Getting Gretel Going...green Jotul507

Everyone knows slate is too dry right?




so after a little hand massaging....

it does bring the color out better who woulda thunk it?

now onto the heat shield and chimney....

That looks really nice. The green and the wood tones compliment each other very well.

wsherrick wrote:That looks really nice. The green and the wood tones compliment each other very well.

Thanks! the i phone dosnt do the colors justice. were still tossing around the back stop. copper, brass ....

now theres talk about more stone!!

im gonna have to park a 20 ton bottle jack under the floor joists!!....

Nice set up. Stove on that slate looks really good. Blends together well.

I sure like to looks of those Jotul's! Fine looking stoves. Your set-up is really nice.

dj

Half-Penetrated.....

I'm off to the stone store again

seems like a 3 ft by 6 or 7 ft piece of slate is going to be the backdrop! this ought to be fun!

Gene, how about a piece of sandstone instead of slate for the back piece? With its naturally tan color, I think it'll blend into the wall better.
I got the same Dewalt shop vac for the small ash spills. Its hepa-filter works great on coal ash.

Yes that vac is very cool ! battery or corded. It has sucked much ash...

I think your sandstone idea is great! Having Pocono Lake Supply two miles down the road tho, kinda trumps that idea.

She was lurking thru thier outdoor yard Sunday afternoon and spotted the complementry piece and So....

thank goodness its only 1 1/4" thick! and distressed to boot.

Well thank goodness no one here is obese nor are any friends cause they floor joists are one octave away from the fat lady singing!


Due to the 4 wheel dolly's 3 inch height the back-stop slate slab had to be tilted to clear the doors

Due to a small crack 1/3 the way across, we used a durarock sheet as a back board during moving and placing.



As a "lean-against" rear standoff/insulator I figure these old glass electrical insulators should do fine. salvaged from an old steel mill abandoned supply room i was poking around in..

and to keep the rock from jumping away from the wall and onto Gretel , these old ladder brackets will "clamp" it up against the wall. some 5" long 3/8" dia steel pipe, slipped into 6" long 3/4" copper pipe will be the bottom support so as to give a air space underneath for convection and thus a heat barrier to the combustible wood wall...


I already have some spare coal for the little green girl ...

Gretel is a Hot one!! just in time...

pics tomorrow

Nice! I gotta get me one of them new fangled temperature readin' boxes.

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Gretel is a Hot one!! just in time...

pics tomorrow

I see you maxed out the thermometer. Gretel is a hot one! The manual says the metal can excedd 932* f when firing intensely.
In another thread I posted that I had bought a red 507 and found that the shaker shaft was frozen. I've spent weeks trying to get it free. I bought some super penetrating oil called Kroil recommended by Smitty. I doused it several times a day for weeks. I beat it with a hammer, heated it with a torch and tried a large pipe wrench on it. it would not budge. Finally on new years eve it gave and is now free. I had to remove the grate holder from the stove to get good access.

Was blessed to have a day as such. weather bug said almost 50 but it was all of 40 in the shade. just right for a pipe-job!