:Oh, well, Hearts and Flowers for all of ya'll