My New Glenwood Oak #30

Well I made a 10 1/2hr. round trip to NJ this morning and picked up my NEW BABY!
She is a Glenwood #30 fully restored by Barnstable Stove yrs. ago and never fired, it was used as a DECORATION! I found the reciepts of purchase from Barnstable inside it with shipping to NJ it was a little over $3,000.00, it was then put in storage in a very dirty working garage.
She is currently laying all over the shop in pcs. I had to disassemble it to load it in my truck so I will be taking this week to clean off the cobwebs and dust,inspect everything and put a fresh coat of black on and polish up the nickle plate that is is pretty grungy with a film all over but it is shining up, I am working on the top ring now and it looks like it will be great once cleaned up.
I have a ? for the experts
The cement in the seams is as it was when restored same with the refractory lining in the fire pot, should I try it as is and check for leaks or tear it all down and redo the furnace cement on all the seams?
Purchase price was $1,200.00 and my time and gas to go pick up, hope I made a good buy!
Will be posting pics once I get her cleaned and set-up.
Thanks,
Tim

OK here are some pics....I decided I better get some "BEFORES"...LOL

Congratulations. Another member of the Glenwood Stove Society has joined!! The seams should be just fine since the stove has never been used since its restoration. You need to check the bolts to make sure they are tight. BE VERY CAREFUL when tightening bolts. It is easy to crack the cast iron if you are not careful. After you hook up the stove, and make a fire in it, then; check for leaks and seal with furnace cement. Sometimes it is hard to find a leak with just a visual inspection. Don't do any unneeded extra work if you don't have to. Yes, you made a great buy and I think you know it.

William,
What would this unit be called ?...I know it is not a baseburner but there is a flapper at the top of the back tube, open for direct draft or close it to send the smoke down the back tube to heat up the tube then back up and out ...I wonder if this was there first experiment in reclaiming wasted heat before the baseburner ?
Thanks,
Tim

William,
P.S....I just was looking at the inside of the castings and they all read ...Glen, Oak, #3 1899

Congratulations on your new stove, but while your snapping pics, take some more of your other toy in the first pic.

Yeah, you know the 50-53 Chevy pick-up!! If I new then what I know now I would have held on to my 55 Chevy pick-up.

Nice stove Tim, is that also a Triumph in the last pic?

Rich

nice looking stove .

Nice buy, gonna put a Baro on that stove?

Tim wrote:William,
What would this unit be called ?...I know it is not a baseburner but there is a flapper at the top of the back tube, open for direct draft or close it to send the smoke down the back tube to heat up the tube then back up and out ...I wonder if this was there first experiment in reclaiming wasted heat before the baseburner ?
Thanks,
Tim

This is a cross between a base burner and a standard oak stove. An Oak Stove is the term for an upright, direct draft cylinder stove. By the way, the correct term for a, "pot belly," is Cannon Heater. Pot belly is a slang term for a cannon heater. It is so called because it is shaped like a cannon pointed straight up.
Your stove was cast in 1899. Base burners had been widely marketed since the early 1870's. They were constantly improved on as the many stove foundries at the time competed aggressively against each other for market share. A standard base burner is strictly designed for Anthracite Coal. Oak stoves were used as multi fuel stoves until the BASE HEATER was developed right around the Turn Of The Century. The Base Heater is different from a Base Burner in that it was designed to use any fuel equally well. It was a design break through. You now had the highly advanced engineering of a Anthracite Base Burner in a stove that could now ALSO burn wood or Bituminous Coal with near equal efficiency. You have the distinctive hallmark, high quality, Glenwood Oak Stove. The Glenwood name was and still is associated with a superior product. They sold 100's of thousands of these stoves and the later, "Modern Series," line of stoves which came out in 1906. My Glenwood and Mason's No 111 are part of the, "Modern Series".
Your stove is an advanced version of an Oak Stove because you still have the ability to burn various types of fuel in it and you have and indirect back pipe to increase efficiency and render more available heating surface. I don't know exactly how the classification falls on these in between stoves. But rest assured you have a treasure and a stove which will be easy to use, maintain and give you a high degree of efficiency.

OK ....for those who requested...here are some pics of the "TOYS"
The Trumpet is a 67, My dad bought it the spring after I was born and when he gave it to me she had seen MANY,MANY MILES!...He passed away a yr. ago October.in 2000 I completely restored her and rode her for a long time, she now rests in the shop waiting for my youngest son to take her out he will be 16 in January.
the Road King on the lift is my daily ride, a bought with cancer resulted in the loss of most of the use of my left hand..they took a artery and skin graft from there and I cannot ride the OLD BIKES very far anymore.
the Chevy is a 52...she is a good truck and a load of fun to drive!...as you can tell I LIKE OLD STUFF!!....JUST CAUSE IT IS OLD don't mean it isnt any good or useless!....
Hope ya like the pics!
Tim

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the pics. That old Chevy looks great, I like the old trucks too, especially the Chevy's. I had a 1950,55,& 56, wish I had them all back.

JB

J.B.
Yup the Old Chevy trucks are great "LOOKERS" ....mine is a 5 window cab with extensive Mod's ...Cadillac I.F.S., 350 small block/350 turbo trans, rear is outta a 75 Station wagon with a Posi installed ...NO ONE WHEEL PEEL FOR ME !...lol
She wil turn a 1/4 mile in respectable 13's....ALL Day.
But she will eat the SOUP CAN little cars that try an pass her that don't get a good hole shot....lol

OK ....better get back on TOPIC...Nough of the Toys...I have the Glenwood up on a cart to move her around while I finish up the cleaning and inspection, hopefully tommorow we will have her base cleaned and set in place and do the cuts on the flue pipe ...I really want to make a fire this upcoming weekend.
Will post pics of it set in place and its first fire..I AM EXCITED TO SEE HER BURN!
Will post back then on this topic.
Take care ALL!
Tim