Getting Gretel Going...green Jotul507

let there be light






the dog laid there looking with his head cocked sideways...

could just go fishin tho....

next restoration is the Prizer kitchen stove... cant figure out how to deal with porcelin...


Plum is hammered home.

What's the deal with that coal stove on the front porch

6X6 's make good spacers...





the front porch stove was mom and dads 1st stove. wood and coal...(no pun ) and gas.
they donated it to a old man who used it till he passed at 92. it sat dormant in his house for 25 years and last year his son was knocking down the old house and i asked him about it. Told him about mom and dad giving it to his dad and he said take it! so.....

3- 4ft sections.



getting dark! better hurry...


everythings always goes better if you finish it under flashlights..

going inside.... round two...


shiny like new!


test fire..

the type "m" baro is the ticket.. works smooth as glass!

sucks heat from the stone!

Very nice job. Glad to see my girl has gone to a good home. She's hot and will "love you long time."

next morn.


I have another 3 ft piece but thought id try her at 1 ft above peak. Save the roof support/strap fiasco system...

she draws like vanGough!!!



Yes Coalkirk a long time for sure. Shes a keeper. unreal the heat this thing puts out....

Thank -You Very much for her hot-body....those norse chick are smoking

Nice work!

the bear was getting heated up knowing Gretel was heating up in the other room...


next thing is to pierce and plumb copper tube for interphase with Dwyer II manometer


I am gonna try and use a fish tank air 3-way valve to tie in both hoses..

Nice job, thanks for the pics.

SMITTY wrote:Nice work!

tanks Smitty! it was actually fun for it to all come together. I screwed around all morning winterizing the yard and out door stuff and didnt start till noon. carrying that last 4 ft section up the ladder in the dark was iffy.

This stove , for a 1 ft suqare footprint.....ROCKS!!!

Wood'nCoal wrote:Nice job, thanks for the pics.

Thanks Wood and Coal!

now off to finish the vans rear end rebuild......